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Tim Tate with Marc Petrovic Cure for Intelligent Design
detail of Cure for Intelligent DesignPart of “Dead or Alive” exhibit at NYC’s Museum of Arts and Design
photography by Anything Photographic
A Facebook campaign to get Tim Tate’s work into the Hirshhorn Museum is underway. The group is dedicated to dedicated to convincing the curatorial staff and acquisition committee of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to finally purchase and exhibit some of the amazing video art pieces from Tim Tate.
The Washington Glass School’s Tim Tate is one of the most renowned award winning artists in this region. He works in self-contained video installations and projections.
Click HERE to jump to the Facebook group.
Tim has four exhibits on right now:
– Swanson Reed Gallery, Louisville, KY.
– Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA.
– Scope Art Basel, Switzerland with San Francisco’s Micaela Gallery, June 15-20, 2010
– Museum of Arts and Design, Dead or Alive, New York, NY
Founding Director of Corning Museum of Glass Dies at 83
>Thomas S. Buechner, who was the founding director of the Corning Museum of Glass and was the director of the Brooklyn Museum in the 1960’s, died on Sunday at his home in Corning, NY. He was 83.
Mr Buechner, a painter and illustrator, served for 10 years as the director of the Corning Museum of Glass before becoming director of the Brooklyn Museum in 1960. At 33, he was one of the youngest museum directors in the United States. He recently had a retrospective of his artwork exhibited at Alexandria’s Principle Gallery.
Click HERE to jump to the NY Times obit on Thomas Buechner.