A study of the economic value and impact of the opening of the new Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam shows that the new museum is already making a significant contribution to the Dutch economy. The report, published […]
Daily Archives: August 29, 2013
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Gary Tinterow, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Eric O. Anyah as the Museum’s Chief Financial Officer. Anyah comes to the Museum from the Art Institute of Chicago, […]
Centre Pompidou-Metz presents Hans Richter: The Crossing of the Century an exhibition on view September 28, 2013–February 24, 2014. Hans Richter. The Crossing of the Century traces more than fifty years in the artist’s career […]
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced today that Ann Goldstein has resigned as Director effective December 1st 2013. Appointed as general and Artistic Director in June 2009, Ms. Goldstein began working with the museum in October […]
Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), announced that the 208-year-old institution will create a new endowment for the purchase of artworks, greatly increasing […]
Dr. Susie Lingham took office as Director of the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) from 1 August 2013. She replaces Mr. Tan Boon Hui, who took on a new role as Group Director, Programmes at the […]
DOYLESTOWN, PA-The James A. Michener Art Museum will present From Philadelphia to Monaco: GRACE KELLY-Beyond the Icon from October 28, 2013 through January 26, 2014. Museum visitors will be immersed in the world of Grace […]
On August 27, Aimia, a global leader in loyalty management, and the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Aimia | AGO Photography Prize, Canada’s leading international […]
On Saturday, November 2, the Chesapeake’s oyster will be celebrated at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM) OysterFest in St. Michaels, MD. The event features live music by Sweet Leda, oysters and other local fare, […]
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of acclaimed novelist, poet and essayist Julia Alvarez (b. 1950). Alvarez’s extensive archive consists […]
One of the U.S. Air Force’s first C-21A aircraft landed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The Learjet (now Bombardier Aerospace) C-21A twin turbofan-engine aircraft was the military […]
The National Museum of Natural History presents Mud Masons of Mali an exhibition opening Aug. 31, as part of the Smithsonian’s “Earth Matters” initiative. The temporary exhibition, featuring photographs, original films, objects and tools, tells […]