Art Institute of Chicago announces Irene Sunwoo as Chair of Architecture and Design
Sunwoo joins the Art Institute from the Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Photo: Benjamin Mistak.
CHICAGO, IL
.-The Art Institute announced today that the museum has appointed architectural historian and curator Irene Sunwoo to be the John H. Bryan Chair and Curator, Architecture and Design. Sunwoo joins the Art Institute from the Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation , where she has been Curator of the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery and Director of Exhibitions since 2016.
At Columbia, Sunwoo established a distinctive vision, overseeing an experimental and interdisciplinary exhibition program that fused a scholarly approach to content with innovative exhibition design. In her ongoing collaborations with architects and artists, Sunwoo has supported and advanced new architectural practices, research, an
Why were so many Stettheimer art works up for sale? Not all were real
Five works by the dazzling and seldom-seen painter Stettheimer emerged on the market in 2020. But some stood on shaky ground. Florine Stetthemier Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University via The New York Times.
by Susan Mulcahy
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Years can pass without work by the singular modernist Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944) appearing on the art market. Her estate went mostly to museums and universities, which made 2020 a banner year, with five pieces popping up at U.S. auction houses and galleries.
Only two turned out to have been actually created by Stettheimer. Of the other works, two were removed from the marketplace, and the attribution changed on the third.
The Snite Museum of Art announces gifts of six important American and British paintings
John Henry Twachtman (American, 18531902), The Chicago Worlds Fair, Illinois Building, ca. 1893. Oil on canvas. Gift of Ann Uhry Abrams, PhD 2020.029.001.
NOTRE DAME, IN
.-The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame is delighted to announce that it is the recipient of six noteworthy paintings from the late 18th to the early 20th centuries that will significantly augment the Museums holdings in American and British art. The Museum is deeply grateful for these gifts, many by donors with long relationships to the Museum and Notre Dame, states Joseph Antenucci Becherer, Director of the Snite Museum of Art. The importance of our 18th.-, 19th- and 20th-century collections have been greatly enhanced with these works.
Toledo Museum of Art welcomes Jessica S. Hong as curator of modern and contemporary art
Hongs many professional accomplishments include being the first to fill the role of associate curator of global contemporary art at Dartmouths Hood Museum of Art.
TOLEDO, OH
.-The Toledo Museum of Art will welcome Jessica S. Hong as curator of modern and contemporary art. Hong begins her appointment at TMA on March 15, 2021. In this role, Hong will manage the modern and contemporary art collection and help broaden the discourse around global and contemporary art.
We are thrilled to have Jessica join our growing curatorial team, said Adam Levine, the Edward Drummond and Florence Scott Libbey director of the Toledo Museum of Art. Her breadth and depth of knowledge is distinguished, and her commitment to engaging modern and contemporary works with the Museums historical collection make her the perfect fit. Jessica understands that the past and present are not separate terrains th