Krakow, Poland.- This year’s Photomonth Festival in Krakow, which runs from May 13th until June 12th is full of innovation, the peak of which is the presence of guest curators Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. At their initiative, the festival inv…
Metropolitan Museum and the Whitney Announce Collaborative Agreement for Breuer Building
NEW YORK, NY.- The directors of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that their boards of trustees have agreed in principle to a multiple-year collaboration projected to begin in 2015, when the Whitney o…
Mexican Photographs by Mariana Yampolsky at the Texas State University
San Marcos, TX.- “The Edge of Time: Photographs of Mexico by Mariana Yampolsky” marks the beginning of the Wittliff Collections twenty-fifth anniversary exhibition schedule at Texas State University-San Marcos. This show featuring works from the per…
National Gallery’s Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition Aims to Limit Number of Tickets
LONDON (REUTERS).- Britain’s National Gallery is planning to limit the number of tickets available at an upcoming Leonardo da Vinci exhibition in a bid to reduce the frustration of jostling crowds for art lovers. The number of visitors allowed in each …
Christie’s Announces Sale of Art from Legendary Art Connoisseur Ernst Beyeler
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the sale of the Estate of Ernst Beyeler, the late Swiss art connoisseur who was one of the greatest art dealers, collectors and curators of our time. The sale, which will include art works Ernst and his wife Hildy liv…
Detroit Institute of Arts Names African American Gallery for Roy and Maureen Roberts
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has named a gallery of contemporary African American art after Maureen and Roy S. Roberts. Roy Roberts is a retired General Motors (GM) group vice president, and he and Maureen Roberts are well-known ph…
Artist Anish Kapoor to Create a New Artwork for the Vast Nave of Paris’ Grand Palais
PARIS.- Each year MONUMENTA invites an internationally-renowned artist to turn their vision to the vast Nave of Paris’ Grand Palais and to create a new artwork especially for this space. MONUMENTA is an artistic interaction on an unparalleled scal…
Detroit Institute of Arts Names African American Gallery for Roy and Maureen Roberts
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) has named a gallery of contemporary African American art after Maureen and Roy S. Roberts. Roy Roberts is a retired General Motors (GM) group vice president, and he and Maureen Roberts are well-known ph…
Clyfford Still Museum to Reintroduce the Public to His Work Starting November 2011
DENVER, CO.- The Clyfford Still Museum announced today that it will open its doors on November 18, 2011. The museum, which will house 94% of the artist’s total creative output, the majority of which has never been on display, will reintroduce the …
Alyson Baker Named Ninth Director of Connecticut’s Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
RIDGEFIELD, CT.- The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum announced today that Alyson Baker has been selected as its next director. Baker will assume the directorship of The Aldrich on July 5, 2011, following an eleven-year term as executive director of So…