BOSTON, MA.- Ground was broken for the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States, situated on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston. This historic project will stand beside the existing John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Mu…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Launches Newly Redesigned Website
BOSTON, MA.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announced the launch of a newly designed exploratory website. In addition to structural and navigational improvements, the museum’s new site aims to engage online visitors with meaningful exploratio…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Returns Tapestry Room to Its Original Glory and Configuration
BOSTON, MA.- For the first time since it opened in 1914, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s 4,000-square-foot Tapestry Room is being restored to its original glory and will once again take its place as one of the nation’s great tapestry halls. The …
Dr. Oliver Tostmann Appointed New Curator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
BOSTON, MA.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announced today that Dr. Oliver Tostmann would be named the William and Lia Poorvu Curator of the Collection at the Gardner. The Curator of the Collection is responsible for overseeing the historic colle…
Dawn Barrett Selected as President of Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BOSTON, MA.- Dawn Barrett, Dean of the Architecture and Design Division at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, has been selected as president of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Richard Shea, Chairman of the MassArt board of trustees…
ArtScience Museum Designed by Architect Moshe Safdie Opens at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore
BOSTON, MA.- The ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, conceptualized and designed by architect Moshe Safdie as the first museum dedicated to the dynamic interplay between art and science, will open to the public on February 19, 2011. Designed as part…
Art & Design of the 20th/21st Century to Honor Massimo and Lella Vignelli with Award
BOSTON, MA .- AD 20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries, the only annual art and design show of its kind, will honor design visionaries Massimo and Lella Vignelli with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its fourth annual show April 7-10, 2011 in…
First U.S. Solo Museum Show of Gabriel Kuri at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
BOSTON, MA.- On Feb. 2, 2011, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston opens Gabriel Kuri: Nobody needs to know the price of your Saab, the first solo museum exhibition of the artist’s work in the U.S. Using familiar materials such as receipts, ne…
ICA Boston Announces Amie Siegel as the Winner of the 2010 James and Audrey Foster Prize
BOSTON, MA.- Amie Siegel has been named the winner of the 2010 James and Audrey Foster Prize, the Institute of Contemporary Art announced. This biennial award recognizing a Boston-area artist of exceptional promise carries a $25,000 prize and an opport…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Returns 14th Century Embroidery to the Museo Diocesano Tridentin
BOSTON, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has announced that it has returned to the Museo Diocesano Tridentino (Diocesan Museum of Trent, Italy) an embroidered panel, the Entombment of Saint Vigilius, from around 1390-–1391. Commissioned…