Sentences with phrase «significant gifts of art»

He has fostered relationships with collectors across the country and secured significant gifts of art for museum collections, particularly in decorative arts, contemporary craft, and design.

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With a second gift including significant works by Louise Bourgeois, Ellen Gallagher, Eva Hesse, and Kara Walker, The Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women now encompasses a total of 68 major works of 20th - and 21st - century art.View

Founded in 2012 the Collections Fund is designed to support the acquisition of significant contemporary works to be gifted to Contemporary Art Society museum members across the UK.

The Collections Fund is a new strategic initiative designed to support the acquisition of significant contemporary works worth up to # 20,000 to be gifted to Contemporary Art Society Museum Members across the UK.

More recently, the notable gifts of funds from the Contemporary and Modern Art Council have contributed toward the acquisition of significant artworks including examples by Dan Flavin, William Kentridge, Yinka Shonibare, and Kara Walker.

The gift strengthens the High's identity as one of the world's most significant public repositories of work by American self - taught artists and adds particular strength to the Museum's holdings of American contemporary art and works created by African American and Southern artists.

Menschel, Robert B. Long time collector of important photographs, Robert B. Menschel» 55, H» 91, made a significant gift to the University Art Collection, including work by Eugene Atget, Imogen Cunningham, and Aaron Siskind.

The Laing Art Gallery has also received a number of significant gifts from the CAS since the organization was established in 1910, including works, amongst others, by Marlene Dumas, Duncan Grant, Peter Joseph, and Ben Nicholson.

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (GoMA) receives works by Niki de Saint Phalle from the Eric and Jean Cass Gift, the largest donation of this significant French artist's work to a UK collection.

The gift of these two works will be significant additions to Leeds Art Gallery and the Whitworth, where the artist was unrepresented in both collections.

This summer, The Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art will present Unexpected Encounters (June 2 — August 12, 2018), an interactive exhibition showcasing the museum's significant gifts over the past decade.

The Mellons also gave significant support to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, donating major gifts and some 1,800 works of art.

The Contemporary Art Society has a history of placing important works by most of the most significant artists of the twentieth century in national and regional public galleries in the UK for the first time — from Picasso to Hirst — continuing today with recent gifts of works for example, by current Turner Prize nominees Luke Fowler and Elizabeth Price (see «Recent Gifts Currently Showing» begifts of works for example, by current Turner Prize nominees Luke Fowler and Elizabeth Price (see «Recent Gifts Currently Showing» beGifts Currently Showing» below).

The Collections Fund at Frieze is designed to support the acquisition of significant contemporary works worth up to # 50,000 to be gifted to Contemporary Art Society Museum Members across the UK.

The largest gift in EAM's history, these paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints and video installations by an international group of artists will be a significant addition to the collection, broadening the scope of the museum's holdings of contemporary art.

Bill and his wife, Pamela Kiecker Royall, are enthusiastic collectors of post-war and contemporary art and have made many significant loans and gifts to VMFA in recent years.

«With the Berman gift to The Huntington, the region now has a significant body of his graphic art, providing opportunities for deeper contextualization of the artist's oeuvre and creative process.»

New significant gifts strengthen the representation of trends in mid-20th-century American art, and include accomplished drawings by Joseph Stella, Romare Bearden, and Norman Lewis, as well as preparatory sketches by sculptors from Gaston Lachaise to Henry Moore to David Smith.

2012 Under Water, Sonoma University Art Gallery, Rohnert Park, CA, USA A Selection from the Gift of Martha and Jim Sweeny, Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL, USA Index: A Group Exhibition of Significant Prints, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, USA Master Prints: Butler Collection, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, USA Landscape, Pace Prints, New York, USA

The museum recently received a significant promised gift of 100 works from the highly regarded contemporary art collection of David Horvitz and Francie Bishop Good.

From left, Nick Cave's professorship at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has been endowed with a significant gift; Rodney McMillian received a significant art prize and promised exhibition at The Contemporary Austin museum; and Theaster Gates's expansive practice now includes an artisan training and employment progrArt Institute of Chicago has been endowed with a significant gift; Rodney McMillian received a significant art prize and promised exhibition at The Contemporary Austin museum; and Theaster Gates's expansive practice now includes an artisan training and employment progrart prize and promised exhibition at The Contemporary Austin museum; and Theaster Gates's expansive practice now includes an artisan training and employment program.

The Baltimore Museum of Art has received its most significant gift of contemporary photography in more than 25 years.

Other significant acquisitions and gifts of South and Southeast Asian art over the past few decades have included a Leti mouth mask, a Mentawaian sacred carving (jaraik), and a male Batak figure, all purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.; an Iban mask, gift of Albert and Elissa Yellin; and a figurative Timor door, gift of Diane Ansberry Rahardja and Andyan Rahardja and Family in honor of Louise Steinman Ansberart over the past few decades have included a Leti mouth mask, a Mentawaian sacred carving (jaraik), and a male Batak figure, all purchased by The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc.; an Iban mask, gift of Albert and Elissa Yellin; and a figurative Timor door, gift of Diane Ansberry Rahardja and Andyan Rahardja and Family in honor of Louise Steinman AnsberArt Fund, Inc.; an Iban mask, gift of Albert and Elissa Yellin; and a figurative Timor door, gift of Diane Ansberry Rahardja and Andyan Rahardja and Family in honor of Louise Steinman Ansberry.

Cleveland, OH (December 17, 2017)-- Recent acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art include a performance piece by Pierre Huyghe, a leader in the Relational Aesthetic genre and the first work of its kind to enter the museum's collection; an oil painting on copper by Johann König, one of the most significant masters of German painting at the beginning of the 17th century; a generous bequest of several works from Frances P. Taft, a beloved Trustee of the Cleveland Museum of Art; and two groups of photos, gifted to the museum by The George Gund Foundation.

Such a historically representative and significant collection of American art has not been gifted to a North American museum in more than 30 years.

In the American gallery, we have been proud to show off a significant painting by American modernist Archibald Motley, Hot Rhythm (1961), which the artist's heirs, Dr. Mara Motley and Valerie Gerrard Browne, gifted in honor of Richard J. Powell, Duke's John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History, and C.T. Woods - Powell.

The gallery has benefited from significant bequests including Lady Lavery Memorial Bequest 1935, Francis Bacon's Studio 1998, Sean Scully Collection 2005 and gifts from including The Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, The contemporary Irish Arts Society as well as from individuals.

Stanford Entrusted with Significant Collection of Jacob Lawrence Works The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announced three major gifts of American art on July 24, significantly expanding its collection with works by Richard Diebenkorn, Andy Warhol and Jacob Lawrence.

Milton Avery Little Fox River, 1942 - 43 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches Permanent Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, State University of New York; Gift of Roy R. Neuberger This exhibition examines the contributions of Milton Avery as a significant figurative painter from the late 1920s through the early 1960s.

The creation of Circuit, a new national youth network for the visual arts, was one of the year's most significant developments, supported with # 5 million gift from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced promised gifts of 473 photographs from three separate collectors, adding significant new depth to the museum's holdings in 20th - century American and Japanese photography.

Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center has received three significant gifts of contemporary art by Richard Diebenkorn, Andy Warhol and Jacob Lawrence from separate donors.

A longtime supporter and Friend of the Haggerty Museum of Art board member, in 1991 Mary Finnigan gave a major gift to the museum to establish the art endowment fund, enabling the museum to collect significant 20th - Century American and European art worArt board member, in 1991 Mary Finnigan gave a major gift to the museum to establish the art endowment fund, enabling the museum to collect significant 20th - Century American and European art worart endowment fund, enabling the museum to collect significant 20th - Century American and European art worart works.

«It's a very significant gift, especially in modern art, and of American art before and after World War II,» said Walter Hopps, founding director of the Menil Collection.

«We believe it is the largest and most significant gift of postwar art ever made to any museum,» Whitney director Maxwell Anderson said of the paintings, drawings, sculptures and prints.

In 2002, through a significant gift from the Chase family of Connecticut, the Wadsworth Atheneum began an in - depth provenance research project on its permanent collection of approximately 50,000 objects of art.

«This is one of the largest and most significant gifts of works of art in the history of the High Museum of Art,» said Michael Shapiro, the High's Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jart in the history of the High Museum of Art,» said Michael Shapiro, the High's Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, JArt,» said Michael Shapiro, the High's Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr..

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