Allied Universal emerges as the higher bidder for Britain’s G4S after Montreal-based GardaWorld said it wouldn’t increase its existing $6.5-billion bid
Rendition of COVID-19 Memorial at Cape Ann Museum (CAM) Green by artist Pamela Hersch.
GLOUCESTER, MASS
.- Nearly one year ago, the coronavirus pandemic forced the state to shut down and declare a state of emergency. To commemorate the communitys profound loss, the Cape Ann Museum is creating a temporary art installation to pay tribute to those who died from the deadly virus including 35 people in Gloucester, 55 people from Cape Ann, and more than 2,000 people from Essex County. The COVID-19 Memorial will be dedicated at CAM Green during a virtual online ceremony on March 10 and will be open to the public through March 14.
The Morgan celebrates esteemed collectors Richard and Mary Gray s remarkable collection of drawings
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804). Puchinello collapses on the road, ca. 1791. Pen and brown ink, and brush and brown washes, over traces of charcoal. The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray; 2019.869. Photography by Art Institute of Chicago Imaging Department.
NEW YORK, NY
.-The Morgan Library & Museum is presenting an exhibition celebrating the remarkable collection of drawings assembled by one of Americas foremost art dealers, Richard Gray, and his wife, the art historian Mary L. Gray. Encompassing works made in Europe and the United States between the fifteenth and the twenty-first century, the Gray Collection represents a stimulating survey of key aspects in the long and distinguished history of drawing. Conversations in Drawing: Seven Centuries of Art from the Gray Collection, on view February 19 through June 6, 2021, includes many outstanding wor
New book from Paul Holberton Publishing tells the fascinating story of Titian s Rape of Europa
This book accompanies the Gardner Museum exhibition Titian: Women, Myth, and Power, reuniting his poesie series in the United States for the first time.
LONDON
.- Dubbed a mighty poet by American author Henry James, Titian remains one of the most celebrated painters in Western art. In Gilded Age America, Titian paintings became the peerless prizes of leading collectors and quickly rose to the top of Gardners wish list. In 1896, she landed his masterpiece, The Rape of Europa. It became the sole example of his celebrated cycle of poesie outside of Europe, inspired an entire gallery in her newly built museum, and contributed to Englands national debate over the loss of its art treasures.