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Davis Museum names Mary Beth Timm as Associate Director for Operations and Collections Management
WELLESLEY, MASS.- The Davis Museum at Wellesley College has appointed Mary Beth Timm as Associate Director for Operations and Collections Management effective August 15, 2022. In this role, Timm will work closely with the museum director on the overall management of the Davis Museums growing collections and long-term strategic planning for the institution. Timm will also oversee finance, museum technology, security, facilities, and daily operations at the Davis. Mary Beth is an extraordinary addition to the Davis team and we are thrilled to have her join us, said Dr. Lisa Fischman, Ruth Gordon Shapiro 37 Director of the Davis Museum. She brings exceptional experience and acumen to the role of Associate Director, based on a background of strong collections stewardship and financial management, a principled commitment to ethical ... More

Solange enters new territory: Ballet composer
NEW YORK, NY.- Solange, the pop star whose artistic tendrils have reached into the worlds of music, choreography, fashion, film, visual art and more, will soon add a new genre to her repertoire: ballet composer. New York City Ballet announced Monday that Solange would write an original score for a work (as yet untitled) by Gianna Reisen that will premiere at the companys annual Fall Fashion Gala, on Sept. 28. The score is composed for a chamber ensemble that will be made up of some of Solanges musical collaborators and members of the City Ballet orchestra. This step into ballet is the latest in a series of adventurous turns by Solange, 36, who began her career young as a singer and dancer including with her sister, BeyoncÃ©, in Destinys Child. Solanges work later blossomed into multihyphenate and more independent territory, ... More

Frederick Buechner, novelist with a religious slant, dies at 96
NEW YORK, NY.- Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who never held a church pastorate but found his calling writing a prodigious quantity of novels, memoirs and essays that explored the human condition from inspirational and often humorous religious perspectives, died Monday at his home in Rupert, Vermont. He was 96. His son-in-law and literary executor, David Altshuler, confirmed the death. Drawing on literary and theological credentials over six decades, Buechner (pronounced BEEK-ner) published 39 books, many of them well-received fictional excursions into the adventures of charlatans, lovers, historical or biblical characters and ordinary people who take on self-imposed superhuman challenges and stoop to only-too-human skulduggery, all in the name of God. His 10th novel, Godric (1980), the first-person tale of a 12th- ... More

Kaspar Schmidt Mumm announced as 2023 Porter Street Commission recipient
ADELAIDE.- Adelaide Contemporary Experimental announced Kaspar Schmidt Mumm as the recipient of the 2023 Porter Street Commission. Now in its third year, the Porter Street Commission annually awards $20,000 to a South Australian artist at any stage of their career to create an ambitious new work to be presented as a solo exhibition at ACE in the following year. Born in Germany and raised in Adelaide with Colombian, Pakistani and Canadian heritage, Kaspar Schmidt Mumm is a third generation immigrant whose motivation to make art stems from his experience of displacement and desire to develop an artistic language that crosses cultural borders. Through collaborative action, Schmidt Mumm looks to construct systems for exploring the complexity of multiculturalism, presenting events that blur the lines of protest, community gathering ... More

Nicholas Evans, author of 'The Horse Whisperer,' dies at 72
NEW YORK, NY.- Nicholas Evans, the British journalist turned author whose novel-turned-film, The Horse Whisperer, broke publishing and movie records, along with the hearts of readers who made the book a bestseller in 20 countries, died Aug. 9 at his home in London. He was 72. The cause was a heart attack, said his longtime agent, Caradoc King. In 1993, Evans, at 43, was broke and adrift. He had been working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker, and had spent two years on a film project that ultimately collapsed, when he began casting about for an idea for a novel. It was perhaps not the most winning formula for worldly success, as he noted in retrospect on his website: Why would a debut novel from an unknown author have any more chance of getting off the ground than a movie? Yet he had found an intriguing subject: the mystical, ... More

Andrea Puccio named Director of Clark Art Institute Library
WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Andrea Puccio has been selected as the next director of the Clark Art Institutes library. Puccio, who previously served as the collections management librarian at the Clark, has been promoted to the leadership role, replacing Susan Roeper, who is retiring after a forty-year career at the Clark. Puccio joined the Clarks staff in 2016 and has been responsible for managing all operational aspects of the library collection, including cataloging, digital collections, preservation and conservation, and web archiving. In her new role, Puccio leads a full-time staff of ten librarians and archivists in overseeing the librarys collection of some 300,000 volumes. After undertaking a rigorous international search, we were extremely proud to recognize that the best qualified candidate to take over as the new director of the library was already a member ... More

Exceptional antique jewels shone, sensational tiara sold for hammer price of £46,000 at Elmwood's
LONDON.- With intense bidding both in the UK and internationally, this antique tourmaline and diamond tiara, containing over 70 carats of green tourmalines sold to a private UK collector for Â£57,500 at luxury experts Elmwoods in their Fine Jewellery auction at their Notting Hill Saleroom (101 Talbot Road, London, W11 2AT) on 10th-11th August 2022. Ben Gosling, co-owner of Elmwoods commented, Our sale results are testament to the strength of the market, even in these uncertain times. Collectors, both established and emerging, are willing to bid competitively and strongly for pieces that are not just rare, but incredibly well preserved examples of what they are. This is notably true for exceptional gemstones and signed pieces by designers such as Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels and Boucheron Bought by an international collector, a beautiful ... More

Musician and visual artist Brian DeGraw presents new paintings at James Fuentes
NEW YORK, NY.- James Fuentes is presenting Brian DeGraw's solo presentation at the gallery, GAMMA. The exhibition encompasses a grouping of paintings and drawings. Centering on an interest in healing frequencies, these works take as a root element the particular properties and therapeutic effects of a cats purr and presence, and more generally the physiological effects of drone. The title GAMMA refers to the frequency range that this purr tends to fall between (40Hz-100Hz). While much of DeGraws past work has had a direct relationship to music, he has spent that past three years becoming more familiar with the properties of painting and drawing, easing deeper into using color and working at a larger scale. Having taken some time away from the immersion of touring, performing, and recording live music, a pull in attention toward ... More

Museum Exchange revolutionizes arts philanthropy, expands digital platform to healthcare & education
NEW YORK, NY.- Museum Exchange, the democratizing matchmaker for art donations, will dramatically expand its network to include healthcare and higher education organizations, partnering with hospitals, universities, and libraries. Since its launch in early 2021, Museum Exchange has built a thriving network of more than 300 donors and 150 museums throughout North America, facilitating hundreds of art donations. In its expansion to the healthcare and education sectors, Museum Exchange will now offer individual and corporate donors additional avenues for philanthropic support and a spectrum of opportunities to reach broader audiences. Museum Exchanges new Healthcare and Education division is led by Joanne Cohen, former Executive Director and Curator of Cleveland Clinic Art Program, which she established in 2006 and built ... More