BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art announces the addition of three key staff members. Matthew Dawson joined the Museum’s senior management team as deputy director of art and education on March 14. David Houston assumed the r…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Invites Public to Vote on Games to be Featured in "The Art of Video Games" Exhibition
WASHINGTON, D.C..- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is inviting the public to help select the video games that will be included in its upcoming exhibition “The Art of Video Games,” which opens in Washington, D.C. March 16, 2012. The exhibi…
Researchers Say Slaves Hid African Charms on Colonial Greenhouse in Maryland
BALTIMORE (AP).- The greenhouse on the Maryland plantation where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought: Its furnace was built by slaves, who hid distinctly African touches within …
Original Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge Paintings on Display at Heritage Auctions’ Park Avenue Location
NEW YORK, NY.- Six original paintings of Disney’s Scrooge McDuck – the curmudgeon uncle to Donald, with his vast money bin brimming with gold – from the hand of his creator, Carl Barks, will be on display at Heritage Auctions’ 445 Park Avenue (…
Nelson-Atkins Museum presents ‘The Photographs of Homer Page ~ New York, 1949-50’
KANSAS CITY, MO – Homer Page, a brilliant but nearly forgotten photographic talent, is reintroduced to the public when The Photographs of Homer Page: The Guggenheim Year, New York, 1949-50 opened Feb. 14 at The Nelson-Atkins…