Great exhibit at the Glenbow Museum

The Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta has a great exhibit that is just about to close entitled Egypt, Greece and Rome: Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World. There's a nice description and a few photos. The exhibit closes on June 3, 2007. So if you are in Calgary in the coming weeks, I'd recommend you go to the Glenbow and see it.

The Kings of Benin

Interesting exhibit at Vienna's Kunsthistoriches Museum on ivory and bronze sculptures from the West African kingdom of Benin, which is located in modern-day Nigeria. Well worth looking at here.

A round-up of Apollo Magazine

Some great articles have been posted on Apollo Magazine's website, including:

* Stephen Dyson on Greek and Roman art
* Christopher Woodward on saving Britain's gardening heritage
* Andrew Hopkins's review of an exhibition of Tintoretto

All can be accessed here.

Michelangelo in detail

Art Scholar has been recently updated with a link to a series of articles (written by the website's author, Simon Abrahams) on Michelangelo's art and composition. Here's the first part, which discusses Michelangelo's eyes.

Shrek the Third = $122 million

It looks like the third instalment of Shrek is going to break a lot of box office records. For example, it took in $122 million (US) in its opening weekend - a record for animated films. Can you say, "Oscar?"

Disappearance...and re-appearance

My apologies for the lack of posts this month. I'll try to do better...honest! : )

Description de L'Egypte

Beaux Arts, based in Dallas, Texas, has an upcoming exhibit entitled Description de L’Egypte, the story of The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt. It will consist of 87 original prints from this publication, which was well respected by artists and collectors alike. Art Daily has a link.