Art Gallery of Ontario Acquires Record Ten Works by Four Canadian Artists at Art Toronto 2010

TORONTO.- Ten works by four contemporary Canadian artists will be joining the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario after an evening of important acquisitions at the annual art fair’s Opening Night Preview. Four works by Kingston-based artist Mike Bayne, four works by Montreal-based artist Adad Hannah, and a work each from Toronto-based An Te Liu and Vancouver-based Ron Terada were purchased with funds raised at the preview, a benefit for the AGO.  “We were thrilled with the number of outstanding works by [...]

New Personnel and New Positions at the Gibbes Museum of Art

CHARLESTON, SC.- For fiscal year 2010/2011, the Gibbes Museum of Art is pleased to announce two new hires and several staff promotions. On June 29, Lasley Poe Steever joined the museum in the newly created position of Program and Events Manager. Meredith Siemens joins the Gibbes today as Rental Events Coordinator. The new fiscal year brought the promotion of several staff members including Sara Arnold, former Associate Curator of Collections and now Curator of Collections, Marla Loftus, former Director of [...]

SFMOMA Announces Interactive Rooftop Garden App for iPad

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Today the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced its interactive Rooftop Garden App for iPad is now available on App Store. The app is an enhanced version of the Rooftop Garden App for iPhone and iPod Touch, a multimedia guide originally launched in January 2010 on the occasion of the museum’s 75th anniversary. From the museum that brought visitors the very first handheld multimedia gallery tour back in 2001 comes a new way to explore [...]

Hamza Walker and Artur Zmijewski Win $100,000 Ordway Prize

NEW YORK, NY.- Creative Link for the Arts and the New Museum have announced Hamza Walker, the Director of Education and Associate Curator at Chicago’s Renaissance Society, and Polish artist Artur Żmijewski, as the recipients of the Ordway Prize. An international panel of Nominators and a Jury of leading arts world figures-led by Jennifer McSweeney, Director of Creative Link for the Arts, and Richard Flood, Chief Curator at the New Museum-selected the Ordway Prize recipients from a global pool of [...]

SFMOMA Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Anniversary Exhibition

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Celebrating the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)’s impact on modern and contemporary art, the exhibition “The Anniversary Show” traces the art and individuals that have made SFMOMA the institution it is today. Throughout the anniversary year, SFMOMA will present a series of exhibitions under the heading “75 Years of Looking Forward” illustrating the story of the artists, collectors, cultural mavericks, and San Francisco leaders who founded, built, and have animated the museum. Co-organized by Janet [...]

List of Artists Announced for 75th Whitney Biennial 2010

NEW YORK, NY.- The Whitney Museum of American Art today announced the list of artists participating in the upcoming Whitney Biennial, 2010, which takes over the Museum from February 25 through May 30, 2010. This is the 75th in the ongoing series of Biennials and Annuals presented by the Whitney since 1932, two years after the Museum was founded. The fifty-five artists were selected by curator Francesco Bonami and associate curator Gary Carrion-Murayari. Curators Bonami and Carrion-Murayari noted, “The Whitney [...]