$50,000 Art Prize for Brooklyn Painter and Sculptor
The Studio Museum in Harlem selects the painter and sculptor Jennie C. Jones to receive its $50,000 Wein Prize.
View ArticleMuseum Leaders Toughen Artifact Acquisition Guidelines
An association that represents museum directors has voted to toughen its guidelines on the acquisition of antiquities by its member institutions.
View ArticleVandalized California Petroglyphs Recovered
Investigators recovered five stone panels that were chiseled and sawed away last year from a volcanic escarpment in a remote area of the Eastern Sierra region of California.
View ArticleCollector Says He’s Found Upper Half of Courbet’s ‘Origin of the World’
An unidentified collector in France is said to have found a painting of a woman's face by Courbet that matches up to the artist's "Origin of the World," a vivid portrait of a woman's genitalia.
View ArticleRussian Art Center Looks to the West for New Curator
The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, a nonprofit art center opened in 2008 by the heiress and collector Dasha Zhukova, has chosen Kate Fowle, a British-born curator who has been...
View ArticlePaul McCarthy’s Take On Snow White Among Armory’s New Season Highlights
The armory, which converted itself into a performance, concert and art space in 2007, is drawing heavily this year on visual artists this season.
View ArticleGagosian Gallery Settles Suit Filed Over Lichtenstein Painting
The Gagosian Gallery has settled a suit filed by a collector who said it sold her Roy Lichtenstein painting without permission.
View ArticleMuseum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles Says Its Endowment Will Reach...
The museum says that is has been promised donations that will increase its endowment to more than $60 million.
View ArticleDetroit’s Contemporary Art Museum Finally Has a New Director
Elysia Borowy-Reeder will take over at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
View ArticleOlivier Awards Nominations Announced
Helen Mirren, Rupert Everett and Kristen Scott Thomas were among those nominated for Britain’s top theater honor.
View ArticleA Newcomer Makes a Splash in Museum Attendance Standings
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, opened in late 2011 in Bentonville, Ark., by the Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton, brought in 565,488 visitors in its first full year, more than double the...
View ArticleHigh Line Decides to Drop Planned Fee for Visits to Final Section
The section, now undeveloped, will feature seven sculptures by Carol Bove.
View ArticleHousing Project Meets Art Project in the South Bronx
A work by the Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn will be built at the Forest Houses in the Bronx.
View ArticleSerra Work Gains Protected Status in Ontario
"Shift," a work by Mr. Serra in a field north of Toronto, has been designated as a cultural heritage site.
View ArticleA Public Art Project That Will Travel by Train
The artist Doug Aitken has organized a three-week journey from New York to San Francisco, with 10 stops in between, called “Station to Station: a Nomadic Happening,” which will include not only shows...
View ArticleBronx Museum Raises $1 Million to Acquire Art
The Bronx Museum of the Arts has raised $1 million for acquisitions and added works by several major artists to its permanent collection.
View ArticleNudity, Fake Violence and Sex Prove a Winning Combination for Park Avenue Armory
The Park Avenue Armory says that Paul McCarthy's "WS," a retelling of the Snow White fable, has become its second-biggest draw ever.
View ArticleBefore Leaving Los Angeles Museum, Deitch Will Stay On to Help With Fund-Raising
Jeffrey Deitch, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, is leaving his job but will stay for an unspecified period to help with the transition and a large fund-raising drive.
View ArticleGift Bolsters Denver Museum’s Collection of Western American Art
The Denver Art Museum will receive a collection of 50 paintings and sculptures, and $500,000 for acquisitions.
View ArticleA Gift of Gods as Worcester Art Museum Gets a Veronese
The Worcester Art Museum has acquired "Venus Disarming Cupid," one of the few paintings by Paolo Veronese that was still in private hands.
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