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| Sunday, December 26, 2010 | |
 | The National Gallery Of Canada Appoints Paul Lang As Its Chief Curator The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) announced the appointment of Paul Lang, an expert in neo-classical European Art, as its new Deputy Director and Chief Curator. An accomplished scholar who holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Geneva, Mr. Lang has been Chief Curator at the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève in Switzerland since 2000. He will assume his new role at the NGC on April 1, 2011.(view more...) |
| Saturday, December 25, 2010 | |
 | The MET Celebrates The Holidays By Opening On "Holiday Monday" December 27 The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be open to the public on Monday, December 27 (Christmas/New Year's Week), as part of the Museum's popular "Holiday Mondays" program.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 24, 2010 | |
 | Companion Portraits Reunited At Dulwich Dulwich Picture Gallery has bought Portrait of Bartholomew Beale by Sir Peter Lely as it prepares for its Bicentenary year.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 23, 2010 | |
 | New Director Of Tensta Konsthall Maria Lind has been appointed the new director of Tensta Konsthall. Prior to assuming her duties at Tensta Konsthall 1 January, 2011, Maria Lind was director of the Masters Programme at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in New York (2008-2010). She was head of Iaspis in Stockholm in 2005-2007 and head of Kunstverein Munchen in 2002-2004. From 1997 to 2001 she was a curator at Modern Museet and in 1998 a co-curator of Manifesta 2, Europe's art biennale. (view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 22, 2010 | |
 | Giant Laser Beam Connects FACT With Tate Liverpool A huge green laser willl link up FACT with Tate Liverpool this winter. Travelling 800 metres as the crow flies, the beam of light will make a symbolic connection between our two galleries during our joint exhibition of new media artist Nam June Paik.(view more...) |
| Tuesday, December 21, 2010 | |
 | MOCA Announces Election Of New Trustee Daniel S. Loeb The Board of Trustees of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, announced that Daniel S. Loeb has been elected to its Board. He is one of 10 new and returning trustees added to the Board in 2010. The announcement follows news that the museum closed its 2010 fiscal year with a surplus of more than $5.5 million and that the value of its endowment-related assets had more than tripled since the end of 2008, growing to $18.5 million. (view more...) |
| Monday, December 20, 2010 | |
 | Visit Santa At The Portland Art Museum Through January 9, 2011, the Portland Art Museum has Norman Rockwell’s "Santa and the Globe" (1926) on view in its American art galleries. One of the United States’ pre-eminent artist illustrators, Rockwell virtually defined the popular image of Santa Claus in mid-century America. The painting shows Santa before a globe and using a magnifying glass to pinpoint the locations of children to visit, both naughty and nice. (view more...) |
| Sunday, December 19, 2010 | |
 | Pierre Huyghe Is the 2010 Winner of the Smithsonian’s Contemporary Artist Award The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced that Pierre Huyghe is the 2010 winner of the museum’s contemporary artist award. Huyghe was selected by an independent panel of jurors for his "pioneering vision and tireless ambition to make art that defies expectations and extends conventional practices into new territory."(view more...) |
| Saturday, December 18, 2010 | |
 | Tacita Dean To Undertake Next Commission In The Unilever Series Tate and Unilever announced that Tacita Dean will undertake the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The work will be unveiled on 11 October 2011.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 17, 2010 | |
 | PAFA Receives Unprecedented Gift Of Art By Linda Lee Alter The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) is proud to announce a gift of the collection of art by women from Philadelphia art collector and artist Linda Lee Alter. This important collection, formed by an extraordinary person with a clear vision of how collecting can make a difference, includes approximately 400 works of art spanning the 1910s to the present in all media and by a wide range of artists from the well-known to the underappreciated.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 16, 2010 | |
 | Leading International Curator Selected For Australian Exhibition At Venice Biennale 2011 The Australia Council for the Arts announced that high-profile US curator Anne Ellegood has been selected to curate artist Hany Armanious’ 2011 Venice Biennale exhibition.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | |
 | Guy Maddin Wins Bell Award In Video Art Internationally renowned Winnipeg video artist and filmmaker Guy Maddin is the winner of the 2010 Bell Award in Video Art announced the Canada Council for the Arts. Administered by the Canada Council, the $10,000 award recognizes exceptional contribution by a Canadian video artist to the advancement of video art and the development of video practices. (view more...) |
| Tuesday, December 14, 2010 | |
 | Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Launches Youth-Curated World Gallery For London 2012 Brighton Museum & Art Gallery will launch a permanent gallery devoted to world culture, presenting their collections from Africa, Asia, the Pacific and Americas, curated by young people, as part of the UK-wide Stories of the World programme for London 2012 Festival.(view more...) |
| Monday, December 13, 2010 | |
 | MetLife Foundation Announces $500,000 In Grants For The Museum And Community Connections Program MetLife Foundation announced the grant winners of its 2010 Museum and Community Connections program. The grants, ranging from $50,000 to $75,000 and totaling $500,000, were awarded to eight museums for imaginative exhibitions and educational and public programs that extend their reach into diverse communities and make art a part of people's lives.(view more...) |
| Sunday, December 12, 2010 | |
 | Dallas Museum Of Art Names Rebecca A. Prince Chief Development Officer The Dallas Museum of Art announced that Rebecca A. Prince has been named Chief Development Officer; she will begin her new position on February 7, 2011. Prince comes to the Dallas Museum of Art with more than thirty years of fundraising experience, most recently as Vice President for University Advancement at Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.(view more...) |
| Saturday, December 11, 2010 | |
 | Fine Art Museum Founding Director To Retire Martin DeWitt, founding director and curator of the Fine Art Museum at Western Carolina University, has announced his retirement.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 10, 2010 | |
 | IMA Announces The Appointment Of Cynthia Rallis As Chief Development Officer The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced that it has hired Cynthia Rallis as chief development officer. In this role, Rallis will lead the development department and guide fundraising for major IMA projects. She will start her position January 1, 2011.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 09, 2010 | |
 | Georgia Museum Of Art Reopens With Weeklong Celebration On Jan 29 The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will reopen with a weeklong celebration, Art Expands, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 5. The museum has been closed since March 2009 for construction on its Phase II expansion and renovation project.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 08, 2010 | |
 | Christie's Launches Free App Optimized For The iPad As the holiday shopping season reaches its fever pitch, Christie's International, the world's leading art business, is pleased to announce the availability of its new, free App designed specifically for users of the Apple iPad. With special features and functions that are optimized for the iPad’s rich interface, the new App takes users on a tour of Christie’s upcoming auctions and enables “at a glance” browsing of hundreds of luxury items and objects to be sold in the company’s salerooms worldwide, including fine art, rare wines, luxury handbags, jewelry, watches, antiques, modern design, and more.(view more...) |
| Tuesday, December 07, 2010 | |
 | David Bomberg Drawings Bought At Auction To Go On Display Three captivating drawings by David Bomberg are on display this week at the Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art. The works were bought at auction with the Art Fund's help earlier this year.(view more...) |
| Monday, December 06, 2010 | |
 | Exceptionally High Quality And Very Solid Sales At Art Basel Miami Beach 2010 The ninth edition of Art Basel Miami Beach closed on Sunday, December 5, 2010. More than 250 galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa exhibited works by over 2,000 artists. The show attracted 46,000 visitors, a record number. Art collectors, museum directors, curators and cultural journalists from all over the world enjoyed a program of special exhibitions, panel discussions, private collection tours, and events featuring film, performance, and video. (view more...) |
| Sunday, December 05, 2010 | |
 | The Tate Britain Millbank Project In February 2011, Tate will begin an exciting project to transform the original Tate Gallery, rededicated in 2001 as Tate Britain. This project aims to conserve the beautiful fabric of Sidney Smith’s 19th-Century building and carry out a major upgrade to the galleries, enabling Tate to show more of its Collection in conditions suitable for a wider range of art media. (view more...) |
| Saturday, December 04, 2010 | |
 | Gifts Enhance Metropolitan Museum's Scholarly Activities In Cycladic And Early Greek Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the gift to its Greek and Roman Art Department of an endowment fund from The Museum of Cycladic Art, in Athens, Greece. The gift, in memory of Dolly Goulandris, will support lectures about the ancient art of the Cyclades and other regions of the ancient Greek world. Also announced was the intended gift by Pat Getz-Gentle of a photograph archive of Cycladic art.(view more...) |
| Friday, December 03, 2010 | |
 | Bonhams Appoints Camilla Prini As Its Agent In Northern Italy Camilla Prini has been appointed by Bonhams, the international fine art and antiques auction house, as the company's Agent for Northern Italy. She will be based in her hometown, Milan, but will cover the whole region, including Bologna, Genova, Verona, Bergamo and Torino. Bonhams have offices in 27 countries on four continents and hold 700 sales a year covering 57 specialist areas of collecting.(view more...) |
| Thursday, December 02, 2010 | |
 | Patrick de Carolis To The Graduate School Of The Photography Patrick de Carolis was named on Saturday, November 27th a chaiman of the board of the graduate school of the photography in Arles, by order of the Ministry of Culture and Communication published to the Official journal.(view more...) |
| Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | |
 | Arts Centre Appoints New Executive, Performing Arts The Arts Centre Chief Executive, Judith Isherwood, announced UK-based Tim Brinkman has been appointed as the new Executive, Performing Arts.(view more...) |
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