RICHMOND, VA.- Governor Bob McDonnell today signed an historic cultural exchange agreement to bring “Treasures from the Forbidden City,” a showcase of approximately 200 objects from Beijing’s Palace Museum to Virginia in the summer of 20…
Baltimore Museum of Art Selects Maryland-Based Firm Ziger/Snead for Major Renovation
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Baltimore Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees today announced its selection of the Maryland-based architecture firm Ziger/Snead to work with the Museum on its ambitious $24 million capital renovation. The decision follows a compreh…
Daniel E. Stetson Named New Director of Chatanooga’s Hunter Museum of American Art
CHATTANOOGA, TN.- The Hunter Museum of American Art has named Daniel E. Stetson its new director. He will begin work at the Hunter in late spring. “I am pleased to be taking on this new position with the Hunter Museum of American Art and look forward t…
Sotheby’s to Sell Rare Prints by Paul Gauguin from The Collection Of Stanley J. Seeger
LONDON.- On Wednesday, 30 March, 2011, Sothebyʹs London will present for sale a magnificent collection of works on paper by Paul Gauguin that incorporates the artistʹs three most significant categories of print‐making activity. Executed…
New Book on The Moche of Ancient Peru in the Peabody Museum Collection Series
CAMBRIDGE, MA.- In the coastal lowlands of northern Peru, the Moche archaeological culture flourished from about A.D. 100 to 800. Moche culture is known for its vividly painted and realistically modeled ceramics. A new volume in the award-winning Peabo…