PORTLAND, ME.- This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will feature the first major survey of paintings by contemporary artist Rackstraw Downes. Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008, on view December 16, 2010 through March 20, 2011, will featu…
Works by Rackstraw Downes on View this Winter at the Portland Museum of Art
PORTLAND, ME.- This winter, the Portland Museum of Art will feature the first major survey of paintings by contemporary artist Rackstraw Downes. Rackstraw Downes: Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008, on view December 16, 2010 through March 20, 2011, will featu…
Christina Aguilera Lends Her Voice to Support the Arts
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Christina Aguilera is doing her part to help the arts. The Grammy-winning singer is lending her voice to a fundraiser in support of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s latest project. Aguilera will perform at the Sept. 25 grand op…
Christina Aguilera Lends Her Voice to Support the Arts
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Christina Aguilera is doing her part to help the arts. The Grammy-winning singer is lending her voice to a fundraiser in support of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s latest project. Aguilera will perform at the Sept. 25 grand op…
Clare Twomey’s First Solo Exhibition in the United States Will Be at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
KANSAS CITY, MO.- A specially commissioned installation, Forever, by the acclaimed British artist Clare Twomey will focus on ceramics as an ephemeral and temporary medium. The exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will feature 1,345 vessels, au…
Mississippi Museum of Art Presents Art by Choice Exhibition, Sale and Auction
JACKSON, MS.- Back by popular demand, Art by Choice opens at the Mississippi Museum of Art Saturday, August 14, and runs through Sunday, September 12, 2010. Presented in collaboration with the Museum’s New Collectors Club, Art by Choice is an exhibiti…
Bruce Museum Acquires Sculpture by Gaston Lachaise
GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum announces that it has acquired a major sculpture by the French/American artist Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935), one of the pioneers of modern art in the early decades of the last century. The work depicts Lincoln Kirstein (…
Sean O’Harrow Named Director of University of Iowa Museum of Art
IOWA CITY, IA.- Sean O’Harrow, executive director of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, was named the new director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA). His selection follows a nationwide search process. When he begins his new duties Nov. 15,…
Sean O’Harrow Named Director of University of Iowa Museum of Art
IOWA CITY, IA.- Sean O’Harrow, executive director of the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, was named the new director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA). His selection follows a nationwide search process. When he begins his new duties Nov. 15,…
Museum to Present Major Survey Devoted to Italian Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- In the fall of 2010, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present a major exhibition devoted to the work of Michelangelo Pistoletto (b. 1933) in the Dorrance Galleries for Special Exhibitions. Widely recognized as a key figure in the …