LACMA appoints Dr. Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts as curator to launch African art program

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has named Dr. Mary (Polly) Nooter Roberts Consulting Curator of African Art to help launch a program and establish a gallery dedicated to the arts of Africa. Dr. Roberts is Professor of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA, and will continue her full-time teaching position while consulting for LACMA. She was Senior Curator of the Museum for African Art in New York from 1984–1994 and Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Fowler [...]

A New Cultural Landmark Opens in Doha: Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art

DOHA.- For its inauguration, Mathaf presents three exhibitions featuring historic works of Arab modernism and many newly commissioned works, which will be on view at two sites in Doha, Qatar. Mathaf opens its new building with Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art, the first in an ongoing series of exhibitions that will survey its unparalleled permanent collection, on view from December 30, 2010 (closing date to be announced). Sajjil, an Arabic word meaning the art of recording, features more than [...]

Guest Curator and Artist Explore the Collection of the Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal

MONTREAL.- A guest curator and a guest artist have explored the reserve collection of the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal to each present their Points of View on the Collection. From the 7,600 works, both have selected a group of some forty pieces presented in two brilliant exhibitions, respectively entitled Blue and Acts of Presence, which will be on view through March 27, 2011. Point of View on the Collection, inaugurated in 2009, is a series of theme-based exhibitions arising out [...]

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art Announces Details of Its Three Opening Exhibitions

DOHA.- Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art revealed the details of the three exhibitions it will present when it opens to the public on December 30, 2010. Historic works of Arab modernism and a multitude of new works commissioned by Mathaf will be on view at two sites in Doha, Qatar. The new Museum will open its 5,500-square-meter (59,000-square-foot) building with Sajjil: A Century of Modern Art. This will be the first in an ongoing series of exhibitions that will [...]

Delaware Art Museum Presents Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture

WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Modern Morphism: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture, on view August 7, 2010 – October 3, 2010. Part of the Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series, this exhibition encourages viewers to explore the interconnectedness of art and nature. Clay was sculpted into forms based in nature, and then further transformed by the artists’ imagination into something unreal. The works can be organized into the following groups: anthropomorphism (imbuing the form of an animal or inanimate object with human [...]

Artpace San Antonio Unveils 10.2 International Artists-in-Residence Projects

SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Artpace San Antonio unveiled its 10.2 International Artist-in-Residence projects. Guest curator Patrick Charpenel, independent curator from Mexico City, presented new works by Monika Sosnowska (Warsaw, Poland), Corey McCorkle (New York, New York) and Jamal Cyrus (Houston, Texas), which will be on display to the public through September 12, 2010. The Artists Monika Sosnowska is renowned for her architecturally structured installations that dramatically transform a viewer’s perception and experience of a space. She creates her works in response [...]

High Museum to Host “Dalí: A Passion for Film” Film Series

ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art will present the film series “Dalí: A Passion for Film” from Saturday, August 21, through Saturday, September 11. Featuring films and shorts that showcase Dalí’s fascination with cinema, the series will celebrate the artist’s influence on prolific filmmakers from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock. This series is presented in coordination with “Salvador Dalí: The Late Work,” on display at the High from August 7, 2010, through January 9, 2011. “Salvador Dalí had a [...]