08/14/2006. WASHINGTON, DC.- A medalist, sculptor, and designer, Alexandre Charpentier was a pivotal figure in the movement to unite the fine and decorative arts in France at the end of the 19th century. Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856–1909)...

09/22/2006. LONDON, ENGLAND.- The National Gallery's Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Early Modern works are amongst its most popular paintings. The rooms in which they currently hang are always full of visitors for whom Seurat's 'Bathers at Asnière...

01/04/2008. LONDON.-To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of novelist, Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), the National Portrait Gallery is showing a small photographic display of portraits of the author. The display, open until 12 February 2008, includes pho...

07/02/2009. LONDON.- Eight years after free admission to museums and galleries was introduced, The Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity, releases its new research, Free to see - but what's ...

10/13/2009. EDINBURGH.- The National Galleries of Scotland launched a unique fundraising initiative, in support of Portrait of the Nation, the ambitious project to refurbish and redefine the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. "Gallery of Stars" gives th...

04/17/2011. LONDON.- Opening this weekend, Only Connect is an unconventional new display at the National Portrait Gallery presenting a web of portraits connecting sitters across three centuries. Comprisi...

04/21/2011. EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously il...

05/01/2011. EDINBURGH.- Silver City Soul presents an innovative portrait project that searches for the soul of one of Scotland’s most historic cities. Working in partnership with Aberdeen City Council, the <a href="http://www.nationalgalleries.org" t...

07/07/2011. LONDON.- Altarpiece: An image-bearing structure placed upon or behind an altar in a Christian church. Usually forms the focus of devotion for worshippers and is normally decorated by painters and/or sculptors. Altarpieces can vary considerably...

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...

11/09/2011. WASHINGTON, DC.- The artist Christo presented the National Gallery of Art with two original preparatory collages for Over The River, both dating from 2010, for the Gallery's permanent collection...

04/12/2013. Two extraordinary sculptures by the great Surrealist artist Joan Miró (1893-1983) have been placed on long loan to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. The massive bronze sculptur...

10/03/2013. The National Portrait Gallery has acquired a re-discovered painted portrait of the seventeenth-century patron, builder and conservationist, Lady Anne Clifford. A rare woman fighting a male-dominated...

02/20/2014. The contemporary art fair Art Madrid'14 celebrates its ninth edition, from 19 to 23 February 2014, with the intention of identifying and promote the best of international contemporary art, with ...

08/28/2015. This October, Moniker Art Fair returns to east London’s iconic Old Truman Brewery for its sixth year, having firmly established itself as London’s premiere event for contemporary art ...