The Broad appoints four new members to board of directors

The Broad museum on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles; photo by Iwan Baan courtesy of The Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

 

LOS ANGELES – The Broad contemporary art museum has announced the appointment of four new members to its board of directors. Thomas P. Campbell, most recently the director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Sherry Lansing, CEO of The Sherry Lansing Foundation; Joanne Heyler, founding director of The Broad; and Deborah Kanter, general counsel for The Broad Foundations, are joining the board as directors to help advance the museum’s mission to make its collection accessible to the widest possible audience. The four new board members join founding members Eli Broad, Bruce Karatz, Robert Tuttle and Jay Wintrob.

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Alderfer Auction shines a light on Pennsylvania Impressionists Sept. 28

‘Winter Farmhouse’ by Walter E. Baum, oil on canvas, 16 in. x 20 in. Estimate: $1,500-$2,500. Alderfer Auction image

 

HATFIELD, Pa. – Alderfer Auction’s upcoming Fine & Decorative Arts Auction on Sept. 28th, will feature some exceptional and collectible works of art. Among them, will be several paintings by Pennsylvania Impressionist Walter Emerson Baum (1884-1956) who was part of an esteemed group of artists that were also referred to as the Bucks County Impressionists or artists of The New Hope School. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Rainbow of colored diamonds going up for bid at Heritage Auctions Sept. 25

This ring features a cushion-shape blue diamond weighing 3.23 carats, enhanced by round brilliant-cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 1.00 carat, set in platinum. Estimate: $900,000-$1.2 million. Heritage Auctions image

 

DALLAS – Heritage Auctions is celebrating colored diamonds on Sept. 25 with its Fine Jewelry auction in Beverly Hills, Calif. An added attraction is fine jewelry owned by beloved Mexican movie star Lupita Tovar. Absentee and Internet live bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.

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UK’s National Portrait Gallery to Stage ‘Michael Jackson: On the Wall’

(From left) Michael Jackson, 1984 by Andy Warhol, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C.; Gift of Time magazine; An illuminating path, 1998 by David LaChapelle. Courtesy of the artist; Untitled #13 (Elizabeth Taylor’s Closet), 2012 by Catherine Opie. Courtesy the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles

 

LONDON – The National Portrait Gallery, London will stage “Michael Jackson: On the Wall,” a landmark exhibition exploring how Michael Jackson has inspired some of the leading names in contemporary art. Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, this major new exhibition spanning several generations of artists across all media will open in the summer of 2018, to coincide with what would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday (on August 29, 2018).

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