Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VCU and 13 charities to receive $125 million bequest

RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) jointly announced today the largest-ever cash gifts to both organizations totaling $115 million. The record gifts will help acquire additional works of art and support medical research. Thirteen additional charitable organizations will receive the remaining $10 million. The trusts, created in the 1950s by Arthur Graham and Margaret Branch Glasgow, terminated earlier this summer with the death of their son-in-law, Ambrose Congreve 104, in London. VMFA, VCU and the [...]

Diana Al-Hadid’s First One-Person Museum Exhibition Opens at the Hammer

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Sculptor Diana Al-Hadid constructs baroque architectural forms such as towers, labyrinths, and pipe organs that appear to be in a state of ruin. Using materials such as cardboard, plywood, plaster, and resin, Al-Hadid’s sculptures are informed by an array of influences, both eastern and western—ancient Biblical and mythological narratives, Arabic oral traditions, Gothic architecture, iconic western painting, Islamic ornamentation, and scientific advances in physics and astronomy. For her first solo museum exhibition, Al-Hadid will be making a [...]

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Announces Third Solo Show for Julian Jackson

NEW YORK, NY.- Kathryn Markel Fine Arts announced the third solo exhibition of paintings by New York artist Julian Jackson. Jackson’s exhibition, will o’ the wisp, presents a new body of work expanding the artist’s development on the subject of light. Julian Jackson, “Sunspot”, 2009. Oil on canvas, 42 x 38 inches In folklore involving the will o’ the wisp, a term used to describe the flickering light of twilight, travelers are led to unexpected places from one world to [...]