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| Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | |
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MAM Installs Rauschenberg In Artist’s Memory The Miami Art Museum has installed Robert Rauschenberg’s acrylic on copper painting "Untitled" at the entrance of its plaza level galleries in memory of the artist’s passing in Captiva, Florida on May 12, 2008. "Rauschenberg was noted for his infectious enthusiasm and for his willingness to take risks and push boundaries," MAM Director Terence Riley said. "His eagerness to explore ‘the gap between art and life’ in an astonishing variety of forms and media made him among the most influential artists of our time." (view more...) |
| Tuesday, May 13, 2008 | |
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Turner Prize 2008 Shortlist Announced Tate today announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2008. The artists are Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes. The Turner Prize returns to Tate Britain after it launched Liverpool’s Capital of Culture at Tate Liverpool in 2007. (view more...) |
| Friday, May 09, 2008 | |
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UIMA Director Collinson Resigns; White Named Interim Director Howard Creel Collinson, director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art (UIMA) since February 2000, has announced his resignation effective May 5. Pamela White, director of UI Pentacrest Museums -- the Natural History Museum and the Old Capitol Museum -- will serve as interim UIMA director, according to UI Executive Vice President and Provost Lola Lopes. A national search for a new UIMA director will be launched at a later date. (view more...) |
| Thursday, May 08, 2008 | |
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Upstaging The Hotel Business: The Arts Club Hotel The latest innovation in hotels is revealed with the announcement of the world's first arts club hotel. Under the plans, the hotel collection Guest Hotels will turn its five hotels into stages for emerging talent from London's creative arts scene. At the centre of the idea lies a members club for guests enabling them to enjoy leading-edge contemporary arts events within the hotels where they are staying and exclusive access to events across London. (view more...) |
| Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | |
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PMA Director Daniel E. O’Leary Retires Daniel E. O’Leary has retired as director of the Portland Museum of Art. He has accepted the invitation of the Museum’s Board of Trustees to assume the position of Director of the Winslow Homer Studio Project. Dr. O’Leary will shift his time and efforts exclusively to this new role. Deputy Director Thomas Denenberg has been named Acting Director until a new director is hired. A search committee will be formed this summer. (view more...) |
| Tuesday, May 06, 2008 | |
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Franklin Kelly Named Deputy Director And Chief Curator Of National Gallery Of Art Earl A. Powell III, director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, announced the appointment of Franklin Kelly as the deputy director and chief curator, effective October 1, 2008. Currently senior curator of American and British Paintings, a post he has held since 2002, Kelly will succeed Alan Shestack, who has been deputy director and chief curator of the National Gallery of Art since December 1993. (view more...) |
| Monday, May 05, 2008 | |
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UPS Moving Ancient Terra Cotta Army In the second century BC, the mighty armies of Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huang stormed neighboring states on horseback and on foot. Today, a detachment of life-size terra cotta warriors unearthed near Qin's tomb invaded the United States in a decidedly more 21st century fashion: aboard a brown-tailed UPS 747-400 air freighter. (view more...) |
| Sunday, May 04, 2008 | |
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UC Berkeley Appoints Lawrence Rinder As Director of BAM/PFA Robert J. Birgeneau, Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, announced the appointment of distinguished curator, critic, and educator Lawrence Robert Rinder as the new Director of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA). Mr. Rinder, who has held prominent museum positions on both coasts, joins the organization at an important period in its forty-five-year history, as it finalizes plans for a new building and expanded programming. (view more...) |
| Saturday, May 03, 2008 | |
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International Museum Day 2008, Hong Kong, To Be Held May 17 And 18 More than 30 museums and heritage institutions from Beijing, Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macau and will jointly present a series of activities for "International Museum Day 2008, Hong Kong" on May 17 and 18. "International Museum Day 2008, Hong Kong" is organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) in support of International Museum Day, first designated on May 18, 1978, by the International Council of Museums. Through various activities, International Museum Day will give people the chance to better understand the missions and functions of museums. (view more...) |
| Friday, May 02, 2008 | |
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Emily Carr Institute To Receive University Status Premier Gordon Campbell announced that the Government plans to introduce legislation this session to establish Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design as a special purpose university with the name of Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD). "British Columbia’s prosperity and economic strength is closely tied to having a highly skilled workforce", said Premier Campbell. "We are delivering on our Throne Speech commitment to expand BC´s public university system and create new opportunities for higher learning." (view more...) |
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