Museum of Fine Arts Boston Receives Major Donation From Bank of America

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)announced a major donation from Bank of America this week. The gift will be split between $5 million in funding and $5 million in art from the Bank of America collection, making the bank the MFA's largest corporate donor. Among the artgifts is Ellsworth Kelly's oil painting "Blue GreenYellow Orange Red," (1968) a 22-foot-long abstract work which will hang in the Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art set to in September 2011. The money gift will support museum exhibitions and programs as well as operating expenses, and capital improvements. The bank will also be supporting special events surrounding the November opening of the museum's new wing for the Art of the Americas and Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Although many museums have struggled to raise money recently, between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, the MFA received $57 million in funds and art. Bank of America has given a total of more than $15 million to the MFA. The bank's previous gift of $5 million to the Museum's Building the New MFA campaign (2001–2008) provided funding for the MFA's building project. The museum has named the plaza in front of its Huntington Avenue entrance the "Bank of America Plaza on the Avenue of the Arts." 

Art goes down the Gold leaf covered drains in Dallas

In the name of art, everything is acceptable and appreciated too. And that is why we felt our readers will identify with gold-leaf covered drains in Dallas. Part of an unusual art show, Sustenance, Iris Bechtol’s gilded drains added a dash of glamour to the old warehouse on Singleton Boulevard, where the show was launched. Such a transformation also ridiculed the orginal purpose of the warehouse. It also symbolized the apparent ease of masking filth with bling!

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Culorile sahului, in viziunea Sophie Matisse

Henri Matisse a lasat in urma sa, pe langa creatiile sale, si o familie ce a dorit sa paseasca pe urmele creativitatii sale. Stranepoata sa, Sophie Matisse, a devenit un pictor demn de numele ce il poarta, remarcandu-se datorita sticlutelor de parfum pictate manual. De curand, a creat o tabla de sah ce face parte din expozitia "The Art of the Game", ce va avea loc la San Diego, in perioada 2-4 Septembrie. Au fost create cinci astfel de table de sah, fiecare avand un design diferit si un pret de 16.000$. Sophie Matisse va fi reprezentata de Francis Nauman Fine Art din New York.

Arati a un milion de dolari...

Este un proiect. Un proiect denumit “You Look Like a Million Dollars” si este ultima nazbatie a creatorilor Denise Wrightson si Vicky Platt. Astfel, a luat forma o noua portretistica ce transforma tridimesionalul intr-o arta domestica. Fiecare sculptura isi reliefeaza cumparatorul sau o persoana agreata de el si este creata dintr-o combinatie de metale pretioase, bronz si sticla. Acestea sunt completate cu diamante si alte pietre pretioase, fiecare proiect derulandu-se timp de cateva luni si pretuind in jur de 50.000 de lire sterline.