“Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) will use the 3D scan to reveal features invisible to the naked eye, giving scientists and art historians a new perspective on the painting and helping to uncover some of the mysteries surrounding Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘sfumato’ painting technique.”
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Peter Gelb’s New Met – A Hit?
“The 52-year-old Met general manager arrived just in time to lead a bloated, tired and tiresome outfit that was drifting toward obsolescence with its creaky board, senior-citizen audience and slumping ticket sales. His appointment, while odd – -he had never run a theater and had toiled, not always happily, as president of Sony Classical — appears to be energizing a company whose previous director, Joseph Volpe, was too pleased with himself and the status quo.”
Munch Paintings Back On Display
The two iconicMunch paintings recovered after a dramatic theft two years ago are going back on display in oslo. “The paintings were not so badly damaged that they could not be displayed without full-artistic appreciation.”
“Sensation”al Dispersal
The “Sensation” show in 1997 is one of the most famous art exhibitions in the past decade. So where did the art from the show go?
Rent-a-Saatchi
Want to have an art collection like Charles Saatchi’s? Now, you can have his collection. The high-profile collector has “privately published a catalogue of 600 works of art which are available for hire. The glossy 393-page publication provides a fascinating insight into his collection.”