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Art exhibitions and art & antique fair announcements, the launching of a new app for the iPad or smart phone, a conference on a specific subject related to the fine and applied arts, the publication of a new book, news from collectors societies and of course breaking news like for example the discovery of a 16th century master painting in the attic of a spinster. Any type of news on the fine and decorative arts is published in this category.
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Into India. South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art
- 17 February 2012
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From 28 February, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will be holding the first exhibition in Spain of a selection of South Asian paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art, California. The exhibition will offer visitors a unique opportunity to appreciat...
Mapping India, history & culture of India is revealed through its maps
- 16 February 2012
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It began five hundred years ago when the very first modern maps of India were drafted. Travellers, wanderers, explorers and traders came overland from the West and carried hack tales about the India of their perception. The first maps of India wer...
Art Loss Register recovers lost collection of works by Karel Appel
- 15 February 2012
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The Art Loss Register ('ALR') is pleased to announce the recovery of over 400 works of art by celebrated Dutch artist Karel Appel. The collection, which was lost in transit almost ten years ago, was identified with a U.K. logistics company just b...
Joining forces to preserve Van Gogh’s legacy
- 10 February 2012
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Van Gogh Europe: cooperation between European Van Gogh sites
This morning, more than 20 European organisations involved with Vincent van Gogh’s legacy signed a cooperative agreement at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. This was the green light for...
A Tulip & Art Symposium : What more will the TEFAF bring?
- 2 February 2012
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Hollands international pride, the TEFAF Maastricht, will celebrate their Silver Jubilee in 2012. During the TEFAF, from 16 to 25 March, a number of initiatives will mark the 25 years since it transformed from a small-scale event into the most impo...
István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold Museum, a new highlight in Budapest
- 30 January 2012
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The István Zelnik Southeast Asian Gold Museum provides a home for nearly a thousand artifacts from eleven of the states of today’s Southeast Asia. Most of these objects are of gold and date from prehistoric times to the 20th century, illustrating ...
CISCO donates Flip Video cameras
- 19 January 2012
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Static information can at times be slightly boring and maybe even put the incidental passerby off who is not consulting Kunstpedia on a specific subject.We are therefore delighted that CISCO was prepared to donate six Flip Video cameras. Nifty lit...
Management of Van Gogh Museum and Hermitage Amsterdam are discussing the possibility of extending their cooperation
- 19 January 2012
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Last summer both museums announced that the Van Gogh collection, as from 29 September 2012, would be exhibited in the Hermitage Amsterdam for a period of 4 months, due to the renovation of the Van Gogh Museum. The two executives are exploring the...
The first retrospective on the Russian artist Marc Chagall to be organised in Spain
- 18 January 2012
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CHAGALL14 February to 20 May 2012The first retrospective on the Russian artist Marc Chagall to be organised in Spain will open in February at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza and Caja Madrid. More than 150 works from public and private collections and...
World-class collection of prints to be shown at Van Gogh Museum
- 16 January 2012
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From 2 February to 23 September 2012, the Van Gogh Museum will present the exhibition Beauty in abundance. Highlights from the print collection of the Van Gogh Museum. Approximately one hundred important prints from the museum’s permanent collecti...
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