WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute announced two endowment gifts totaling $4.5 million in recognition of the achievements of the Clark’s curatorial department. A $2.5 million gift establishes the position of Robert an…
Artwork with Confederate Flag Removed in Georgia
OAKWOOD, GA (AP).- A college president in Georgia says she ordered an instructor’s painting that featured a Confederate flag removed from a faculty art exhibit. The Athens Banner-Herald reports the flag was superimposed on images including a hanged bl…
Krannert Art Museum in Illinois Kicks Off 50th Anniversary Season with Exhibition
CHAMPAIGN, IL.- In March 1950, Look magazine published a two-page photo spread about University of Illinois’s third annual contemporary arts festival. The headline read “Corn Country Campus puts on biggest U.S.A. Arts Festival,” and the …
Pyramid that Contains Maya Tomb at Palenque Archaeological Zone Restored
MEXICO CITY.- The pyramidal building known as Temple 20 at Palenque Archaeological Zone, in Chiapas, where the existence of a funerary chamber that contains the remains of a high rank character has been confirmed, is being reinforced and restored by sp…
Clinton Home Readies for New Historic Site Status
HOPE, ARK (AP).- The home in Hope where Bill Clinton spent the first four years of his life will officially be a national historic site as of Jan. 2. Organizers worked for years to earn the status for the Clinton First Home Museum on Hervey Street. Mo…