Mauritshuis to reopen after refit
Mauritshuis, home of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring in The Hague, Netherlands, will open 27 June 2014 following a major renovation, writes SAJID RIZVI. Celebrated both for its architectural beauty and its holdings — most famously the Vermeer masterpiece but also the so-called Royal Cabinet of Paintings, about 800-strong — the 17th century building and the small museum within will reopen after a major rehang and other...
The game-changing message hidden in Botticelli’s Primavera
A new book, Under the Guise of Spring, by Eugene Lane-Spollen, argues for a game-changing message believed to be hidden in Sandro Botticelli’s universally important masterpiece, Primavera, writes SAJID RIZVI. Also known as Allegory of Spring, the tempera panel, about two metres tall and a little more than three metres wide, is currently housed in the Uffizi gallery in Florence. The painting generally is believed to have been started...
MAK Vienna unveils Asian art reinstallation
The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna unveiled its permanent collection of Asian art after its reinstallation following a concept and design by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata. The MAK Asia Collection is one of the most comprehensive and important European collections of art and applied arts from the Asiatic region. As of 19 February 2014, it will be presented in an exhibition gallery “conceived in a fundamentally new...
Handkerchiefs from Tohoku children
Yasashii Hankachi: Gentle Heart Project / Handkerchiefs for Tohoku Children, at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House galleries, is a creative response by children and collaborative designers in Japan to the devastation left by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku (northeast) area of Japan, in which more than 18,000 people lost their lives and many more faced the difficulties of being relocated, leaving a strong impact on local...
The horse in contemporary art
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Tate secures Hyundai partnership for Turbine Hall
Tate and Hyundai Motor have announced a major new long-term partnership which secures healthy funding for the gallery and also opens new links potentially beneficial to the world of Korean contemporary art, writes SAJID RIZVI. Confirmed to 2025, the 11-year partnership is the longest initial commitment from a corporate sponsor in Tate’s history, a reflection of Korea’s economic strength in comparison with the current travails of...