LONDON.- The Chairman, Sir John Ritblat, and the Trustees of the Wallace Collection announced the appointment of Dr Christoph Vogtherr as the next Director of the Collection upon the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill DBE next October 2011. ‘Having run…
Derek Eller Gallery Opens Shows by Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer, and Ruby Sky Stiler
NEW YORK, NY.- Derek Eller Gallery presents Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer in the Main Gallery and Ruby Sky Stiler in the North Room. In a sequence of intimate photo collages and a large-scale wall installation, Adam Marnie uses flowers as flexible signif…
National Gallery of Canada Appoints Neo-Classical European Art Expert as Its Chief Curator
OTTAWA, ON.- The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) announced today the appointment of Paul Lang, an expert in neo-classical European Art, as its new Deputy Director and Chief Curator. An accomplished scholar who holds a PhD in Art History from the Univ…
Melissa A. DeRuiter Named PAFA’s New Executive Vice President of Development
PHILADELPHIA, PA .- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) announces the appointment of Melissa A. DeRuiter as its new Executive Vice President of Development effective December 1, 2010. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and F…
AGO Partners with Centre Pompidou to Bring Masterworks by Chagall, Kandinsky to Toronto
TORONTO.- The Art Gallery of Ontario is bringing the magic, whimsy and wonder of Marc Chagall to Toronto next fall with a major exhibition organized by the Centre Pompidou. Chagall and the Russian Avant-Garde: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Ce…
AGO to Present Masterworks by Pollock, Rothko, and Others from The Museum of Modern Art
TORONTO.- Jackson Pollock. Mark Rothko. Robert Motherwell. Joan Mitchell. Arshile Gorky. Lee Krasner. Willem de Kooning. These are just a few of the legendary 20th-century artists whose artwork will be on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario in summer 20…
AGO to Present Masterworks by Pollock, Rothko, and Others from The Museum of Modern Art
TORONTO.- Jackson Pollock. Mark Rothko. Robert Motherwell. Joan Mitchell. Arshile Gorky. Lee Krasner. Willem de Kooning. These are just a few of the legendary 20th-century artists whose artwork will be on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario in summer 20…
The Andy Warhol Foundation Threatens to End Smithsonian Funding
WASHINGTON (AP).- The Andy Warhol Foundation said Monday it will withhold future funding to the Smithsonian Institution unless a video removed from the National Portrait Gallery after a Catholic group complained is restored. Joel Wachs, president of th…
Visionary Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Peter Cort Marzio, Dies
HOUSTON, TX.- Peter Marzio, visionary Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, dedicated his career to making the art of world cultures accessible to all. He often recounted how art had changed his life. As a freshman on an athletic scholarship at…
New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design to Start Exploring Scent as an Art Form
NEW YORK (AP).- The nose rarely figures in the sensory experience of a museum visitor. That is about to change at one New York City museum. The Center of Olfactory Art dedicated to scent as an art form was launched at the Museum of Arts and Design on T…