WASHINGTON.- For more than 30 years Guillermo Kuitca (Argentinean, b. Buenos Aires, 1961) has forged a distinctive path as an artist, creating visually compelling works that reflect his intense and often ambivalent relationship to his primary medium: p…
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Appoints Dominic Molon as Chief Curator
ST. LOUIS, MO.- Paul Ha, Director of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis has announced the appointment of Dominic Molon as the Contemporary’s Chief Curator. Molon, currently Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, will begin his appoin…
Alberta Artist Materializes Childhood Memory in Elaborate Installation
EDMONTON, AB.- The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is proud to premiere Jonathan Kaiser: Celestial Bodies on August 14, 2010 in the RBC New Works Gallery. Since graduating with a BFA from the University of Alberta in 2005, Jonathan Kaiser has exhibited hi…
Guggenheim Museum and YouTube Announce Jury for YouTube Play
NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and YouTube, the world’s largest online video community, today announced the distinguished jury for YouTube Play, a biennial of creative video presented in collaboration with HP and Intel and con…
Philbrook Museum of Art Names Catherine Whitney as Chief Curator
TULSA, OK.- Catherine Whitney joined Philbrook as Chief Curator and Curator of American Art on July 12. Whitney will oversee the curatorial department’s ambitious and expanding special exhibition programs, and research, interpret, install and furt…
Public Art Fund Announces Ryan Gander: The Happy Prince
NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund announced its commission of a new project by Ryan Gander entitled The Happy Prince, on view in Doris C. Freedman Plaza at the southeast corner of Central Park, September 15, 2010 – April 10, 2011. “Ryan Gander, one of the…
Public Art Fund Announces Ryan Gander: The Happy Prince
NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund announced its commission of a new project by Ryan Gander entitled The Happy Prince, on view in Doris C. Freedman Plaza at the southeast corner of Central Park, September 15, 2010 – April 10, 2011. “Ryan Gander, one of the…
Julian Cox Named Chief Curator of the de Young Museum
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- John E. Buchanan, Jr., Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, announces the appointment of Julian Cox, one of the country’s leading authorities on photography as Founding Curator of Photography for the Fine Arts Mu…
The Museum of Arts and Design will Present "Dead or Alive"
NEW YORK, NY.- Dead or Alive, presented by the
Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase
the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and
objects that were once produced by or pa…
UCSB’s University Art Museum Appoints Bruce Robertson as Acting Director
SANTA BARBARA, CA.- UC Santa Barbara’s University Art Museum today announced two major appointments. Bruce Robertson, well-known curator and UCSB art historian, will serve as Acting Director following the appointment of Kathryn Kanjo as Chief Curator f…