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| Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | |
 | Adelaide Institutions Teach Art To The World With Pioneering Program Art lovers everywhere will soon be able to tap in to the rich resource of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s collection and earn a postgraduate degree in art history from the University of Adelaide without relocating, thanks to a pioneering online study program developed by the two institutions.(view more...) |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | |
 | Wales Acquires Joyful Painting For The Christmas Season Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales is delighted to announce its acquisition of "Crazy Gondolier" (1960), a bright, jubilant painting by Scottish artist Alan Davie. The work was acquired with the generous support of the Derek Williams Trust (£30,000) and The Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity (£20,000).(view more...) |
| Monday, December 28, 2009 | |
 | Art Galleries Have A New Way Of Going Green! Santanu Majumdar, Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design at the Hartford Art School, has developed a software program that will provide consumers with a simplified process for gathering information at exhibitions and conferences. Working on his graduate degree project with Rajesh Shankaran, a graduate student at Louisiana State University, Santanu has designed "Exhibition Next," an environmentally friendly system that will distribute digital information, in the form of e-mail, about artists or displays, upon request.(view more...) |
| Sunday, December 27, 2009 | |
 | Anna Cutler Appointed Tate's First Director Of Learning Anna Cutler has been appointed Tate’s first Director of Learning. She will take up the post in January 2010.(view more...) |
| Saturday, December 26, 2009 | |
 | Cambridge Museum Buys A Painting With Bite The Art Fund have helped Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology buy an important work by one of the pre-eminent artists of Papua New Guinea. "Biting the Doctor's Arm" by Mathias Kauage was acquired for £25,000 with a £9,000 grant from The Art Fund.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 25, 2009 | |
 | MOCA Elects Trustees For Leading Contemporary Art Museum The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) announced it has elected Peter M. Brant, Steven T. Mnuchin, and Victor Pinchuk to its Board of Trustees, further boosting the institution’s national and international preeminence and marking a continued swell of support during the museum’s turnaround year in 2009. With these three new trustees, MOCA has added 10 trustees to its board this year, naming among the most new board members of any arts institution in America.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 24, 2009 | |
 | Nordstrom Announces Plans To Lease Space At Russell Investments Center/SAM Nordstrom, Inc. announced it has signed a Letter of Intent to lease approximately 265,000 square feet of space in the combined Russell Investments Center / Seattle Art Museum (SAM) building in downtown Seattle, of which approximately 182,000 square feet is from SAM and approximately 83,000 square feet is from Russell Investments Center. The Letter of Intent is to lease floors 7 through 12 and part of floor 5, with an option to lease additional space in the future. Discussions are in process with other possible tenants to lease two additional floors owned by SAM.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 23, 2009 | |
 | Art Gallery Of Alberta To Open With Two Days of Free Admision The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is pleased to announce that it will open its new building on Sir Winston Churchill Square with two admission-free days on Sunday, January 31 and Monday, February 1, 2010.(view more...) |
| Monday, December 21, 2009 | |
 | Christmas "Starr" Lights Up Ferens Art Gallery Christmas has come early for the Ferens Art Gallery with a present for the city's permanent collection - a rare, early portrait by Hull-born artist Sidney Starr (1857- 1925).(view more...) |
| Sunday, December 20, 2009 | |
 | Temporary Inflatable Pavilion At The Hirshhorn Museum The temporary inflatable pavilion at the Hirshhorn will create a vibrant public space offering diverse artistic and educational events, and is also an important architectural and artistic work in its own right. The pavilion and the activities it will house affirm the Museum’s commitment to enhancing public understanding and appreciation of contemporary art and culture–locally, nationally and globally.(view more...) |
| Saturday, December 19, 2009 | |
 | Jennifer Jones, Actress Wife Of Norton Simon Museum Founder, Dies The Trustees and staff of the Norton Simon Museum acknowledge our deep sense of loss with the death of Mrs. Jennifer Jones Simon (March 2, 1919–December 17, 2009), who passed away on December 17, 2009, at her home in Malibu, California. Generous arts patron, esteemed actress, and widow of industrialist and Museum founder Norton Simon, Mrs. Simon served as Chair of the Norton Simon Museum from 1989 and became Chair Emeritus in 2003.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 18, 2009 | |
 | Saint Louis Art Museum Announces Plans To Proceed With Expansion The Saint Louis Art Museum announced that it is proceeding with its ambitious $130.5 million expansion project, following a one-year delay. Once begun, construction is anticipated to take approximately two years. The Museum will remain open to the public during construction of the new David Chipperfield-designed addition.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | |
 | Statement By The Collections Of The Prince Of Liechtenstein It is with regret that we must announce that the exhibition at the Royal Academy in London will now not take place.(view more...) |
| Monday, December 14, 2009 | |
 | Larry Sultan, Nationally Acclaimed Art Photographer, Dies At 63 Renowned fine-art photographer Larry Sultan (63), died Sunday of cancer at his home in California.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 11, 2009 | |
 | Oilfield Helping Hands Selected As 2010 Hunting Art Prize Charity Hunting PLC announced that it will donate proceeds from the 2010 Hunting Art Prize to Oilfield Helping Hands, a non-profit that provides assistance to Houston-area oil and gas industry workers who are in financial crisis.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 10, 2009 | |
 | Construction To Improve Safety Of Staircase Railings Sheldon Museum of Art will be closed to the public from December 21 through January 4 during the initial phase of a construction project to improve the safety of the staircase railings in the Great Hall.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 09, 2009 | |
 | Ellsworth Kelly Exhibition Opens At mima With Two Art Fund International Pieces Independent charity The Art Fund is delighted that two works by American artist Ellsworth Kelly, acquired for mima Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art through the Art Fund International scheme, are to go on show in a new exhibition dedicated to the artist at the gallery.(view more...) |
| Monday, December 07, 2009 | |
 | "Brangelina Forever" Inspires Harmony In Bedroom Of $500K Home Built In Their Name Phantom-Financial announces the December unveiling of the sculpture of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in an amorous embrace by artist Daniel Edwards, just minutes from Brad Pitt's own birthplace in the Oklahoma City Metro area. The sculpture is part of the 4,000 Sq Ft, $500,000 house named "The Brangelina," by the Los Angeles artist known as Xvala.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 04, 2009 | |
 | Thief Arrested But Artworks Still Missing A man was arrested after authorities say he stole 10 paintings worth more than US$1 million. Jorge Alberto Gonzales, 47, is accused of stealing the artworks.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 03, 2009 | |
 | Grand Rapids Art Museum Director Celeste Adams Resigns Celeste Adams shared with the Grand Rapids Art Museum Board of Trustees her decision to resign her position as Museum Director effective March 17, 2010, her thirteenth anniversary as Director. She stated, "I have completed my work here and the time is right for me to move on to a new challenge and for the Museum to move into a new era of life." Ms. Adams will assist with the transition, serving as Consulting Director from March 2010 to March 2011 or until a new Director begins.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 02, 2009 | |
 | Rembrandt Masterpiece Unseen In Public For 40 Years For Auction Christie’s will offer a masterpiece by Rembrandt (1606-1669) at the Old Masters and 19th Century Art Evening Sale on Tuesday 8 December 2009 in London. Unseen in public for almost 40 years and offered at auction for the first time since 1930, "Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo", 1658, is offered from a distinguished private collection and is expected to realise £18 million to £25 million.(view more...) |
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