NEW YORK (AP).- Comic book artist Gene Colan, whose career spanned seven decades and illustrated the adventures of characters like Dracula, Batman, Daredevil and the wise-cracking fowl Howard the Duck, has died in the Bronx at age 84. Longtime friend …
Exhibition Devoted to the Work Made in the ’70s by Elizabeth Murray at the Pace Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents its eighth exhibition devoted to the work of Elizabeth Murray and the gallery’s first exhibition since Murray’s death in 2007. Elizabeth Murray: Painting in the ‘70s will feature thirty oil on can…
Museum to Feature Ohio’s Old Electric Chair
By: Doug Whiteman, Associated Press
COLUMBUS (AP)- Ohio’s old electric chair will be on public view for the first time in 80 years as part of a small exhibit at the state’s history museum that will spotlight artifacts from the more provocative side of …
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…
West Dean Tapestry and Tracey Emin Collaborate on Tapestry to Be Unveiled at Saatchi Gallery
LONDON.- Tracey Emin has commissioned the West Dean Tapestry Studio to translate one of her paintings, Black Cat, into tapestry. This is Tracey’s first venture into this medium. The tapestry will be unveiled at COLLECT 2011, Saatchi Gallery on the…
West Dean Tapestry Studio and Tracey Emin Collaborate on Tapestry to Be Unveiled at Saatchi Gallery
LONDON.- Tracey Emin has commissioned the West Dean Tapestry Studio to translate one of her paintings, Black Cat, into tapestry. This is Tracey’s first venture into this medium. The tapestry will be unveiled at COLLECT 2011, Saatchi Gallery on the…
Falmouth Art Gallery to Display Newly Acquired Tacita Dean Works
CORNWALL.- Falmouth Art Gallery has acquired its first set of works by internationally acclaimed artist and Falmouth graduate Tacita Dean. The works are to go on public display for the first time in the UK next month. Entitled A sequence of stones: &#…
Tate Announces Tacita Dean to Undertake Next Commission in The Unilever Series
LONDON.- Tate and Unilever today announced that Tacita Dean will undertake the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The work will be unveiled on 11 October 2011. Tacita Dean is one of the most respected artists…
CalArts Launches ‘East of Borneo’, a Collaborative Online Art Journal and Archive
LOS ANGELES, CA.- East of Borneo is a dynamic and extensive website: part art journal, part multimedia archive edited by Thomas Lawson, Dean of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Art. East of Borneo presents and frames a lively, on-go…
150 Years Ago, Lincoln’s Election Set March to War
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- With the wounds of a hard-fought political campaign still raw, the country was sharply divided by the time the election was finished. It was 150 years ago Saturday: President Abraham Lincoln was el…