Soon to go on display at the National Gallery of Art in DC, it took a female artist to portray the biblical figure not as shamed and repentant but in the throes of ecstatic rapture
A woman knocks her …
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New Melania film features a 'priceless' Renoir painting on the wall of her office... but the actual artwork is in a gallery in London ⊖
In the past two years it has been loaned to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris and The National Gallery of Art in Washington - but has never graced the President's New York home.
89 days ago
Women Photographers 1900 to 1975: A Legacy of Light – in pictures ⊕
The new National Gallery of Victoria exhibition honours the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than 80 female artists working between 1900 and 1975. Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy o…
3 months ago
US climate activists condemn 18-month jail term for non-violent art museum protester ○
‘It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists’ said one researcher, of Timothy Martin’s sentence
Climate activists have condemned an 18-m…
4 months ago
‘Decision to do this secretly is surprising’: NGV returns painting lost in Nazi era to Jewish family ○
The museum has declined to answer key questions about the decision to return the artwork, prompting the New York-based researcher who uncovered the story to challenge the NGV’s handling of the case
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I Regret Almost Everything by Keith McNally audiobook review – the life of a hospitality legend ⊖⊖
Richard E Grant narrates the restaurateur’s candid memoir about his life’s highs, lows and biggest regrets – including barring James Corden
The memoir from Keith McNally, the British-born restaurateur…
5 months ago
National Gallery gets £375m donations for new wing ○
The gallery is launching an architectural contest to design a new wing for its expanded collection.
Art lovers rejoice: the National Gallery can finally show us when painting really gets exciting | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett ○
Curators can now chart the seismic shifts in 20th-century art – and include more works by women and artists of colour
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National Gallery accused of risking ‘bad blood’ with Tate over 20th-century art ○
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Sources say decision to collect ‘modern’ art could have two galleries ‘at each others’ throats’ – but others welcome move
A decision to tear up an agreement between the National Gallery and Tate, whic…
Radical Harmony review – Seurat’s shimmering visions blow away his spotty dotty imitators ○
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The tradition of neo-impressionism begun by Georges Seurat was radical, even revolutionary, but this po-faced showcase is sadly lacking its joyful dazzle
Georges Seurat had ka…