CHICAGO, IL.- Madeleine Grynsztejn, Pritzker Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, announced today that James Goggin has been named the MCA’s new Director of Design, Print, and Digital Media, effective August 23, 2010. Goggin’s rol…
LAXART Names Malik Gaines as New Curator
LOS ANGELES, CA.- LAXART has named Malik Gaines as its new curator. Malik Gaines has worked as an independent curator in Los Angeles for several years, and has worked previously on a several projects at LAXART, and he is curating a major project in the…
Natural History Museum Invites to ID Your Trees in the Urban Tree Survey
LONDON.- You walk by them everyday, but do you know their names? Trees may be a familiar part of your environment, but do you really know a chestnut from a fir or an ash from an elder? Well here is your chance to find out and help scientists at the Nat…
Menil Names Toby Kamps New Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
HOUSTON, TX.- Following an extensive search that included numerous national and international candidates, Josef Helfenstein, director of The Menil Collection, has named Toby Kamps as the museum’s new curator of modern and contemporary art. Current…
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s in London Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction took place this evening at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200 /$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. “We curated this sale very carefully, offering a diver…
Toledo Museum of Art Names New Director Brian P. Kennedy to Lead Museum
TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art announced today that Brian P. Kennedy, director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, has accepted the position as the Museum’s ninth director with a start date of September 1. Board Chair Betsy Bra…
Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction at Christie’s Realises $68.6 Million
LONDON.- The Post-War and Contemporary Evening Auction took place this evening at Christie’s and realised £45,640,200 /$68,642,861/ €56,091,806, selling 84% by lot and 85% by value. “We curated this sale very carefully, offering a diver…
Toledo Museum of Art Names New Director Brian P. Kennedy
TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art
announced
today that Brian P. Kennedy, director of the Hood Museum of Art at
Dartmouth
College, has accepted the position as the Museum’s ninth director with a
start
date of September 1. Board Chair …
Secret Portrait of Artist’s Confiscated Children to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- A portrait by British artist Sir Herbert James Gunn (1893-1964) of his three children, entitled Design for a Portrait Group, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of its 20th Century British Art sale on 30 June 2010. It has been e…
SMU Names New Distinguished Endowed Chair in Art History
DALLAS, TX.- Following an international search, the Department of Art History at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts today announced the appointment of Dr. Roberto Tejada as the new Distinguished Endowed Chair in Art History, effective August 1. The …