ATLANTA, GA.- Michael E. Shapiro, the Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. Director of the High Museum of Art, announces that the Museum has appointed Kimberly Watson as the new Director of Museum Advancement. Watson will oversee the High’s advancemen…
High Names Scholar Valerie Cassel Oliver as 2011 Recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has named scholar Valerie Cassel Oliver as the 2011 recipient of The David C. Driskell Prize. Named for the renowned African American artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize is an annual award that recognizes a s…
Olympic Documentary Filmmaker Bud Greenspan Dies at Age 84 in New York City
NEW YORK (AP).- Oh, to catch Bud Greenspan’s eye and then turn up in one of his Olympic documentaries. For many athletes, from the famous to the obscure, the honor ranked just behind winning a medal. The filmmaker, whose riveting tales soared as trium…
Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshinkov Featured in Exhibitions at the Zimmerli Art Museum
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.-Currently on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University are exhibitions by two major artists who worked in the Soviet Union in the decades before the fall of Communism, Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshnikov. The exhibiti…
Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshinkov Featured in Exhibitions at the Zimmerli Art Museum
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.-Currently on view at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University are exhibitions by two major artists who worked in the Soviet Union in the decades before the fall of Communism, Vladimir Nemukhin and Boris Sveshnikov. The exhibiti…
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale in NY Expected to Exceed $240 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present one of the greatest rosters of master works in a single auction. The Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale, which will take place in New York on November 10, 2010, comprises seminal works by the foremost art…
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Evening Sale in NY Expected to Exceed $240 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present one of the greatest rosters of master works in a single auction. The Post-War and Contemporary Evening sale, which will take place in New York on November 10, 2010, comprises seminal works by the foremost art…
Scientists Say Gulf Diversity Threatened Even Before Oil Spill
WASHINGTON (AP).- The oceans around Australia boast the greatest diversity of sea life on the planet, but the now oil-threatened Gulf of Mexico also ranks in the top five regions for variety of species. And even before the spill, the Gulf was already l…