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The Many Myths of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, the 19th-Century Royal Whose Beauty and Tragic Death Transformed Her Into a Legend
The reluctant empress known as "Sisi" painstakingly crafted her image through portraits and photographs, ensuring she would ...
Paris’s Pompidou is closing – visit these six overlooked museums instead
Five years without the City of Love’s cultural icon is a loss – but also an opportunity to discover some of quirky, under-the ...
Artnet news7d
OF 20TH-CENTURY ART
16 (17) Francis M. Nauman and Beth Venn, eds., Making Mischief: Dada Invades New York (New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1996), p. 153 (18) Robert Rosenblum, 19th-Century Art (New York: Abrams ...
Anadolu Agency8d
‘Lost’ Ottoman masterpiece set for bumper London auction sale
Long unseen and known only through a 19th-century photograph, the painting Preparing Coffee reemerges with a £1–1.5M estimate ...
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Sotheby's to Sell Abstract, Expressionist, and Late-19th Century Masterpieces from the Weinberg Collection in May
The house said the "visionary" Weinbergs "assembled one of Europe's most distinguished collections over the past 50 years." ...
Where the Precious Things Are: Maurice Sendak’s Art Collection to Be Auctioned
From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author’s home nurtured his creativity. They’ll star at ...
Shoosmith watercolours find new home in gallery
The Shoosmith Gallery, which was previously open by appointment only, has now been relocated to a permanent home within the Common Ground cafe in the abbey and has its own entrance. Thurston Laidlaw ...
New York Post23d
A peek inside the revamped Frick Collection — opening this month after a five-year, $220M renovation
The Gilded Age mansion-turned-art museum, which first opened 90 ... “It’s the house of someone who lived at the end of the 19th, early 20th century, with an incredible collection, top quality ...
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Restoring early nineteenth century bakehouse a three-decade community project
Restoring an early nineteenth century bakehouse brought the Millers Flat community together. Now, it brings history to life for locals and visitors alike. Hilary McKenzie, a trustee on the restoration ...
Berkshire Eagle26d
Steam shovels and backhoes did hefty work in the Berkshires beginning in the early 19th century
Our street was hectic and noisy for two months last summer as a storm drainage system was brought up to snuff. Hearing an at times steady vroom-vroom and ding-ding-ding, I wondered about the ...
Greek Reporter26d
Panagis Koutalianos: The 19th Century Strongman Who Became a Greek Legend
In the 19th to early 20th centuries, Panagis Koutalianos became well ... Panagis grew up in the second half of the 19th century as a Greek in the Ottoman Empire. Nationalism was the dominant ideology ...
Amnesty UK29d
Atena Farghadani released early after being imprisoned for her art in Iran
Atena had been serving a prison sentence of 12 years and nine months for her art, after being found guilty at an unfair trial in June last year of charges including ‘spreading propaganda against the ...