LOS ANGELES, CA.- Steven E. Young, Chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundations Board of Directors, announced today that the Museum Foundation has received a gift of approximately $100,000,000 from Margie Petersen and the Margie & Rober…
John P. Nelson Named Chairman of Joslyn Art Museum Board of Governors
OMAHA, NE.- At a recent meeting of the Joslyn Art Museum board of governors, current chairman James R. Young announced his retirement from the post he has held since January 2007. He is succeeded by John P. Nelson, chairman and chief executive officer …
Carlton Hobbs Presents Inspired by Antiquity: Classical Influences on 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Inspired by Antiquity: Classical Influences on 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, will open at the Carlton Hobbs gallery, on January 20th, 2011 and continue through February 18th, it was announced by Stefanie Rinza, the g…
Asian Art Museum Foundation Announces Proposal to Restructure Foundation’s Debt
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Mayor Gavin Newsom, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, City Controller Ben Rosenfield, Board of Supervisors President David Chiu and the Asian Art Museum Foundation, the private fundraising arm of the Asian Art Museum, today announced a …
Getty Trust President and CEO James Wood Dies at Age 69
LOS ANGELES (AP).- James N. Wood, the president and chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, who also worked for 25 years at the Art Institute of Chicago, has died. He was 69. He died unexpectedly of natural causes, Mark Siegel, who chairs the Getty…