DALLAS, TX.- A rare portrait of influential American merchant and naval agent Richard Worsam Meade—the first major collector of Spanish art in the U.S.—is accessible to the public in its new home at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist Un…
Indianapolis Museum of Art Receives a $1.5 Million Gift to Endow Senior Conservation Scientist Position
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- A $1.5 million gift from the estate of Otto N. “Nick” Frenzel III has fulfilled a challenge grant to endow the Indianapolis Museum of Art senior conservation scientist position for the Museum’s Conservation Science Lab…
Seattle Art Museum Receives $150,000 Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the recipient of a one-time grant of $150,000 from The Henry Luce Foundation. The grant is issued through the American Art Renewal Fund and specifically allocated for SAM’s Curator of Native American Art …
National Museum Wales Purchases Painting by Howard Hodgkin for the Nation
WALES.- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has acquired one of Howard Hodgkin’s most spectacular original prints, entitled Venice, Evening, 1995 thanks to funding grants from the Nerys Johnson Contemporary Art Fund and the Derek Williams…
Newly Restored Rooms will Amaze the Easter Visitor to Neo-Classical Palace Stowe House
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.- “From Easter 2011 visitors to Stowe House, the magnificent Grade I listed Neo-Classical palace set in 400 acres of landscaped park in Buckinghamshire, will be able to admire the recently restored Large Library (sometimes referred…
‘An Open Mind’ is the Title of the New Jubilee Publication by the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
VADUZ.- “An Open Mind” is the title of the new jubilee publication by the Kunstmuseum Liechten-stein summarising the history of the institution and the exhibitions and events it has organ-ised in the first ten years of its existence. The pres…
Works Acquired by the Friends of the Collection on View at the Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, ME.- The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983—2010), on view January 15 through May 8, 2011, at the Portland Museum of Art, will feature a special selection of approximately 25 works of ar…
Works Acquired by the Friends of the Collection on View at the Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, ME.- The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983—2010), on view January 15 through May 8, 2011, at the Portland Museum of Art, will feature a special selection of approximately 25 works of ar…
Alexandra Munroe Named First Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, announced that Samsung will fund the position of Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art. Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim since 2…
Alexandra Munroe Named First Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim
NEW YORK, NY.- Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, announced that Samsung will fund the position of Samsung Senior Curator of Asian Art. Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Guggenheim since 2…