Connected with the National Gallery of Canada's exhibition, Rembrandt in Amsterdam, two virtual events will take place on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021. Virtual Symposium—Amsterdam and Rembrandt: New [...] Read More
Museum News
Elmer Kolfin, “Out of the shadow and into the light: Black figures in the art of Rembrandt’s time”
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Canada presents the 2021 Isabel and Alfred Bader Lecture in European Art: “Out of the shadow and into the light: Black figures in [...] Read More
Youthful Ambition: Anthony van Dyck’s ‘Self-Portrait as Icarus’
Tuesday, June 8, 2021 12:00 pm–1:30 pm EDT Flemish painter Anthony van Dyck was not yet 20 years old when he painted Self-Portrait as Icarus with Daedalus in about 1618. The artist announced his [...] Read More
CODARTfocus Slavery Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum
On Tuesday 20 April 2020 (16:30-17:45 CEST), CODART will organize an online CODARTfocus meeting on the occasion of the Slavery exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. Hereby we invite you to register for this [...] Read More
Florence B. Selden Fellow at Yale University Art Gallery
This is a one-year, full-time position, with the possibility of a second year. Salary range: $40,000-$45,000, commensurate with education and experience, and a competitive benefits package: [...] Read More
Wondrous in every detail! Van Eyck online and in BOZAR
Brussels, 19 February 2021: After six years of research crowned by a European prize, the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels) has just published the last high-resolution images [...] Read More
Vienna’s Bruegel Gallery – Virtual Tour
It is now possible to visit the ‘Bruegel Gallery’ in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna from the comfort of your home. In collaboration with Visit Flanders, the museum created a virtual tour of [...] Read More
RKD Crowdsourcing Transcription of Bredius documents
The RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History is asking the help of the public to transcribe the archival notes of art historian Abraham Bredius. As of last week, the crowdsourcing platform through [...] Read More
Long-lost Flemish masterpiece discovered in Brussels district hall
A painting that hung for decades in a municipal building in Brussels has been authenticated as the work of Flemish master Jacob Jordaens, Belgian conservators said Tuesday. After analysis including [...] Read More
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Seeks Three Curators
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam is looking for a Curator of Old Masters (15th to mid 19th century), a Curator of Drawings (15th to 21st century) and a Curator of Applied Arts & Design [...] Read More
JVDPPP publishes important article on the young Jordaens: ‘The Early Work of Jacob Jordaens by Ludwig Burchard’
The JVDPPP (Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Paintings Project) has published a translated and updated version of an important article on the young Jordaens by the distinguished art historian Ludwig Burchard. [...] Read More
Art Institute of Chicago Acquires a Work by Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce the acquisition of Venus, Cupid and Ceres by Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (1562-1638). Monogrammed and dated 1604, the painting is the earliest [...] Read More
Dresden’s Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Reopens
As of May 5, 2020, Dresden's Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery) has reopened to the public with social distancing guidelines for visitors. ‘We have reached the goal of slowing [...] Read More
Over 75 newly examined panels added to the JVDPPP website
The Jordaens Van Dyck Panel Painting Project (JVDPPP) website has been greatly expanded with 78 new panels that have been examined by the project team over the past year. The paintings are in public [...] Read More
New Publication on Tapestry Production and Conservation: 125 Years De Wit
This publication demonstrates the variety of ways in which ongoing research and the development of new technology can serve to revive the splendor of fragile tapestries kept in European and American [...] Read More