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Kimbell Art Museum announces one of the most important acquisitions in its history
The Kimbell Art Museum announced Wednesday what its leadership is calling one of the most important acquisitions in its 51-year history, which becomes, in its words, “the most significant work of ancient American art” in the Fort Worth museum’s entire collection.
Describing the piece as “one of the most renowned sculptures from ancient Mesoamerica, an unqualified icon of Olmec civilization,” Kimbell leadership says Standing Figure Holding a Were-Jaguar Baby is a statuette carved in jadeite — with plenty of symbolism attached.
It is, they say, “at the center of Olmec studies and the subject of scholarly interpretation for more than 70 years.” Its official unveiling, which will happen on Friday, arrives soon after the 10th anniversary of the Kimbell’s Renzo Piano Pavilion, where the figure will be displayed.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
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brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
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