There are 16 article(s) tagged Brooks Museum Of Art:

• May 2019

  • Esteemed Swiss firm to design Brooks Museum

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has chosen Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron to design its $105 million future home overlooking the Mississippi River Downtown.

    By Tom Bailey May 22, 2019

  • What's one word that describes Memphians?

    The European architect leading the design of the new Memphis Brooks Museum of Art said months of research will take place before building shapes and materials are considered.

    By Tom Bailey May 21, 2019

  • Brooks' plans to demolish garage causes 'concern, anxiety'

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art's plan to demolish a parking garage to make room for its new riverfront museum has Downtown residents and commuters in a tizzy. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 19, 2019

• March 2019

  • City issues call to 'reimagine' Brooks Museum, Memphis College of Art buildings

    The city of Memphis has issued a “Create Your Space” call for ideas to occupy the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art and Memphis College of Art buildings in Overton Park. 

    By Elle Perry March 27, 2019

• February 2019

  • Vive le Brooks is new name for annual wine and food series

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art rebrands its food and wine series; the first Destination: Delicious Going Global event is booked for Feb. 13

    By Jennifer Biggs February 04, 2019

  • ArtsMemphis boosts operating support for arts organizations

    ArtsMemphis is increasing its operating grant support for local arts organizations and rolling out a redesigned process that aims to ensure the funding is more accessible and equitably distributed.

    By Elle Perry February 01, 2019

• December 2018

  • How Feldman's time in Memphis prepped the incoming National Gallery of Art director

    Earlier this week Kaywin Feldman was named the first female director of the National Gallery of Art in the museum’s 77-year history – and nobody in Memphis was surprised.

    By Elle Perry December 15, 2018

  • Former Brooks director to head National Gallery of Art

    Kaywin Feldman, who served as director of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from 1999 to 2007, has been named director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

    By Patrick Lantrip December 12, 2018

• November 2018

  • Citizens offer more feedback on future of Overton Park buildings

    However Overton Park’s two iconic buildings are reused in the future, they should welcome the public with open arms, continue to celebrate art and support artists, and provide continuing education.

    By Tom Bailey November 29, 2018

  • Brooks Museum's mural project takes classic art to the streets of Memphis

    When Tonya Dyson was little, she recalls, grandmothers were the protectors of the neighborhood. They would be there when the school bus pulled up at the end of the day and would keep a watchful eye until suppertime, making sure all the little ones were safe and cared for.

    By Mark Jordan November 09, 2018

  • Memphis groups celebrate Dia de los Muertos

    Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday. The title translates into "Day of the Dead."

    By Elle Perry November 01, 2018

• October 2018

  • Chance to design bluff-top art museum draws global response

    The two large passenger vans stopped at Union and Front on a gorgeous morning Wednesday and disgorged more than 20 architects from around the U.S. and world as well as Tennessee and Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey October 22, 2018

  • Local arts groups participating in nationwide ‘For Freedoms’ initiative

    Last September, conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas gave Memphis College Art’s Downing Pryor Lecture.

    By Elle Perry October 22, 2018

  • Brooks wants 'visual landmark' museum at the river

    A "great achievement in museum design." That is what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art leaders are telling architects they want for the museum’s future home overlooking the Mississippi River in Downtown Memphis.

    By Tom Bailey October 22, 2018

• September 2018

  • The Memphis 10: ‘Tennessee values’ in the Bredesen-Blackburn race, Brooks ‘Outside,’ Mark Edgar Stuart’s new album, and more

    Welcome back to The Memphis 10, the only place where you'll find Marsha Blackburn and the Oblivians hanging out together.

    By Chris Herrington September 28, 2018

  • Brooks Museum showcases quartet of new exhibits and installations

    On Saturday, the Brooks Museum of Art will be active inside and out. The work of renowned Barcelona sculptor and artist Jaume Plensa will make a Memphis debut as his “Talking Continents” exhibit opens to the public. Meanwhile, a secretive, week-long “Outings" project installation from French artist Julien de Casabianca will begin at parts unknown across the city.

    By Chris Herrington September 23, 2018