ANTWERP (AP).- One of the world’s great port cities has long been known for its heady mix of grit, refinement and bravado. On Friday, it had a museum to match. Built on the docks of a once-derelict neighborhood, the MAS Museum hosts homegrown tr…
MAS Museum Tells the Story of the History of Exchanges Between Antwerp and the World
ANTWERP (AP).- One of the world’s great port cities has long been known for its heady mix of grit, refinement and bravado. On Friday, it will have a museum to match. Built on the docks of a once-derelict neighborhood, the MAS museum hosts homegrown tre…
San Antonio Museum of Art Appoints Dr. Katherine Luber as Museum Director
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The San Antonio Museum of Art announced today that Dr. Katherine Luber has been appointed Kelso Director of the Museum effective July 2011. The announcement is the culmination of a national search to replace former director Dr. Marion…
Donors Endow Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography at the Princeton Univ. Art Museum
PRINCETON, N.J.- The Princeton University Art Museum announces the founding of a curatorship in photography named for Peter C. Bunnell, who served Princeton University in the country’s first endowed professorship in the history of photography. Joe…
Roger Kennedy, Former Museum Director, Receives Smithsonian’s Henry Medal
WASHINGTON, DC.- Award-winning author and former director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Roger G. Kennedy was given the prestigious Henry Medal by the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents “in recognition of his many contributi…
Previously Unseen Portraits of Susan Boyle and Tony Blair Go on Display at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- Previously unreleased portraits of singer Susan Boyle, former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and art historian and museum director Sir Roy Strong, form part of a new display at the National Portrait Gallery. The display highlights 16 portraits re…
Torn Pieces of Ancient Chinese Painting Reunited at Taiwan National Palace Museum
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Two pieces of a torn 660-year-old Chinese painting held by Taiwan and mainland China will be reunited for the first time in centuries at an exhibit at Taiwan’s national museum, in a sign of warming ties between the rivals. The mai…
Previously Unseen Portraits of Susan Boyle and Tony Blair Go on Display at National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- Previously unreleased portraits of singer Susan Boyle, former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and art historian and museum director Sir Roy Strong, form part of a new display at the National Portrait Gallery. The display highlights 16 portraits re…
Torn Pieces of Ancient Chinese Painting Reunited at Taiwan National Palace Museum
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Two pieces of a torn 660-year-old Chinese painting held by Taiwan and mainland China will be reunited for the first time in centuries at an exhibit at Taiwan’s national museum, in a sign of warming ties between the rivals. The mai…
The Cyrus Cylinder, a 6th Century B.C. Clay Tablet Returns to British Museum After Iran Loan
LONDON (AP).- A 2,500-year-old Babylonian artifact sometimes described as the world’s first human rights charter was returning to the British Museum Monday after a seven-month loan to Iran. Hundreds of thousands of people viewed the Cyrus Cylinder whil…