If it sounds too good to be true... That Renoir that made the feeds after being "found" at a flea market for $7 may be one previously stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art. According to the Associated Press, a Washington Post reporter uncovered documents in the museum's library showing that the painting was on loan … Continue reading Flea Market Renoir May Have Been Stolen Decades Ago
Hurricane Irene is coming and cities along the East Coast are busy preparing. With transit systems shutting down, museums are following suite. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rodin Museum nd Fairmount Park Houses have announced they'll all be slosed this Sunday. In New York the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced its closed for the … Continue reading Museums Closing in Anticipation of Irene
The Baltimore Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees recently announced its selection of the Maryland-based architecture firm Ziger/Snead to work with the Museum on its ambitious $24 million capital renovation. The decision follows a comprehensive year-long selection process. The BMA’s much-anticipated renovation—scheduled to be completed in 2014 during the BMA’s 100th Anniversary—will create dynamic spaces for art and people … Continue reading Baltimore Museum of Art Selects Maryland-Based Firm for Major Renovation
I spotted this ad yesterday for "Colonial work tables." As this early 20th Century ad has demonstrated, the classical/colonial style has remained popular with peaks and valleys for a long time. I was watching an episode of Mad Men last night and the 1960s dining room was decorated with Phyfe-looking furniture. Once we get to … Continue reading Second Growth Furniture
Descending the escalator, a line stretched through the lobby of the Baltimore Convention Center all the way to the exterior doors that opened onto Charles Street. It's not often you see a line at an antique show these days and this one on the surface was a good sign. A closer look however revealed that … Continue reading The Sight’s of the Baltimore Antiques Show
The Baltimore Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Cézanne and American Modernism, brings together 16 dazzling landscapes, still lifes, and portraits by the French master with more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and photographs by artists such as Max Weber, Alfred Stieglitz, and Marsden Hartley to show Cézanne’s profound impact on American artists at the beginning of … Continue reading BMA to Explore Cézanne’s Influence on American Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition on the printmaking of Henri Matisse. On view October 25, 2009 – January 3, 2010, Matisse as Printmaker unites the BMA’s extraordinary collection of Matisse prints with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts, a non-profit arts organization, and the Pierre … Continue reading Mattise as a Printmaker
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