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Modern Art Museum Shanghai 2021 Program Spotlights Zaha Hadid Architects, Premieres Immersive Alice in Warholand Experience, and Launches a Night Museum and Sculpture Garden
ArtfixDaily / April 19th, 2021
The Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai has announced its 2021 exhibition program, including the first large-scale exhibition of Zaha Hadid Architects in China, ZHA Close Up – Work & Research from 19 June - 15 September, and the first fully curated narrative museum featuring Andy Warhol in ...
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Reveals Plans for Major Expansion Designed by Safdie Architects
ArtfixDaily / April 7th, 2021
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has revealed plans for an expansion that will increase the size of the current facilities by 50 percent. Adding nearly 100,000 square feet to the 200,000-square-foot facility, the expansion will allow the museum to showcase its growing collection and welcome ...
A Magnificent Greene and Greene-Designed Estate Hits the Market in California For $135 Million
ArtfixDaily / March 10th, 2021
A historic 74-acre compound in the hills above Silicon Valley has come on the market for the first time ever. Held in the same family for five generations, the property is one of the largest privately owned tracts of land offered in picturesque Woodside, California, a pricey enclave just 30 miles ...
Get A Sneak Peek Of The Frick Collection Newly Installed At The Breuer Building
ArtfixDaily / March 4th, 2021
The Frick Reframed: The Frick Collection Presents Highlights Reconsidered at Frick Madison A temporary move during The Frick's renovation posits the collection in an iconic modernist building On Thursday, March 18, 2021, The Frick Collection launches Frick Madison, the long-awaited ...
Christopher Monkhouse, Renowned Curator, Remembered
Apollo / March 4th, 2021
Morrison Heckscher, Curator Emeritus of the American Wing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, writes for Apollo Magazine: "With the death of Christopher Monkhouse (b. 1947), after a brief illness, on 12 January 2021, the Anglo-American decorative arts and architecture world has lost ...
50th Anniversary Of The Newly-Restored Rothko Chapel Calls For Contemplation
ArtfixDaily / February 23rd, 2021
The light-dappled peace of the Rothko Chapel, a non-demonitional sanctuary in Houston, resonates today as it did 50 years ago upon opening—if not more so. From Feb. 26-28, 2021, the Rothko Chapel's golden anniversary will be commemorated with a number of virtual programs. The first phase of its ...
San Francisco Artist's 'Blue Check Homes' Spoof Hits a Nerve
SFGate / February 3rd, 2021
A San Francisco artist created a sensation last week with her 'Blue Check Homes' project — a made-up designation to signify an "authentic public figure" lives at a residence. Applications rolled in after the artist's Twitter announcement for an architectural emblem to showcase on a home's ...
Barbara Erickson, Leader of America's Oldest Conservation Nonprofit, Remembered
ArtfixDaily / January 21st, 2021
Barbara Erickson, The Trustees President and CEO, died on the afternoon of January 15, 2021. After a valiant struggle with cancer, Barbara passed peacefully surrounded by family at her home. The Trustees of Reservations is America's oldest conservation nonprofit and the organization cares for ...
In California: UC Regents Buy SF Art Institute Debt; State's $500 Million Grants Program Launches For Small Businesses, Nonprofits & Cultural Institutions
ArtfixDaily / January 2nd, 2021
The Regents of the University of California stepped up to buy San Francisco Art Institute's (SFAI) $19.7 million debt, according to Mission Local. Boston Private Bank & Trust Company moved to foreclose on the 149-year-old art institution in July. The UC Regents will now be landlord to ...
Wharton Esherick Museum Receives a Surprise Gift of $10 Million
Inquirer / December 13th, 2020
The Wharton Esherick Museum in Malvern, Penn., received an unexpected endowment gift of $10 million. The museum made the public announcement on Friday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The news of the gift was shared earlier with the museum's co-founder shortly before he passed away this ...
Craft in America Awarded $100,000 Inaugural Prize for Excellence and Innovation by the Decorative Arts Trust
ArtfixDaily / December 7th, 2020
As part of the Decorative Arts Trust's dedication to nurturing academic and educational programs, Executive Director Matthew A. Thurlow announced Craft in America as the recipient of the inaugural Prize for Excellence and Innovation in a special presentation last evening. Established in 2020, the ...
Take a Virtual Tour of Philip Johnson's The Glass House in Connecticut
The Glass House / December 1st, 2020
The Glass House has launched Texture + Transparency, a series of six free virtual tours that offer an exploration of the Connecticut landmark, a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Philip Johnson-designed property (now closed for the winter) in New Canaan, Conn., comprises ...
What Does a Billion-Dollar Government Investment in the Arts Look Like? Sneak Peek Melbourne's Reimagined Arts Precinct
ArtfixDaily / December 1st, 2020
Australia’s National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will build a new gallery to present Australian and international contemporary art, design and architecture. When complete, at over 30,000 sqm (320,000 sq ft), NGV Contemporary will be the country’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary art and ...
Divers Say Nazi Shipwreck May Hold Clues to Fate of Looted Amber Room
Guardian / October 2nd, 2020
A group of Polish divers say they have discovered a World War II-era German ship with crates of contents that could be connected to the missing Amber Room from the Catherine Palace near St Petersburg. The fabled amber and gold-leaf encrusted room, gifted to Peter the Great of Russia in 1716, ...
5 Awesome Open-Air Art Settings to Stroll Outdoors or Online This Fall
ArtfixDaily / September 13th, 2020
Local fall foliage viewing and art getaways in the fresh air have added attraction during the pandemic. With the sampling of outdoor art destinations listed below, check ahead with each venue for advanced ticketing, as most museums now require pre-booking, or explore their websites from home for ...
UK's Dyson Family to Open Art Gallery Showcasing Their Stellar Collection
Wallpaper / August 26th, 2020
The UK's bagless vacuum cleaner inventor and billionaire James Dyson, and his wife Deirdre, are planning to open an art gallery at their historic property in the Cotswolds. The new space will feature the Dyson's major collection of modern and contemporary artworks by the likes of David Hockney, ...
Cultural Organizations Worldwide Pledge Support to Beirut Following Blast Damage to Museums and Heritage Sites
ArchPaper / August 25th, 2020
International cultural organizations have expressed support for Beirut following blasts that extensively damaged historic buildings, cultural sites and museums in the Lebanese capital on August 4. Thousands of buildings, including hundreds in the city’s historic districts, were damaged. Over ...
Notre Dame VR Experience Offers an Immersive View Before and After the Fire
T+L / August 24th, 2020
FlyView, a virtual reality experience in Paris, now offers an immersive inside/outside look at Notre Dame cathedral before and after the April 2019 fire. “Rebuilding Notre Dame" is a 35-minute tour providing viewers with glorious details of architectural elements from the spire, gargoyles and ...
Wildfire Consumes Historic Structures in California's Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Mercury News / August 20th, 2020
{{image}} {{image}} A devastating wildfire swept through California's oldest state park on Tuesday night setting historic buildings ablaze along with much of the iconic site which hosts more than 1 million visitors per year. A California Historical Landmark established in 1902, Big Basin ...
Shaker Museum Taps Selldorf Architects for New $15 Million Facility
ArtfixDaily / August 5th, 2020
Shaker Museum has selected Selldorf Architects to create its new permanent facility in downtown Chatham, New York, to exhibit its comprehensive collection of more than 18,000 pieces of Shaker material culture and accompanying archives. Like the objects themselves, the physical building will ...