NORFOLK, VA.- The Chrysler Museum of Art announced it will open the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in 2011. The addition of the Glass Studio enhances the Museum’s stature as one of the top three museums in the United States with an art glass focus. …
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Announces Partnership to Preserve Historic Watts Towers
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) today announced a collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’s Department of Cultural Affairs, toward the day-to-day preservation of the Watts Towers in a one-year agreement. LACMA wil…
High Receives Gift of 90 19th-Century American Paintings and Sculptures from West Foundation
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art today announced that it has received a major gift of 90 paintings and sculptures from the Atlanta-based West Foundation’s nineteenth-century American collection. The donated works include 49 paintings and 41 sc…
Esteemed Director, George S. Bolge, to Retire from Boca Raton Museum of Art on a High Note
BOCA RATON, FL.- Paul W. Carman, President of the Board of Trustees of the Boca Raton Museum of Art, has announced the retirement of George S. Bolge, Executive Director of the Museum, effective June 30, 2011. Carman stated that, in the near future, h…
High Receives Gift of 90 19th-Century American Paintings and Sculptures from West Foundation
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art today announced that it has received a major gift of 90 paintings and sculptures from the Atlanta-based West Foundation’s nineteenth-century American collection. The donated works include 49 paintings and 41 sc…
Chazen Celebrates Major Milestone in Machado and Silvetti Expansion
MADISON, WI.- This fall, the Chazen Museum of Art celebrates a major milestone in its expansion with the completion of the new building’s external construction. The program will more than double the gallery space for the presentation of the Museum’…
First Major United States Retrospective of the Work of Paul Thek Opens at the Whitney
NEW YORK, NY.- An artist who defies classification, Paul Thek (1933-1988), the sculptor, painter, and creator of radical installations who was hailed for his work in the 1960s and early 70s, then nearly eclipsed within his own short lifetime, is the su…
Dallas Museum of Art Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection
DALLAS, TX.- This November marks the 25th anniversary of the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection at the Dallas Museum of Art. In 1985, the Museum received more than 1,400 works from the private art collection of Emery Reves – including impressionist…
Exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery Focuses on Cézanne’s Paintings of Card Players and Pipe Smokers
LONDON.- Paul Cézanne’s famous paintings of peasant card players and pipe smokers have long been considered to be among his most iconic and powerful works. This landmark exhibition, organised by The Courtauld Gallery in London and The Metropolita…
New Large-Scale and Single Continuous Installation by Roxy Paine at James Cohan Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- For Roxy Paine’s fourth solo exhibition at James Cohan Gallery, the gallery presents the artist’s new large-scale installation Distillation (2010). A single continuous piece, the artwork begins at the gallery’s front door …