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The Van Otterloo and Weatherbie gift (MFA, Boston)
‘Clothing Art: The Visual Culture of Fashion, 1600–1914’ by Aileen Ribeiro
Musée d’arts de Nantes
'Raphael: The Drawings' at The Ashmolean, Oxford
The Fortress of Königstein from the North (c. 1756–58), Bernardo Bellotto National Gallery, London This vast panoramic landscape, depicting an imposing fortification, is considered one of Bellotto’s finest works. It fills a gap in the National Gallery’s collection, which does not include another major 18th-century depiction of a northern European view. It was acquired for £11.7m […]
Art Rabbit The launch of Art Rabbit’s new app has transformed the well-established online art guide into a far more usable platform. The app hosts thousands of listings for art exhibitions and events, and offers recommendations from artists and curators. Bruegel: Unseen Masterpieces Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium/Google Cultural Institute This exhibition and […]
Michelangelo & Sebastiano National Gallery, London 15 March–25 June This grand and grandly serious exhibition explored the creative exchange between Michelangelo and Sebastiano, with the help of exceptional loans such as the latter’s Lamentation from Viterbo and the imaginative use of a 3D-printed model of the Borgherini Chapel in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. Raphael: […]
Hardwick Hall: A Great Old Castle of Romance David Adshead and David A.H.B. Taylor (eds.) Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the National Trust Twenty scholars explore the 400-year history and collections of this Elizabethan country house, presenting new research on its architecture, furniture, textiles and courtyard […]
Emery Walker’s House London The best-preserved Arts & Crafts interior in Britain reopened after an 18-month restoration (as part of the wider Arts & Crafts Hammersmith project, which cost just shy of £1 million) that has ensured its preservation for future generations. While the house was closed, more than 6,000 objects were conserved and catalogued. […]
