CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced a major long-term loan of a work of great significance: a copper statue called Striding Horned Figure (Shaman/Demon) believed to have been made 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the third millennium B….
Art Institute Announces Major Long-Term Loan of Ancient Near Eastern Statuette
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced a major long-term loan of a work of great significance: a copper statue called Striding Horned Figure (Shaman/Demon) believed to have been made 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the third millennium B….
New Orleans Museum of Art Celebrates First Century with Exhibition from Its Collection
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- When the New Orleans Museum of Art opened its doors 100 years ago thanks to a $150,000 donation offered by a local businessman to build a “temple of art for rich and poor alike,” it owned only 11 pictures and a small collection of oth…
Study Photographs and Paintings by Norman Rockwell at the Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, NY.-To create many of his iconic, quintessentially American paintings, most of which served as magazine covers, Norman Rockwell worked from carefully staged study photographs that are on view for the first time, alongside his paintings, drawi…
Brooklyn Museum Inaugurates Purchase Fund for Acquisition of pre-1945 African American Art
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum is inaugurating a new collecting initiative that will focus on the acquisition of works by African American artists that were created between the mid-nineteenth century and 1945. In the first three years, the Museum i…
Major Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum Redefines the Role of Female Pop Artists
BROOKLYN, NY.- The first major exhibition to explore in depth the contributions of female Pop artists, Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968, seeks to expand the definition of classic Pop art and re-evaluate the role of the women who …
Major Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum Redefines the Role of Female Pop Artists
BROOKLYN, NY.- The first major exhibition to explore in depth the contributions of female Pop artists, Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968, seeks to expand the definition of classic Pop art and re-evaluate the role of the women who …
Brooklyn-Based Artist Fred Tomaselli Has Solo Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, NY.- Fred Tomaselli, a mid-career survey featuring the artist’s two-dimensional works from the late 1980s to the present, will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from October 8, 2010, through January 2, 2011. This exhibition focuses on th…
Brooklyn-Based Artist Fred Tomaselli Has Solo Exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, NY.- Fred Tomaselli, a mid-career survey featuring the artist’s two-dimensional works from the late 1980s to the present, will be on view at the Brooklyn Museum from October 8, 2010, through January 2, 2011. This exhibition focuses on th…
Kara Walker to Be Honored at Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, NY.- Artist Kara Walker, best known for iconic cut-paper silhouettes that address such highly charged themes as race, gender, sexuality, and repression, will be honored at the eighth annual Women in the Arts luncheon on Thursday, November 4, …