Tag: museums

  • Huntington Library acquires collections of LA early photography and Santa Barbara ephemera

    The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced the purchase of the Ernest Marquez Collection of 4,600 images of early Southern California during the 1870s to the 1950s, especially from Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades. Another purchase the Council made hits closer to home: a set of 383 rare pamphlets, maps, and ephemera related…

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  • Jackson Pollock’s Mural to show at the Getty

    Almost two years ago, the University of Iowa Museum of Art sent Jackson Pollock’s Mural (1943) — a large 8 x 20 foot canvas — to the Getty for technical study and conservation. This extensive study has yielded “much new and significant information about the painting and its role in a transitional moment in Pollock’s…

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  • Another art museum in financial crisis

    The Board of Trustees of Everson Museum of Art, in Syracuse, NY, has announced it has no alternative but to create a “special task force to develop and implement a recovery plan” for the deficit-laden institution. As of now, they have a projected deficit of $500,000 in this fiscal year and have been forced to cancel…

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