LOVE IS IN THE AIR:
Further reading:
‘Art and Love in Renaissance Italy’- Eternal Objects of Desire [Roberta Smith, NY Times]
ITALIANS AROUND THE WORLD:
The Art of Italy in the British Royal Collection Opens in Edinburgh, through 9 March [British Royal Collection] [Art Knowledge]
What other collection could showcase their collection of Italian art in parts? Works by Caravaggio, Reni, and Domenichino highlight part two of this series.
““Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture,” through 8 March [National Gallery of Canada]
Bernini’s show that was previously shown at the Getty makes the trek up North.
OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS
After a blockbuster tour around the States this past Summer, and a major comparative exhibition of his work against preceding Old Masters, this opening only strengthens the vote for J.M.W as Old Master of the Year.
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza surveys the Dutch Painter Pieter Jansz. Saenredam [Art Knowledge]
Another great example of a great painter who isn’t really known that well at large. Janz was one of the pioneering artists of the Dutch golden age, whose precise interiors gained him credit as the first “architectural portraitist”
Old Master Prints Capture Three Centuries of War at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, through May 10 [MFA Houston] [Art Daily]
RECENT EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Victoria & Albert Museum to Open New Medieval and Renaissance Galleries [Art Knowledge] [UK Independent]
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[...] Second, the auction house announced some of the showcases from its January lineup in New York. This announcement did not disappoint- the sale will include five moving watercolors by OMNP front runner for “Old Master of the Year,” J.M.W Turner. [...]