SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts opened The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ev…
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…
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Returns Kingfisher Fort Headdress to Native Tribe
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returned a Kingfisher Fort Headdress (late 19th – early 20th century) to the Lúkaaxh.ádi clan of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska in March. This was the first repatriation of a Native American object …
Inaugural Art Naples to Feature Special Artists Exhibitions
NAPLES, FL.- In addition to the outstanding display of contemporary fine art glass, paintings, sculpture, photography and furniture presented at Art Naples, the fair will feature dynamic “special exhibitions”. The exhibitions will range from…
Museum of Fine Arts Displays Contemporary Ceramics by Exciting Young Artists
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Contemporary artists have taken ceramic art in entirely new directions. They have produced large-scale ceramic sculptures, often inspired by more traditional forms, such as Don Reitz’s Skirted Vessel in the Museum of Fine Art,…
MFA Houston Presents First Major Retrospective Devoted to Photographer Heinrich Kühn
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents over 100 photographs in this first major retrospective in the United States devoted to Austrian photographer and scientist Heinrich Kühn (1866-1944), an important figure in the international Pic…
Utah Museum Presents One of the Most Important Photographers of the 20th Century
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- In the words of author Robert Coles, “Helen Levitt has had the uncanny ability to offer us those brief, revealing moments in everyday life that give our time here meaning.” The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) presents Hel…
Venetian and Flemish Masters from the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp on View in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- Following their initial collaboration in 2009, which focused on the collection of the House of Savoy, the museums of Flanders and of northern Italy are once again putting their respective schools of painting into perspective with a stunning …
Romancing the West: Alfred Jacob Miller Exhibition Opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
HOUSTON, TX.- A six-month journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1837 provided artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874) with a lifetime of subjects to paint: mountain men in the fur trade, Native American life and traditions, panoramic landscapes and wil…
Virginia Museum and The Martin Agency Use Technology to Reach Picasso Enthusiasts
RICHMOND, VA.- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Martin Agency announced a joint social media effort that brings to life the upcoming exhibition of 176 works from Picasso’s personal collection, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Pic…