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| Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Announces Reopening of Statue of Liberty's Crown |
Access to the crown will be limited to 10 people at a time, guided by a National Park Service ranger. Photo: EFE/Justin Lane.
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NEW YORK, NY.- The American public will once again be able to visit the crown of the Statue of Liberty, which was closed after the 9/11 attacks for safety and security reasons, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today. In addition, the Department of the Interior will invest $25 million under the President’s economic recovery plan to stabilize the Baggage and Dormitory Building at Ellis Island, built in 1908 to house immigrants waiting for further processing, and repair 2,000 feet of the island’s crumbling seawall....More
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| The New India at the Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Contemporary Indian Cinema |
NEW YORK, NY.- The richness and diversity of contemporary Indian cinema is explored in The New India, a two-week, 16-film exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, from June 5 through 18, 2009. The exhibition presents feature and short films, including eight New York premieres, that capture the range of fiction and documentary genres and styles in Indian cinema today. Among the celebrated guests who will present their films in person at MoMA are actors Naseeruddin ...More
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| Avid Art Collector, Jonathan Demme, Curates Exhibition from his own Personal Collection |
NEW YORK, NY.- The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, opened a special exhibit at the FIAF Gallery curated by the Academy Award-winning film director Jonathan Demme in its World Nomads 2009 series celebrating Haiti. Long-time Haitian advocate and avid art collector, Demme curated the exhibit from his own personal collection of Haitian paintings, displaying some of the most renowned artists from the Caribbean island. ...More
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| Sotheby's in Milan to Sell a Selection of Contemporary Works |
MILAN.- Sotheby’s Milan devotes two days to the Contemporary art sales, like in Paris, London and New York. The first session, the Evening Sale takes place on the 20th of May, while the Day Sale will be held on the 21st of May. One of the most important works on sale is an oil on canvas by Giorgio de Chirico executed in 1928 titled Temple et Foret dans la chambre....More
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| Guggenheim Museum Web Site Wins Best Cultural Institution Webby Award |
NEW YORK, NY.- The 13th Annual Webby Awards has named guggenheim.org as Best Cultural Institution Web Site of the year.
Completely redesigned and relaunched in November 2008, guggenheim.org was redeveloped for a better user experience and instant access to a broad range of information about all five museums in the Guggenheim network. New features include a special video section highlighting exhibitions; a revamped Collection ...More
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| A Lost World Captured in Astonishing Detail in More than 80 Vibrant Paintings by Mayer Kirshenblatt |
NEW YORK, NY.- They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust opens at The Jewish Museum on Sunday, May 10 and remains on view through October 1, 2009. In this lively exhibition, visitors will discover a lost world captured in astonishing detail in more than 80 vibrant paintings and drawings by Mayer Kirshenblatt. Born in 1916, Kirshenblatt ...More
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| Artium Presents the Exhibition Dark is the Room Where We Sleep, by Francesc Torres |
VITORIA-GASTEIZ.- Two large installations by this Catalonian artist delve into consciousness and collective memory of events that have taken place both in the past and in our own times.
Artium, Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, presents the exhibition Dark Is The Room Where We Sleep, by Francesc Torres (North Gallery, until September 20), two large installations by this Catalonian artist whose oeuvre ...More
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| Storm King Launches Storm King Wavefield, Monumental Work by Maya Lin |
MOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- The Storm King Art Center, in Mountainville, New York, launches Storm King Wavefield, the largest site-specific earthwork created to date by acclaimed artist and environmentalist Maya Lin. Occupying an eleven-acre site that was a gravel pit until Ms. Lin reclaimed it for the work, the ambitious ...More
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| Seripop, a Weekend Long Event of Printmaking, Illustration and Live Music, to be Held at Baltic |
GATESHEAD.- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents a three day event with Canadian art duo, Seripop from Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August 2009. Seripop artists Chloe Lum and Yannick Desranleau have joined forces with guest curator Sophie Brown to bring a weekend of design, print, illustrations and live music to Baltic....More
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| Ned Rifkin Appointed Director of The Blanton Museum of Art |
AUSTIN, TX.- Dr. Ned Rifkin, former undersecretary for art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., has been appointed director of the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin.
Beginning Sept. 1, Rifkin also will hold the position of professor of art and art history in the Department of Art and Art History...More
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| Morphy Auctions Returns to its Roots, Co-founder Dan Morphy Buys Back Company's Operating Assets |
DENVER, PA.- Four and a half years after selling the auction company he co-founded, Dan Morphy has come full circle and bought back the operating assets of Morphy Auctions from Geppi’s Entertainment. The Geppi family of companies is headed by Baltimore businessman Stephen A. Geppi. ...More
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| Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Publishes First Major Collections Catalog |
EUGENE, OR.- The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art announces the publication of the "Lasting Legacies: The First 75 Years," a 120‐page, soft‐bound catalog featuring selections from the museum's collections, many of which were featured in the seventy‐fifth anniversary exhibition....More
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| Georgia Museum of Art Announces Lynn Boland as New Pierre Daura Curator of European Art |
ATHENS, GA.- William U. Eiland, director of the Georgia Museum of Art, has announced the appointment of Lynn Boland as the museum’s new Pierre Daura Curator of European Art. Boland will begin working at the museum on May 11, 2009....More
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| Academy of Art University Faculty & Alumni Shine in "Impressions of Italy" at Garden Gallery |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In the remote Italian hillside village of Montalcino during the height of summer's warm light, Academy of Art University Undergraduate Director of Fine Art Painting Craig Nelson led a ten-day private painting workshop last August. Academy of Art University instructors Jason Bowen, Suzanne D'Arcy, Frank Lanza, Anna Nelson, and Bill Rhea, along ...More
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| Philbrook Museum of Art Receives Highest National Recognition |
TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art has achieved reaccreditation 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....More
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| Gibbes Museum of Art Announces Stephen Marc Winner of the 2009 Factor Prize for Southern Art |
CHARLESTON, SC.- The Gibbes Museum of Art tonight announced that photographer and digital montage artist Stephen Marc of Tempe, Arizona has won the 2009 Elizabeth and Mallory Factor Prize for Southern Art and the $10,000 cash prize that accompanies the award. The Factor Prize acknowledges an artist whose work demonstrates the highest level of artistic achievement in any media while contributing to a new understanding of art in the South. Artists were nominated for the Prize online at ...More
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| Special 3 Minute Wonders Focusing on The Art Fund to be Screened in England |
LONDON.- Four specially commissioned 3 Minute Wonder films celebrating the work of The Art Fund are to be screened on Channel 4 over four consecutive evenings from 11 May.
The films were made by up-and-coming directors Ana Garcia and Lisle Turner and produced by the award-winning production company Revolution Films, the ...More
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| SFMOMA Opens Blue Bottle Coffee Bar in New Rooftop Garden |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art announced the opening of the Rooftop Garden Blue Bottle Coffee Bar. The Rooftop Garden will not only serve as a dynamic space for showcasing SFMOMA's ever-expanding collection of modern and contemporary sculpture, but it will also provide visitors with a place for reflection, relaxation, interaction, and now, refreshment. The Rooftop Garden Blue Bottle Coffee Bar will open on May 14, 2009....More
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| National Endowment for the Arts' 2010 Budget Submitted |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Details of the Fiscal Year 2010 budget request for the National Endowment for the Arts were submitted to Congress as part of President Obama's FY 2010 budget. The President's budget requests $161.3 million for the agency, an increase of $6.3 million or 4 percent over the NEA's FY 2009 budget of $155 million. The proposed FY 2010 budget would allow for the distribution of ...More
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| London Teens to Perform Dance Inspired by National Gallery Collection at The Royal Ballet Schools White Lodge |
LONDON.- The results of a unique collaboration between The Royal Ballet School and the National Gallery will receive a premier performance at The Royal Ballet School's Margot Fonteyn Theatre, at the recently redeveloped Lower School, White Lodge at Richmond Park on May 8 and May 9. ...More
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