CAIRO (AP).- The Egyptian antiquities department says a stolen Greek-era statue that was confiscated in Canada is on its way home. Thursday’s statement said the marble bust was seized by Canadian customs after it was illegally brought into the country…
Daniel M. Finley Appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Autry National Center
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Board of Trustees of the Autry National Center announced the appointment of Daniel M. Finley as the institution’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Finley will succeed John Gray, who led the Autry for more than a…
Law Enforcement Museum Announces Acquisition of J. Edgar Hoover Estate
WASHINGTON, DC.- When the National Law
Enforcement
Museum opens in Washington, DC, in 2013, it will house one of the most
extensive
collections of objects related to the life and work of long-time FBI
Director J.
Edgar Hoover, Museum offic…
Law Enforcement Museum Announces Acquisition of J. Edgar Hoover Estate
WASHINGTON, DC.- When the National Law Enforcement Museum opens in Washington, DC, in 2013, it will house one of the most extensive collections of objects related to the life and work of long-time FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, Museum officials announce…
Miami Art Museum Names Thomas "Thom" Collins as Director
MIAMI, FL.- Thomas “Thom” Collins, an arts administrator, art historian, educator and author with more than 15 years of experience serving as a director and curator at several of America’s top museums, has been named as the new director …
New Exhibition Takes Visitors into Madeleine Albright’s Jewelry Box
WASHINGTON, DC.- A traveling exhibition of jewelry from the personal collection of Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State, will open at the Smithsonian Castle June 18. “Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection” features mor…
Frye Art Museum’s Summer Exhibitions Celebrate Alaskan Art
SEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum’s summer
exhibitions celebrate the tenure of former Frye Director Ida Kay
Greathouse, the
role that Alaska played in the history of the Museum, and the artwork of
Fred
Machetanz, who captured the rugge…
Summer Exhibitions Celebrate Former Frye Director and Alaska Connection
SEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum’s summer exhibitions celebrate the tenure of former Frye Director Ida Kay Greathouse, the role that Alaska played in the history of the Museum, and the artwork of Fred Machetanz, who captured the rugged mountains …
James N. Wood President of the $7.8 Billion Getty Trust Died at Age 69
Los
Angeles, CA – Getty Trust President and chief executive James
N. Wood
died late Friday night of natural causes, board chairman Mark S. Siegel
announced Saturday. Wood, 69, was reportedly in good health and his
death was
unexpected….
Cleveland Institute of Art’s David Deming Retires After 12 Years of Innovative and Thoughtful Leadership
CLEVELAND, OH.- David Deming will retire as president and CEO of The Cleveland Institute of Art on June 30 after a 12-year tenure. A 1967 graduate of the Institute, Deming was appointed as the 9th president of his alma mater in 1998. After earning a ma…