Minneapolis Institute of Art acquires complete archive of works created by Highpoint Editions
Jim Hodges, of Summer, 2016. From Seasons. Sugar-lift aquatint, spit-bite aquatint, drypoint (scribes, sandpaper), scraping, burnishing, woodcut in dark blue on Gampi paper, screenprint in light blue, and color digital pigment print on Gampi paper with cutouts; edition of 28, plus 6 artists proofs, 34 × 24 in. (86.36 × 60.96 cm) (image); 41 × 30 1/2 in. (104.14 × 77.47 cm) (sheet) Highpoint Editions Archive, The Friends of Bruce B. Dayton Acquisition Fund and the Christina N. and Swan J. Turnblad Memorial Fund 2020.85.53.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
.-The Minneapolis Institute of Art today announced it has acquired the complete archive of works by Highpoint Editions, the publishing arm of Highpoint Center for Printmaking (HP), a nonprofit printmaking art center established in 2001 in Minneapolis. The 20-year archive comprises 310 published prints and multiples, plus 700 items of ancillary
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston announces plans to reopen with new look inside and out
Installation view of Wild Life: Elizabeth Murray and Jessi Reaves, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, 2021. Photo by Sean Fleming.
HOUSTON, TX
.-Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will reopen its doors to the public at noon on Thursday, February 18, 2021, following a closure since March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. During this prolonged closure, CAMH has not only redesigned the exterior plaza at the intersection of Montrose and Bissonnet, but guests will be welcomed into a completely restored and renovated Brown Foundation Gallery as well.
To ensure the health and well-being of its visitors and following the City of Houstons guidance, the Museum will operate at a reduced visitor capacity and has implemented several new safety protocols. All staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks, follow physical distancing measures, and pass a non-invasive temperatur
First auction of artists of the WPA at Swann establishes four records
Arthur Getz, Untitled (WPA Practice Piece), casein and tempera, 1938. Sold for $10,625, a record for the artist.
NEW YORK, NY
.- The Artists of the WPA were on display in Swann Galleries Thursday, February 4 auction. The multi-departmental sale was headed by Harold Porcher, the houses director of Modern and Post-War Art, and featured paintings, prints, photographs, posters and related ephemera by artists whose careers were sustained by the Works Progress Administration and other agencies of the New Deal.
The sale was led by a selection of 38 vintage silver prints spanning 1932 to 42 by John Vachon, a record for the grouping, at $37,500. Vachon began his work for the Farm Security Administration as an assistant messenger. As his interest in photography grew, he began to make his own photographs and accompanied Arthur Rothstein on one of his assignments; in 1938 Vachon would have his first solo assignment f
MFA, St. Petersburg exhibition focuses on Greek art created during the Geometric period
A beautiful, fully-illustrated catalogue published by the MFA, St. Petersburg accompanies the exhibition. It is available for purchase at the museum and The MFA Store online.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA
.-The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg is currently presenting, From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin Collection, the first major museum exhibition in the United States, in more than 25 years, to focus on Greek art created during the Geometric period (c. 900-700 B.C.). It is on view through April 11, 2021.
The exhibition includes 57 objects drawn from the Sol Rabin Collection, considered the most important private collection of Greek Geometric art. With the exception of three objects, this is the first time the works are on public display. The collection presents decisive new evidence that reconsiders the contributions and innovations of Geometric art and its enduring lega