The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired The Cut Melon (1760), a still life by Jean Siméon Chardin, from the Rothschild family, after an auction sale last year in Paris fell through. The work went on ...

We are ecstatic to have now acquired a Chardin still life of such beauty and quality,” said Eric Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum. "The Cut Melon is one of the great masterpieces of ...

The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired a rare 18th-century French painting previously caught at the center of a lawsuit between an international auction house and a private buyer. The Fort Worth art ...

"The Cut Melon," a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, will be on view to the public starting Thursday at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth announced Wednesday the acquisition of Jean Siméon Chardin’s “The Cut Melon,” a work completed in 1760 that is one of the French artist’s finest still ...

Sign up for essential news for the Fort Worth area. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. The Kimbell Art Museum has acquired a rare 18th-century French ...

News has broken this evening that Chardin's Le Melon entamé, which sold for €26.73m (including fees) at Christie's Paris last June - although the winning bidder failed to pay, has been acquired ...

Los Angeles County Museum Of ... leaf” design with a scalloped lower edge. Mrs. Post wore this to her daughter Eleanor’s debut dance at the Ritz Carlton. From Art Deco, Art Nouveau and 20th ...

Image: Graham Smith The Design Museum has promised a "sensory extravaganza" of music, flamboyant fashions, and pioneering art, film and graphic design, courtesy of over 250 items: clothing and ...

It will light up the museum each night at sunset. The Figge Art Museum illuminated the night sky over the Mississippi River Saturday with the grand unveiling of Evanescent Field, a major public ...