Renowned as a giant of French Romantic painting, Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863) was equally a dedicated and an innovative draftsman. Devotion to Drawing: The Karen B. Cohen Collection of Eugène Delacroix explores the central role of drawing in the artist’s practice through more than one hundred works—from finished watercolors to sketchbooks, from copies after old master prints to preparatory drawings for important projects. As the first North American exhibition devoted to Delacroix’s drawings in more than 50 years, it introduces a new generation to the artist’s draftsmanship. The exhibition celebrates a major gift to The Met from Karen B. Cohen, an Honorary Trustee and a longstanding supporter of the Museum, of her extraordinary collection of drawings by Delacroix. Assembled with an eye to the artist’s process, Mrs. Cohen’s collection illuminates the ways in which drawing shaped Delacroix’s artistic development;

An expertly curated selection of fine antiquities and ethnographic art from the world’s most fascinating cultures will be auctioned by Artemis Gallery on July 19. The online sale will showcase 400+ lots of high-quality art and relics dating as far back as the Ancient Egyptians and other early Middle Eastern civilizations. As is the case at each and every Artemis Gallery event, all lots are guaranteed to be authentic, legal to purchase and, if desired, resell. A letter of authenticity accompanies each sold item. The auction will open with a fine variety of Egyptian pieces, from mummy masks and adornments to figures and vessels. An unusually large collection of 42 Egyptian faience amulets includes striding or standing depictions of Isis, Horus and figures wearing crowns, as well as female deities, birds; and other animals and objects. “Amulets

This summer sees a major presentation of stunning and vibrant works by pioneering German Expressionist artist Emil Nolde (1867-1956) at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh. This is the most ambitious exhibition of Nolde’s work in the UK in more than two decades and only the second ever exhibition to be held in Scotland, with over 120 paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints generously loaned by Nolde Stiftung Seebüll. This full-scale retrospective charts the career of one of Germany’s most accomplished modern artists from 1901 up until 1950, just a few years before his death. Many of the works have rarely been seen outside Germany. Nolde was one of the first Expressionists and is recognised as one of the pivotal figures of the European avant-garde, renowned for his bold use of colour. Emil Nolde: Colour is Life encompasses a rich and diverse range of work from the artist’s early atmos

A new exhibition in Jerusalem is for the first time bringing together signet rings Sigmund Freud had bestowed upon chosen disciples, initially as part of a secret psychoanalytical society. The six rings going on display at the Israel Museum in the “Freud of the Rings” exhibition opening July 20 illustrate his deep connection to mythology and archaeology. They also help illuminate the personality of the founding father of psychoanalysis, born in 1856 in present-day Czech Republic and who moved to Vienna aged four. The exhibition was conceived when Morag Wilhelm, a young assistant curator at the museum, came across a gold signet ring in a small cardboard box with the words “Freud Nike”, the latter being the Greek goddess of victory. The ring’s provenance grabbed her attention, and Wilhelm learned it was given by Freud to a student of his, Eva Rosenfeld, who later donated it to the museum.