The Special Collections division of the University of Antwerp Library is pleased to announce that ca. 1100 objects from the extensive collection of the historian, collector and scholar Alfons K.L. [...] Read More
Museum News
Museum Snijders & Rockoxhuis Opens in Antwerp
On February 24, 2018 the Museum Snijders & Rockoxhuis opened to the public. The museum consists of the houses of two seventeenth-century Antwerp celebrities: Nicolaas Rockox, burgomaster of [...] Read More
La Salle University Art Museum Will Deaccession 43 Paintings
The La Salle University Art Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, announced on 2 January 2018 that it was deaccessioning 43 of its 350 paintings to fund future University projects (not for the [...] Read More
Rembrandt: The Last Renaissance Artist
Date: April 5, 2018 Time: 5:30 pm Place: Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin Catherine Scallen, Andrew W. Mellon Associate Professor in the Humanities and Associate Professor of Art [...] Read More
‘Closer to van Eyck’ Launches Expansion
The website closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be has expanded with new macro photos and scientific imagery of 20 works by Jan Van Eyck and his workshop from 11 European museums. The zoom function invites [...] Read More
Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires a Johann König Painting
The Cleveland Museum of Art recently announced the acquisition of Johann König's The Resurrection of Christ. The work was painted in Augsburg in 1622, the same year that König was elected dean of the [...] Read More