AKRON, OH.- The Akron Art Museum has been very fortunate to be selected as the recipient of the Ohio gift of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States. The Vogels dedicated their lives to collecting works by more than 170 a…
YouTube Play Recognized at Tribeca Film Festival
NEW YORK, NY.- On April 26, YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video was recognized at the second annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards. One of the major non-film events at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, the Disruptive Innovation Awards celebr…
John Hardy Announces Launch of Artist Residency Program
HONG KONG.- John Hardy CEO, DAMIEN DERNONCOURT, and Lehmann Maupin Gallery Partner, DAVID MAUPIN, hosted a cocktail party last night during the Hong Kong International Art Fair in honor of celebrated artist TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ. The event, held at the J…
Oren Eliav: Two Thousand and Eleven at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
TEL AVIV.- The paintings featured in this exhibition by Oren Eliav, recipient of the 2010 Rappaport Prize for a Young Painter, follow upon the paintings included in the exhibition “They’ll Never Wake Us in Time,” which took place in Tel Aviv in the sum…
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art Shows Works By the 2010 Rappaport Prize Winner
Tel Aviv.- The Tel Aviv Museum of Art presents “The 2010 Rappaport Prize for a Young Israeli Painter: Oren Eliav” until June 25th. The paintings featured in this exhibition by Oren Eliav, recipient of the 2010 Rappaport Prize for a Young Painter, fo…
Edward Burtynsky: Oil at the Royal Ontario Museum’s Institute for Contemporary Culture
TORONTO.- The Ryerson Gallery and Research Centre, the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, and Scotiabank Group present Edward Burtynsky: Oil at the Institute for Contemporary Culture (ICC) at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), from April 9 through J…
Seattle Art Museum Receives $150,000 Grant from the Henry Luce Foundation
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the recipient of a one-time grant of $150,000 from The Henry Luce Foundation. The grant is issued through the American Art Renewal Fund and specifically allocated for SAM’s Curator of Native American Art …
Lebanese/American Photographer Walid Raad Announced as 2011 Hasselblad Award Winner
GOTHENBURG.- The Hasselblad Foundation announced Lebanese/American photographer Walid Raad as the recipient of the 2011 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. The prize, consisting of SEK 1,000,000 (approximately USD 150,000), a dipl…
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…
Presidential Humanities Medalist Donates Collection to George Washington University
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The George Washington University announced today that Albert H. Small, a 2009 recipient of the Presidential Humanities Medal, will donate his unparalleled collection on the history of Washington , D.C. , to the university. Small’…