The National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) and the National Gallery in London (NGL) are working together with the Duke of Sutherland to secure the long-term future of the Bridgewater loan of Old Master paintings. The Bridgewater Collection, currently on view at the NGS, is the most important private collection of Old Master paintings on loan [...]

The Latin American collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is back on view after three years’ absence. And the reinstallation opens with a piquant flourish in a display of ancient pre-Columbian art that doubles as a solo show for a contemporary artist, and looks like a nightclub interior. The artist, Jorge Pardo, [...]

In the early 1990s the architect Lebbeus Woods, left, produced a series of dark and moody renderings that made him a cult figure among students and academics. While most of his friends and colleagues have abandoned their imaginary cities to chase lucrative commissions, Mr. Woods has shown little interest in building. Instead, he continues to [...]

The Bass Museum of Art presents today 20th Century Works on Paper from the Fundacion Mapfre Collection: Picasso, Tàpies, Miró and Others , on view through November 2, 2008. This extraordinary exhibition is comprised of approximately 80 works on paper by some of the 20th century’s most renowned Spanish artists, as well as artists from [...]

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, in partnership with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, presents the exhibition, El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III, the first comprehensive exhibition of art made for this Spanish court four centuries ago. Among the works of two giants of Spanish art, the [...]

Brazilian police have recovered the final piece of artwork that was stolen during a daylight heist at the Estacao Pinacoteca Museum in Sao Paulo on June 12. Brazilian police present, today August 18, in Sao Paulo, the recovered art work Minotaur, Drinker and Women (1933), made by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso.

A new trend in the art business is flourishing at a moment when the economy is tight and sales are slow at galleries around town. What’s the idea? Add a bar. It’s not entirely new to mix art and alcohol. In nightspots where artists hang out, such as Seattle’s Two Bells tavern and the Virginia [...]