PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art today announced that it has acquired, through several gifts and a purchase agreement with the Aperture Foundation, the core collection of photographs by Paul Strand, one of the pre-eminent photographers…
Ground Broken on Frank Gehry’s $81 Million Underground Utility Space at Philadelphia Art Museum
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- It’s not typical for a loading dock to be the celebrated subject of a groundbreaking ceremony, but Frank Gehry is not your typical architect. Gehry joined more than 100 dignitaries, philanthropists and art aficionados Tuesday at th…
The Art Auction at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Raises $2.8 Million
CHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, celebrated its highest grossing benefit event in the history of the museum at The Art Auction on Saturday, October 30, 2010, that raised $2,800,000 for MCA programming. The highest winning bi…
Noel Barrett Presents the Old Salem Toy Museum and Thomas A. Gray Antique Toy Collection
NEW HOPE, PA.- Last May the Old Salem Toy Museum in Old Salem, N.C., closed its doors for the last time on a spectacular collection of antique toys, holiday items, dollhouses, miniatures and other children’s playthings, some dating to as early as …
Noel Barrett Presents the Old Salem Toy Museum and Thomas A. Gray Antique Toy Collection
NEW HOPE, PA.- Last May the Old Salem Toy Museum in Old Salem, N.C., closed its doors for the last time on a spectacular collection of antique toys, holiday items, dollhouses, miniatures and other children’s playthings, some dating to as early as …
Julien Levy’s Role in the History of Photography
Philadelphia, PA – In celebration of the centenary of the birth of Julien Levy (1906-1981), one of the most influential and colorful proponents of modern art and photography and an impassioned champion of Surrealism, the Philadelphia Museum of Art w…