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  This unprecedented exhibition, organized by the Louvre in partnership with the Prado Museum, brings together the works produced by Raphael in Rome during the last years of his short life. This was the period in which his style attained its full maturity, marking without a doubt the apogee of the Italian Renaissance. All of the works presented—church altarpieces, paintings for private...

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    Recently sold at action for $119,922,500, "The Scream" actually has 4 versions created by Edvard Munch. He used different mediums: oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard. This pastel version will be loaned to MoMA and shown publicly for the first time in New York from October 24, 2012 through April 29, 2013!

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Behold, America! is a dynamic collaboration between three of San Diego’s most important art institutions: the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art, and the Timken Museum of Art. The exhibition is an unrivalled opportunity to see these three collections united for the http://www.mcasd.org/ time. By bringing together the finest American works from these institutions, this...

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Aug 2012: Asencio Explores the Brilliance of Red in “Visions in Crimson” Meet Artist Henry Asencio at Exclusive Collections Gallery SAN DIEGO— Exclusive Collections Galleries invites you to witness a stunning new collection of original works by renowned figurative painter Henry Asencio. For this new collection, "Visions in Crimson", Master Asencio embraces the color red, exploring in-depth the color's...

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Dynamic: Blue Note After Rivera Roberto Cortazar Installation view at San Diego Museum of Art In ancient Greek, the root of the word 'dynamic' carried two meanings. On the one hand, it described power or strength, on the other, potential or possibility. The paintings in Mexico City-based Roberto Cortazar's intimate solo exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art embrace this doubled etymology...

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It is only fitting the NAS dedicates a post to Leonardo daVinci, a timeless inspiration and genius. Today, society focuses on the importance of specialization. DaVinci was a specialist alright--a specialist painter, sculptor,  architect,  musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer ;) Although he is better...

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