Jusepe De Ribera’s masterpiece Mary Magdalene on view at the Meadows Museum

DALLAS, TX.- Beginning September 18, Jusepe de Ribera’s monumental portrait of Mary Magdalene from the collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado will be on view at the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, home to one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. The exhibition, “Ribera: Mary Magdalene in a New Context,” which runs through January 15, 2012, marks the second year of the museum’s unprecedented international partnership with the Prado and will include other notable [...]

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announces New Deputy Director for Advancement

RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced today the appointment of Linda Lipscomb as the new deputy director for advancement beginning September 1, 2011. As the leader of the museum’s development team, Lipscomb will work toward raising unrestricted money, which supports museum operations, exhibitions and education funding, as well as endowments and special projects. VMFA Development also oversees the John Barton Payne and Heritage societies, which support art donors and planned giving, respectively. “The Virginia Museum is currently experiencing unprecedented [...]

Robert A. M. Stern Named 2011 Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture Laureate

NOTRE DAME, IN.- Robert A. M. Stern, whose influential designs have revitalized traditional architecture, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture. Stern will receive $200,000 and a model of the Choregic Monument of Lysikrates during a March 26 ceremony in Chicago. As Founder and Senior Partner of Robert A. M. Stern Architects, and as Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, Stern has built a reputation as a modern traditionalist architect. In his [...]

SMU’s Meadows and Prado Museum Officials Sign Partnership Agreement in Madrid

MADRID.- This past week. 46 Dallasites, including Mayor Tom Leppert, gathered in Madrid to witness the official signing of a partnership agreement between the The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University and the Prado Museum in Madrid. The signing took place in one of the galleries of the Prado surrounded by Spanish Renaissance paintings, with Prado Director Miguel Zugaza, Deputy Director Gabriele Finaldi, and Chair of the Board Placido Arango orchestrating the event. The signing of the agreement at the [...]

Prado and Meadows Museum Announce Three-Year Partnership

DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the Prado Museum in Madrid today announced the launch of a three-year partnership, marking the first such international program for Spain’s national museum. The multifaceted collaboration encompasses the loan of major paintings from the Prado, interdisciplinary research at SMU, an unprecedented internship exchange between the two museums, and a range of public programs. The Meadows is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art [...]

SMU’s Meadows Museum has Art Nazis’ Stolen in World War II

DALLAS, TX (AP).- Southern Methodist University’s Meadow’s Museum has learned that three of its well-known paintings were among the millions of artworks Nazis Germany stole from Jewish families more than 65 years ago. The founder of the Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art discovered the paintings’ connection to World War II plunder while doing research for two books. Robert Edsel said he came across a black and white photo shot in Germany in 1945 that showed a [...]

Meadows Museum Presents “Royal Splendor in the Enlightenment”

DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University will present “Royal Splendor in the Enlightenment: Charles IV of Spain, Patron and Collector”, the first major exhibition to showcase the exceptional art collection and refined taste of King Charles IV of Spain (1748-1819), from March 7 through July 18, 2010. The Meadows Museum will be the only venue outside of Spain for the exhibition, the result of a unique collaboration between the museum and Patrimonio Nacional, the Spanish government institution [...]