Buckingham Co. and Indianapolis Museum of Art collaborate on new commissions for art hotel
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- Buckingham Companies and the Indianapolis Museum of Art today announced that they are collaborating on the art program for The Alexander, a new hotel in downtown Indianapolis. An unprecedented 12 site-specific works have been commiss…
LACMA presents international touring retrospective of American photographer Robert Adams
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection of Photographs, an exhibition that showcases the artistic legacy of American photographer Robert Adams (b. 1937) and his longstan…
Beaded "bug" showcases Native Mexican art on wheels at National Museum of the American Indian
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrates one of Mexico’s indigenous communities with the unveiling of “Vochol:Huíchol Art on Wheels” in the museum’s Potomac Atrium Tuesday, March 20….
Artist Richard Prince talks about his latest exhibition at Museo Picasso Málaga
MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga is showing the world premiere of an exhibition of previously unshown work by Richard Prince, one of the most outstanding artists on the international contemporary art scene. Richard Prince approaches the subject of Pablo …
Artist Michael Heizer’s massive 340-ton rock rolls to Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Rock stars are a common enough sight in Los Angeles but it’s not often when a rock is the star. Los Angeles residents are coming out to catch a glimpse of a massive boulder that arrived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art before …
National Geographic Society’s Christopher Liedel named President of Smithsonian Enterprises
WASHINGTON, DC.- Christopher Liedel, executive vice president and CFO for the National Geographic Society, has been named president of Smithsonian Enterprises following a national search. He begins work at the Smithsonian this month. Smithsonian Enterp…
Rarely seen "Extra Small" Modern and Contemporary works at Metropolitan Museum featured in XS
NEW YORK, NY.- More than 50 works of art of diminutive size by 30 American and European artists working in a variety of media and techniques comprise the installation XS at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With a title borrowed from the XS size label (f…
Unprecedented exhibition in Houston reveals painting newly attributed to Van Aelst
HOUSTON, TX.- The first-ever monographic exhibition of Dutch still-life painter Willem van Aelst (1627-1683) premieres at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 11–May 28, 2012. Co-organized by the MFAH, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, a…
Five Irish immigrant laborers murdered in 1832, re-buried in Pennsylvania’s West Laurel Hill Cemetery
BALA CYNWYD (AP).- The remains of five Irish laborers who researchers believe were murdered in 1832 while building a Pennsylvania railroad received a dignified re-interment Friday, more than 3,000 miles from their homeland and nearly two centuries afte…
Sotheby’s London to sell replicas of some of the Crown Jewels in its Jewels Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced its sale of Jewels to take place on Tuesday, 13 March 2012. Comprised of 249 lots, the sale is estimated to fetch in excess of £1.3 million. The sale will be highlighted by a variety of elegant jewels of great provena…