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The Dallas Museum of Art aspires to the big leagues _ that's the message sent out Thursday when it announced that John R. 'Jack' Lane will become its new director […]

ALLENTOWN, Pa. _ Picasso and Henry Moore and Rembrandt vie for space on the walls. A Toulouse-Lautrec hangs over the toilet in the guest bathroom. A female nude by Michael […]

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS FOR 1991 WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art announced today [...]

The Tate has ended its hunt for a director of communications, appointing publisher Will Gompertz to the role. Gompertz, who joined this week in a part-time capacity, takes on the [...]

Glasgow, Scotland's 11 art galleries and museums are embroiled in a huge row which centres around Julian Spalding, head of Glasgow Museums. One of Spalding's subordinates describes him as a lunatic and six very senior members of his staff are orchestrating a campaign to have him dismissed. A four-page memorandum of grievances describes Spalding as autocratic but he maintains that he is merely strong-willed. Spalding also rejects the serious charge that he breached the Museum Assn.'s code of conduct by accepting a painting from Scottish artist John Bellany as a wedding present.

Some of the warders at the Tate Gallery of modern art in London are enthusiastic about the works under their care. Some modern art, such as the pile of bricks that constitute Carl Andre's Equivalent 8, are criticised by the public and the warders are subjected to constant banal comments. However, Gallery staff are given interpretive lectures and are enthusiastic about the work. They envy the warder, Robert Ryman, who became an artist himself. Some warder services are being put out to private tender and some warders would like their role expanded to include tour guiding.

A successful art show must have a sense of being a whole, rather than just a series of individual works, according to new Whitechapel art gallery Director Ivona Blaswick. She feels that it is important to consider developments internationally.

Timothy Clifford, director of the National Galleries of Scotland, caused upset by commenting that John Paul Getty II only offered 1 million pounds sterling to prevent Canova's sculpture The Three Graces from being shipped to the Getty Museum in California out of a grudge against his dead father. Clifford frequently upsets the establishment with his outspoken comments and is considered a provocative egocentric. He is not popular among the curatorial staff at the galleries due to his dictatorial style of management.

Henry Meyric Hughes is director of the Hayward Gallery, London, England. He has been British cultural attache in several countries and head of visual arts at the British Council. He comes to the Hayward when the future of its building is under discussion. The building is part of the South Bank complex and an example of sixties brutalism. Meyric Hughes and the South Bank artistic director Nicholas Snowman would like a new building. However, a number of artist and architects think it should be preserved and refurbished. Meyric Hughes hopes to exhibit new British and international art.