There are 8 article(s) tagged Emily Ballew Neff:

• June 2021

  • Exclusive: Life of art, Hollywood deal-making hone Resnick to lead Brooks art museum

    The same guy who reeled in Marvel Comics so 20th Century Fox could make the X-Men movies is now leading the city’s art museum. Meet Mark Resnick.

    By Tom Bailey June 21, 2021

  • Brooks executive director resigns

    Emily Ballew Neff has resigned as executive director of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the board of directors announced in a release Thursday, June 3.

    By Rob Moore June 03, 2021

• December 2020

  • At 78, a Memphis sculptor sees his work headed to museums

    Works by Luther Hampton, who graduated from the Memphis Academy of Arts in 1973, will go to three museums, including Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art and Tennessee State Museum.

    By Peggy Burch December 18, 2020

• September 2020

  • The art shows must go on: Exhibitions stay on through pandemic

    Memphis museums reopened slowly and carefully, and shows that were expected to leave in May are still open through Sept. 27.

    Related story: Downtown art museum’s veiled design: ‘It’s exceeding our expectations’

    By Peggy Burch September 18, 2020

  • Downtown art museum’s veiled design: ‘It is exceeding our expectations’

    A celebratory grand reveal of the design concept had been scheduled for March 25. The pandemic and social distancing put that event in long-term limbo, but the design work has continued.

    By Tom Bailey September 17, 2020

• July 2020

  • How the Brooks Museum is adapting to life under coronavirus

    The Brooks Museum is on a "soft pause" as it adapts to the new realities of restrictions on public spaces and an economic downturn. 

    By Eric Barnes July 30, 2020

• 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

• September 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