Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg opens "Painting in the United States," an exhibition that is an overview of the series of the same title organized by the Carnegie Institute (now Carnegie Museum of Art) from 1943 to 1949.
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/15/2008
The May 16 "keying" of "Night Sky #2" by Latvian-born artist Vija Celmins, on display in "Life on Mars" the 2008 Carnegie International, is shocking news. But not so surprisingly, it is nothing new in the history of art.
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 06/14/2008
PITTSBURGH, PA - Abstract Art before 1950: Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, and Photographs, an exhibition highlighting works by some of the abstract art movement’s most famous and pioneering practitioners , will be on view in the Scaife Works on Paper gallery at Carnegie Museum of Art from June 13–October 18, 2008. The exhibition presents abstraction as one of the defining innovations of early 20th-century...
PAWaterCooler.com (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Guard charged with ruining museum piece A guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art is accused of using a key to deface a $1.2 million painting. The piece — from Vija Celmins’ “Night Sky” series — was on display as part of the 2008 Carnegie International exhibit, according to a police affidavit. It was damaged beyond repair. “I [...]
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
Whoa, Azerbaijani dad-to-be working as a museum guard who should have been talking to someone instead of slashing a painting by one of my favorite artists with his keys:A former Carnegie Museum of Art guard charged with vandalizing a...
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
"The museum's conservation experts are hoping to salvage the painting. It was on loan to the Carnegie Museum of Art as part of the 2008 Carnegie International exhibit, one of eight works by Ms. Celmins depicting the night sky."...
Accidental Blogger (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
A few days ago, the local media was abuzz with the defacing of a $1.2 million dollar painting at the Carnegie Museum of Art. The painting was Night Sky 2 by Latvian- American artist Vija Celmins. (Click on thumbnail for...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Azerbaijani immigrant Timur Serebrykov, 27, of Greenfield had no political or personal motivation for slashing a $1.2 million painting by a Latvian artist at the Carnegie Museum of Art, his attorney said. The painting was part of the Carnegie International "Life on Mars" exhibition.
A Spork in the Drawer (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
First, the bad news: A guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art is accused of using a key to deface a $1.2 million painting. The piece -- from Vija Celmins' "Night Sky" series -- was on display as part of...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
A security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art wasn't a fan of a $1.2 million painting, so he allegedly took a key and carved a large vertical gash in the work.
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Richard Armstrong, director of the Carnegie Museum of Art, plans to retire from the museum at the end of the year.
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
A security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art wasn't a fan of a $1.2 million painting, so he allegedly took a key and carved a large vertical gash in the work.
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
A former guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art has been charged with vandalizing a million-dollar painting he apparently didn't like, damaging it beyond repair....
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
A former guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art has been charged with vandalizing a million-dollar painting he apparently didn't like, damaging it beyond repair.
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
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