Thomas Campbell, an expert in tapestries, resigned from his position as director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on February 28, 2017. He will step down June 30, 2017. (New York Times, [...] Read More
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Douglas Brine Accepts Scholarship
Douglas Brine, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, has accepted a 2016-17 J. Clawson Mills Scholarship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, to undertake research and writing for his book [...] Read More
John Bezold Receives Grant to Research Mauritshuis Acquisition History
John Bezold received a grant to undertake an analysis of the acquisitions of the Mauritshuis collection made after 1945 which will result in an article and one or more lectures. [...] Read More
Stijn Alsteens Moves to Christie’s Paris
Stijn Alsteens, formerly Curator of Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York was appointed International Head of the Department of Old Master Drawings at Christie’s, Paris, as of November [...] Read More
Rik Vos Passes Away
Rik Vos (1941-2016) passed away December 24, 2016. He was the former Director of the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (now the Cultural Heritage Agency) and a founding member of CODART. [...] Read More
Betsy Wieseman takes appointment in Cleveland
In the spring of 2017, Dr. Marjorie E. (Betsy) Wieseman began her position as Paul J. and Edith Ingalls Vignos Jr. Curator of European Paintings and Sculpture, 1500-1800, at the Cleveland Museum of [...] Read More