NORFOLK, VA.- Charlotte Potter, a conceptual artists and designer from Vermont, has joined the Chrysler Museum of Art as the Glass Studio manager. She will oversee operations and programming of the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio that opens to the public…
Peabody Museum Names Miki Kratsman as the 2011 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology announced the selection of the 2011 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography. Following an international search, the Gardner Fellowship committee awarded the Fellowship to Miki Kratsman, a pri…
De Hallen Haarlem Presents Recently Acquired Video Works by Klara Lidén, Artur Žmijewski and Jakup Ferri
HAARLEM.- This spring De Hallen Haarlem presents three exhibitions with recently acquired works. Three video works by the Swedish artist Klara Lidén (b. 1979) and one video by Jakup Ferri (Kosovo, b. 1981) are being screened, and the installation Demo…
Hamilton Family Gives $250,000: New Gift Links Denver Art Museum and University of Denver
DENVER, CO.- Frederic C. and Jane Hamilton have donated $250,000 to the University of Denver (DU) in order to strengthen the link between DU’s School of Art and Art History (SAAH) and the Denver Art Museum (DAM). The program will advance students…
Egyptian Antiquities Authorities Say They Found Fourth Stolen Pharaonic Treasure
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egyptian antiquities authorities have recovered a statue of the renegade Pharaoh Akhenaten that was stolen along with eight other items during protests that brought down President Hosni Mubarak. Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi …
Egyptian Antiquities Authorities Say They Found Fourth Stolen Pharaonic Treasure
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egyptian antiquities authorities have recovered a statue of the renegade Pharaoh Akhenaten that was stolen along with eight other items during protests that brought down President Hosni Mubarak. Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi …
Art Detroit Now Presents Detroit Gallery Week
DETROIT, MI.- Detroit Gallery Week, Art Detroit Now’s third annual event, will run from Monday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 3 in 16 metro Detroit cities. Thousands are expected to attend contemporary art openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at lo…
First Solo Exhibition by Michael Patterson-Carver in London at Timothy Taylor Gallery
LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents the first solo exhibition by the American artist Michael Patterson-Carver in London. On display in the gallery’s Viewing Room, the show will feature recent works on paper. Born in 1958, Patterson-Carver’s l…
Longwood Gardens to Open New East Conservatory Plaza in October
KENNET SQUARE, PA.- Longwood Gardens’ new East Conservatory Plaza, featuring the first terraced lawn in the United States designed by landscape architect Kim Wilkie and the largest indoor green wall in North America, will open to the public on Oct…