SPEED MUSEUM

Press Room

Please direct media inquiries to:
Kirsten Popp Pfalzgraf, pr@speedmuseum.org
502.634.2735 (direct) 502.634.2727 (fax)

Welcome to The Speed Art Museum press room. To add your name to the Museum press list or for media and image requests e-mail the press officer at pr@speedmuseum.org or call 502.634.2735. Recent press materials appear below by topic and then in reverse chronological order by date of release.

For a list of upcoming events, visit our calendar page

* Exhibition titles and dates are subject to change. Please contact the communications department to verify information before publication.

Exhibitions

		4.5.12 Inside\|Out: Featuring New Sculptural Acquisitions by Deborah Butterfield

		1.5.12 Renoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color

		9.20.11 An exhibition of Irish artist Willie Doherty: Traces

		6.2.11 Quilts from Kentucky and Beyond

		4.26.11 Speed Brings Caravaggio Masterpiece to America

		12.1.10 Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent

		8.30.10 Pursuing the Masterpiece Exhibition

		3.26.10 Fifty Years of Contemporary Glass: Art, Craft, or Otherwise?

		01.23.10 Yousuf Karsh: The Most Famous People in the World

		05.27.09 Speed Celebrates Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial

		05.02.09 Henry V. Heuser, Jr. Collection: City/Country

		03.16.09 4 Salvaged Boxes: a wHY Architecture Exhibition

		02.23.09 Dorothy & Herbert Vogel Collection: 50 Works for 50 States

Expansion News

		12.15.11 Capital Campaign Exceeds $43 Million toward $50 Million Goal Board of Trustees Votes to Close during Construction Phase

		10.18.11 Public Phase of Capital Campaign Launched with $42 Million Raised

		4.9.11 Speed Unveils Designs for Renovation and Expansion

		4.28.10 Selection of F.A. Wilhelm Construction as General Contractor for Expansion

		10.09.09 Landscape Architect Selection: Reed Hilderbrand

		03.05.09 Architect of Record Selection: K. Norman Berry

		02.02.09 Architect selection: wHY Architecture

Recent News

		5.8.12 Speed to Participate in Museum Day 2012

		4.18.12 Deborah Butterfield to Speak at Museum

		1.25.12 Speed Receives Re-accreditation, Highest Honor for American Museums

		11.3.11 Speed Concert Series Announced

		9.2.11 Speed Organizes Exhibition of Old Masters Collection

		8.24.11 Speed Receives Donation of 119 Kentucky Artworks

		5.24.11 Speed Art Museum to Return Italian Altarpiece

		3.9.11 Speed Looks to the Future with New Initiatives

		2.1.11 New Admission Policy

		2.1.11 Museum Volunteer Group Adopts New Identity

		12.20.10 Thorntons Inc. Donates $1 Million for Expansion

		11.29.10 Speed Ball 2011

		12.05.09 Speed Receives $10 Million Gift for Expansion

		02.23.09 2010 New Board of Governors

		10.09.09 Speed Receives $5 Million Grant for Expansion

		09.23.09 Art After Dark: Remix

		09.14.09 100 Paintings, 100 Parties a success

General Information

		3.26.12 Speed Hires Jennifer Humphreys as New Director of Development

		12.5.11 New Board Members, Vice-Chairman Announced

		6.30.11 Speed donates limestone to Olmstead Parks Conservancy

		5.10.2011 New Board Members Announced

		3.31.11 New COO, Director of Operations and Expansion

		11.16.08 Suzanne Weaver appointed Curator of Contemporary Art

		09.21.07 Dr. Charles L. Venable appointed Director and CEO