Art Archives: 08/2024

National Portrait Gallery - 2024 - Olivier Hess

National Portrait Gallery names first female director

“This is perhaps the most exciting time in the NPG’s history…”

Aug 29, 2024

Courtauld Gallery - Courtauld Institute of Art - 2024 - Somerset House - London

Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House reopens following fire

Thankfully, no art was damaged in the blaze.

Aug 20, 2024

The National Gallery - London - 2014

London’s National Gallery adds Victorian painting to celebrate 200th birthday

An impressive new addition.

Dale Maplethorpe

Aug 16, 2024

Archaeologists find 2,000 year-old mosaic in the UK - 2024

Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old mosaic in rural England

Discovered in Shropshire.

Aug 15, 2024

Spanish man arrested over attempted sale of fake Leonardo da Vinci painiting - 2024

Spanish man arrested over attempted sale of fake Leonardo da Vinci painting

An expensive fake.

Aug 14, 2024

Diane di Prima- the life of the Beat Generation’s most pioneering woman

Diane di Prima: the life of the Beat Generation’s most pioneering woman

A pioneer.

Aug 12, 2024

Ememem - The artist who combines beauty and practicality on the streets of Lyon

Ememem: The artist who combines beauty and practicality on the streets of Lyon

Lyon’s answer to Bristol’s Banksy.

Aug 9, 2024

Han Van Meegeren- the art forger who swindled the Nazis

Han Van Meegeren: the art forger who swindled the Nazis

The most successful art forger in history.

Aug 2, 2024