ROME (AP).- A Rome judge declared an end Wednesday to the trial of a former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator accused of knowingly acquiring looted art from Italy, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations, defense lawyers said. The 6-…
Ex-Getty Curator Trafficking Trial Ends in Italy
ROME (AP).- A defense lawyer says a Rome judge has ended the trial of a former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator because the statute of limitations on charges against her have expired. Alessandro Vannucci said the eight-year-long limit against …
Saint Louis Art Museum Announces New Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Elizabeth Wyckoff will assume the role of curator of prints, drawings and photographs on December 1, 2010. Wyckoff joins the Museum after six years with the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at W…
Saint Louis Art Museum Announces New Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Elizabeth Wyckoff will assume the role of curator of prints, drawings and photographs on December 1, 2010. Wyckoff joins the Museum after six years with the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at W…
Saint Louis Art Museum Announces New Curator
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Elizabeth Wyckoff will assume the role of curator of prints, drawings and photographs on December 1, 2010. Wyckoff joins the Museum after six years with the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at W…
Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces E. Carmen Ramos as Curator for Latino Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum has appointed E. Carmen Ramos as its curator for Latino art. Ramos will be responsible for acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection and producing a major exhibition and catalog b…
Princeton University Art Museum Appoints Kelly Baum as Curator
PRINCETON, NJ.- Furthering its position as a pacesetter in modern and contemporary art, the Princeton University Art Museum has appointed Kelly Baum as the first Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Since December 2007, Baum has served as th…
Menil Names Toby Kamps New Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
HOUSTON, TX.- Following an extensive search that included numerous national and international candidates, Josef Helfenstein, director of The Menil Collection, has named Toby Kamps as the museum’s new curator of modern and contemporary art. Current…
NYS State Museum Scientist Selected to Investigate Climate Change in Spain
ALBANY, NY.- A New York State Museum paleontologist has become the only scientist in the U.S. selected to participate in an all-expense paid research program in Spain that will enable him to investigate the effects of climate change on mammals over the…
Getty Museum Announces Exhibition of Still Life Photography
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum
presents In Focus: Still Life, a survey of some of the innovative ways
photographers have explored and refreshed this traditional genre, on
view at the
Getty Center in the Center for Photographs fro…