NEW YORK (AP).- Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers and movie stars like Jennifer Lopez, has died in Tokyo. She was 73…
New exhibit at the National Museum of American History explores Jefferson’s slave ownership
WASHINGTON (AP).- Thomas Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal” to declare U.S. independence from Britain, yet he was also a lifelong slave owner who freed only nine of his more than 600 slaves during his lifetime. That contradiction between ideal…
Art Institute becomes first U.S. museum to receive grant from Government of India
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced that the Government of India has given a major grant to the Art Institute in support of a new professional exchange program between India and the museum. The Vivekananda Memorial Program for Museum E…
First exhibition to explore Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione’s legacy opens at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON (AP).- An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art will showcase its rich holdings of works on paper by the Italian baroque master Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (1609–1664), as well as works by his contemporaries and followers. On vie…
Property from the Estate of Cole Porter to be sold at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in February
CHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announced that Property from the Estate of Cole Porter will be included in the February 12-14, 2012 Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts auction. The forty-one lots include Continental and Asian furniture, Chines…
American Vanguards: Graham, Davis, Gorky, de Kooning, and their circle opens at the Neuberger Museum
PURCHASE, NY.- From the late 1920s to the early 1940s, many of America’s most inventive and important artists, including Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Adolph Gottlieb, forged their identities, dramatically transf…
LACMA presents first international survey of women Surrealist artists in North America
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. Co-organized by LACMA and the Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM) in Mexico City, In Wonderland is the f…
Dixon exhibit features European masterpieces including Rembrandt, Rubens and more
MEMPHIS, TN.- The Dixon Gallery and Gardens is presenting an exhibition of more than 70 major works by master painters Rembrandt, Rubens, Tiepolo, Gainsborough, Hogarth and others from the renowned collection of the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kent…
Bucerius Kunstforum opens exhibition with works by Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet
HAMBURG.- Artistic friendships have always been an exciting mixture of friendship and rivalry. For the first time, an exhibition is being dedicated to the artistic interaction between Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) and Cuno Amiet (1868–1961). T…
Bucerius Kunstforum opens exhibition with works by Ferdinand Hodler and Cuno Amiet
HAMBURG.- Artistic friendships have always been an exciting mixture of friendship and rivalry. For the first time, an exhibition is being dedicated to the artistic interaction between Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) and Cuno Amiet (1868–1961). T…