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…
Florida Tech to Open Merger Talks with Brevard Art Museum
MELBOURNE, FLA.- Florida Institute of Technology announced Friday that it will open formal discussions with the Brevard Art Museum (BAM) Board of Trustees to merge museum operations with the university. “The Florida Tech Board of Trustees has authori…
Haunch of Venison Announces New Locations for Its Galleries in London and New York
LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London and Haunch of Venison New York announced that both galleries will move their respective locations. The London gallery will move back to its original location at Haunch of Venison Yard in September following an extensiv…
34 Fine Art in Cape Town Shows "Ensemble: Group Exhibition"
Cape Town, SA – From 26 April until 12 May 34 Fine Arts in Cape Town will be showing “Ensemble”, a group exhibition. Having just participated in the prestigious Artmonaco11 International Fair and with various other successful exhibitions during the …
Portrait Gallery Marks the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War with Seven Exhibitions
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Portrait Gallery will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, with seven exhibitions, many of which draw heavily on the permanent collection. These rotating presentations, which mark e…
Scotiabank Contact Annual Festival for Photography Takes Over Toronto in May
Toronto.- Contact is an annual festival of photography in Toronto, during the month of May, with over 1000 local, national and international artists exhibiting at more than 200 venues. Founded as a not-for-profit organization 15 years ago, the festi…
The Fleming Collection to Open a New Gallery to Enable Rotation of Works of Art
LONDON.- A new upstairs gallery is to be opened by The Fleming Collection, which has become an embassy for Scottish art in London, enabling it to show rotating displays of major works from its permanent holdings. The new space, above The Fleming Collec…
EYEOUT Gallery Weekend Berlin
BERLIN.- After a successful year in 2010, the EYEOUT Gallery Weekend Berlin iPhone App is back, just in time for the event, taking place from April 29 to May 1, 2011. The mobile art guide lists participating galleries, their exhibitions and artists, as…
Kristina Wilson is Awarded the 23nd Annual Eldredge Prize for Her Book "The Modern Eye"
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the 2011 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Kristina Wilson for her book The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, MoMA and the Art of Exhibition, 1925-1934 (Yal…
SING! Mladen Stilinović Retrospective at the Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art
BUDAPEST.- Mladen Stilinović (1947, Belgrade) starting his career in the early seventies, is one of the most significant representatives of Central European neo-avant-garde art. The retrospective show in Ludwig Museum is his first exhibition of su…