29 septembre 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Arnold Scaasi,
Arnold Scaasi, John French, 1961. Image courtesy of Ernestine Carter Collection/Fashion Museum - Bath and North East Somerset Council. Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BOSTON, MA.- Arnold Scaasi has dressed them all—from Broadway actresses and Hollywood stars to the ladies who lunch and America’s First Ladies. Epitomizing the “lifestyles of the rich and famous,” his custom-made clothing evokes the height of elegance and craftsmanship from the late 1950s to the present. In celebration of the acclaimed fashion designer and... [Lire la suite]
05 mai 2010
Van Gogh Masterpiece Travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

17 mars 2010
Des panneaux de publicité pour retrouver les oeuvres d’art volées dans un musée de Boston il y a 20 ans
BOSTON (ETATS-UNIS) [17.03.10] – Une nouvelle campagne menée par le Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sollicite le public via des panneaux publicitaires pour avancer dans l’enquête sur le vol d’œuvres d’art de l’Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum de Boston, l’un des plus grands vols d’œuvres d’art des Etats-Unis.
Vingt ans après les faits, les enquêteurs ont lancé une nouvelle initiative pour essayer de retrouver les œuvres volées à l’Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Après avoir soumis de nouveaux échantillons aux tests ADN,... [Lire la suite]
04 janvier 2010
Luis Meléndez @ the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Luis Meléndez (Spanish, 1715 - 1780), Still Life with Melon and Pears, c.1772, oil on canvas, overall: 63.8 x 85.1 cm (25 1/8 x 33 1/2 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Margaret Curry Wyman Fund
BOSTON, MA.- Delights of the Spanish table depicted by 18th-century painter Luis Meléndez (1715-1780) will be presented to American audiences for the first time in nearly 25 years at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 1 through May 9, 2009. In a rare opportunity to explore the artist’s working method, "Luis Meléndez: Master... [Lire la suite]
24 février 2009
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser
Reporter Ulrich Boser tells the story behind the caper and reveals for the first time the identities of the thieves
NEW YORK, NY.- Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole $500 million worth of art, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. It is the largest art heist in history; it is the biggest burglary in American memory. But after thousands of leads—and a $5 million reward—not a single painting has been recovered. In THE GARDNER... [Lire la suite]