Article Archive for January 2010
Nelson-Atkins Museum Announces Promised Gift of Stellar African Works of Art From the Adele and Donald Hall Private Collection
Seven Works to be On View in 75th Anniversary Exhibition The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art today announced a promised gift of seven extraordinary works of African art from the private collection of longtime Museum patrons Adele and Donald Hall, in honor of the Museum’s 75th Anniversary. The gifts, each a superb example of African art, will greatly elevate and broaden the Museum’s range of holdings in this area. Among the gifts are an intricately carved ivory Salt Cellar from the late 15th ... Read More
New Museum Appoints Eungie Joo Next Curator of “The Generational”
The New Museum announces the appointment of Eungie Joo, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs, as the next curator of “The Generational,” which will open in the spring of 2012. “The Generational,” the New Museum ‘s signature Triennial, is an important showcase for emerging artists from around the world. The first edition of the Triennial “Younger than Jesus”opened in the spring of 2009, and included work by fifty artists ... Read More
Cheekwood Museum to House the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Fabergé Collection
Cheekwood Museum of Art has been selected to house the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection, among the world’s most significant compilation of Fabergé pieces. The exhibition will open in February 2007. Harold H. “Spook” Stream, a long-time Nashvillian, has arranged for the Collection to be on loan to Cheekwood. Mr. Stream is the great-nephew of the late Matilda Geddings Gray, who began collecting works by Fabergé in the early 1930s and who established the foundation to ... Read More
David L. Dee Named Director Emeritus of the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah
David L. Dee has been named Director Emeritus at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. Dee, who served as Director and Curator of Asian Art from 2002 to 2009, also served as Interim Director, Exhibitions Coordinator, and Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Museum. Under Mr. Dee’s energetic and visionary leadership as Director, the UMFA underwent a dramatic transformation, developing into a lively arts center for the campus, the community, as well as the State of ... Read More
A VARIETY OF ASIAN-THEMED PROGRAMS COMPLEMENT THE JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMELS SPECIAL EXHIBITION AT THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM
Baltimore – The Walters Art Museum is pleased to present a full slate of programming related to Asia from February 14–June 13, 2010. CHILDREN & FAMILY PROGRAMS To register for family programs, visit www.thewalters.org, call 410-547-9000, ext. 300, or email familyprograms@thewalters.org (unless otherwise noted). DROP-IN ART ACTIVITIES Every Saturday & Sunday in February, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Price: Free Location: Family Art Center Folktales and Fables Create art inspired by ... Read More
Guggenheim Foundation and Museum Announces Appointments for the Abu Dhabi Project
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, has announced two staff appointments for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project: Suzanne Cotter, Curator of Exhibitions, Abu Dhabi Project, and Reem Fadda, Associate Curator for Middle Eastern Art, Abu Dhabi Project. Ms. Cotter and Ms. Fadda will join members of the Abu Dhabi Project team to develop future exhibition programming for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and to advise on the creation of its art collection focused on ... Read More
Gibbes Museum of Art Welcomes Art Consultant Barbara Guggenheim for Special Event – How the Art World Works
Author and art consultant Barbara Guggenheim will discuss the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of collecting art at an event titled How the Art World Works: New Twists on the World’s Second Oldest Profession at the Gibbes Museum of Art on Thursday, February 4. Ms. Guggenheim’s lecture will begin at 6pm and it will be followed by a reception at 7pm. Barbara Guggenheim is a partner in the national firm of art consultants, Guggenheim, Asher Associates. She holds a doctorate in Art History, ... Read More
André-Charles Boulle Exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts of Frankfurt
The first ever retrospective about André-Charles Boulle, the most illustrious cabinetmaker of all time, opened on October 28. With a scenography by Juan Pablo Molyneux, it takes place in the Museum of Decorative Arts of Frankfurt, the emblematic building created by Richard Meier. It was conceived by two French art historians, Jean Nérée Ronfort and Jean Dominique Augarde, in close cooperation with Professor Ulrich Schneider, director of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of ... Read More
The Stephen W. Fisher Collection of Japanese Cloisonné on View at The Walters Art Museum
The Stephen W. Fisher collection of Japanese cloisonné enamels is one of the finest in the world. Comprised largely of pieces created during Japan’s “golden age” of decorative art production, the special exhibition, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels from the Stephen W. Fisher Collection, will feature many intricately adorned vases, boxes and trays worked in gold, silver and dazzling colored enamels. On view from February 14 – June 13, 2010, the exhibition features over 130 ... Read More
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Names Kristin Friedrich as Director of Communications
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the largest natural history museum in the western United States, today announced the appointment of Kristin Friedrich as Director of Communications for its Natural History Family of Museums: the NHM in Exposition Park, the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, and the William S. Hart Museum in Newhall. Ms Friedrich had previously served as the Editorial Manager for the Museum. Ms. Friedrich assumes this leadership role within the communications ... Read More
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