by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Art, Gallery, New York, News & Trending
While the Metropolitan Museum of Art was able to reopen after several months of prudent closure during the spring and summer of 2020, they’ve done so with reduced capacity, limited hours, and reservation requirements that mean that not everyone who wishes to...
by admin | Oct 9, 2020 | culture, Exhibitions, Gallery, News & Trending, organizations
It’s common for modern historical pieces – films, novels, etc – to include black figures in ways that previous iterations of the genre never did. For instance, the BBC series Merlin included a black Guinevere, played by Angel Coulby. Netflix’s 2020 series...
by admin | Aug 19, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions, Gallery, Upcoming Exhibits
In the early 1820s, English King George IV commissioned the architect John Nash to make some renovations to Buckingham Palace – most notably, to build the picture gallery, a home for George’s collection of fine paintings. Now, two centuries later, the gallery is...
by admin | Jul 29, 2020 | Donations, Gallery, museums, News & Trending
Jane Roughton Kearns wasn’t a student at the University of North Carolina, but her husband, Thomas Kearns Jr. graduated from the school in 1958. A legacy student, he played basketball for the school and apparently is still fiercely loyal. They sent three...
by admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Art, Gallery, News & Trending, organizations, Upcoming Exhibits
The German submarine base in Bordeaux, France, was built in 1941 under the orders of Admiral Donitz, to establish a protective base from which Nazi submarines could patrol the Atlantic. After its completion in 1942, it housed a significant fleet, including 42 u-boats....
by admin | Jun 17, 2020 | Art, Exhibitions, Gallery, News & Trending
While Art Basel, the international fine arts fair founded in 1970 by Ernst Beyeler, Trudl Bruckner, and Balz Hilt has three major events a year, spaced around the globe, it is its eponymous event, Art Basel in Basel, Switzerland, that is the gem of the set. At Basel...
