Monthly Archives: July 2008

ANDOVER, Mass. – On July 31 at 10:00 a.m., the Addison Gallery of American Art, the academic art museum of Phillips Academy, will turn its keys over to Shawmut Design and Construction, thus beginning the first major building project in the museum’s [Read More]

BERWYN, Ill., – Through support by the Berwyn Development Corporation (BDC), Berwyn’s City Council Alderman Michele Skryd announced an Artspace pre-feasibility workshop, scheduled to take place on Monday, August 4th at the Berwyn Police Station Community Room (6401 31st Street, Berwyn IL [Read More]

MIAMI – Costa, Europe’s Number One Cruise Line, has commissioned a monumental bronze sculpture by world-renowned artist Fernando Botero for its newest ship, the Costa Luminosa. The bronze sculpture is currently taking shape at the Mariani foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy, where Botero [Read More]

ROCHESTER, NY – “The Photograph Collection: An Introduction” feature some of the star objects and photographers from the George Eastman House photography collection. This newly mounted and changing exhibition will greet visitors to the world’s oldest museum of photography. The new installation [Read More]

Through September 14 of this year, the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is presenting the exhibition “Magyar Grafika: Hungarian Posters, Advertising and Ephemera.” The colorful exhibit features seventy-five posters from the 1910’s through the 1980’s, a [Read More]

LONDON – “Cerdlun” is a phrase coined to blend the Welsh words for “postcard” and “picture”. Cerdlun will be a large trumpeted exhibition/sale of original work donated by artists, celebrities and well wishers from all over the world, to raise money for [Read More]

WASHINGTON – VSA arts is bringing New York sculptor Mark C. Parsons to Arlington Arts Center on August 9-10 to hold a free sculpture workshop. Parsons will spend two days with participating children, discussing science as inspiration for art and teaching the [Read More]

New York / Berlin – From July 14-31, artnet Online Auctions will offer over 100 contemporary color photographs by 50 renowned artists including William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Eliot Porter, Thomas Ruff and William Wegman. Leading the sale is an outstanding group of [Read More]

Artists Linda Richter and Jake Richter, long time residents of the Caribbean island of Bonaire, announced today that they have opened a new fine art gallery on the island, the Richter Art Gallery. The Richter Art Gallery, located in a new, specially [Read More]

Wider programme and new date offer an autumn highlight in the art calendar From November 17 until 23, the viennaartweek takes place outside the VIENNAFAIR for the first time. Along with the new date comes the opening up of the concept for [Read More]

Wichita – The exhibition American Ruins, which opened on June 29th at the Wichita Art Museum, proves you don’t have to leave the country to experience haunting historic sites. This photography exhibition celebrates places within the United States where crumbled walls and [Read More]

Sotheby’s Institute of Art has announced the appointment of Dr. Jos Hackforth-Jones as its new Director of the London Institute.Dr. Hackforth-Jones will assume her appointment as Director in September, 2008. She joins Sotheby’s Institute of Art from Richmond The American International University [Read More]

DALLAS, TX – Artfest International, Inc. (OTCBB: ARTI) — Artfest is bringing to the USA art community a once in a lifetime exclusive opportunity to appreciate international Russian art that has never been shown in exhibition this side of the iron curtain. [Read More]

WASHINGTON – French national Bernard Jean Ternus pleaded guilty today to conspiring to transport in interstate and foreign commerce four stolen paintings knowing that they were stolen, the Department of Justice Criminal Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of [Read More]