03/15/2005. LONDON, UK.- The National Portrait gallery presents Conquering England - Ireland in Victorian London, on view through June 19, 2005. 'England had conquered Ireland, so there was nothing for it but to come over and conquer England.' George ...

07/02/2005. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Few pictures have been the focus of as much attention as Leonardo da Vinci's two versions of The Virgin of the Rocks - owned by the National Gallery, London and the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Generations of art historians have w...

04/03/2007. LONDON.- 2007 marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Act of Parliament that legally ended British involvement in the trading of African people to serve as slave labour in the Americas, the West Indies and Europe. To commemorate this...

02/22/2008. NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum presents the first U.S. surveys of Daniel Guzmán and Steven Shearer on view from April 23 through July 6, 2008. “Double Album: Daniel Guzmán and Steven Shearer” brings together two artists—Daniel Gu...

09/13/2009. OTTAWA, ON.- Five visual arts researchers have each been awarded a fellowship by the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) as part of its Research Fellowships Program. This program encourages and s...

09/23/2011. LONDON.- Over 50 photographic portraits of comedians from the 1940s to the present day have gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery until 8 January 2012. On show for the first time a...

06/04/2013. The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College announced the appointment of Dr. Andaleeb Badiee Banta as its new Curator of European & American Art. Dr. Banta, who will take up her po...

02/27/2014. Martin E. Sullivan, former director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, passed away after a series of illnesses at his home in Piney Point, Md., Feb. 25; he was 70. Sullivan served as d...

03/21/2014. Sharon Percy Rockefeller became chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Art in September 2013, upon the retirement of John C. Wilmerding, who was appointed to the board in 2005 and...

12/16/2014. The only decorative cycle on public display in the UK by one of the most influential artists in the development of landscape painting and a key inspiration to the Impressionists, will remain on view for future generations to enjoy after being purchas...

04/07/2017. The National Portrait Gallery has acquired Sir Thomas Lawrence’s unfinished final portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, following a successful public fund-raising appeal, it was...

07/08/2017. Compton Verney’s summer season opens with one of the first exhibitions of its kind in the UK. From the Impressionists onwards, artists have been inspired by historical and contem...

10/13/2017. Leeds Art Gallery reopens its galleries tomorrow following the closure of the gallery in January 2016, during which time essential repairs to the original roof and the historic Victoria...

09/16/2019. Kiasma features works by Norwegian artist Torbjørn Rødland. He is known for carefully staged, beautiful photographs that evoke emotions. The subject is often a person in an intimate situation fille...

09/15/2020. In 2017 Bernardo Bellotto’s The Fortress of Königstein from the North – one of the most original and impressive examples of 18th-century landscape painting – was saved for the nation. To celebrate its acquisition, and reflect the <...