Velázquez’s magnificent King Philip IV of Spain is one of the highlights of The Frick Collection in New York City. Michael Gallagher, the conservator in charge of the painting’s recent cleaning and restoration, will be holding a talk on the painting today to describe its treatment and explain some of the many insights gained into the technique and history of ... Read More »
The Chester A. Arthur Home in New York City was the home of the 21st President of the United States, both before and after his time in the White House. The townhouse located at 123 Lexington Avenue in New York City, is where Arthur spent most of his adult life. It is also to this home where, while serving as ... Read More »
A new exhibition called “The Vision of a Genius” will open tomorrow in New York’s Time Warner Center (at Columbus Circle) featuring 16 monumental bronze sculptures by Surrealist artist Salvador Dali. The pieces will be placed around the public spaces of shopping complex and will be on display through April 30th, 2011. The two highlights of the exhibition are ... Read More »
Continuing their path to cover every corner of the Globe, All Tomorrow’s Parties have announced their latest endeavour: their first event in Japan. The “I’ll Be Your Mirror” event (named for the b-side to The Velvet Underground’s original All Tomorrow’s Parties 7″ single) will take place at Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan on Sunday 27th February 2011 and is produced ... Read More »
Like many older uptown and midtown churches, St. Bartholomew’s first began downtown in 1835, near the greatest concentration of New Yorkers. But as its congregation grew, it soon built a large new church uptown on Madison Avenue in the year 1872. The church was designed by James Renwick and later embellished with a triple portal by Stanford White. In addition ... Read More »
From Discovery News comes a report from Italy that a dinosaur skull dating from about 190 million years ago has been found been found in the Cathedral of St. Ambrose in Vigevano, 20 miles from Milan. The dinosaur was discovered in the pink, marble slabs that support the balustrade by Andrea Tintori, a paleontologist from the University of ... Read More »
Celebrate: It’s Halloween! And since this year the holiday falls on a Sunday, the celebration will be lasting all weekend. Read up on our guide to New York City’s Halloween and get going on those costumes! Watch: Monsters – Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to ... Read More »
Fondly known by Londoners as “The Queen’s Attic,” The Victoria & Albert Museum hosts a variety of objects, from the shimmering chandelier by contemporary artist Dale Chihuly in the entrance way to medieval statuary. The museum is in fact the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design. Founded in 1852, it has since then grown to encompass 12.5 acres ... Read More »
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