ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Seymour Gordon, President of the MFA’s Board of Trustees, has announced that Dr. Kent Lydecker will be the new director. He will begin his duties October 12 and replaces Dr. John Schloder, who retired in July after more than n…
Norton Simon Museum to Present Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum announced the rare loan of Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505, from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. One of about 12 works by Raphael in U.S. collections, this painting of the Madonna …
Norton Simon Museum to Present Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna
PASADENA, CA.- The Norton Simon Museum announced the rare loan of Raphael’s The Small Cowper Madonna, c. 1505, from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. One of about 12 works by Raphael in U.S. collections, this painting of the Madonna …
HBO Archives to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Documentary Series
NEW YORK, NY.- HBO Archives®, the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are joining together to mark the 75th anniversary of the groundbreaking theatrical journalism series The March of Time. The spec…
HBO Archives to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of the March of Time® Documentary Series
NEW YORK, NY.- HBO Archives®, the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are joining together to mark the 75th anniversary of the groundbreaking theatrical journalism series The March of Time. The spec…
Academy Art Museum Presents It;s Fifty Works from the Herbert Vogel Collection
EASTON, MD.- At the end of 2008, the Academy Art Museum was selected to receive fifty works of art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel as part of a national gifts program entitled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for…
Richard Misrach: After Katrina Marks Gift of Katrina Photographs Series to MFAH
HOUSTON, TX.- American photographer Richard Misrach (b. 1949) gave 69 Katrina photographs to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in May 2010, which will be on view for the first time this summer. Focusing on the graffiti left by New Orleans evacuees, Rich…
Edvard Munch’s Master Prints on View in Compelling Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- Haunting images of love, attraction, alienation, death, and other universal human experiences in the work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1865–1944) will be presented in a fascinating exhibition of nearly 60 of his most importan…
Edvard Munch’s Master Prints on View in Compelling Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- Haunting images of love, attraction, alienation, death, and other universal human experiences in the work of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1865–1944) will be presented in a fascinating exhibition of nearly 60 of his most importan…
Smithsonian and Singapore Organize World Tour of Shipwreck Treasure
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Singapore Tourism Board and the National Heritage Board of Singapore today announced a partnership to organize the first exh…