DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute’s (DAI) Director and CEO, Janice Driesbach, announced that she will retire at the end of July. Driesbach, who was hired in November 2007 and began her tenure in January 2008, came to Dayton from Lincoln, Nebra…
Exhibition of Isamu Noguchi’s Legacy in California Opens at the Laguna Art Museum
LAGUNA BEACH, CA.- Isamu Noguchi (b. Los Angeles, 1904; d. New York, 1988) is an internationally celebrated Japanese-American artist and designer. Noguchi: California Legacy is comprised of three parts that examine the impact Noguchi had in California:…
Katonah Museum of Art Exhibits Joseph Wheelwright’s Tree Figures
KATONAH, NY.- Nothing says summer like a leisurely afternoon in the garden. The Katonah Museum of Art’s provides the perfect outdoor spot to eat lunch or escape for some peaceful moments beneath the magnificent 100-year-old Norway Spruce trees tha…
If a Tree Stands in the Garden, Will You See It? Joseph Wheelwright’s Tree Figures in Katonah
KATONAH, NY.- Nothing says summer like a leisurely afternoon in the garden. The Katonah Museum of Art’s provides the perfect outdoor spot to eat lunch or escape for some peaceful moments beneath the magnificent 100-year-old Norway Spruce trees th…
Steven Holl Architects to Design New Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU
NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with BCWH Architects has won the commission for the new Institute for Contemporary Art for Virginia Commonwealth University. The building will create a new forum for the arts on campus and forge ne…
Museum of Modern Art and Volkswagen Announce Innovative Two-Year Partnership
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and Volkswagen announced details of a two-year partnership today at a press conference at MoMA. The major components of the partnership are the support for an international contemporary art exhibition …
MoMA Extends Museum Hours During Summer Months 7/1-9/3
NEW YORK, NY .- The Museum of Modern Art will be extending its hours from July 1 through September 3, keeping the museum open until 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (with the exception of Saturday, July 9) evenings, and opening its doors fro…
"The Erratics" Lotte Glob with Nick Evans and Ruth Barker at the Mackintosh Museum
GLASGOW.- An erratic rock is a large boulder which has been transported by a glacier, coming to rest on rock of a different nature. Lotte Glob (born 1944) is a Danish ceramic artist living in the north of Scotland. We move Lotte Glob’s work from i…
Museum of Fine Arts Displays Contemporary Ceramics by Exciting Young Artists
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- Contemporary artists have taken ceramic art in entirely new directions. They have produced large-scale ceramic sculptures, often inspired by more traditional forms, such as Don Reitz’s Skirted Vessel in the Museum of Fine Art,…
Singer Laren Restores Auguste Rodin’s The Thinker After It was Damaged When Stolen
LAREN.- Singer Laren has restored The Thinker by Auguste Rodin. The work was carried out by the University of Amsterdam’s Department of Conservation and Restoration in the Ateliergebouw (the Rijksmuseum’s new conservation studio) in the Dutch…