Tag: Visual Arts

Irish Government to Present 400 Irish Arts Events in US

NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The Irish government has announced it will present 400 Irish arts events all across the United States this year. Actor and Irish cultural ambassador Gabriel Byrne will formally announce details and dates of the project at New York’s…

DeCordova Awarded Prestigious Grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum received a $75,000 grant for exhibition programming from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The funding supports two upcoming exhibitions: Temporary Structures: Performing Architecture in C…

New Curator Joins Staff of Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame

NOTRE DAME, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art announce Cheryl Snay as curator of European art. Snay was the associate curator of European art at The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, where she worked for six years with their collecti…

New Curator Joins Staff of Snite Museum of Art University of Notre Dame

NOTRE DAME, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art announce Cheryl Snay as curator of European art. Snay was the associate curator of European art at The Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, where she worked for six years with their collecti…

John Warhola, Brother of Artist Andy Warhol and Museum Founder, Dies at Age 85

ROCHESTER, PA (AP).- John Warhola, the older brother who helped raise pop art icon Andy Warhol and later helped establish the Andy Warhol Museum in their native Pittsburgh, has died. He was 85. Warhola died on Christmas Eve after battling pneumonia at …

Jasper Johns Awarded the Julio González Prize by the Government of Valencia in Spain

VALENCIA.- The Government of Valencia has awarded the U.S. artist Jasper Johns with the Julio González Prize, an artist considered along with Robert Rauschenberg as the forerunners of American Pop Art. The Julio González Prize awarded by the Generali…

Jasper Johns Awarded the Julio González Prize by the Government of Valencia in Spain

VALENCIA.- The Government of Valencia has awarded the U.S. artist Jasper Johns with the Julio González Prize, an artist considered along with Robert Rauschenberg as the forerunners of American Pop Art. The Julio González Prize awarded by the Generali…

United States Artists Announces 50 USA Fellowships for 2010

NEW YORK, NY.- The national grant-making and advocacy organization United States Artists (USA) has selected 52 outstanding artists to receive 50 USA Fellowships for 2010, awarding them with unrestricted grants of $50,000. This marks the fifth year of t…

Guggenheim Museum Announces Winners For Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards

NEW YORK, NY.- At an awards ceremony and dinner on December 8, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum announced the winners of Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards, the second annual celebration honoring notable individuals, exhibitions, and projects that made …

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