Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Major 20th-Century Private Sculpture Collection Goes to Chazen Museum of Art

October 11, 2010 by  
Filed under Sculpture

MADISON, WI.- A major private collection of 20th-century sculpture will be made accessible to the public in its new home at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The museum announced the gift of the renowned Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection, comprising more than 70 sculptures and 250 preparatory drawings by artists including Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, Pablo Picasso, and David Smith, among other modern masters. The works will be installed in the museum’s [...]

Mint Museum Opens New Facility that Increase Museum’s Space by More than 60 Percent

October 2, 2010 by  
Filed under Museums & Galleries

CHARLOTTE, NC.- October 1st marks a transformative moment for The Mint Museum. The debut of the new Mint Museum Uptown – one year prior to the institution’s 75th anniversary – will bring together the Mint Museum of Art and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design under one roof, double the permanent collection on view, and hone the institution’s ability to attract and organize major traveling exhibitions. “The debt-free completion of the Mint Museum Uptown and the Levine Center for [...]