02/08/2002. MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY.- The Montclair Art Museum will celebrate the grand re-opening of its completed facility on Sunday, February 24th, 2002, with the inauguration of six new Permanent Collection galleries, a special traveling exhibition Art in 2 Wo...

02/04/2002. YONKERS, NY.- We cannot touch or hold it, but we can see it, and with it, see our world. Light defines our physical, visual and mental experiences. It determines how we move and stirs our emotions. Opening on February 1 at the Hudson River Museum, Th...

02/04/2002. LONDON, ENGLAND.- The British Museum presents "The Poetry of Nature: Watercolours by John Sell Cotman 1782-184", on view through may 19, 2002. John Sell Cotman's Greta Bridge has been called one of the greatest creations of the Romantic movement and ...

02/05/2002. WIRRAL, ENGLAND.- Lady Lever Art Gallery presents "Leonardo drawings from The Royal Collection", on view through April 21, 2002. Ten of the finest drawings by the Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci, from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, are on s...

02/11/2002. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.- The UCLA Hammer Museum presents "Mirror Image", on view through May 5, 2002. "Mirror Image" is an eclectic look at some of the ways in which artists have explored ideas related to self-portraiture. In many of the works the l...

02/12/2002. PORT SUNLIGHT, ENGLAND.- As part of the Queen's golden jubilee celebration, The Lady Lever Art Gallery will exhibit ten Leonardo da Vinci drawings that are part of the Queen's collection stored at Windsor Castle. The drawings will travel to seven reg...

03/05/2002. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents an exhibition paying tribute to one of the Virginia Museum’s most generous benefactors, ‘Gone Away’: Gifts from the Estate of Paul Mellon, is on view through July 7. The exhibition featur...

03/06/2002. LONDON, ENGLAND.- Christie’s announced the auction of a further 149 Scottish paintings from the internationally acclaimed Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation. In November 2001, Christie’s Edinburgh successfully offered 100 works for sale on behalf of the ...

03/10/2002. WASHINGTON, D.C.- Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, has announced acquisitions recently approved by the Gallery's board of trustees, including Head of Fernande (19...

03/10/2002. WILLIAMSBURG BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.- The Williamsburg Art & Historical Society presents the Fourth Annual "Art & Ability" with work by 13 artists with disabilities, on view through March 31, 2002. The Williamsburg Art & Historic...

03/10/2002. NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.- The New Britain Museum of American Art presents "Love Story", on view through March 31, 2002. The New Britain Museum of American Art focuses on all things romantic just in time for Love Story, an exhibition that o...

03/12/2002. LONDON.- A new portrait of the Queen was unveiled on Monday. The painting was commissioned by the Commonwealth in celebration of her Golden Jubilee. The monarch's full-length, vibrantly colored likeness was unveiled by Commonwealth Secretary-General ...

03/14/2002. DALLAS, TEXAS.- A high court decided against Texan art collector Richard Drake, reported The Guardian. Drake claimed from Thomas Agnew and Sons art dealers the money he paid for a copy of a Van Dyck portrait. Drake paid around $2.12 million dollars f...

03/15/2002. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.- Elaine McKeon, chair of the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), today announced that Neal Benezra has been appointed director of the Museum. A Bay Area native, Benezra is currently depu...

03/15/2002. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK.- A spectacular Medieval castle located in the grounds of Barnwell Manor, Northamptonshire, provides the dramatic setting for Sotheby's three-day sale of fine antiques and decorative arts on behalf of Windsor House Antiques - ...