Vermont College of Fine Arts has avoided closure by affiliating with the California Institute of the Arts, but many other independent art colleges have closed in recent years. When the Vermont College of Fine Arts announced its plan to enter into an affiliation agreement with the California Institute of the Arts last week, the New England institution averted joining the growing list of independent art colleges that have closed in recent years.
Collectors and art lovers will have the rare opportunity to see and bid on an unprecedented collection of artworks from the estate of Anne MacDonald as the 500 Capp Street Foundation unveils its 2023 Benefit Auction.
Diego RIvera s mural at the San Francisco Art Institute. Image courtesy the San Francisco Art Institute.
A mammoth fresco by Diego Rivera at the cash-strapped San Francisco Art Institute that the school’s board was considering selling to pay down its mountain of debt may soon be designated as a landmark.
That proposal came one step closer to becoming a reality after the city’s board of supervisors unanimously agreed on January 12 to a landmark-designation motion put forward by city supervisor Aaron Peskin.
The battle over the fresco, which was reportedly going to be sold to George Lucas for his forthcoming Los Angeles museum, is now heating up as activists make loud calls for any discussion of the sale to be halted, while others throw allegations of racism at the school board.