DETROIT (AP).- The St. Louis Art Museum has filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask that Egypt wants returned, claiming it was stolen nearly two decades ago. The museum claims the U.S. government is trying to seize the 20-in…
New North Carolina Museum of Art Building Wins 2011 AIA Award
NEW YORK, NY.- The 127,000-square-foot, single-story project—one of only ten to receive the Honor Award for Architecture this year—was selected from hundreds of submissions worldwide. The AIA announcement of the Award notes the building interior’s …
Hotel Zaza Partners with Turner Carroll Gallery to Bring New Contemporary Art Space to Dallas
DALLAS, TX.- Hotel ZaZa Dallas has announced it will collaborate with Turner Carroll Gallery and Art Advisors to bring internationally acclaimed art exhibitions to the newly opened Stay ZaZa Art House & Social Gallery. Based in Santa Fe, Turner Carrol…
National Gallery of Denmark to Present Country’s Largest Art Collection in Three Stages for 2011
DENMARK.- Over the course of 2011 and 2012, the Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark’s extensive collections of art will be restaged and presented in three separate stages. On 28 May 2011 we will open the new section on “Dan…
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Determines Painting by Velázquez is Authentic
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Experts at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have determined that a 1624 portrait previously attributed to a follower of the Spanish painter Velazquez was done by the master himself. The museum said the portrait of King Philip …
Unveiled: New Weiner Art Commission for mima through Art Fund International
MIDDLESBOURGH.- A LINE IS A LINE FOR ALL THAT is a major new commission using vinyl for the 500m2 glass facade of the mima building by acclaimed New York artist Lawrence Weiner, and is the single largest commission ever produced by the artist in the UK…
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Unveils New $504 Million Art of the Americas Wing
BOSTON (REUTERS).- When redecorating his home some years ago, financier Henry Kravis sold a painting by John Singer Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. The painting — “Charles Stewart Sixth Marquess of Londonderry, Carrying the Great Sword o…
Exhibition Explores the Fascinating World of Contemporary Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada
OTTAWA.- More than 80 of the most innovative and ambitious works created by artists across Canada are highlighted in the National Gallery of Canada’s (NGC) inaugural Canadian Biennial exhibition It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Ar…
Exhibition Explores the Fascinating World of Contemporary Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada
OTTAWA.- More than 80 of the most innovative and ambitious works created by artists across Canada are highlighted in the National Gallery of Canada’s (NGC) inaugural Canadian Biennial exhibition It Is What It Is: Recent Acquisitions of New Canadian Ar…
After a Five-Year Absence, Art Institute of Chicago Reinstalls Marc Chagall’s America Windows
CHICAGO, IL.- After a five-year absence, the Art Institute of Chicago will reinstall one of the most beloved treasures in the museum’s collection, Marc Chagall’s America Windows. Following an intensive period of research and conservation trea…