Santiago Calatrava At The Queen Sofía Spanish Institute In New York
Santiago Calatrava, the world-renowned architect who has designed some of the most beautiful structures of our time, will be the subject of a new exhibition, "Santiago Calatrava: World Trade Center Transportation Hub", at New York City’s Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, a private non-profit Spanish cultural center, from May 8, 2009.
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Iconic Hepworth Sculpture Returns Home
A major sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, was unveiled by the artist's granddaughter following its return home to Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Leading independent charity The Art Fund gave £345,000 to Chesterfield Borough Council to help buy "Curved Reclining Form (Rosewall)", 1960-62, so that the sculpture could be returned to the town which had been its home for over 40 years.
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Arts Council England Responds To The Budget
Arts Council England responds to the announcement of a £4 million cut in its government funding for 2010/11.
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Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation To Honor Titans Of Architecture And Art
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation will present its inaugural Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Honors to three leaders in the architecture and related arts fields at a benefit dinner on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The event coincides with the "Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward" exhibition on view at the Guggenheim from May 15, 2009 to August 23, 2009, which also celebrates the Guggenheim’s 50th Anniversary and the legacy of the iconic architect’s work and ideas.
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PAAM Receives Highest National Recognition
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) has achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public.
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Salatino Named Director Of Bowdoin College Museum Of Art
Kevin Salatino has been named director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Salatino has served as Head of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) since 2000, following nine years as Curator of Graphic Arts at the Getty Research Institute. At Bowdoin, Salatino will oversee the more than 14,000 items in the museum's collections and manage its staff, programs and budget.
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Saint Louis Art Museum Responds To Economy With Reductions
To preserve and ensure its long-term operating stability in the face of the current economic downturn, the Saint Louis Art Museum announced a series of cost-cutting measures intended to save the Museum in excess of $1.5 million; at the same time, it affirmed its intention to move ahead with its plans for expansion.
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Unemployed Artist Uses Reamining Cash As Medium For Economic Statement
A casualty of the 2008 economic crisis, unemployed conceptual artist Brian Rushton Phillips, has chosen to use his remaining cash to create a response to the current downturn and his own financial uncertainty.
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Daiwa Foundation Art Prize Short List
After receiving over 800 applications, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to announce the short list for the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize.
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Roxy Paine Creates Monumental Sculpture for MET Roof Garden
Conceptual artist Roxy Paine (American, b. 1966) has created a site-specific installation for the 2009 season of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, the most dramatic outdoor space for sculpture in New York City. Roxy Paine on the Roof: Maelstrom features a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide stainless-steel sculpture, "Maelstrom" (2009), that encompasses the nearly 8,000-square-foot Roof Garden, and is the largest sculpture to have been installed on the roof of the Metropolitan.
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IU Fine Arts Professor Confirmed As Guggenheim Fellow
Indiana University Associate Professor Osamu James Nakagawa was confirmed as a Guggenheim Fellow last week. Fellows were announced Tuesday, April 7. This marks the 85th year for the annual competition, established to honor "stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment" to add to the "educational, literary, artistic and scientific power of this country, and also to provide for the cause of better international understanding," according to the organization's mission statement.
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Art Fund Pavilion Winner Announcement
Tent London and The Lightbox are delighted to announce that The Art Fund Pavilion 2009 will be designed by Tina Manis Associates. The response to this architecture competition was astonishing, both in the number and variety of entries and their creativity. As a New York based practice, the winner also reflects the international reach of the applications which came from 52 countries.
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AXA Art Commissions Jason Hackenwerth
Globalart insurance specialist, AXA Art announced that it has commissioned New York artist Jason Hackenwerth to create a unique visual installation for its lounge at Art Chicago. Hackenwerth will transform the AXA Art space into a whimsical respite for its guests and visitors in attendance at the fair -- which will be held May 1-4 this year at Chicago’s iconic Merchandise Mart.
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Mike Figgis And Tate Liverpool Work Together On Film Project
As part of the forthcoming display DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture (From 1 May 2009), acclaimed film director Mike Figgis is working with Tate Liverpool and Tate Media on a series of short films that focus on conversations with people from Liverpool about works of art in the Tate Collection.
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The Art Fund Helps Tullie House Acquire Keith Tyson Nature Painting
A monumental new work, "Nature Painting" by Turner Prize-winning Cumbrian artist Keith Tyson, has been purchased for Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery in Carlisle with help from a £25,000 grant from The Art Fund. The work goes on display at the museum's Millennium Gallery on 7 April.
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Frye Board President Peter Donnelly Passes At Age 70
The Frye Art Museum mourns the passing of Peter F. Donnelly. Mr. Donnelly joined the Frye Board of Trustees in February 2005 and served as President from October 2006 until his death on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
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