PARIS (REUTERS).- Steve Rosenblum is known as the chairman and one of the founders of French online retailer PIXmania, one of the dotcom era success stories. What fewer people know is that Rosenblum, 36, is also an enthusiastic art collector. After yea…
Recently Acquired Works of Art on View at the Menil Collection
HOUSTON, TX.- Earth Paint Paper Wood celebrates the dynamism of the Menil, which continues to add important works of art to the permanent collection via purchase – and also by gift and bequest of Menil trustees and other friends of the museum, inc…
Double Celebration At The Bowes Museum
COUNTY DURHAM.- A double celebration in The Bowes Museum’s new Reading Room marked a dedication ceremony and the launch of a book about the founders. The room, created in a part of the high central dome formerly referred to as the ballroom, was na…
SMU Featuring "Mexico: Books from the Stanley Marcus Collection"
DALLAS< TX.- In celebration of the centennial of the Mexican Revolution in 2010, the Mildred Hawn Gallery in SMU’s Hamon Arts Library is featuring an exhibit of historic books and portfolios from Mexico, on view through August 29. The items are pa…
Art Production Fund Set to Present "White Ghost" by Yoshitomo Nara on Park Avenue
NEW YORK, NY.- Art Production Fund will present “White Ghost” by Yoshitomo Nara in two locations on Park Avenue. “We are thrilled to be working with Nara to introduce his first public sculptures in New York City” says Co-founders o…
Menil Names Toby Kamps New Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
HOUSTON, TX.- Following an extensive search that included numerous national and international candidates, Josef Helfenstein, director of The Menil Collection, has named Toby Kamps as the museum’s new curator of modern and contemporary art. Current…
Exhibition at SFMOMA Reveals the Depth and Quality of the Fisher Collection
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The first public presentation of the celebrated Fisher Collection, one of the world’s foremost private collections of contemporary art, will be presented by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) from June 25 through Septem…
Allentown Art Museum’s Famous Kress Collection Artworks to be De-Installed
ALLENTOWN, PA.- On June 21, 2010, in preparation for the museum’s expansion and modernization project, the Allentown Art Museum will close the Founders Gallery temporarily for the de-installation of the Kress Collection. The Collection, which enco…
Allentown Art Museum’s Famous Kress Collection Artworks to be De-Installed and Put Into Storage
ALLENTOWN, PA.- On June 21, 2010, in preparation for the museum’s expansion and modernization project, the Allentown Art Museum will close the Founders Gallery temporarily for the de-installation of the Kress Collection. The Collection, which enco…