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…
Smithsonian Acquires Several Important Archives
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has recently acquired the records of the influential Holly Solomon Gallery, the papers of conceptual and installation artist David Ireland and the records of the Galerie Darthea Speyer. C…
David Bomberg Drawings Acquired by Ben Uri Gallery with Help from the Art Fund
LONDON.- Three captivating drawings by acclaimed British artist David Bomberg are to go on display on Wednesday 8 December at the Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art. The three drawings are entitled The Family, Ghetto Theatre; Ghetto Theat…
David Bomberg Drawings Acquired by Ben Uri Gallery with Help from the Art Fund
LONDON.- Three captivating drawings by acclaimed British artist David Bomberg are to go on display on Wednesday 8 December at the Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art. The three drawings are entitled The Family, Ghetto Theatre; Ghetto Theat…
Smithsonian Acquires Several Important Archives
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has recently acquired the records of the influential Holly Solomon Gallery, the papers of conceptual and installation artist David Ireland and the records of the Galerie Darthea Speyer. C…
Artist David Hockney Applies Brush to Dog Bowls at Bonhams & Butterfields Auction
LOS ANGELES (AP).- David Hockney is best known for his pop art. His latest project is pup art. The man who last year sold a painting called “Beverly Hills Housewife” for nearly $8 million has applied his brush to dog bowls for an upcoming auction. Bo…
David McGee’s Ready Made Africans on View at the Menil Collection
HOUSTON, TX.- Ready Made Africans, a 2006 portfolio of lithographs by Houston-based artist David McGee (b. 1962), is now on view in the Menil Collection’s Surrealism galleries. Produced by the artist at San Antonio’s Hare and Hound Press, the…
National Gallery Acquires Nine Exceptionally Rare Prints by Rembrandt, Durer and Whistler
OTTAWA, ON.- Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired four prints by Dutch ar…
National Gallery Acquires Nine Exceptionally Rare Prints by Rembrandt, Durer, Piranesi and Whistler
OTTAWA, ON.- Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired four prints by Dutch ar…