DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute’s (DAI) Director and CEO, Janice Driesbach, announced that she will retire at the end of July. Driesbach, who was hired in November 2007 and began her tenure in January 2008, came to Dayton from Lincoln, Nebra…
Baroque Prints by Jacques Callot at the Museum of Art in Rhode Island
Providence, RI.- Highlights from the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design extensive and superb collection of prints by the French artist Jacques Callot (1592-1635) are on view from June 17th 2011 through January 22nd 2012 in the exhibition “Ja…
Museum Director Bonnie Pitman to Step Down, Olivier Meslay to Serve as Interim Director
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced that Bonnie Pitman will step down from her position as the Museum’s Eugene McDermott Director in May 2011 for health reasons. Ms. Pitman will continue to work with the Museum and its Boar…
Dallas Museum of Art Director Bonnie Pitman to Step Down, Olivier Meslay to Serve as Interim Director
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced that Bonnie Pitman will step down from her position as the Museum’s Eugene McDermott Director in May 2011 for health reasons. Ms. Pitman will continue to work with the Museum and its Boar…
The MFA Houston Announces Landmark Acquisition of a Dozen Works by James Turrell
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), builds on its longstanding commitment to the work of James Turrell with the recent acquisition of a dozen light-based works by the renowned American artist. Turrell titled the grouping Vertical Vin…
New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University Plans Museum of the White Mountains
PLYMOUTH, NH (AP).- A hydrologist and a historian may seem like odd choices to co-author an art exhibition catalog, but it makes perfect sense at Plymouth State University. Professors Mark Green and Marcia Schmidt Blaine researched and wrote the expla…
New Hampshire’s Plymouth State University Plans Museum of the White Mountains
PLYMOUTH, NH (AP).- A hydrologist and a historian may seem like odd choices to co-author an art exhibition catalog, but it makes perfect sense at Plymouth State University. Professors Mark Green and Marcia Schmidt Blaine researched and wrote the expla…
David Gordon Franklin Named Director of Cleveland Museum of Art
CLEVELAND (AP).- The Cleveland Museum of Art has hired a new director. He’s David Franklin, the deputy director of the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. He replaces Deborah Gribbon, who became interim director last year when Timothy Rub left to ta…
Rhode Island School of Design Museum to Open Renovated Galleries
PROVIDENCE, RI.- On September 24, The RISD Museum will reveal its latest major renovation and reinstallation: the ancient, medieval, and early Renaissance galleries. These spaces, located in the 1926 Radeke Building, have been fully restored to their o…
Exhibition Celebrates Alumni from The Kansas City Institute of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- In honor of The Kansas City Art Institute’s 125th anniversary, the achievements of select alumni are celebrated in Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City Art Institute at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The exhibi…