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Longtime Director of Minnesota Museum of American Art Is 'Released From Her Position'
Star Tribune / July 16th, 2020
Gregory Page, Board Chair of the M (Minnesota Museum of American Art) announced on July 14 that Kristin Makholm has been released from her position as Executive Director of the M after serving for more than a decade. “An Interim Director will be announced shortly, and the Board will begin a ...
'Driven to Abstraction' Documentary on the Knoedler Art Scandal Premieres On Digital Platforms in August
ArtfixDaily / July 16th, 2020
Directed by Daria Price, the documentary Driven to Abstraction will be released on select digital platforms (Amazon, Grasshopper Film) on August 28th. Driven to Abstraction unravels a mutating tale of self-delusion, greed, and fraud — the $80 million forgery scandal that rocked the art world ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Reopens August 29 With 'Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle' and More
ArtfixDaily / July 15th, 2020
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it will reopen to visitors on Saturday, August 29. The Met has been closed since March 13, 2020, and had previously not been closed for more than three days in over a century. Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO of The Met, commented, "Perhaps now ...
Adding to Its Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries, Crystal Bridges Acquires a Collection of Native American Art
ArtfixDaily / July 15th, 2020
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art last week announced the acquisition of 31 modern and contemporary artworks by 25 Native American artists from the Bruce Hartman collection in Kansas City, Missouri. The collection of 30 paintings and one sculpture date from the 1920s to 2000 and include ...
Timely Exhibitions 'Just Connect,' 'Alien vs. Citizen' Debut and More Ahead at MCA Chicago
ArtfixDaily / July 14th, 2020
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago plans to reopen to the public on Friday, July 24, 2020, after several months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Visit the museum website for visitor guidelines and to make online reservations in advance. MCA Director Madeleine Grynsztejn says, ...
Preview a Stunning Historic Millard Sheets Mosaic Mural Recently Gifted to a California Museum
ArtfixDaily / July 14th, 2020
Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum has preserved an historic Millard Sheets mosaic mural for future generations and captures the de-installation in this mini-documentary. Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum of Cal State Long Beach has announced the acquisition of ...
Want to Get Lost Inside Art?: These Immersive Exhibitions Are Pulling In New Audiences
ArtfixDaily / July 14th, 2020
Paris-based Culturespaces creates immersive digital exhibitions at varied sites worldwide and manages arts and heritage sites across France. Millions have stepped into the private company's digital art centers, showcasing works by such artists as Marc Chagall, Yves Klein, Claude Monet and Vincent ...
France Reveals Plans to Restore Notre-Dame Cathedral As It Was
ArtfixDaily / July 13th, 2020
The Gothic Notre-Dame Cathedral will be rebuilt as it was before fire consumed part of the Paris landmark last year, a commission announced on Thursday. While contemporary designs were at first considered to replace the destroyed spire, the 19th-century design by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc will be ...
Iconic Hagia Sophia Converted From Museum Back to Mosque
T+L / July 13th, 2020
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul had been designated a mosque after several decades functioning as a museum. The popular tourist destination will still be open to travelers and locals, according to the Turkish state. Following a court decision, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered that ...
Christie's New Kind of Global Live 'Relay' Auction Tops $420 Million
ArtfixDaily / July 12th, 2020
On Friday, July 10, Christie’s rolled out a new concept with ONE, a global live auction offering Impressionist and Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art and Design in a relay of livestreamed sales in four cities. During the pandemic, with restrictions varying by locale for ...
Modern Mix: Selections from the Cape Cod Museum of Art and the Cahoon Museum of American of Art
ArtfixDaily / July 12th, 2020
Modern Mix: Selections from the Cape Cod Museum of Art and the Cahoon Museum of American of Art is a collaborative exhibition between two of Cape Cod’s esteemed art museums presenting colorful, bold artwork from the modern art period. Spanning works from the late nineteenth and twentieth ...
FBI Raids Alleged Art Forgery Ring in Michigan Woods
Detroit News / July 9th, 2020
A team of more than 30 FBI agents raided the property of Michigan artist Donald "D.B." Henkel this week in relation to an alleged art forgery ring that involved fake paintings sold for six-figure sums to top U.S. galleries, collectors and museums, according to the Detroit News. Based ...
Diverse American Stories—Told Through Marine Art Plus Surveys of Crafting and Diego Rivera—Ahead at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
ArtfixDaily / July 9th, 2020
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art's 2021 temporary exhibition schedule includes the Crystal Bridges-organized exhibitions Crafting America and In American Waters, along with Diego Rivera’s America. The museum also has updated its 2020 schedule including Ansel Adams: In Our Time, and a focus ...
Museums Battle on Social Media Over Best Cats, Mystery Objects and Derrières in Art
ArtfixDaily / July 8th, 2020
Museums are stepping up on social media with fierce curator's battles over whose collection holds the #BestCat, #MysteryObject and #BestMuseumBum—for figures in art boasting backside—human or animal, apparently. Yorkshire Museum in the U.K. kicked off the near-weekly #CuratorBattle themes, ...
Musée Rodin to Increase Sculpture Sales During Pandemic-Produced Slump
ArtfixDaily / July 8th, 2020
The Rodin Museum in Paris plans to sell more bronze replicas of the artist's original marble masterpieces after four months of coronavirus-induced closure has battered the museum's bottomline. The largely self-financed museum dedicated to the works of master sculptor Auguste Rodin re-opened on ...
You Say You Want a Revolution? Well, Recreate an 18th-Century Style Pickle Stand
ArtfixDaily / July 8th, 2020
Master Ceramicist Michelle Erickson Recreates a Revolutionary-Era Philadelphia-Made Porcelain Pickle Stand in New Video from the Museum of the American Revolution What can one piece of porcelain tell us about the American Revolution? In a newly released 18-minute film, master ceramicist ...
Some Parts of Arts Industry Got Multimillions in PPP Loans
ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2020
A slice of the $521 billion in government economic relief meant for small businesses in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic went to an array of museums, art galleries, auction houses, art media, institutions, foundations, artists and others. A list of loans of $150,000 and above was made ...
Massachusetts Museums Are Readying to Reopen; Find Fresh Exhibitions and Art Walks in The Berkshires
ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2020
The three largest museums in the Berkshires—the Clark Art Institute, MASS MoCA and the Norman Rockwell Museum—plan to reopen to visitors over the July 11–12 weekend, following Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s announcement permitting museums and other cultural organizations to resume ...
National Museum of Women in the Arts Acquires Over 170 Works by 4 Artists
ArtfixDaily / July 7th, 2020
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has announced recent major collection acquisitions that reflect a commitment to telling the fullest possible story of women in art. The newly acquired works include 166 photographs by the renowned American documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark, a ...
U.K. Provides Nearly $2 Billion For Struggling Arts Sector
The Hollywood Reporter / July 6th, 2020
The British government announced Sunday a £1.57 billion ($1.96 billion) rescue package for the U.K.'s arts and culture sector after months of pandemic shutdowns, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The relief includes £880 million ($1 billion) in grants for the financial year to April 2021, ...