ARTS BRIEFING

Arts Briefing column: London’s Royal Academy of Arts notifies Art Loss Register that death mask of British painter J M W Turner, not seen since mid-1980’s, is lost or has been stolen; exhibitions at Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum are to receive awards of excellence from International Assn of Art Critics/USA in ceremony on January 12 at Japan Society; rocker Ozzy Osbourne, injured in accident on all-terrain vehicle at his English estate on December 8, is released from intensive care and moved to private clinic; wife, Sharon, says recovery may take six months; animal trainer and illusionist Roy Horn, severely mauled by white tiger during Las Vegas show on October 3, reportedly returns home to continue rehabilitation; photos (M)… Read more..

THE TURNER SOCIETY

The Turner Society was founded in 1975 on the bicentenary of the birth of J.M.W. Turner RA to promote interest in the life, work and influence of Britain’s greatest painter.

It offers a full programme of events. These include lectures by leading experts on the artist; visits to the Clore Gallery for the Turner Collection in London; and trips to important private collections not generally open to the public.
http://www.turnersociety.org.uk/events.htm