EUGENE, OR.- The Jordan Schnitzer Museum debuts a new video series titled “Art 1:01” on its YouTube channel. These short videos give one minute and one second insights into works from the museum’s collection. The series debuts with Jill …
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…
The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents The Mourners: Tomb Sculptures from the Court of Burgundy—a group of nearly 40 alabaster sculptures that have never before been presented together outside of France—on vie…
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston & National Gallery of Canada Join LACMA in "Clock-Watching"
Boston, MA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the National Gallery of Canada announced this week that they have jointly acquired a copy of “The Clock” by Christian Marclay. The Los Angeles Museum of Art (LACMA) purchased an edition of Marclay’s …
The Jewish Museum Presents Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters
NEW YORK, NY.- Henri Matisse called them “my two Baltimore ladies.” Their friend Gertrude Stein wrote a poem about them entitled “Two Women.” The sisters Dr. Claribel Cone (1864-1929) and Miss Etta Cone (1870-1949) began buying art …
"Flippers and Flash: The Art of Pinball" at the Muskegon Museum of Art
Muskegon, MI.- The Muskegon Museum of Art presents “Flippers and Flash: The Art of Pinball” until July 31st. The exhibition features 12 pinball machines dating primarily from the 1990s that were selected for their design savvy, sound and light quali…
Exhibition of Prints by Pierre Alechinsky Opens at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
TEL AVIV.- Tel Aviv Museum of Art presents Pierre Alechinsky’s ‘The test of the Title’. Pierre Alechinsky (b. 1927, Brussels), an interdisciplinary artist who has worked in painting, drawing, print, writing, and filmmaking, studied book illustration an…
Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Winners At 2011 Annual Meeting Celebration
CHARLESTON, SC.- On Monday, May 2, the Gibbes Museum of Art announced the winners of the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art, the 2011 Mary Whyte Art Educator Award, and the 2011 Philanthropy Award at the museum’s Annual Meeting Celebration. Sculpt…
Indianapolis Museum of Art Receives a $1.5 Million Gift to Endow Senior Conservation Scientist Position
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- A $1.5 million gift from the estate of Otto N. “Nick” Frenzel III has fulfilled a challenge grant to endow the Indianapolis Museum of Art senior conservation scientist position for the Museum’s Conservation Science Lab…
Hollywood, Fashion Elite Recall Alexander McQueen at Metropolitan’s Gala
NEW YORK, NY (AP) .- A who’s who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit. The theme for Monday night’s event was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” to coincid…