American Art Museum announces artists nominated for its Biennial James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize

相关描述：WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian American Art Museum announced today the nominees for its James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize. The 13 nominees ...

https://news.artron.net/20140815/n641905.html 2014-08-15 15:26:55

Lauren Bacall's portrait in 'American Cool' at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery

相关描述：WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and accomplishments of legendary American actress Lauren Bacall ...

https://news.artron.net/20140815/n641883.html 2014-08-15 15:02:11

Robin Williams Photo Installed at National Portrait Gallery

相关描述：Following the death of actor and comedian Robin Williams on August 11, the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has hung a 1979 pho...

https://news.artron.net/20140814/n641179.html 2014-08-14 08:45:58

Volunteers needed for massive Smithsonian digitization project

相关描述：WASHINGTON, DC.- Today the Smithsonian launches its Transcription Center website to the public. The website is designed to leverage the power of ...

https://news.artron.net/20140813/n641113.html 2014-08-13 17:58:58

The Smithsonian Wants You to Help Digitize Its Collection

相关描述：The Smithsonian Institution is now actively seeking volunteers to aid in the digitization of its collection. Through a new website launched today...

https://news.artron.net/20140813/n640891.html 2014-08-13 11:31:37

Exhibition at National Museum of the American Indian portrays 20th-century Oklahoma in black and white

相关描述：NEW YORK, NY.- “For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw” is a retrospective exhibition of works by photographer Horace Poolaw ...

https://news.artron.net/20140811/n640073.html 2014-08-11 15:29:38

Chuck Jones, legendary animation director, is the subject of new exhibition

相关描述：ASTORIA, NY.- Animation director and artist Charles Martin “Chuck” Jones (1912–2002) brought to life some of the most iconic cartoon characters i...

https://news.artron.net/20140806/n638801.html 2014-08-06 17:51:06

Former President Carter among those donating FFA jackets to Smithsonian

相关描述：WASHINGTON, DC.- In a special donation ceremony, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History received five FFA (formerly known as Futur...

https://news.artron.net/20140801/n637084.html 2014-08-01 13:17:15

Fun & Games exhibition opens at Toledo Museum of Art

相关描述：Youngsters and other digital natives might wonder what people did for fun before video games came on the scene. The Toledo Museum of Art answers ...

https://news.artron.net/20140730/n635240.html 2014-07-30 10:45:02

Cameron Kitchin to Head Cincinnati Art Museum

相关描述：The Cincinnati Art Museum has named Cameron Kitchin the museum's new director. Kitchin is currently director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ...

https://news.artron.net/20140730/n635205.html 2014-07-30 10:22:18

Debut installation of Peabody Essex Museum's new curator of Chinese and East Asian art

相关描述：The Peabody Essex Museum presents Double Happiness: Celebration in Chinese Art, an installation featuring a selection of more than 30 works spann...

https://news.artron.net/20140725/n633000.html 2014-07-25 14:59:57

Breakthrough in Virtualization of Museum Collections

相关描述：Could the museum of the future be little more than a 3D screen? Researchers moved one step closer to fully digitalizing the world’s art collectio...

https://news.artron.net/20140725/n632679.html 2014-07-25 08:42:03

Museum of Death Buys Dr. Kevorkian’s Suicide Device

相关描述：Los Angeles’s nearly 20-year-old Museum of Death has purchased the Thanatron, the infamous intravenous drip suicide machine invented by Jack “Dr....

https://news.artron.net/20140723/n631941.html 2014-07-23 11:28:06

American Modern at the Huntington

相关描述：When the Huntington opened its Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art in 1984, it had barely ten 20th-century paintings. All were figura...

https://news.artron.net/20140722/n631321.html 2014-07-22 09:05:07

Let’s All Help Save Syria’s Treasures: A Plan

相关描述：Everyone has been very worried about the state of cultural heritage properties in Syria during this civil war. There have been irregular reports ...

https://news.artron.net/20140722/n631319.html 2014-07-22 09:03:50

Smithsonian Plots London Outpost

相关描述：The Smithsonian Institute, run by the US government and based in Washington, DC, has reportedly been invited to set up shop overseas with a new o...

https://news.artron.net/20140722/n631265.html 2014-07-22 08:38:23

The Fine Art Origins of Master Animator Chuck Jones

相关描述：Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and Road Runner are some of cinema’s most memorable characters — animated or otherwise — to date, and while t...

https://news.artron.net/20140721/n631058.html 2014-07-21 14:31:31

Taking it to a new dimension

相关描述：How will 3D printing change the art world? The International Foundation for Art Research (Ifar) will examine this question at an event on 22 July...

https://news.artron.net/20140718/n630142.html 2014-07-18 09:11:25

US Museums Organize Aid for Syrian Sites

相关描述：US museums are teaming up to help prevent further cultural losses in war-torn Syria, which has suffered extensive looting at museums and World He...

https://news.artron.net/20140718/n630100.html 2014-07-18 08:43:32

“Charles James: Beyond Fashion” and the Met Costume Institute’s Missed Opportunities

相关描述：On July 10, the Young Members of the Metropolitan Museum will host their annual gala at the Costume Institute and roof garden of the museum. The ...

https://news.artron.net/20140711/n627702.html 2014-07-11 08:50:21