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'Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation' Highlights the Artist's Great Passion — Teaching
UC DAVIS / March 2nd, 2021
The profound influence of Wayne Thiebaud is explored both in the Crocker Art Museum's major traveling survey of the centenarian artist and also in a new exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum where his role as a teacher and "influencer" is highlighted. Thiebaud, who turned 100 last November ...
'Still Remembering Those Ladies' Exhibition of Historic Women Artists Opens At Hawthorne Fine Art
ArtfixDaily / March 2nd, 2021
Hawthorne Fine Art now presents Still Remembering Those Ladies. The exhibition follows the groundbreaking show Remember the Ladies: Women of the Hudson River School held at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in 2010. Co-curated by Nancy Siegel, Ph.D. and Hawthorne Fine Art’s Jennifer Krieger, ...
Take A Video Tour of 'Artists and the Rothko Chapel: 50 Years of Inspiration' On View In Houston
ArtfixDaily / March 1st, 2021
The Moody Center for the Arts’ spring program celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel by presenting a unique group exhibition and original programs in recognition of this important milestone in the history of Houston and the arts at Rice. The season will honor the legacy of John and ...
'The Public Needs Art': WNDR Museum Debuts Haring Mural Outside Display, Plus Over 20 New Exhibits
ArtfixDaily / March 1st, 2021
WNDR Museum, Chicago’s ever-evolving, immersive art and technology experience, reopened to the public last Friday with brand-new interactive art, touchless experiences, and enhanced safety measures. Joining the city's only Infinity Mirror Room by Yayoi Kusama are some 20+ new exhibits ...
'The Great Chinese Art Heist' Will Be Directed By Jon M. Chu of 'Crazy Rich Asians' Fame
Deadline / March 1st, 2021
Jon M. Chu will direct The Great Chinese Art Heist, a new film from Warner Bros. based on a 2018 GQ article by Alex W. Palmer, first reported Deadline. The GQ article details the mysterious high-profile thefts of Chinese art and antiques from museums in Europe, including prized works ...
Founded In Response To The 1918 Pandemic, The Phillips Collection Marks 100 Years With 'Seeing Differently' Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2021
The Phillips Collection celebrates its centennial year in 2021. After losing his father in 1917 and then his brother in the 1918 influenza pandemic, museum founder Duncan Phillips wrote in A Collection in the Making, “Art offers two great gifts of emotion—the emotion of recognition ...
Baltimore's Two Largest Museums Just Accelerated Plans For A Minimum Wage Increase To $15 An Hour
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2021
While Maryland’s minimum wage increases to $15 an hour for companies with more than 15 employees by 2025, two of Baltimore's largest art institutions jumped ahead this year with the hourly wage hike. In January, The Walters Art Museum announced that it would raise its minimum wage for all ...
Dive Right Into the V&A's New Digital Platform of 1.2 Million Collection Objects
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2021
The V&A has launched Explore the Collections, a new digital platform that enables everyone from around the world to search, explore and discover over 1.2m objects from the museum’s collections. This new online experience forms a key part of the V&A’s goal to revolutionize access to ...
Exceptional 20th Century Art Collection Donated to the Seattle Art Museum; Several Rothko and Kline Works Head To Yale
ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2021
An exceptional collection of 20th century art assembled over a decade by late collectors Jane Lang Davis and Richard E. Lang will find permanent homes and be accessible to the public at the Seattle Art Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery. The Friday Foundation, established to realize the ...
MASS MoCA To Open A Skyspace By James Turrell, Adding To Comprehensive Multi-Decade Retrospective Currently On View
ArtfixDaily / February 25th, 2021
The Skypace, Set to Open on May 29, 2021, Will be One of the Largest in North America "What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought.” - James Turrell The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) and James Turrell have announced that a new Skyspace will ...
A Record-Breaking $4.75 Million Carl Moll Painting Tops Freeman's Best-Ever Fine Art Sale
ArtfixDaily / February 24th, 2021
Philadelphia-based Freeman’s announced the results of its February 23 European Art & Old Masters auction,which realized over $6.4M—the best Fine Art sale total that Freeman’s has ever recorded. With spirited bidding throughout the sale from bidders both online and on the telephone, the 67-lot ...
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 ...
Mystery Of 'Madman' Message Unraveled In Munch's 'The Scream'
CNN / February 22nd, 2021
Edvard Munch's The Scream, one of the most well-known artworks in the world, includes a long-held mystery in a faint written message in the top-left corner of the painting. The tiny inscription "Can only have been painted by a madman," once considered a vandal's scrawl, has been determined to ...
From Winning Face Masks to Tea Time and a Tokyo Hotel Room, Artist Takashi Murakami Branches Out in Design
ArtfixDaily / February 22nd, 2021
Takashi Murakami's production studio Kaikai Kiki has long collaborated with brands from Louis Vuitton to Uniqlo, and the uber-popular Japanese artist's latest projects span from $70 face masks to a gallery-like hotel room experience for about $4,300. A Grand Hyatt Tokyo hotel room is ...
Magic Realism Is Reexamined in Georgia Museum of Art Exhibition, Catalogue
ArtfixDaily / February 22nd, 2021
Long overshadowed by the rise of abstract expressionism in the 1950s, magic realism’s reputation is on the way up again. The Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia will present the exhibition “Extra Ordinary: Magic, Mystery and Imagination in American Realism” from February 27 to June ...
Some Museums Affected By Severe Cold Conditions Warmed-Up Employees, Cleaned-Up Damage
ArtfixDaily / February 21st, 2021
While millions in Texas suffered under a power grid meltdown last week as a historic winter storm gripped the region, some museum employees who were able to stay at work found warmth and functioning toilets. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, maintained industry standards of 70 degrees ...
'Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society' Resumes Museum Tour
ArtfixDaily / February 21st, 2021
The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents Buddha and Shiva, Lotus and Dragon: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, on view March 6 through May 30, 2021. Initially planned for the Spring of 2020, the exhibition was on view for just three days ...
Indianapolis Museum of Art President Charles Venable Resigns, Board Issues Apology
ARTnews / February 18th, 2021
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields President Charles Venable has resigned after the museum listed a job for a director to "attract a broader and more diverse audience while maintaining the Museum's traditional, core, white art audience." After a public outcry, a statement from the ...
58-Foot Bronze Frieze Begun For First-Ever National World War I Monument In D.C.
USA Today / February 14th, 2021
A massive 38-figure sculptural frieze at the center of a new memorial commemorating those who served in the First World War is underway. The "nation's official World War I monument when it's unveiled in Washington, D.C., in 2023 or 2024, may be the largest freestanding bronze relief in the ...
103 'Lost' Drawings Represent Hokusai 'At Peak of His Powers' In Late Life
Spectator / February 11th, 2021
The British Museum acquired a trove of 19th century Japanese master printmaker Hokusai's "rediscovered" drawings for £270,000, with Art Fund assistance, last year that will make up an exhibition and new book in September. The 103 drawings emerged at a French auction in 2019. Laura ...