TORONTO.- Continuing a longstanding tradition of supporting Canadian contemporary art, Scotiabank announced the shortlist for the inaugural Scotiabank Photography Award, the largest award in Canada for an established Canadian photographer: · Roy Arden…
Daniel E. Stetson Named New Director of Chatanooga’s Hunter Museum of American Art
CHATTANOOGA, TN.- The Hunter Museum of American Art has named Daniel E. Stetson its new director. He will begin work at the Hunter in late spring. “I am pleased to be taking on this new position with the Hunter Museum of American Art and look forward t…
Port of Los Angeles Unveils its Most Unique Ship Yet
SAN PEDRO, CA.- The Port of Los Angeles has unveiled a new public art sculpture, titled “Ship in a Bottle,” one of several planned public art installations underway as part of the LA Waterfront redevelopment project. Created by international…
B.B. King Museum Announces New Executive Director
INDIANOLA, MISSISSIPPI.- Dion Brown is the new Executive Director of the B.B. King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center in Indianola, Mississippi. He comes to the job from Wichita, Kansas where he has been Chief Operating Officer at Exploration Place, a …
ArtPrize 2011 Registration Dates Announced
GRAND RAPIDS, MI.- Officials of ArtPrize, a radically open art competition giving away the world’s largest art prize, have announced the 2011 registration dates for venues and artists and special dates for submitting art to be installed in the Gra…
Art Gallery of Alberta Launches New Series of Alberta-Focused Exhibitions
EDOMONTON, AB.- The Art Gallery of Alberta has partnered with ATB Financial to launch a new series of exhibitions designed to tell the stories of Alberta’s artistic heritage. The Alberta Early Masters Series, presented by ATB Financial commence on…
Walters Art Museum Curator Named to Head Major German Museum
BALTIMORE, MD.- Director Gary Vikan of the Walters Art Museum announced that Dr. Regine Schulz, director of international curatorial affairs and curator of ancient art at the Walters since 2000, has been named executive director of the Roemer and Peliz…
Austin Museum of Art Announces Departure of Executive Director and Chief Curator
AUSTIN, TX.- The Austin Museum of Art announced in January that Dana Friis‐Hansen, Executive Director and Chief Curator, was leaving the Museum. Friis‐Hansen joined the Museum as Chief Curator in 1999 and from 2002 until January 2011, he s…
Al Taylor: Wire Instruments and Pet Stains at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
SANTA MONICA, CA.- The Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Al Taylor: Wire Instruments and Pet Stains, the first American museum survey of work by this important and prolific artist. Through his drawings and constructions, Taylor (1948–1999) offer…
Texas Foundation to Sell Matisse Set ‘The Backs’
By: Jamie Stengle, Associated Press
DALLAS (AP).- A Fort Worth foundation is selling four Henri Matisse sculptures known as “The Backs” that were once on display at a downtown park. The large relief sculptures by Matisse that depict a woman’s backside…