MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS.- Today Kohl’s Department Stores announced a more than $2.7 million donation over three years to the Milwaukee Art Museum that will continue the successful Kohl’s Art Generation program launched in 2008 as well as create new progra…
Archives of American Art Marks Kraushaar Galleries’ 125th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, DC.- This September, Kraushaar Galleries, a leading dealer in American art of the first half of the 20th century, will celebrate its 125th year, a record of longevity that dates back to the 19th century and is shared by only three other New…
High Museum to Offer Half-Price Tickets for Dalí Exhibition
ATLANTA, GA.- Beginning next Tuesday, August 17, the High will offer half-price adult tickets ($9), all day, for walk-up visitors only on Tuesdays through August 31. Visitors purchasing a new museum membership on these Tuesdays will also receive a free…
Key Painting by Alan Davie Acquired by University of Leeds
LEEDS.- The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery has acquired a work by Scottish abstract painter Alan Davie for the University Art Collection, with support from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Art Fund. Figure Mask No. 2 (1956) exemplifies the ty…
British Filmmaker John Akomfrah Presents "Mnemosyne" a Powerful New Film
LONDON.- “Mnemosyne” by celebrated British
filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah (b.1957) is a powerful new film installation
which focuses on the experience of migrant labour in the UK – a poetic essay on
the themes of memory and migration. To mak…
British Filmmaker John Akomfrah Presents a Powerful New Film Installation
LONDON.- Mnemosyne by celebrated British filmmaker and artist John Akomfrah (b.1957) is a powerful new film installation which focuses on the experience of migrant labour in the UK – a poetic essay on the themes of memory and migration. To make it Akom…
Declaration of Independence on View at The New York Public Library
NEW YORK, NY.- One of The New York Public Library’s greatest treasures, a full-text version of the Declaration of Independence handwritten by Thomas Jefferson will be on view through July 31 at The New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarz…
Abstract Art in South & North America at the Amon Carter Museum
FORT WORTH, TX.- On June 26, the Amon
Carter
Museum presents Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North
America,
1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together
South
American and U.S. geometric abs…
William Trost Richards ~ True to Nature: Drawings, Watercolors, & Oil Sketches at Stanford University
Stanford, California –
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents 75 drawings,
watercolors, and small oil studies made during the 50-year career
of
one of America’s most famous landscape artists. The exhibition
“Wi…
Abstract Art in South and North America at the Amon Carter Museum
FORT WORTH, TX.- On June 26, the Amon Carter Museum presents Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South American and U.S. geometric abstraction and i…