SALEM, MA.- Libraries, archives, and museums face similar challenges. Libraries and archives affiliated with art museums have a second layer of concerns to consider in determining how they best relate to their parent institution. The Peabody Essex Muse…
Amon Carter Museum of American Art to Showcase a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition
FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age o…
Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the 20th Century on Display
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A little known American Indian archive was unveiled at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from July 24 until October 24, 2010. Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century is the firs…
Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the 20th Century on Display at NOMA
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A little known American Indian archive was unveiled at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from July 24 until October 24, 2010. Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century is the firs…
LACMA Presents First L.A. Exhibition of Thomas Eakins Since 1927
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins, on view from July 25 to October 17, 2010. Organized exclusively for LACMA by Ilene Susan Fort, the museum’s Gail and John…
New Personnel and New Positions at the Gibbes Museum of Art
CHARLESTON, SC.- For fiscal year 2010/2011, the Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce two new hires and several staff promotions. On June 29, Lasley Poe Steever joined the museum in the newly created position of Program and Events Manager. Meredi…
Victoria and Albert Museum in London Acquires Rare Philip Johnson Drawing
NEW YORK, NY.- Out of the depths of a privately owned and previously unknown archive of drawings by the influential and always controversial postmodern architect Philip Johnson (1906-2005), The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London has acquired a …
Thomas P. Campbell Announces Curatorial and Conservation Appointments at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced three appointments within the Museum’s curatorial and conservation departments: • Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser as Curator in The American Wing; • Jennifer Perry…
Newly Restored, Eakins’s ‘The Gross Clinic’ to be Centerpiece of Exhibition
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Gross Clinic of 1875 is the most renowned work created by the great Philadelphia painter Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and a landmark in the history of 19th-century American art. In late 2008, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the P…
Philbrook Museum of Art Names Catherine Whitney as Chief Curator
TULSA, OK.- Catherine Whitney joined Philbrook as Chief Curator and Curator of American Art on July 12. Whitney will oversee the curatorial department’s ambitious and expanding special exhibition programs, and research, interpret, install and furt…