CLEVELAND, OH.- A singular Jacobean miniature, a Thomas Hope settee, a large and pristine British watercolor, and a sculpture by acclaimed contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of t…
Recent Acquisitions to Cleveland Museum of Art’s Collection Announced
CLEVELAND, OH.- A singular Jacobean miniature, a Thomas Hope settee, a large and pristine British watercolor, and a sculpture by acclaimed contemporary Polish artist Monika Sosnowska are among the latest works approved by the Collections Committee of t…
Ragnar Kjartansson: Song at Carnegie Museum of Art
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents Ragnar Kjartansson: Song, the first solo American museum exhibition of Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976), one of Europe’s most exciting and influential young artists. The exhibition features a site-speci…
Lebanese/American Photographer Walid Raad Announced as 2011 Hasselblad Award Winner
GOTHENBURG.- The Hasselblad Foundation announced Lebanese/American photographer Walid Raad as the recipient of the 2011 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. The prize, consisting of SEK 1,000,000 (approximately USD 150,000), a dipl…
The Knoxville Museum of Art Presents Xiaoze Xie: Amplified Moments
KNOXVILLE, TN.- Amplified Moments is the first major US exhibition to survey the work of Xiaoze Xie (pronounced shout-zah shee-ay), an important Chinese contemporary artist. More than 30 works document his achievements in painting, drawing, photography…
Chazen Museum of Art Presents Exhibition of Russian Icons from Its Collection
MADISON, WI.- The icon is a distinctive form of holy image in Eastern Orthodox cultures, intended to evoke sacred presence by appealing to the senses. Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500–1900 presents about thirty works from the museu…
LACMA to Host Exhibition of Vija Celmins’s Work Created in Los Angeles Between 1964 and 1966
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster 1964-1966, exploring an essential yet often overlooked period of the artist’s work. Throughout much of her career, Vija Celmins has been internat…
Degas: Form, Movement, and the Antique Exhibited at the Tampa Museum of Art
TAMPA, FL.- The exhibition which will open to the public on March 12, 2011 will include 47 works by the French Impressionist master Edgar Degas (1834-1917). The museum will complement the exhibition of works by Degas with selections from its pre-emine…
Portland Museum of Art Receives Exhibition Funding from the Henry Luce Foundation
PORTLAND, ME.- The Portland Museum of Art has been awarded two grants totaling $285,000 to support the Winslow Homer Studio Campaign from the Henry Luce Foundation. The grant of $200,000 is in support of the Museum’s September 2012 exhibition and …
The Whitney Presents a Mid-Career Retrospective of Groundbreaking New York Artist
NEW YORK. N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the pas…