VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery celebrates the innovation and diversity found in the city of Vancouver with WE: Vancouver – 12 Manifestos for the City. Bringing together more than 45 projects from various disciplines — architecture and de…
Long List for Inaugural £10,000 Clore Award for Museum Learning Announced
LONDON.- Ten museums across the UK have been long listed for the inaugural £10,000 Clore Award for Museum Learning. The new award is aimed at championing excellence in museum learning and is run in parallel with the Art Fund Prize, the UK’s largest …
Ten Museums in Running for £100,000 “Museum of the Year” Art Fund Prize 2011
LONDON.- The long list of ten museums that are in the running for the UK’s largest arts prize – the Art Fund Prize 2011 – will be revealed on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. The long list of museums competing for the ‘Museum of the Ye…
Ten Museums in Running for £100,000 “Museum of the Year” Art Fund Prize 2011
LONDON.- The long list of ten museums that are in the running for the UK’s largest arts prize – the Art Fund Prize 2011 – will be revealed on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. The long list of museums competing for the ‘Museum of the Ye…
Steve Case Nominated to Serve as a Citizen Regent on Smithsonian Board of Regents
WASHINGTON.- The Smithsonian Board of Regents voted at its Monday, Jan. 31, meeting to nominate Steve Case to join the Board. Case’s nomination as a citizen Regent is pending approval by Congress and President Barack Obama. The 17-member Smithsoni…
Retrospective of the Leading Mexican Artist Gabriel Orozco on Display at Tate Modern
LONDON.- This retrospective of the leading Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco (b 1962) is the largest presentation of his most critically acclaimed works in the UK. The exhibition by Gabriel Orozco is on display until April 11, 2011 at the Tate Modern. A s…
Artist Sam Gilliam Creates Site-Specific Work for the Phillips Collection’s 90th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In conjunction with The Phillips Collection’s 90th anniversary celebration in 2011, Washington-based, internationally recognized artist Sam Gilliam creates a site-specific work for the museum’s signature, elliptical staircas…
Airport Design Architect Curtis Fentress Awarded Silver Medal by the American Institute of Architects
DENVER, CO.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has honored Curtis Fentress, FAIA, RIBA, of Fentress Architects with the Silver Medal, the highest award for an architect in the Western Mountain Region. The Silver Medal “recognizes an indiv…
Designing Media, a New Book by Bill Moggridge, Explores New and Traditional Media
NEW YORK, NY.- Designing Media, written by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge and published by MIT Press Nov. 29, examines connections between old and new media. In his book, Moggridge describes the changing media landscape an…
Louvre Pays Tribute to the 18th Century With a Special Series of Four Exhibitions
PARIS.- As part of its 2010–2011 season, the Louvre pays tribute to the 18th century with a special series of four exhibitions. The first of these, Paper Museums: Antiquity in Books, 1600–1800, opened in September, followed by The Louvre in t…