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| National Gallery of Victoria Announces First Comprehensive Salvador Dalí Retrospective |
Salvador Dali, Spanish 1904–89, worked in United States 1940–48, Daddy Longlegs of the evening – Hope! 1940, oil on canvas 40.6 x 50.8 cm. The Salvador Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, Florida. Worldwide Rights: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VISCOPY, 2009. In the USA: © Salvador Dalí Museum Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, 2009.
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MELBOURNE.- The first comprehensive retrospective of the work of Salvador Dalí ever to be staged in Australia is coming exclusively to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) as the sixth exhibition in the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series. ...More
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| Exhibition Examining 20 Years of Innovation in European Design Premieres in Indiananapolis |
INDIANAPOLIS, IN.- The first comprehensive assessment of Western European design from 1985 to 2005—a period of enormous creativity and experimentation that resulted in a proliferation of ideas and styles—will premiere at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in March 2009. European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century...More
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| Sotheby's To Sell Rare and Important Painting by Albin Egger-Lienz in June |
LONDON.-Sotheby’s announced that its annual sale of German, Austrian and Central European Art in London on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 will be headlined by a rare and important re-discovered painting by the Austrian artist Albin Egger-Lienz (1868-1926). Executed between 1909 and 1910, the painting -...More
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| The Walters Art Museum Announces Major Restructuring |
BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum announced that it is restructuring its organization in order to preserve its position as one of the preeminent museums in the nation and retain its long-term financial stability. Sixteen positions have been eliminated (7 with incumbent employees), and expense reductions and other ...More
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| Hammer Museum Presents its Next Invitational Exhibition Celebrating Los Angeles-based Artists |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from L.A. is the fifth in the Hammer Museum’s biannual invitational exhibition series highlighting work created in greater Los Angeles. Nine Lives features over 125 works, much of it new, by nine artists spanning four generations — Lisa Anne Auerbach, Julie Becker, Llyn Foulkes, ...More
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| Dallas Museum of Art Announces $100,000 Endowment Gift |
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced that The Jean and Graham Devoe Williford Charitable Trust is making a $100,000 gift toward the Museum’s art conservation efforts. It will be named the Graham Williford Foundation for American Art Endowment for Art Conservation and will specifically...More
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| Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Approves Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Expansion |
BOSTON, MA.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum today confirmed that the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts filed a Memorandum and Judgment (issued March 4, 2009) ruling that the museum’s proposed Restoration and Expansion Project may proceed. According to the ruling, the project is “entirely ...More
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| Valencian Institute of Modern Art Opens 1929-1949 From Torres Garcia to Vieira da Silva |
VALENCIA.- This exhibition covers the period from when 20-year old Vieira da Silva first saw the work by Torres-Garcia, in 1929, at the house of the architect Pierre Chareau, to the time of Torres-Garcia’s death, in Montevideo, in 1949. Over 20 years, the oeuvres of these two artists would be established and would cross over one another, through their singular structures, always on ...More
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| Endangered Plants on View at Statens Museum for Kunst |
COPENHAGEN.- Follow the work of the Museum’s conservators restoring the precious and hitherto inaccessible four-volume florilegium (flower book) on parchment from 17th century Gottorp Castle in South Schleswig, now in the possession of the Collection of Prints and Drawings. The restoration of the delicate flower pictures will be done live so that visitors to ...More
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| Comic Art Exhibition Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian opened “Comic Art Indigène” in the Sealaska Gallery. This intimate exhibition features more than 35 artworks, including paintings, works on paper, jewelry and clay figurines, and shows the evolution of narrative art through early examples of...More
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| The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs Announced at the Milwaukee Art Museum |
MILWAUKEE, WI.- The first major exhibition of furniture and decorative art by the protean American craftsman and designer Charles Rohlfs begins its five-venue national tour at the Milwaukee Art Museum June 6–August 23, 2009. The product of an innovative three-institution partnership, the exhibition’s scholarship ...More
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| The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum Announces a New FDR Exhibition |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Franklin D. Roosevelt, President during the Great Depression, used stamps to communicate with the American people. A stamp collector himself, he understood the power of visual imagery, and he changed the look of stamps to convey messages of hope, optimism and the solidity of the federal government. ...More
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| After More than 20 Years Rothko's Seagram Murals Return to Tate Liverpool |
LONDON.- In 1988 Tate Liverpool opened with a memorable display of Mark Rothko’s The Seagram Murals. Over 20 years later the series will make a welcome return to the gallery. From 2 October 2009 – 21 March 2010 Tate Liverpool’s ground floor gallery will be transformed into an emotive display of ...More
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| Frick's Center for the History of Collecting in America to Award New $25,000 Biennial Book Prize |
NEW YORk, NY.- Having created a Center for the History of Collecting in America in 2007, The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library are now pleased to announce the launch of a generous book prize. The award, to be made biennially, will be given in recognition of scholarly excellence for a completed publication that contributes ...More
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| National Endowment for the Arts Announces Emergency Funding Opportunity |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The National Endowment for the Arts announced the availability of grant guidelines for The Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 ("Recovery Act"). This opportunity was created in response to passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which ...More
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| The Getty's Free Lecture Series on Conservation Issues Spotlights Ethical Dilemmas in Art Conservation and Others |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Getty Conservation Institute's free public lecture series, Conservation Matters, continues in 2009 with three lectures beginning March 19 and continuing through May 19, 2009. This signature series of the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) features an expert lineup of international speakers...More
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| See Life in Iran from the Inside: Views from Iran Series Highlights New Narrative and Documentary Works |
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- A glimpse at contemporary life in Iran from the country's emerging filmmakers, Views from Iran, presented by the Walker Art Center, is a series of five engaging new works. Beginning with Manijeh Hekmat's 3 Women (Sé zan) (March 11, 7:30 pm) and the series of short films 7 Blind Women Filmmakers...More
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| NMWA Director Susan Fisher Sterling Recieves Women's Caucas for Art 2009 President's Award |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Susan Fisher Sterling, director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, has been selected to receive the Women's Caucus for Art 2009 President's Award. The award was established in 1983 to recognize exemplary women in mid-career and highlight their outstanding contributions to the arts ...More
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| T. J. Clark to Present Picasso and Truth at the National Gallery of Art |
WASHINGTON, DC.- T. J. Clark, renowned art historian and George C. and Helen N. Pardee Chair and professor of the history of art at University of California, Berkeley, will present the Fifty-Eighth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts series, entitled Picasso and Truth, this spring at the National Gallery of Art in...More
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| Enjoy Drinks and Décor Under the Stars During Evening in the Garden at the Taft Museum of Art |
CINCINNATI, OH.- Fabulous food, whimsical designs, and a bucolic setting combine to create the perfect spring Evening in the Garden at the Taft Museum of Art. This annual event celebrates the outstanding creative table top displays featured at the Taft's fundraising event, Day in the Garden. Evening in the Garden is Wednesday, ...More
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