By Ula Ilnytzky, Associated Press
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The New York Public Library is encouraging bookworms to pass around 25,000 free copies of a new paperback it will distribute in subway stations, on park benches and in other public places. The book …
Kurt Cobain Guitar Sculpture Dedicated in Washington
ABERDEEN, WASH. (AP).- A sculpted guitar memorial to Kurt Cobain has been unveiled in a park in the Nirvana frontman’s Washington state hometown. The dedication in Aberdeen on Tuesday marked the 17th anniversary of Cobain’s suicide in Seattle. A dive…
High Museum of Art Appoints Kimberly Watson New Director of Museum Advancement
ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announces that the Museum has appointed Kimberly Watson as the new Director of Museum Advancement. Watson will oversee the High’s advancemen…
Frick Collection Exhibition Considers Rembrandt Through the Eyes of Two Collectors
NEW YORK, NY.- In the century that has passed since the collectors Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) and Frederik Johannes Lugt (1884-1970) began to acquire works by Rembrandt van Rijn, the world’s view of the artist has changed dramatically. In the late ni…
Frick Collection Exhibition Considers Rembrandt Through the Eyes of Two Collectors
NEW YORK, NY.- In the century that has passed since the collectors Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919) and Frederik Johannes Lugt (1884-1970) began to acquire works by Rembrandt van Rijn, the world’s view of the artist has changed dramatically. In the late ni…
International Survey of Experimental Film, Video and New Media at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
By: Patrick Clancy
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The diverse group of performance video artworks presented in InsideOut collectively inscribes varying intensities of psychological and provocative effects within and on individual physical bodies as sites of sensual…
Works Acquired by the Friends of the Collection on View at the Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, ME.- The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983—2010), on view January 15 through May 8, 2011, at the Portland Museum of Art, will feature a special selection of approximately 25 works of ar…
Works Acquired by the Friends of the Collection on View at the Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, ME.- The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983—2010), on view January 15 through May 8, 2011, at the Portland Museum of Art, will feature a special selection of approximately 25 works of ar…
Estate of Television and Business Pioneer Maria Helen Smith Brings More than $3-Million at Bonhams & Butterfields
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields was pleased to offer the Estate of Maria Helen Smith, San Diego, California during the auctions of Classic California: Important Motorcycles, Motorcars and Related Memorabilia, Sunset Estate and a single-owner …
Property from the Estate of Television and Business Pioneer Maria Helen Smith on Offer in November
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields announced the November 16, 2010 auction of the Estate of Maria Helen Smith, San Diego, California. Assembled over the course of a lifetime, the Collection features a diverse group of 19th century works with a f…