Article Archive for February 2010
Cézanne and American Modernism at The Baltimore Museum of Art
BALTIMORE, MD – Discover how Cézanne transformed American art at the beginning of the 20th century. Cézanne and American Modernism, on view through May 23, 2010, brings together 16 of the French master’s paintings and watercolors with more than 80 works by 33 American artists, including Marsden Hartley, Maurice Prendergast, Alfred Stieglitz, and Man Ray. Marsden Hartley, “Mont Saint Victoire”, 1927. Private Collection of Elaine and Henry Kaufman Along with the Baltimore Museum of ... Read More
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Selects Blackbaud for a Technology Transformation
Blackbaud, Inc., the leading provider of software and services for nonprofit organizations, today announced that Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the largest art museum in the western United States, has selected and will implement its integrated solution for arts and cultural organizations. “Blackbaud will not only be our keystone business systems provider, they will also be an important strategic partner, helping us to re-engineer our business processes for resource efficiency and improved ... Read More
Baroque Masters at Nationalmuseum
On Thursday 25 February, the Rubens & van Dyck exhibition opens at Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. From then until 23 May, visitors will be able to see works by two of the 17th century’s leading painters and some of their disciples. The exhibition brings together works by Peter Paul Rubens and Anthonis van Dyck, two of the leading painters of the 17th-century Baroque, highlighting the relationship between them and their unparalleled influence on Flemish painting in their day. In all, 123 works will be on ... Read More
Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle at the Museum of Arts and Design
New York, NY – Bespoke: The Handbuilt Bicycle, presented by the Museum of Arts and Design from May 11 through mid-August 2010, will display the designs of six internationally renowned bicycle builders whose work in metal, as well as graphics and artifacts, elucidate this refined, intricate and deeply individual craft. Organized by Michael Maharam, owner of the eponymous textile company and an avid bicycle collector, along with master builder Sacha White of Vanilla Bicycles in Portland, Oregon, this survey ... Read More
Frantisek Kupka: Art Works from the Pompidou Center Collection at Picasso Museum
František Kupka took painting to its essential elements: the plane, line and dot. Over the course of his career he developed a highly distinctive and unique style that still defies any attempt to classify it due to its focus on science, philosophy and mysticism. In addition, Kupka’s work suggests new approaches to interpreting the birth and evolution of modern art. The exhibition is open through 25 April, 2010. Born in Bohemia in 1871, František Kupka first studied at the School of Fine Arts in Prague where ... Read More
Museum Marks Presidents Day with Release of Amateur Footage Captured in Dallas November 22, 1963
DALLAS – Gary Mack, Curator at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, is calling it “the best home movie known to exist of the Kennedy arrival in Dallas on November 22, 1963″ that he has ever seen. For the first time, color film and new glimpses of President and Mrs. Kennedy arriving on Air Force One on that fateful day is being released for public viewing. On November 22, 1963, local television stations were broadcasting live coverage of the Kennedy arrival at Dallas Love Field airport. At ... Read More
Georgia O’Keeffe and the Faraway: Nature and Image at The National Cowgirl Museum
Fort Worth, Texas – The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame announced the never before seen Georgia O’Keeffe and the Faraway: Nature and Image exhibition, which will be displayed in Fort Worth, Texas, open through September 6th. The exhibition, a collaboration between the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame and the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, explores the relationship that artist and Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree O’Keeffe had with nature through her camping experiences and ... Read More
Sargent and the Sea at The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, will feature more than 80 paintings, watercolors, and drawings of seascapes and coastal scenes from the early career of the pre-eminent late-19th-century American expatriate painter John Singer Sargent (1856—1925), open through May 23, 2010. Following a presentation at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., this fall, Houston´s showing is the final stop in the United States before the exhibition travels to London´s Royal Academy. Dr. Emily Ballew Neff, MFAH curator ... Read More
Masterpieces of Contemporary Silver Jewelry from Three Major Regions of the World to Debut at MAD
New York, NY – The Museum of Arts and Design presents a major exhibition of global jewelry drawn exclusively from the unparalleled collection of Daniel and Serga Nadler, which was pledged as a promised gift to the Museum last year. This special exhibition will showcase approximately 150 masterpieces from Northern Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Hill Tribes of Southeast Asia, including massive neck ornaments, ankle bracelets, and intricately crafted earrings. More than just decoration, these works ... Read More
Museum of Arts and Design to Partner with Fountain Art Fair
Guests will be the first to view over 20 progressive new art projects presented by Fountain Art Fair New York, NY – For the first time, the Museum of Arts and Design will partner with Fountain Art Fair, the alternative pick for NYC’s 2010 Armory weekend running March 4 – 7, 2010. Fountain Art Fair is known for presenting cutting-edge and independent art galleries. The Museum of Arts and Design, which is currently presenting Slash: Paper Under the Knife, the critically acclaimed exhibition of cut paper ... Read More
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