NEW YORK (AP).- New York City’s Museum of Modern Art has agreed to buy the building of the financially strapped Museum of Folk Art. The building is next door to MoMA, meaning MoMA could expand the exhibition space of its West 53rd Street facility. No…
New North Carolina Museum of Art Building Wins 2011 AIA Award
NEW YORK, NY.- The 127,000-square-foot, single-story project—one of only ten to receive the Honor Award for Architecture this year—was selected from hundreds of submissions worldwide. The AIA announcement of the Award notes the building interior’s …
Surreal $36 Million Salvador Dalí Museum Opens in New State of the Art Building in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG (AP).- For a few hours Tuesday, this Florida city was transformed into a Surrealist canvas in honor of Salvador Dali, the genre’s master. A man wearing a large snail hat led a parade of drummers, who were followed by a phalanx of pirate…
New de Young Museum Celebrates 5th and 40th Anniversaries of the Union with the Legion of Honor
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- This year the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco celebrate two important anniversaries: the 5th anniversary of the new de Young Museum and the 40th anniversary of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This celebration is bolstere…