SCAtoday.net - Exhibits

"Renaissance Faces" at London's National Gallery

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:41:25 -0400

The autumn extravaganza at the National Gallery in London will be devoted to portraits from the Renaissance, including works from Van Eyck to Titian. Charlotte Higgins of the Guardian reports on what to expect. (photos)

Renaissance armor at the Folger until September 2008

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:18:45 -0400

The Great Hall of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. glints with Renaissance armor as the library presents the exhibit Now Thrive the Armorers: Arms and Armor in Shakespeare June 5 through September 9, 2008.

Renaissance textiles in Kansas City

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:49:24 -0400

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri will present Revealing, Reversible and Resplendent: 15th-17th-Century Italian and Spanish Textiles through August 17, 2008. The exhibit includes elaborately-embroidered and woven religious and secular pieces (photo)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art presents exhibit on Renaissance marriage

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:52:09 -0400

Beauty and Duty: The Art and Business of Renaissance Marriage, an exhibit which "examines the manner in which art played a vital role in the rituals and celebrations of Renaissance marriage" will be on display at the Bowdoin College Art Museum (Brunswick, Maine) until July 27, 2008. The event's website also includes games and activities for children.

"Age of Armor" and "Suburban Knights" at Woodson Art Museum

Wed, 7 May 2008 15:26:37 -0400

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin is going medieval this summer with a series of exhibits highlighting medieval armor and photographs of SCAdians by California photographer E.F. Kitchen. Keith Uhlig of the Wausau Daily Herald has the story.

“Illuminating the Medieval Hunt” at the Morgan Library

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:47:49 -0400

Karen Rosenberg of the New York Times reviews an exhibit of medieval manuscripts depicting the art of the hunt at the Morgan Library & Museum. The centerpiece of the exhibit is the museum's copy of Le Livre de la Chasse, a lavishly-illuminated volume depicting hunt scenes.(photos)

Tibetan Arms and Armor at Met

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:18:52 -0400

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will host Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection through fall 2009 in the Arms and Armor Galleries, 1st floor, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gallery.

Roman statues receive makeover at Bath

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:30:22 -0400

A collection of statues that ring the Roman baths in Bath, England have received a facelift to remove years of grime. The renovation project is just part of a plan to "create an unforgettable experience for all our daytime and evening visitors."

V&A's medieval and renaissance treasures at Atlanta's High Museum of Art

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:51:55 -0400

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia will host Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum September 13, 2008 – January 4, 2009.

Inquisition "wasn't so bad after all" according to Vatican

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 16:06:08 -0400

The Vatican has created an exhibit to convince the Faithful that the Inquisition "wasn't so bad after all." The temporary Rare and Precious exhibition at Rome's Vittoriano Museum is designed to "expose some myths about this dark chapter of its past."

Medieval exhibits and programs at State Library of Victoria

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:11:10 -0400

From 28 March until 15 June 2008 the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, will present The Medieval Imagination, a "spectacular free exhibition of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts celebrating the art of the hand-written book or manuscript."

UK£5m donation will bring Bodleian treasures to the masses

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:47:50 -0400

The donation of UK£5 million from Oxford publisher Julian Blackwell will make possible the display of many of the Bodleian Library's treasures which are now available only to scholars. The gift will be used to create a new exhibition hall at one of the library's sites in Oxford.

Venice exhibit focusses on contributions of "barbarians"

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:51:44 -0400

A new exhibit at Venice's Palazzo Grassi endeavors to disprove the reputation of the "barbaric tribes" during Europe's Dark Ages. Rome and the Barbarians: Birth of a New World will be at the Palazzo Grassi until July 20, 2008.

Royal children subjects of Columbus exhibit

Sun, 9 Mar 2008 09:03:51 -0400

Lady Faoileann reports that the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art will sponsor a special exhibit Great Expectations: Aristocratic Children in European Portraiture through June 8, 2008.

Pictish stone carvings cleaned up

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:54:38 -0500

High-tech laser technology has been used to record and conserve one of the finest collections of Pictish carved stones in Scotland.