LIVERPOOL.- Tate Liverpool announced the appointment of Gavin Delahunty to the position of Head of Exhibitions and Displays. Gavin is currently Curator at mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). He will join the gallery in November 2010 and succe…
David Gordon Franklin Named Director of Cleveland Museum of Art
CLEVELAND (AP).- The Cleveland Museum of Art has hired a new director. He’s David Franklin, the deputy director of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. He replaces Deborah Gribbon, who became interim director last year when Timothy Rub left to ta…
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…
Corning Museum of Glass Searches for Director of Curatorial Affairs
NEW YORK, NY.- Opportunity Resources Inc. of New York, New York and Los Angeles, California, will be conducting the search for Deputy Director/Director of Curatorial Affairs for the Corning Museum of Glass. The Corning Museum of Glass houses the world…
Sotheby’s to Sell Group of Important Paintings by Mahmoud Said
LONDON.- Following the record sums achieved for paintings by leading Egyptian modern artist Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) earlier this year, Sotheby’s announced that four works by the acclaimed artist will highlight the forthcoming London sale of Moder…
Sotheby’s to Sell Group of Important Paintings by Mahmoud Said
LONDON.- Following the record sums achieved for paintings by leading Egyptian modern artist Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) earlier this year, Sotheby’s announced that four works by the acclaimed artist will highlight the forthcoming London sale of Moder…
U.S. Army Unveils a Trove of Soldiers’ War Paintings
WASHINGTON (REUTERS).- An American soldier stands alone amid the long grass of a Vietnamese field accompanied by the helicopter that brought him there while a few other soldiers are seen in the background. “Landing Zone,” a somber depiction of the Viet…
James T. Ulak, Deputy Director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Receives Japan’s Prestigious "Order of the Rising Sun
WASHINGTON, DC.- James T. Ulak, deputy director and senior curator of Japanese art at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries, has been selected to receive the “Order of the Rising Sun,” an award conferred by the Japanese…
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…
California African American Museum Exhibition of Leading Los Angeles Artists
Los Angeles, CA The contemporary art
exhibition
organized by the California African American Museum (CAAM), which opened
March
22, was scheduled to close in mid-June, but will remain on display
through
Friday, July 30, announced Woody …