04/12/2003. PORTLAND, OREGON.- The Portland Art Museum presents today “Becoming a Nation - Americana from the Diplomatic Reception Rooms - U.S. Department of State,” on view through June 8, 2003. Featuring over 120 national treasures from the State Department’s ...

04/14/2003. BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON.- Winston Darby Brown, the former head of Howard S. Wright Construction, the company that built the Space Needle, the monorail and several Seattle skyscrapers, has died at age 95. Brown started his career with Howard S. Wright Co...

04/14/2003. NEW YORK.- The New Museum of Contemporary Art presents Living Inside the Grid, a museum-wide exhibition of twenty-four international emerging artists, conceived by Senior <CORTE> Curator Dan Cameron. Living Inside the Grid, on view through June...

04/15/2003. WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.- Internationally known art historian and educator Whitney Snow Stoddard, the Amos Lawrence Professor of Art Emeritus at Williams College, died at his home (1611 Cold Spring Road) in Williamstown, Mass. He was 90.Stodd...

04/18/2003. DURHAM, NORT CAROLINA.- An exhibition exploring leadership at TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc.) through photographs, writing, and interview text Porch Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies through July 12, 2003. Pu...

04/21/2003. NEW YORK.- Christie’s offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for Picasso fans, collectors and connoisseurs to bid on nearly 600 Picasso lithograp...

04/25/2003. MADRID, SPAIN.- As it has happened along the history of art with other works, nobody knows what happened to the work “The Circumcision” painted by Rembrandt in 1646. There is a replica of this work at the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum which has made man...

04/29/2003. WAKEFIELD, UK.- The Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents "Barbara Hepworth: Centenary 2003." Barbara Hepworth (1903-75) once stated: "I, the sculptor, am the landscape." Barbara Hepworth’s powerful words show her deep connection to t...

04/30/2003. GREAT NECK, NEW YORK.- Banker and philanthropist Edwin Saul Marks, 76, died. He was an investment banker and supporter of Lincoln Center. Edwin S. Marks was the head of Carl Marks & Company. The firm was founded by his father in 1925 in New York....

04/30/2003. NEW YORK.- Remarks Given by Michael I. Sovern, Chairman and William F. Ruprecht, President and Chief Executive Officer on Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 1334 York Avenue - New York, NY.Michael I Sovern, Chairman2002 was a year of challenge and a...

05/02/2003. NEW YORK, N.Y.- Today Cesar Maia, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, and Thomas Krens, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, signed an agreement that will lead to the creation of the Guggenheim Museum Rio de Janeiro. The agreement follows the unani...

05/05/2003. RICHMOND, INDIANA.- The Richmond Art Museum presents "Adams, Forsyth and Steele: Indiana Paintings from the Lilly Endowment Collection," on view through July 3, 2003. This exhibition is supported by a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. and...

05/06/2003. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.- The Virginia Historical Society has awarded thirty-eight research fellowships for 2003 to scholars from eighteen states, Canada, and the United Kingdo...

05/07/2003. LYON, FRANCE.- U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft told an Interpol meeting today that organized crime was involved in the looting of Iraq’s national museum and the United States will fully back international efforts to retrieve the stolen artifacts....

05/15/2003. NEW YORK, NY.- Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism will open at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on May 13, following its critically acclaimed presentation at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, where it was seen by a record 70,000 visitors. The exhibition, wh...