I recently visited The Rise of Every Day Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America, which is currently running at The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Look for my review of the exhibit in the next issue of The Pre-Raphaelite Society Newsletter of the United States, available to members of The Pre-Raphaelite Society. Exploring…
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Upcoming Exhibit: A Victorian Obsession
Leighton House Museum has announced an upcoming exhibit: A Victorian Obsession (November 2014 – March 2015), which will present fifty exceptional and rarely exhibited paintings by leading Victorian artists including Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, Edward Burne Jones and Lord Leighton himself amongst others. The collection which belong to Mexican collector Juan Antonio Pérez Simón, has never…
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Pre-Raphaelite Exhibit coming to Washington D.C.
First Major Exhibition on Pre-Raphaelite Art and Design in United States on View at National Gallery of Art, Washington February 17–May 19, 2013 Can you feel my excitement? I am beyond giddy and while I do not know yet when I’ll be able to make the trip to D.C., I can not wait to get there. Thrilling side note: A…
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The Cult of Beauty App
The Cult of Beauty is the V&A Museum’s lavish spring 2011 Exhibition. It showcases beautiful Victorian objects and art from around the world. Use the included audioguide to discover more about the wonderful exhibits on display. Use it when you visit the Exhibit. Or listen at home and enjoy the images of beautiful 19th century paintings, sculptures and design taken…
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Caption Competition at the Thames & Hudson blog
To celebrate the launch of their new blog, Thames & Hudson are offering a copy of ‘Pre-Raphaelite Drawing’ as a prize for the best caption to Frederick Sandys’ famous ‘Medea’. You can read Thames & Hudson’s recent blog post on ‘The Poetry of Drawing’ exhibition which is currently at BMAG here: www.tandhblog.co.uk/2011/03/the-poetry-of-drawing/ Post your caption on Flickr, the BMAG Facebook…
