WINTER PARK, FL.- The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany materials in the world, will open a new 12,000-square-foot wing in February 2011. The addition will provide, for the first tim…
Museum to Present Major Survey Devoted to Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In the fall of 2010, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major exhibition devoted to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) in the Dorrance Galleries for Special Exhibitions. Widely recognized as a key figure in the …
Amon Carter Museum Adds ‘of American Art’ to Its Name
FORT WORTH, TX.- Museum Director Ron Tyler announces that the Amon Carter Museum has modified its name: the longtime institution is now known as the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. “The museum was established in 1961 to house Amon G. Carter…
Crystal Bridges to Loan Major Works by Parrish, Rockwell
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will share important works of art by America’s most beloved artist-illustrators with the Toledo Museum of Art. Maxfield Parrish’s lyrical nocturne The Lantern Bearers (1908), originall…
Amon Carter to Showcase a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition
FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age o…
Amon Carter Museum of American Art to Showcase a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition
FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age o…
LACMA Presents First L.A. Exhibition of Thomas Eakins Since 1927
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins, on view from July 25 to October 17, 2010. Organized exclusively for LACMA by Ilene Susan Fort, the museum’s Gail and John…
Philbrook Museum of Art Names Catherine Whitney as Chief Curator
TULSA, OK.- Catherine Whitney joined Philbrook as Chief Curator and Curator of American Art on July 12. Whitney will oversee the curatorial department’s ambitious and expanding special exhibition programs, and research, interpret, install and furt…
LACMA Features First Los Angeles Exhibition of Thomas Eakins Since 1927
Los
Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of
Thomas Eakins, on view from July 25 to October 17, 2010. Organized
exclusively for LACMA by Ilene Susan Fort, the museum’s Gail …
Julian Cox Named Chief Curator of the de Young Museum
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- John E. Buchanan, Jr., Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, announces the appointment of Julian Cox, one of the country’s leading authorities on photography as Founding Curator of Photography for the Fine Arts Mu…