In the May 2010, the Ava Gardner Museum will unveil a new exhibit, The Most Photographed Woman in the World. At the height of her film career, Ava Gardner was the most photographed woman in the world with MGM sending out over 3,000 photos of her weekly. Due to the large number of photographs in the Ava Gardner Collection, the Exhibits Committee has decided to create a multi-media exhibit in an effort to display as many photos as possible while considering space constraints. To prepare ... Read More

Diane Kuehn, president and CEO of VisionPoint Marketing (www.visionpointmarketing.com), has announced that Tony Poillucci, vice president of strategy and creative, has been named to the North Carolina Museum of Art’s Committee 100. The committee, named to honor the state’s 100 counties, supports and promotes the museum as it prepares for its grand opening in April 2010. As a committee member, Poillucci will help contribute to a state-wide promotion of grand opening events. ... Read More

Life prevails in almost every possible niche on Earth, from luxuriant forests to vast deserts to volcanic crevices in deep seas. The world is beautiful because of life. China boasts a vast area with diverse land forms, complex river networks, numerous lakes and extreme climate regimes. It has provided favourable natural conditions for the formation, development and conservation of a variety of biological and ecological systems. More than 30,000 species of plants and 2,700 species of land ... Read More

Body Unbound: Contemporary Couture from the IMA’s Collection, on view from April 10, 2010 to January 30, 2011, will examine the many ways designers have manipulated, transformed and liberated the female figure. The exhibition will feature groundbreaking designs by Rudi Gernreich, Issey Miyake, Junya Watanabe, Thierry Mugler, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Gianni Versace and other avant-garde fashion designers. Body Unbound will explore how these designers used modern construction and unexpected ... Read More

After devoting the winter to reinventing itself, Silkeborg Museum of Art will open its doors on March 4, 2010 to a set of refurbished galleries and spaces that offer both a broader and a more multi-layered presentation and interpretation of the Jorn collection. In addition to, among other features, an introduction space that will acquaint the visitor with Jorn’s universe, the new interior fit-out will incorporate the CoBrA Forum space, a facility providing opportunities for a deeper ... Read More

Polk Museum of Art welcomes new Curator of Art, Adam Justice. Justice will be in charge of organizing the Museum’s exhibitions with the assistance of the Artistic Programs Committee. He is also responsible for working with the Acquisition and Collection Committee to expand and maintain the Museum’s permanent collection. This will include working with the Art Resource Trust, a group of members who actively support the acquisition of new pieces of artwork for the collection. ... Read More

The Dallas Museum of Art announced the 2010 season of Arts & Letters Live, the Museum’s literary and performing arts series that this year is celebrating its 19th season. With approximately 30 scheduled events featuring 50 authors, 20 actors, 7 musicians, and 2 dancers, some of this season’s highlights will include appearances by Mrs. Laura W. Bush, David Sedaris and Ira Glass. Widely acknowledged as a major contribution to Dallas’s cultural life, Arts & Letters Live has ... Read More

During the span of twelve years, a series of events, later hailed as the Civil Rights Movement, would forever change the social and political course of America. From March 28 – July 11, 2010, The Bronx Museum of the Arts will present two sweeping exhibitions that chronicle both these pivotal moments in the nation’s history and its legacy surveyed through the works of young African-American artists. Morton Broffman, American, 1928-1992. “Dr. King and Coretta Scott King Leading ... Read More

The Saint Louis Art Museum has announced that it is proceeding with its ambitious $130.5 million expansion project, following a one-year delay. Once begun, construction is anticipated to take approximately two years. The Museum will remain open to the public during construction of the new David Chipperfield-designed addition. “The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of our region’s most valuable cultural assets,” said John D. Weil, president of the Museum’s Board of ... Read More

Cree, Inc a market leader in LED lighting, announces that LR24 recessed LED luminaires have been installed in the National Air and Space Museum. Designed for the new “Moving Beyond Earth” exhibit, the Cree LED lights replace high intensity discharge work lights, offering the high lumen output and efficacy required to work in the gallery. The “Moving Beyond Earth” exhibit has 20-foot high ceilings and 5,000 square feet of space. Stable temperature and humidity levels are required ... Read More

Michigan State University will break ground on the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum on March 16, 2010. Eli Broad, who donated the naming gift for the project, and Zaha Hadid, the internationally known architect who designed the building, are expected to attend. The groundbreaking will be followed by 23 months of construction and a 2012 museum opening. A view of the planned Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum from the northwest. Courtesy: Zaha Hadid Architects The university also announced ... Read More

The Clyfford Still Museum officially broke ground on its future home in a public ceremony that brought together Denver City officials, art and cultural ambassadors, and business leaders. Scheduled to open in 2011 in the heart of Denver’s vibrant arts district, the museum will provide an intimate environment for the viewing of the Still Estates, encompassing some 2,400 works spanning the artist’s career and representing one of the most comprehensive single-artist holdings in ... Read More

Carnegie Museum of Art presents the dynamic new exhibition Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection, opening December 19, 2009. Highlighting a selection of six large-scale tapestries dating from the 16th and 17th centuries and 40 prints from Carnegie Museum of Art’s collection, the exhibition explores the historical popularity of tapestries as well as the patrons, artists, and studios that created the taste for tapestries. Charles Le Brun, designer (French, ... Read More

The Hollywood Entertainment Museum is offering a historic opportunity that no Movie Fan, Collector, or Film Aficionado will want to miss. 100 years of Hollywood History will be auctioned to the public for the first time in an effort to save the Hollywood Media Arts Academy from the current economic climate, a foundation that inspires and educates high school drop-outs, youth on probation and students in need of an alternative. The collection is being presented by SuperAuctions.com, the ... Read More

From the dilapidated back road barn to the backyard oak scarred by last winter’s ice storm but still standing, Northwest Arkansas is rich with landscapes at risk of being lost. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is inviting residents of Northwest Arkansas to grab their cameras, get outdoors and capture the landscapes that are most meaningful to them – especially those threatened by development, disease and the ravages of age. Photos of treasured sites in Benton, Carroll, ... Read More