07/02/2006. SEATTLE, WA.- The Paul Allen Family Collection has agreed to lend a sculpture made by Claes Oldenburg to the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park, which will open October 28. “The collection owns the five-ton, 19-foot high "Typ...

01/03/2007. OCTOBER John Constable's (1776–1837) seminal six-foot landscapes—among the best-known and beloved images in British art—are reunited with their groundbreaking full-size sketches for the first time since the artist's death in Co...

09/08/2008. LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a commissioned portrait of the Nobel Prize winning scientist, Sir Paul Nurse. The portrait, by acclaimed British artist Jason Brooks, is the largest realist painting that the National Portrait Ga...

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...

01/06/2012. LONDON.- Titian's masterpiece Diana and Actaeon which was ArtFunded in 2009 is to go on tour before returning to the National Gallery for the exhibition Metamorphosis: Titian 201...

09/12/2012. DUBLIN.- A selection of thirty-three paintings that once belonged to Sir Alfred Chester Beatty are on display in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle for six months (until 24 March 2013). T...

10/29/2013. Two versions of Vincent van Gogh’s iconic 'Sunflowers' are being reunited in London for the first time in 65 years in 2014 – giving visitors to the National Gallery a unique op...

11/22/2013. Rare photographs of Benjamin Britten including family and personal snapshots from his boyhood and professional life, are included from today in a new display at the National Portrait Gallery, ahead ...

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 ...

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...

05/02/2016. The National Gallery of Victoria’s blockbuster exhibition Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei closed this week with a final attendance of 399,127, making it the highest-selling ticketed exhibition in ...

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...

11/01/2021. Paddington Square, London’s new quarter for work, retail and dining at the heart of Paddington’s regeneration, has today announced a major programme of public art commissions, comprising first London permanent public works by internationall...

01/01/2024. Ken Currie’s Unknown Man, a portrait of the preeminent forensic anthropologist, Professor Dame Sue Black, has been acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland. This arresting por...

06/30/2024. Following a 14-month restoration carried out in the Gallery’s Conservation Department and supported by Bank of America Art Conservation Project, The Judgement of Paris (probably 1632‒5) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577‒1640) returns to pub...