ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Transcending Vision: American Impressionism 1870-1940 from the Bank of America Collection features more than 100 paintings, drawings, and prints by more than 70 artists, including some of America’s most important. This spectac…
European Masterpieces Opening Soon at the Royal Academy of Arts
LONDON.- This September the Royal Academy of Arts will present an exhibition of works which will showcase the breadth and wealth of one of the finest collections in Central Europe. The exhibition will feature over 200 works and will include paintings, …
Dr. Kent Lydecker Appointed New Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Seymour Gordon, President of the MFA’s Board of Trustees, has announced that Dr. Kent Lydecker will be the new director. He will begin his duties October 12 and replaces Dr. John Schloder, who retired in July after more than n…
Love, Death, the Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix in Montreal
MONTREAL.- From September 24, 2010, to January 2, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will be presenting ROUGE CABARET: The Terrifying and Beautiful World of Otto Dix, the first North American exhibition devoted to Otto Dix (1891-1969), one of the t…
Winslow Homer Classic Portrait Featured in American Treasures Stamp Series
WASHINGTON (AP).- Two farm boys rest in a field, a quiet moment emblematic of 19th century rural America, brings nostalgia via a new 44-cent postage stamp being released Thursday. The stamp, the latest in the Postal Service’s American Treasures series,…
Richard Avedon’s Lively Images at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BOSTON, MA.- Richard Avedon (1923–2004) was the man who brought fashion photography to life. Instead of perpetuating static images of human mannequins posing stiffly in magazines, Avedon depicted his models as real women whose energy and exuberanc…
Richard Misrach: After Katrina Marks Gift of Katrina Photographs Series to MFAH
HOUSTON, TX.- American photographer Richard Misrach (b. 1949) gave 69 Katrina photographs to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in May 2010, which will be on view for the first time this summer. Focusing on the graffiti left by New Orleans evacuees, Rich…
MFA Houston Commissions Artist Cai Guo-Qiang to Create Gunpowder Drawing
HOUSTON, TX.- Artist Cai Guo-Qiang has long been known internationally for his prolific and multi-disciplinary body of work that fuses the mythic and the everyday. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has commissioned Cai to create his first permanent, si…
MFA Houston Commissions Artist Cai Guo-Qiang to Create Gunpowder Drawing
HOUSTON, TX.- Artist Cai Guo-Qiang has long been known internationally for his prolific and multi-disciplinary body of work that fuses the mythic and the everyday. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has commissioned Cai to create his first permanent, si…
Gretchen Dietrich Named Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- Gretchen Dietrich, an innovative museum professional and a skilled administrator, has been selected as the Executive Director of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA), effective August 1, 2010, pending notification of the Academic Se…