The Great London [01/26/17

  • Travel: 'Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom' at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

    The reunification of ancient Egypt achieved by Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II—the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom—was followed by a great cultural flowering that lasted nearly 400 years. During the Middle Kingdom (mid-Dynasty 11–Dynasty 13, around 2030–1650 B.C.), artistic, cultural, religious, and political traditions first conceiv…

  1. 'Leaving a Mark on History: Treasures from Greek Museums' at the National Archaeological Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
  2. "Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. 'Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in Fifteenth-Century China' at the Ringling Museum of Art, Florida
  4. Getty Museum presents "Gothic Grandeur": Manuscript illumination, 1200-1350
  5. Ancient Biblical artifacts make world premiere at Armstrong Auditorium