NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowled…
Metropolitan and Egypt Announce Initiative to Recognize Egypt’s Title to Objects from Tut’s Tomb
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowled…
Metropolitan and Egyptian Government Announce Initiative to Recognize Egypt’s Title to Objects from Tut’s Tomb
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, announced jointly today that, effective immediately, the Museum will acknowled…
German Artist Hans-Peter Feldmann Named Winner of Eighth Biennial Hugo Boss Prize
NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and HUGO BOSS AG announced last night that German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has been named the winner of THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2010. Feldmann is the eighth artist to win the biennial honor, which was e…
The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston Announces Two New Curatorial Appointments
BOSTON, MA.- Jill Medvedow, director of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) announced today the appointment of Jenelle Porter as senior curator, effective January 2011, and Pedro Alonzo as adjunct curator, effective immediately. “These…
German Artist Hans-Peter Feldmann Named Winner of Eighth Biennial Hugo Boss Prize
NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and HUGO BOSS AG announced last night that German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has been named the winner of THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2010. Feldmann is the eighth artist to win the biennial honor, which was e…
Hans-Peter Feldmann Named Winner of Eighth Biennial Hugo Boss Prize
NEW YORK, NY.- The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and HUGO BOSS AG announced last night that German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann has been named the winner of THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2010. Feldmann is the eighth artist to win the biennial honor, which was e…
Major Exhibition of Video-Animation, Painting, and Sculpture by Federico Solmi at Conner Contemporary
WASHINGTON, DC.- Conner Contemporary Art presents “Douche Bag City”, a major exhibition of video-animation, painting, and sculpture by Federico Solmi. Solmi shocked Europe last year by exhibiting “The Evil Empire” (2008), the video…
Jean-Michel Basquiat Show at Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris Fetes His 50th Birthday
PARIS (AP).- At the end of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s short life, the explosively talented but troubled New York artist had a dream — to stage a major exhibit of his eyepopping, doodle-covered work in Paris. Nearly 50 years after his birth, and 22 yea…
Tate Acquires New Works by Emerging and Leading International Artists at Frieze Art Fair
LONDON.- The Fund, now in its 8th year, enables Tate to acquire works by emerging and leading international artists from London’s Frieze Art Fair. This year the fund is a total of £120,000. Each year, prominent international curators are invited …