LONDON.- A full size photographic replica of the celebrated Ashwellthorpe Triptych has been commissioned by the Norfolk Branch of the Art Fund for All Saints Church in Ashwellthorpe, South Norfolk. Back in 1983, The Art Fund helped Norwich Castle Museu…
Tyler Museum of Art Announces Largest Single Gift in Museums History
TYLER, TX.- During a press conference held at the Tyler Museum of Art, TMA Director Kimberley Tomio was joined by Laura and Dan Boeckman in announcing that the couple donated one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive collections of contem…
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Acquires Two Works by Renowned American Artist Anne Truitt
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has acquired two major works of art by American artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004). The Sea, The Sea (2003) and Memory (1981) were purchased with funds from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund and the Kirkpa…
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Acquires Two Works by Renowned American Artist Anne Truitt
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.- The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has acquired two major works of art by American artist Anne Truitt (1921–2004). The Sea, The Sea (2003) and Memory (1981) were purchased with funds from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund and the Kirkpa…
In Process: Most Ambitious Art Installation Ever Attempted at Monterey Museum of Art
MONTEREY, CA.- “This is the most complex installation we’ve ever attempted at the Museum,” says Monterey Museum of Art Chief Curator Marcelle Polednik of the execution of artist Ingrid Calame’s site-specific wall drawing at the Mont…
Ordinary Madness Mines the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Rich Holdings of Contemporary Art
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents Ordinary Madness, an exhibition that mines the museum’s rich holdings of contemporary art to suggest an unsettling observation: that the ordinary is in fact laced with the contradictory, uncanny, an…
Tate Modern’s "Sunflower Seed" Exhibit by Ai Weiwei Closed as Health Risk
LONDON (AP).- British art museum Tate Modern says an exhibit involving 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds has been closed to visitors because it is a potential health hazard. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei filled a giant hall at the London museum with a …
Swedish Museum Unaware of Theft of Munch Painting
STOCKHOLM (AP).- A Swedish museum says it was not aware that three of its paintings, including a $1.5 million artwork by Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, had been stolen until police stumbled on the canvases during another investigation. Goran Ch…
Woman Accused of Damaging Controversial Artwork in Colorado
LOVELAND, CO (AP).- A Montana woman accused of taking a crowbar to an art museum display that has spurred protests and been denounced as obscene was arrested Wednesday on a charge of criminal mischief. Kathleen Folden, 56, of Kalispell, Mont., was accu…
Swedish Museum Unaware of Theft of Munch Painting
STOCKHOLM (AP).- A Swedish museum says it was not aware that three of its paintings, including a $1.5 million artwork by Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch, had been stolen until police stumbled on the canvases during another investigation. Goran Ch…