Article Archive for December 2009
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Elects Trustees Peter M. Brant, Steven T. Mnuchin, and Victor Pinchuk
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. The announcement of the new trustees comes on the ... Read More
Jennifer Bartenbach Promoted to Acting Director of Finance at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced this week that Jennifer Bartenbach has been promoted to Acting Director of Finance. She replaces Anne Munsch, who is leaving the IMA to take a role as Chief Financial Officer at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. “Anne ably served in her capacity at the IMA for more than 12 years,”said Maxwell L. Anderson, The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the IMA. “We will miss Anne’s financial acumen, wise counsel and leadership, but we have every ... Read More
The Museum of Modern Art in New York Adds Evening Hours on the First Thursday of Each Month
The Museum of Modern Art will remain open until 8:45 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month, from January through June 2010, providing visitors with extended hours to view MoMA’s collection and special exhibitions. Regular Museum admission applies. MoMA Nights will include music by DJs and a cash bar featuring a specialty cocktail. A prix fixe dinner created by Chef Lynn Bound will be available in Cafe 2. Gallery talks will be offered at 5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 p.m., and admission will include regularly ... Read More
Metropolitan Museum Celebrates Packard Collection
In 1975, The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired, by gift and purchase, more than 400 works of Japanese art from collector Harry G. C. Packard (1914-1991). This daring acquisition instantly transformed the Museum into an institution with one of the finest collections of its kind in the West, comprised of encyclopedic holdings from the Neolithic period through the 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum will celebrate the 35th anniversary of the acquisition with the installation Five Thousand Years of Japanese Art: ... Read More
The Morris Museum of Art Embarks Upon Reinstallation of Its Permanent Collection
The Morris Museum of Art has begun closing galleries in preparation for Phase I of the reinstallation of the museum’s permanent collection. This is a three-phase reinstallation plan, which highlights works of art that have not been exhibited for some time or have never been exhibited at all. The galleries will be opened on, Friday, March 5, 2010, for the Morris Museum’s Seventeenth Annual Gala. This is the first time since the museum opened its doors in September 1992, that a complete reinstallation of its ... Read More
First Museum Exhibition of Lucian Freud Etchings in Canada Announced
An innovative exhibition juxtaposing the etchings of two masters of the human form will open the Art Gallery of Ontario’s winter season on January 30, 2010. Rembrandt / Freud: Etchings from Life, continuing through May 23, showcases the etchings of Lucian Freud in a Canadian art museum for the first time. It is also the first exhibition to compare the works of Freud and Rembrandt — both renowned for an ability to reveal the inner life of the sitter in portrait. “The AGO is committed to presenting art in ... Read More
New Exhibition Celebrates Frye Art Museum Founding Collection
Reflecting its continuing commitment to honor the legacy of Charles and Emma Frye, the Frye Art Museum announced a new exhibition “Tête-à-tête” that opens February 6, 2010. “Tête-à-tête” features nearly one hundred fifty paintings from the Frye Founding Collection, recreating the sumptuous viewing experience enjoyed by visitors to the art gallery in Charles and Emma Frye’s Seattle home in the early decades of the twentieth century. Hung floor-to-ceiling in the Museum’s largest ... Read More
Smithsonian American Art Museum to Display Arts and Crafts Made by Japanese Americans in World War II
The Smithsonian American Art Museum will present “The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946” at its branch museum for craft and decorative arts, the Renwick Gallery, from March 5, 2010, through Jan. 30, 2011. “The Art of Gaman” is organized by San Francisco-based author and guest curator Delphine Hirasuna with the cooperation of the San Francisco chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League. It features more than 120 objects, the majority of which are ... Read More
Contemporary Aboriginal Painting Installation at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An installation of 14 bold and colorful paintings created by contemporary Aboriginal Australian artists will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 15. Drawn from a U. S. private collection, Contemporary Aboriginal Painting from Australia will provide an introduction to Aboriginal painting, which has become Australia’s most celebrated contemporary art movement and has attained prominence within the international art world. The installation will present works created primarily over the ... Read More
The Canadian Museum of Civilization to introduce iPhone Application
The Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) has become the first museum in Canada, and one of the first in the world, to provide access to its audioguides and other Museum information through the iPhone and iPod Touch. The CMC Mobile Application, developed in partnership with Tristan Interactive of Ottawa, is now available for free from iTunes App Store in both official languages. Owners of these popular handheld devices can use the mobile application to obtain one-stop access to Museum information from anywhere ... Read More
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