Previous Posts: May 2024
The Burlington Magazine - May 2024
May 1 2024
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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
May's edition of The Burlington Magazine focuses on the Art of France, alongside the usual interesting selection of articles and reviews.
Here's a list of the main articles included within this month's edition:
A medal of the Sun King by Claude I Ballin - BY LUDOVIC JOUVET
‘The swing’ by Jean-Honoré Fragonard: new hypotheses - BY YURIKO JACKALL
The provenance of ‘The death of Sardanapalus’: new insights from unpublished correspondence - BY ANDREW M. WATSON
Dāvūd Gürcü, Ottoman refugee and Girodet’s first Mamluk model - BY THADEUS DOWAD
Jacob Rothschild (1936–2024) - BY MICHAEL HALL
Adopt a Fresco at the Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano
May 1 2024
Picture: Wikipedia
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano, also known as the Badia di Passignano, are running an 'Adopt a Fresco' scheme to help raise money to conserve their set of 30 wall paintings. Undertaken by Filippo di Antonio Filippelli (1460-1506), a pupil of Domenico Ghirlandaio, the vast scheme of paintings are in need of consolidation and restoration. Donors will have the opportunity to have their names engraved onto a plaque.
Turner in Monaco
May 1 2024
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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Grimaldi Forum in Monaco will be opening an exhibition entitled Turner: The Sublime Legacy in July. The show, in collaboration with Tate, will feature 38 paintings and 40 works on paper 'illustrating his innovative style and his qualities of abstraction.' 30 works by modern and contemporary artists will also be placed in dialogue with Turner's works.
The show will run from 6th July 2024 until 1st September 2024.
