CHICAGO, IL.- The Terra Foundation for American Art announces a new chair and the addition of five new members of the Board of Directors. Elected for a four-year term, the following individuals were selected for their extensive experience in American a…
Leslie Hewitt Awarded 2010 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize
NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem awarded the fifth annual Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize to Leslie Hewitt. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden announced the award to over 700 supporters and friends, including honoree George Wein, at t…
Brooklyn Museum Inaugurates Purchase Fund for Acquisition of pre-1945 African American Art
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum is inaugurating a new collecting initiative that will focus on the acquisition of works by African American artists that were created between the mid-nineteenth century and 1945. In the first three years, the Museum i…
Bob and Roberta Smith and Mark Titchner Create Artworks for Campaign Against Cuts
LONDON.- A new work by British artist, Bob and Roberta Smith created specially for the campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts is released today. Artist Patrick Brill better…
Bob and Roberta Smith and Mark Titchner Create Artworks for Campaign Against Cuts
LONDON.- A new work by British artist, Bob and Roberta Smith created specially for the campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts is released today. Artist Patrick Brill better…
2010 No Dead Artists National Juried Exhibition Opens Group Show
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Now in its 14th year, No Dead Artists continues its evolution as that most singular of art world events, a juried national exhibition of work by underexposed American artists. For this year’s show, sponsored by Art Daily and the …
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…
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 …
David D. Holbrook Elected Chairman of Noguchi Museum Board of Trustees
NEW YORK, NY.- The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum (known as The Noguchi Museum) has announced the election of David D. Holbrook as Chairman of its Board of Trustees at its Annual Meeting in May. Mr. Holbrook has been a Trustee of the Museum…