BIRMINGHAM, AL.- In conjunction with the start of the Birmingham Museum of Art’s 60th year, the BMA is releasing a new collection handbook. Birmingham Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection, published by D Giles Limited, is a richly illustrated so…
Christie’s Celebrates American Artistry and Craftsmanship with Exceptional Offerings
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s New York announced Americana Week 2011, a fortnight of sales and viewings devoted to American craftsmanship in all its forms, including important furniture, folk art, silver, and decorative arts. This year’s impressi…
National Museum of the American Indian in New York to Inaugurate a Permanent, Hemispheric Survey of Native American Art
NEW YORK, NY.- A spectacular, permanent exhibition of almost 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South America is now open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the George Gustav Heye Cente…
Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea
ST LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the February 13, 2011 opening of Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, a breathtaking exhibition that showcases more than 90 works of Maya art, many shown for the first time in the United States. T…
Saint Louis Art Museum Receives Major Gift from Danforth Family
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Carolyn Danforth has initiated a series of donations that will bring the extraordinary collection of American Indian artworks assembled by her late husband, Donald Danforth Jr., to the Museum. I…
Former Director of the Nelson-Atkins Ted Coe has Died
KANSAS CITY, MO.- Ralph T. Coe, the third Director of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and one of the nation’s foremost authorities on American Indian art, died Tuesday in Santa Fe, N.M. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Ted Coe,”…
Saint Louis Art Museum Receives Major Gift from Danforth Family
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that Carolyn Danforth has initiated a series of donations that will bring the extraordinary collection of American Indian artworks assembled by her late husband, Donald Danforth Jr., to the Museum. I…
Native American & Eskimo Works at Auction at Bonhams & Butterfields
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields, world leaders in auctions of Native American art, will present on Monday, September 13, 2010 in San Francisco its “Art and Artifacts of the Americas” auction consisting of American Indian baskets, p…
Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the 20th Century on Display
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A little known American Indian archive was unveiled at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from July 24 until October 24, 2010. Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century is the firs…
Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the 20th Century on Display at NOMA
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A little known American Indian archive was unveiled at the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) from July 24 until October 24, 2010. Ancestors and Descendants: Ancient Southwestern America at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century is the firs…