Interview with Christopher D. M. Atkins, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Interview with Christopher D. M. Atkins, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and author of The Signature Style of Frans Hals: Painting, Subjectivity, and the Market in Early Modernity (Amsterdam University Press, 2012).   Javier Berzal: What attracted you to Frans Hals [1580-1666] in the first place? Christopher Atkins: First of all, I love the paintings of Frans Hals. More specifically, I... Read More

Bernini’s Models: Displaying Process in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bernini: Sculpting in Clay Metropolitan Museum of Art: October 3 – January 6, 2013 Also: Kimbell Art Museum: February 3 – April 14, 2013 Curated by Ian Wardropper, Anthony Sigel, and C.D. Dickerson, with Paola D’Agostino   Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, Naples 1598-1680 Rome), Model for the Lion on the Four Rivers Fountain, ca. 1649-50. Terracotta. 125/8 x 23¼ x 12 5/8 in. (32 x 59 x 32 cm) Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome.... Read More

Distilling the Artist’s Hand: Late Raphael in El Prado

Raphael, Bindo Altoviti, Oil on panel, 59.7 x 43.8 cm, ca. 1516 – 1518. Washington, National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1943.4.33   Late Raphael Museo Nacional Del Prado June 12-September 16, 2012 Curated by Paul Joannides and Tom Henry   The Museo del Prado in Madrid, Spain, will be holding until September 16 an exhibition focused on the late works of Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) and his workshop. The exhibit presents... Read More