In a recent interview on Weekend Edition, High Museum of Art director Rand Suffolk discussed with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro how the Museum undertook to engage a more diverse audience, one that better represents the population of Atlanta. American museums, from artists, to staff, to visitors, tend to be largely white. Through a series of initiatives, the High has tripled its percentage of nonwhite visitors in recent years, expanding its audience and better achieving its mission of engaging all of their community with art.
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NEW YORK, 5 January 2018 – Sotheby’s New York Evening auction of Master Paintings on 1 February 2018 will offer a monumental and striking painting by Titian and his workshop. One of only two known versions of the subject by the artist, Saint Margaret (estimate $2/3 million) was first recorded in the English royal collection of King Charles I (1600– 1649), where it was displayed alongside the King's most highly prized works at Whitehall Palace.
Celebrating leading designers and visual artists, the fifth annual FOG Design+Art Fair runs January 11–14, 2018, at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. A Preview Gala Wednesday, January 10, 2018, benefits the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). The January 11th Innovators Luncheon, supported by FENDI, honors renowned chef Alice Waters, founder and owner of Chez Panisse.
Featured in Christie's upcoming "Beyond Imagination: Outsider and Vernacular Art Featuring the Collection of Marjorie and Harvey Freed" auction on January 19th, is a large work by Henry Darger, a key figure in outsider art. On the auction block is an over six-foot long double sided page, 93 At Jennie Richee, are chaced for long distance by Glandelinians with blood hounds.
Current Pay-as-you-wish policy will continue for all New York State residents and students from Connecticut and New Jersey
Revised policy will charge mandatory admission fee for visitors from outside of New York
All full-priced admissions tickets will be honored for three consecutive days at The Met's three locations
(New York, January 4, 2018)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today a revised admissions policy.
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2017 exhibit showcases the artists shortlisted for this prestigious prize–Sophie Calle, Awoiska van der Molen, Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, who work as a pair–and this year’s winner, Dana Lixenberg.
Bloomberg Pursuits' James Tarmy went inside the secure underground vault at Christie's, to check out some very expensive paintings before they are showcased and auctioned. At the November 15th auction, a late period Da Vinci painting sold for over $450 million, setting a new record for an art sale.
Tim Marlow celebrates the new year with the formidable collections of two English monarchs, Grayson Perry’s provocative creations, a moving instalation by Doris Salcedo and more.
BOSTON, MA – Skinner, Inc. will present an auction of European Furniture & Decorative Arts in its Boston Gallery on Friday, January 12th. With over 600 lots on offer, the auction will feature an expansive selection of fine silver as well as European furniture and decorative arts of the 17th through early 20th centuries.
SALEM, MA – The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents one of America’s most iconic artists in a new light. Georgia O'Keeffe: Art, Image, Style is the first exhibition to explore O’Keeffe’s unified, modern aesthetic and distinctive self-styling by presenting her paintings with her never-before-exhibited handmade garments and photographs of the artist. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum and guest curator Wanda M.
