Fine Arts News

It comes as no surprise to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston observers that today the board of trustees unanimously elected Rich Kinder, a life trustee, as its new chairman.

Visitors to the Peranakan Museum will soon have a smashing time -- with a new installation by internationally renowned artist Lee Mingwei.

Michaan's Auctions series of fine sales for the year 2013 began with an offering of American and European furniture and decorative arts, fine arts and jewelry.

At the Unicef Children's Champion Award Dinner on June 10, guests partook in a family-style celebration at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts .

The famed American artists of the Hudson River School created far more than mere pretty paintings of landscapes.

As Farmington Museum director Bart Wilsey was preparing for the Adventure in the Arts exhibit -- a show that will feature famous artists such as Andy Warhol -- he started to wonder how the museum could showcase local artists at the same time.

From June 8 to October 20, 2013 the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents the artwork of the incomparable American artist Dale Chihuly.

For instance, "Contrasts" is one of his early pieces from 1928. Pikes Peak looms largely in the background, in hues of purple and green, and in the foreground, a row of houses decorates the spacious fields.

Gone soon will be the drab linen wall coverings and stained carpets that muted the beauty of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.

Artists Jennifer Martin, Peter Lebel and James Kirkpatrick hang out in Kirkpatrick's loft while they plan what they'll do at the Vanity House site during London's Nuit Blanche.

If you haven't seen "Philip Pearlstein's People, Places, Things" at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, go very soon.

It's a celebration of herbs, it's in its 15th year, and it's in the original heart of this formerly secret city.

A group of new sculptures has been unveiled at a Charnwood beauty spot as part of a project to help budding artists bloom.

A vintage poster for "The General" , a silent comedy/drama starring Buster Keaton and set during the Civil War.

Kornylo Ustyianovych, son of a Galician priest, Ukrainian Russophile writer and public figure, one of the founders and leaders of the "Enlightenment" society Mykola Ustyianovych, was born on September 22, 1839 in the village of Vovche near Lviv.

The Pre-Raphaelites exhibition "Victorian Avant-Garde" at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts includes paintings from the Tate Gallery in London and works from private collections in in Britain and the United States.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , exhibit, "Faking it: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop" debunks the adage that "the camera never lies," but supports the idea that "a picture is worth a thousand words."

Drawings by self-taught artist Bill Traylor, one of the most iconic 20th century American artists, are on view at the American Folk Art Museum , 2 Lincoln Square in New York City, from June 11 through September 22, 2013.

At a quarterly meeting on June 6, Diane "Dede" Wilsey was summarily re-elected as president of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco .

Serving in an emeritus capacity since November 2012, Lidtke's last official day at the museum was Friday, June 7. As executive director since 1982, Lidtke led the museum through changes in its 51-year history, including the launch of the $9.3-million-capital project that led to the recent opening of the new museum building located on Veterans ... (more)