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Jeremy Strick, former director of the financially troubled Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, has been named the new director of the Nasher Sculpture Center, the museum's board of directors announced Friday.
Trustees of the financially troubled Museum of Contemporary Art have accepted a bailout from billionaire Eli Broad worth as much as $30 million, securing the collection's place in an emerging downtown cultural district that the philanthropist has aggressively backed.
Madeleine Grynsztejn, a senior curator of painting and sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, will become the new head of Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art.
Riddle at Nexus of Art and Salami at Venice BiennaleSubtitle: Art Critics and Curators Completely Fail at Understanding the Art They Are Supposed to Understand
If Paintings Had Voices, Francis Bacon's Would ShriekFrancis Bacon is an artist for our time. You may love or hate his work, which is still vigorously polarizing after all these years. But more than that of any other artist who emerged at the end of World War II, his work tells us about the strengths and weaknesses of the...
Dennis Hopper curates show in of ex-L.A. artistsThis little town has cast its spell on artistic outsiders ever since a broken wagon wheel in 1898 landed a couple of New York painters here, inspiring an art colony.
Installation of art complements architecture and city skyline itselfAnd so we have it. The addition to the Art Institute of Chicago that has been a decade in the making will open with the first in a round of parties this week. The Renzo Piano-designed building formally will take its place in the city's architectural panorama.
Two Works Stolen From Dutch MuseumMasked gunmen stole two paintings from a Dutch museum on Friday, including a work by Salvador Dalí, officials said, The Associated Press reported.
It's art, Jim, but not as we know itCritics of the Turner prize are used to harrumphing crossly about the absence of painting or drawing from the award's shortlist and condemning a perceived preponderance of video or film work.
Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this weekFrom the hapless, lost hitchhiker to the grotesque carnival clown, Cindy Sherman has photographed herself playing a host of characters.
Cuba Opens Up to the Art WorldHAVANA—Cuba's 10th Havana Biennial is an overwhelming, scattered affair. For starters, like the past several editions, it's not a biennial at all, but rather a triennial, though no one has bothered to update the name.
What you can do for free during spring break in Chicago You can "Start with the Universe," the new exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) that shows Buckminster Fuller's ingenious work such as the US Pavilion for the 1967 World's fair in Montreal, Canada.
Helen Levitt, No-Nonsense New YorkerHelen Levitt's photographs from the 1940s of children on New York streets, perhaps the most revealing and tender studies of play ever recorded, offer few clues about the formidable person who took them.
Exciting times for Model Niland in Sligo, as it holds its first exhibition in its new, temporary, massive off-site space. The show is called Signals in the dark: art in the shadow of war, and the space is 'Model Satellite' in Castle House, 9 Castle Street, Sligo.
Patti Smith: "I look at Jeff Koons's stuff and I'm appalled"Duchamp I can look at and I see poetry and intellect, I don't see this "cleverness". I'm not interested in just commentary or humour.
The art market miracleAt the European Art Fair in Maastricht business is good.
Creative vision that truly knows no boundsIt's been said that locative art was born the day the Cold War ended.
The Weeping Mona Lisa (Monday 16 February 2009)In a small room, just feet away from Da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, hangs a grey, tear-streaked rendering of the famed noblewoman.
Shepard Fairey, the artist newly renowned for his red, white and blue 'Hope' poster of US President Barack Obama, was arrested last Friday in Boston on graffiti charges.
No President Needs This Kind of ExposureSo far six audience members have stormed out midperformance of the Broadway show "You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush," the comedian Will Ferrell's lampooning of the 43rd president, according to those keeping count at the Cort Theater.
Human Emotion Project Human Emotion Project documented visually by international artists using film or video, for the first physical screening in Melbourne Australia and launch of HEP.
Dan Loeb, the Edgy HedgieWho is Dan Loeb, the rich guy who flew NonSociety egobloggers Julia Allison and Meghan Asha home from Davos in his private jet? He's a widely hated surfer, yoga enthusiast, and hedge-fund manager!
Brandeis University's Closure of Rose Art Museum "A Stark Statement of Priorities"Brandeis University's Board of Trustees have voted unanimously to close its Rose Art Museum, whose 6,000 works represent one of the finest collections of modern art in the world.
Brandeis University to Close Rose Art Museum and Sell Entire Collection"[On January 26th] Brandeis University informed leaders of its Rose Art Museum that it would close the institution this summer and auction off the more than 6000 pieces in its renowned collection, which includes major works by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, a …
Dean & Britta: 13 Most Beautiful ... Songs for Andy Warhol's 'Screen Tests' at MCA ChicagoCHICAGO, IL.- Indie pop darlings Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips, now recording as Dean & Britta, bring their languid lyrics and hypnotic harmonies to Andy Warhol's Screen Tests, rarely seen silent film portraits of celebrities from the 1960s New York art scene, including Edie S …
Art 40 Basel: The 40th Anniversary of the Premier International Art ShowThe 40th edition of Art Basel takes place in the museum-rich city of Basel, Switzerland from June 10 through June 14, 2009.
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