Google Art Project brings under one virtual roof 17 museums from 9 countries, 385 exhibition halls, 400 artists and 1060 paintings in high resolution. Now, anyone with internet access can visit The Metropolitan Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, Tate, Hermitage and have a closer look at the displays in details you wouldn’t even see in real life. This is the gift Google made to all art fans and connoisseurs. Read more »

Just recently, we came across Fabergé’s United States debut. Now, the Fabergé Museum in Baden Baden has acquired a rare item in the form of a still-life left-over breakfast plate! Read more »

Considering that mid-September is the best time to visit Florence, you have an added reason to go there now. As Gucci turns 90, the luxury brand has an amazing plan in place to celebrate the event in style. In a bid to boost their brand image, Gucci has just opened its first museum in a Florentine palazzo. In a gala opening celebration at the Piazza della Signoria, Gucci’s new exhibit will be on display at the 14th-century Palazzo della Mercanzia that will span across three floors. Read more »

The retrospective of the famous British designer Alexander McQueen in New York’s Metropolitan became one of the most popular exhibits in 140 years of museum’s operation. Organized by The Costume Institute, the exhibit featured McQueen’s work starting with his Central Saint Martins postgraduate collection of 1992 and up until his final runway collection after his death in February 2010. Read more »

The Parisian couturier Jean Paul Gaultier has recently opened his grand exhibit “Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, which will be displayed until the beginning of October. The extensive exposition features the designer’s most renowned creations, including the iconic corset from Madonna’s 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour, and a leopard dress which took the designer 1060 hours to create. Read more »

Pressing Ideas: Fifty Years of Women's Lithographs from Tamarind brings together extraordinary works of art by women who, over the past 50 years, have helped re-energize and re-organize the artistic medium of lithography. Featuring 75 original prints by 42 artists, Pressing Ideas celebrates the diversity, innovation and collaborative nature of lithography. The exhibition is on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts June 17, 2011, through October 2, 2011. Read more »

The world’s richest person to date – Mexican billionaire and business magnate Carlos Slim – has sponsored the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City – the art museum named in honour of his beloved wife. Read more »