MUNICH.- The collectors Walter and Brigitte Kames are handing over their collection containing over 3000 lithographs by Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) to the ‘Collective Foundation of Bavarian State Museums’. The Staatliche Graphische Samml…
Sir Terence Conran Makes Major Gift to the Design Museum for New Development Project
LONDON.- The Trustees of the Design Museum announced today a major gift by Sir Terence Conran towards the museum’s new development project. This will help to create the world’s leading museum of contemporary design and architecture in London….
The Worcester Art Museum Presents the ‘Debut of the Modern French Woman’
Worcester, MA.- The Worcester Art Museum is pleased to present “Leisure, pleasure and the Debut of the Modern French Woman”, a selection of prints and drawings from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that illustrate an overall shift in the depi…
The New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Shows Images of War & Peace
Leicester, UK.- The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester is proud to present “Spirits of War to Hands of Peace”, on view at the museum until July 24th. This new and exciting exhibition exploring the horrors of war and the power of peace. The…
The Carnegie Museum of Art Presents Architectural Explorations
Pittsburgh, PA.- The Carnegie Museum of Art is pleased to present “Architectural Explorations” a selection of drawings, models, photographs, rare books, games, and other material made between the 1780s and the present. taken from the Heinz Architectu…
Brent Glass, Director of the National Museum of American History, Announces Retirement
WASHINGTON, DC.- Brent Glass, 64, has announced he will retire from the Smithsonian. He is leaving his position as director of the National Museum of American History effective July 10; he will continue at the Smithsonian as a senior advisor through th…
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What’s the future for Miami’s public and private collections?
The departure of the Miami Art Museum’s director has reignited the debate over the city’s cultural direction
Museu d’Art de Catalunya Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Exhibition
BARCELONA.- It is now 75 years since the inauguration of the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, and the MNAC is celebrating it by bringing together 75 masterpieces of Catalan art belonging to private collections, Catalan, European and American museums, and ecclesiastic patrimony.
Max Ernst Museum Presents 150 Works of Art by US Filmmaker David Lynch
“A cult film director from Los Angeles presenting his fine art works for the first time in a German museum. You cannot miss that!”, emphasizes Dr. Achim Sommer, director of the museum and co-curator of the exhibition “David Lynch – Dark Splendor”. Until 21st March 2010 the Max Ernst Museum Bruehl of the LVR presents a selection of 150 art works of the American film maker David Lynch