PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has stepped up its efforts to expand and diversify its renowned collection of American art. The strategic plan, approved by PAFA’s Board of Trustees, calls for the growth of the collec…
Florida’s Charles Hosmer Morse Museum Showcases Tiffany Glass Works
ORLANDO, FL ( REUTERS) .- The last major art works from the estate of American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany will go on permanent display for the first time in February at Florida’s Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. A new 6,000-square-foot g…
De Hallen Haarlem Presents 13 Works from the Period 1989-1995 by American Artist Cady Noland
HAARLEM.- De Hallen Haarlem presents an exhibition of the work of the American artist Cady Noland. Particularly in the 1980s she attracted considerable interest with her social-critical work. The focus exhibition in De Hallen shows 13 works from the pe…
De Hallen Haarlem Presents 13 Works from the Period 1989-1995 by American Artist Cady Noland
HAARLEM.- De Hallen Haarlem presents an exhibition of the work of the American artist Cady Noland. Particularly in the 1980s she attracted considerable interest with her social-critical work. The focus exhibition in De Hallen shows 13 works from the pe…
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Announces Works in Wood
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Two striking portraits in wood by female artists – one a rising star, the other an icon of the 1960s art scene – are the most recent works announced by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Room (2007-08) by Alison Elizab…
Washington’s Transformer Gallery Vows Ongoing Protest Against Smithsonian
WASHINGTON (AP).- A Washington art gallery pledged a round-the-clock protest Thursday against what it calls censorship by the Smithsonian Institution for removing a video that shows ants crawling on crucifix after the Catholic League and members of Co…
Smithonian’s National Portrait Gallery Removes Video After Group Complains
WASHINGTON (AP).- The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is removing a video that was part of an exhibit after complaints from a Catholic group that the images were sacrilegious. Catholic League President Bill Donohue told the New York Post on Tue…
The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy Explored in New Book by Suzanne Loebl
LONDON.- When John D. Rockefeller Jr. commissioned a great deal of art for the construction of Rockefeller Center during the midst of the Great Depression, Vogue editor Frank Crowninshield praised Rockefeller as “the greatest friend and patron of …
Unveiled: New Weiner Art Commission for mima through Art Fund International
MIDDLESBOURGH.- A LINE IS A LINE FOR ALL THAT is a major new commission using vinyl for the 500m2 glass facade of the mima building by acclaimed New York artist Lawrence Weiner, and is the single largest commission ever produced by the artist in the UK…
American Museum in Britain Celebrates 50 Years of Relations Between the Two Countries
BATH.- “It was unique when it opened in 1961, and it remains unique today.” This is how Richard Wendorf, the director of an unusual museum on the outskirts of Bath , describes the only public collection of American art to be found beyond the…