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Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to retire Before coming to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rub served as the Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Cleveland Museum of Art from 2006 to 2009. Photo: Elizabeth Leitzell. PHILADELPHIA, PA .- Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener Director and Chief Executive Officer, announced today that he plans to retire in early 2022 after thirteen years of service at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Rub, wh...

The First Art Newspaper on the Net   “Ragnar Kjartansson: Romantic Songs of the Patriarchy,” with performers Diana Gameros, left, and Kendra McKinley at the Guggenheim Museum iin New York. A video installation by Wu Tsang with Beverly Glenn-Copeland is part of a series of shows with a shared political charge, a taste of what can be. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; David Heald via The New York Times. by Holland Cotter (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- When the lockdown lifted this past spring, some of our ...

By John Ofikhenua, Abuja The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman on Friday revealed that the West African Power Pool (WAPP) $568m North Core line project will be completed in the third quarter (Q3) of 2023. He said: “Today, I am very encouraged within the strong commitment and collaborative effort of the West African Power Pool, the governments of Nigeria, Niger, Togo, Benin, and Burkina Faso and our development partners on this new and...

Investegate announcements from IOG PLC, Installation of Blythe and Southwark platforms

  IOG plc ("IOG", or "the Company"), (AIM: IOG.L), the UK gas company targeting growth and high returns via an infrastructure-led hub strategy, has issued a total of 224,536 ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), following an exercise of options by a former Officer of the Company pursuant to a Salary Sacrifice Share Option agreement (the "Exercise").   The Company has applied to the London Stock Exchange for admission of 224,...

Gehry’s Quiet Interventions Reshape the Philadelphia Museum No billowing sails of glass or glimmering titanium in the renovation of the museum’s Beaux-Arts home. Equally surprising are several new shows and the American galleries. Gehry Partners reestablished the vaulted walkway, left, a Guastavino-tiled corridor spanning the length of the main building, as a main access in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  The Piranesian switchback staircase, right,  is Gehry’s “only c...

The North Vaulted Walkway, facing north - Steve Hall, 2021. Image © Hall + Merrick Photographers The scope of the Core Project was to preserve the historic exterior of the building while improving the museums exhibition capabilities by returning underutilized back-of-house spaces to public use. The design comprises nearly 90,000 square feet of renovated or newly created space. Of the latter, William Forum will serve as the venue for a wide range of activities while also connecting the ground f...

WHYY By Redesigned Lenfest Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art West Entrance opens onto a soaring event space and new galleries. (Emma Lee/WHYY) For decades, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has known it needed more space. Recently, architect Frank Gehry helped them realize they had the space they needed the whole time. About 90,000 square feet has been carved out of what used to be staff office space and a vaulted corridor running underground for 640 feet, spanning the entire footprint of the...

Philadelphia Museum of Art Opens New Galleries and Public Spaces in Major Renovation May 06, 2021 20:46 Subject Line Please provide verification code Email is invalid Lenfest Hall, facing East toward the Forum (below), the Great Stair Hall (above) - On view- Generation, 1988, Martin Puryear - Steve Hall © Hall + Merrick Photographers, 2021 Philadelphia Museum of Art On May 7, 2021, the Philadelphia Museum of Art unveils to the public the culmination of two decades of planning, design, and co...

The Williams Forum at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, looking west into Lenfest Hall from the ground level. The architect Frank Gehry demolished a former auditorium and replaced it with a dramatic 40ft-high open space Photo: Elizabeth Leitzell; courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Enlisting the creativity of Frank Gehry, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has completed a $233m renovation and reorganisation of the lower interior spaces at the heart of its landmarked 1928 Be...