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Detail image of Edgar Degas portrait of Alfred Niaudet 1877 Edgar Degas portrait of Alfred Niaudet Child Fear Parent Delaware Art Museum Delele Howard Pyle The Coming Tide 1909 Scavenger - seagul on coast painted 1974 oil on canvas by Jamie Wyeth Detail image of Scavenger by Jamie Wyeth Pediment Sculpture cast duplicates from Parthenon Greece Art and Artifice 2023

Last updated September 26, 2024


Claude Monet in LondonUK The Times - Review of the exhibit.

"...views of the Thames painted by the impressionist Claude Monet during three long trips to London, in 1899, 1900 and 1901, many, but not all, from the Savoy hotel, a stone’s throw along the river from the Courtauld. It’s the exhibition Monet had hoped to stage during his lifetime. It may have taken 120 years, but it is more than worth the wait."

Official web site for the exhibition Courtauld Gallery – The Courtauld Gallery will be open until 9pm on the following dates: 25 October; 22 November; 13 December; 10 January 2025.


King Charles new portrait is attacked by animal rights group – KSDK

The score on the Parthenon marbles? 17-0 in favor of Greece

A UNESCO vote on the ownership of the "Parthenon Marbles" (aka "Elgin Marbles") shows that support for the British Museum's position of legal authority over the Acropolis statuary and metopes has been steadily crumbling for some time, and might be headed for a climax of sorts. If the British claims are finally ditched and the marbles begin a return to Greece, this could open the door for a massive change in relationships of museums with tenuous holds on dubiously acquired objects in their collections with the various countries where the objects originally came from (Egypt, Greece and Turkey, for example, though the list of countries with art objects removed from them is a very long list indeed.)

Story at Kathimerini [in Greek]



"15 Must-See Shows This Fall in Europe" – Artnet.com
detail of Edward Hopper Self Portrait 1903-1906

Detail of Edward Hopper Self Portrait 1903-1906


Coming exhibit:

The Lost Mirror. Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain

October 10, 2023 – January 14, 2024

"Using a broad selection of works, this exhibition recreates a medieval mirror that shows how Jews and conversos (converts to Christianity) were portrayed by Christians in Spain from 1285 to 1492. Images played a key role in the complex relationship between all three groups during this period. On the one hand, they were an important vehicle for the transmission of rites and artistic models between Christians and Jews and provided a space for collaboration between artists from both communities. On the other – the grim flipside – they helped spread the growing anti-Judaism embedded in Christian society. In this respect, the visual stigmatisation of the Jews was a faithful reflection of the Christians’ mirror, of their beliefs and anxieties, and accordingly a powerful means of asserting their identity."

Prado Museum web site


Detail - Red Hair - in the laundry by Robert Blum 1884

Detail image "In the Laundry" by Robert Frederick Blum, 1884

Staring girl detail image - In the Laundry by Robert Blum 1884

Working girls in the laundry


Goya and his painting The Last Communion of St Joseph Calasanz "Sacred Mysteries, Saintly Failures"MSN UK Telegraph

The article discusses how Goya sent back 3/4ths of his painting fee for doing two paintings, one being  The Last Communion of St Joseph Calasanz, Goya saying it was a gift for his “countryman”.  The article goes into more depth about Joseph Calasanz himself.


Harvard's Forbes Pigment Collection

Story at Protothema

These pigments aren’t just about aesthetics; they hold secrets that unravel the authenticity of artworks, guiding experts in distinguishing originality from restoration. However, these pigments aren’t without hazards; some are toxic, like arsenic-laden emerald green. Thus, this color repository serves as a silent witness to the passage of time, helping unveil the truth hidden within the strokes of artistry."


Detail of Hovsep Pushman Rose of Shiraz, James Cowan Collection, Nashville Parthenon

Inside the Nashville Parthenon - Golden idol

Inside the "Nashville Parthenon" in Tennessee - Golden idol

Snake Detail from behid shield golden idol Parthenon of Nashville Tennesee

Gold idol inside the Nashville Parthenon in Tennessee



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