LONDON – A portrait slashed by a suffragette in the National Portrait Gallery will go back on display there for the first time in over 20 years. A photograph showing the damage will be included for the first time in a complementary display devoted to the suffrage movement that inspired the attack in July 1914. The portrait of one of the gallery’s founders, Thomas Carlyle, by Sir John Everett Millais, goes on display as part of the gallery’s year-long “Rebel Women” season to coincide with the new display “Votes for Women” opening Jan. 29.
Foremost names in design grace Nova Ars lineup Feb. 8
ASTI, Italy – Famous names in Italian design are featured in a Nova Ars online auction on Feb. 8. Highlights range from a Venini glass chandelier to a Pierre Cardin table with four chairs. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
Group aims to bring international art museum to Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) – The wonders of Spain, the majesty of Russia and some of the greatest works of art from throughout the world may soon have a home in Vicksburg.
Arrest in burglary, vandalism of California Route 66 Museum
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) _ Authorities say surveillance footage has led to the arrest of a suspect in the burglary and vandalism at the California Route 66 Museum.
From hole to whole: Museum staff restores damaged Corvette
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) – As a teenager some 30 years ago, Daniel Decker started the journey that led to him playing the primary role in restoring a 1962 Corvette that soon will have a place of prominence at Bowling Green’s National Corvette Museum.
Kaminski Auctions features designer’s collection Feb. 3-4
BEVERLY, Mass. – Kaminski Auctions’ Feb. 3-4 auction will feature decorative furnishings from the personal collection of Hilary Grinker Musser. Musser is best known for her outstanding interior design firm, Hilary Musser Interior Design LLC, in Palm Beach, Fla. Formerly located in Philadelphia and Nantucket, Mass., Musser’s work has featured in House Beautiful and Home and Garden Nantucket magazines as well as gracing the cover of Country Living magazine. Her clientele extends from Main Line Philadelphia homes to Nantucket and Palm Beach as well as St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.