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| MMA and IBM Partner to Preserve Precious Artworks
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art revealed on June 9, 2011 details about preserving its encyclopedic collection through a first-ever collaboration with IBM. Physical Analytics Technology, developed by IBM, is being tested at The Cloisters Museum and Gardens, the Met's facility in Upper Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park devoted to medieval European art and architecture. Read more. | 
| Luke Syson to Head MMA's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department
Luke Syson, an eminent authority on early Italian Renaissance painting, assumes the role of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Curator in Charge of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, effective January 2012. He replaces Ian Wardropper, who becomes Director of the nearby Frick Collection in October 2011. Read more. | 
| Diptych with Portraits of Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro
Federico da Montefeltro (1422-1482), the illustrious Duke of Urbino (r. 1474-82), was one of Renaissance Italy's greatest patrons of the arts. The illegitimate son of Count Guidantonio (1377-1443) and Caterina Colonna (d. 1438), the niece of Pope Martin V (r. 1417-31), he assumed his father's title after the city's heavily taxed and dissatisfied populace revolted against Oddo Antonio (1427-1444), Federico's younger tyrannical half-brother. Read more. | 
| Review | Moore, Brendan (ed.), et al. Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum (exh. cat.). Victoria: Royal British Columbia Museum, 2009.
Treasures: The World's Cultures from the British Museum traces the development of humankind's creativity from prehistory through recent times. The 100-page softcover catalogue, edited by scholar Brendan Moore, was published to accompany the sprawling 52,000-square-foot special exhibition of the same name at western Canada's Royal British Columbia Museum (May 1 to September 30, 2009). Read more. | 
| New Leaders at Four American Arts Institutions
Four premiere American arts institutions announced major administrative changes in rapid succession during May 2011. James C. Cuno, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2004, becomes President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust on August 1, 2011. Read more. | 
| Lewis Chessmen to Hold Court at Cloisters Museum and Gardens
More than three decades ago, The Cloisters Museum and Gardens hosted two wondrous special exhibitions. The first show described the artistic legacy of France's Abbot Suger (ca. 1081-1151). Its successor was dedicated to the imagery of the mythical Wild Man. Located in Upper Manhattan's scenic Fort Tryon Park, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's branch devoted to medieval Europe is once again poised to be the idyllic setting for The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis (November 15, 2011-April 22, 2012). Read more. | 
| Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands
Courtly attire's evolution in northern Europe during the Late Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance is treated regally in Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands. This fascinating special exhibition at New York's Morgan Library & Museum from May 20 to September 4, 2011 displays finely painted miniatures and printed images from more than 50 illuminated manuscripts and books. Read more. | 
| Fresh Insights into the Lod Mosaic from Israel
The Lod Mosaic (ca. 300 A.D.) is a large, complete and well-preserved floor mosaic found in 1996 during construction close to the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Highway in Lod (formerly Lydda), Israel. It was displayed briefly in situ before removal from the archaeological site in 2009. Read more. | 
| Linda Wolk-Simon to Head Morgan Library & Museum's Department of Drawings and Prints
New York's Morgan Library & Museum announced on February 25, 2011 the appointment of Linda Wolk-Simon as its new Charles W. Englehard Curator and Head of the Department of Drawings and Prints. Responsible for an ever-growing collection of some 25, 000 works on paper from the 14th Century to the present, she assumes her new positions in May 2011. Read more. |
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