SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- Red Butte Garden and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah presented the collaborative installation of a large-scale contemporary sculpture by award-winning artist, John Henry. Titled Le Mont Rouge (2004), t…
Royal Institute of British Architects Announces Shortlists for Five Special Awards 2010
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announces the shortlists for five special awards which honour the UK’s best new school buildings, conservation projects, public spaces and smaller projects; the shortlist for the RIBA…
Large, Space-filling Installations by Italian Artist Monica Bonvicini Fill Kunsthalle Fridericianum
KASSEL.- Monica Bonvicini is one of the most influential artists of her generation. Her often large-scale installations invite the public to direct participation. Since the mid-1990s she has made videos, sculptures, drawings and text-based works that e…
NYC Seeks to Reclaim Notable Central Park Drawings
NEW YORK (AP).- A noted architect’s 19th-century drawings for features in Central Park and other famous public spaces have resurfaced, and officials want them back from a New Jersey real estate broker who says his late father found them in a trash bin …
SFMOMA Elects New Members to Board of Trustees, Salutes Three Staff Members
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- At its May meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) elected Yves Béhar as the museum’s third Artist Trustee. Béhar joins Irwin Federman, who was also elected as a trustee at the meeting. Bo…
SFMOMA Elects New Members to Board of Trustees, Salutes Three Staff Members
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- At its May meeting, the Board of Trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) elected Yves Béhar as the museum’s third Artist Trustee. Béhar joins Irwin Federman, who was also elected as a trustee at the meeting. Bo…
New Mixed Media Installation by Jorge Pardo at Gagosian
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Gagosian Gallery presents “Bulgogi,” a new mixed media installation by Jorge Pardo. Pardo merges art, design, and architecture, drawing on the historical intersections of these disciplines from the Bauhaus to Robert Smithson while int…
Israel Museum Inaugurates its Renewed Campus and Reinstalled Collection Wings
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, inaugurates its renewed 20-acre campus, featuring new galleries, orientation facilities, and public spaces, on July 26, 2010. The three-year expansion and renewal project was designed to enhance visitor experie…
Public Art Fund Announces Ryan Gander: The Happy Prince
NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund announced its commission of a new project by Ryan Gander entitled The Happy Prince, on view in Doris C. Freedman Plaza at the southeast corner of Central Park, September 15, 2010 – April 10, 2011. “Ryan Gander, one of the…
Public Art Fund Announces Ryan Gander: The Happy Prince
NEW YORK, NY.- Public Art Fund announced its commission of a new project by Ryan Gander entitled The Happy Prince, on view in Doris C. Freedman Plaza at the southeast corner of Central Park, September 15, 2010 – April 10, 2011. “Ryan Gander, one of the…