RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returned a Kingfisher Fort Headdress (late 19th – early 20th century) to the Lúkaaxh.ádi clan of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska in March. This was the first repatriation of a Native American object …
Saint Louis Art Museum Presents Breathtaking Exhibition "Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea"
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum presents Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, a breathtaking exhibition that showcases more than 90 works of Maya art, many shown for the first time in the United States. The works on view are from Mexi…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Appoints Curators to Chinese and Korean Art Department
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce the appointments of Stephen Little to the position of department head and curator of Chinese and Korean art, as well as Christina Yu to the role of assistant curator of Chinese art…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Appoints Curators to Chinese and Korean Art Department
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announce the appointments of Stephen Little to the position of department head and curator of Chinese and Korean art, as well as Christina Yu to the role of assistant curator of Chinese art…
MoMA Film to Present Weeklong Series of Documentaries Featuring Artist Associated with Juxtapoz Magazine
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents “All the Wrong Art:” Juxtapoz Magazine on Film, a series consisting of seven new and recently released documentary features on artists associated with the San Francisco–based arts and cult…
Cooper-Hewitt to Present "Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay"
NEW YORK, NY.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the exhibition “Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay,” from March 18, 2011, to June 5, 2011. Organized by Susan Brown, assistant curator, and M…
Newark Museum Recieves $500,000 Challenge Grant from National Endowment For The Humanities
NEWARK, NJ.- The Newark Museum this week received a half-million-dollar National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant in support of its African art initiatives – the largest of eight awarded in New Jersey and representing almost 60 percent of th…
Definitive Royal Ontario Museum Book on Iconic Canadian Artist Now in Stores
TORONTO.- The latest Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) publication, Paul Kane/the Artist/: Wilderness to Studio beautifully illuminates a jewel of the ROM’s collections, the works of the Irish-born Canadian artist, Paul Kane (1810-1871). The book, publis…
Exhibition Marks Eric Zimmerman’s First Solo Museum Show on View at the Austin Museum of Art
AUSTIN, TX.- The ongoing quarterly series, New Works, debuts art in diverse media with an emphasis on work by artists taking steps forward in new directions. The next installment, Eric Zimmerman’s painstakingly rendered graphite drawings, sculptur…
The Neuberger Museum of Art Presents R. H. Quaytman: Spine, Chapter 20
NEW YORK, NY.- Between December 1 and March 19, the Neuberger Museum of Art presents R. H. Quaytman: Spine, Chapter 20, a compelling new chapter in the comprehensive and sequential narrative of the artist’s paintings of the last decade. The exhibi…