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Olafur Eliasson’s blackouts at Tate Modern
I saw this artist’s other-worldly Weather Project installation at the Tate Modern several years ago. Now he’s got something different planned for the same museum, Little Sun, beginning on July 28. I hope it runs long enough for me to … Continue reading
UNESCO World Heritage news
The following are all from Deutsche Welle newsmail. There are 936 UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world. At the annual UNESCO conference in St Petersburg, Russia, there are 33 new applications. The designation is not permanent, however; it can … Continue reading
New triple play art show at Tate Liverpool
Three-pronged art exhibition at the Tate Liverpool thru late October 2012. From London Independent.
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A look at Leipzig’s Museum of Musical Instruments
From Deutsche Welle. Musical instruments in a Leipzig museum may not be familiar if they’re no longer in use.
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documenta art fair open in Germany
From Deutsche Welle. Kassel’s every-five-years contemporary art fair opens for 100 days.
Napoleon’s English letter goes to auction; a look at Berlin’s Museum Island
From France 24. Napoleon began learning and writing English while imprisoned on St Helena. A letter from this time has been auctioned for a honkin’ load of money. From Deutsche Welle. Berlin’s Museum Island with five top museums clustered together … Continue reading
Old and new on display in Germany
Jewelry, mosaics, glass and sculpture abound at the Roman-Germanic Museum in Cologne. The Documenta art fair opens in Kassel in June and runs for 100 days.
Art exhibition in Dresden for Raphael’s Madonna
You’ll recognize the cherubs, if nothing else. It’s 500 years since Raphael painted his Madonna and Dresden is celebrating thru August 26th. From Deutsche Welle.
New home for Mucha’s Slav Epic in Prague
From France 24. Alfons Mucha’s heroic-scaled masterpiece, his Slav Epic, has moved to a new home in Prague. Mucha is better known for his Art Nouveau posters, but this collection of 20 paintings was his lifework and Prague was the … Continue reading
Buck House opening early this year
From France 24. Buckingham Palace, which usually opens to the public in July or August, will open for a week at the end of June this year, close for a few weeks, then reopen from the end of July thru … Continue reading
Prague Spring Music Festival continues
Prague Spring Music Festival continuing this month.
Should graffiti be preserved? Leipzig is wrestling with the answer
Leipzig’s view of graffiti as art. From Deutsche Welle.
Van Gogh Museum makes a new acquisition
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh museum has acquired another Van Gogh long held privately. From Dutch News.
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