A new exhibition, Pioneers Of Aviation at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, celebrates some of the leading figures in aeronautical history. it includes images, models and displays featuring the history of famous names such as Sir George Cayley and Sir Barnes Wallis. The Yorkshire Air Museum will soon be the only one in the world to display a live example of the Nimrod military reconnaissance aircraft. Nimrod MR2, XV250 will be flown from RAF Kinloss into Elvington on Tuesday April 13th where it will be ... Read the full story

BENTONVILLE, Ark., – Works by female artists – a mid-19th century portrait by Susan Catherine Moore Waters (1823 – 1900) and a life-size recreation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper in 20,763 spools of thread by contemporary artist Devorah Sperber – are the latest works of art announced by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Though strikingly different in materials, style, subject matter and execution, both works are the product of highly creative women working in unexpected arenas or applying ... Read the full story

An exhibition featuring works by many of America’s and Europe’s most celebrated 20th-century artists opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday 31 March 2010. Vertical Thoughts: Morton Feldman and the Visual Arts focuses on the work of the influential American composer Morton Feldman and the many leading visual artists with whom he was closely associated, including Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. The exhibition, the first of its kind in Europe, marks ... Read the full story

Barrett-Jackson will auction a few amazing development vehicles from the official Shelby American corporate museum during the 8th Annual Auction in Palm Beach on Saturday, April 3. The eight cars are an exciting mix of concept vehicles, test mules and development units. They include an ‘06 Shelby GT-H coupe prototype (Lot #678.2), Shelby SR prototype (Lot #370.2), Ken Miles edition MKII GT40 Chassis #GT40P/2001 (Lot # 370.1), Shelby Turbo prototype (Lot # 374.2), 2007 Shelby GT Show Car (Lot# 374.1), ... Read the full story

Avnet, DataCom,BLADE Network Technologiesand IBM announced the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco has tightened security around its world-renowned collection of more than 16,000 Asian artworks by installing a DVD-quality video surveillance system based on powerful IBM BladeCenter servers, IP-based software from DataCom and Ethernet network switches fromBLADE Network Technologies(BLADE). The solution will help the Museum view, monitor and digitally record activity while archiving footage over an IP network. The ... Read the full story

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has revealed the third and final component of its National Geographic exhibit opening next year. Archeological excavation of ancient Egyptian tombs will be one of three major areas of the $4.2 million exhibit. The backdrop for the Egyptian component will be the tomb of Seti I, an ancient pharaoh who reigned from 1290 to 1279 BC. Wrapping up its series of Spring Break adventure announcements, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis revealed today the third and final ... Read the full story

BOSTON, MA – Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will be honored as a knight-commander in the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel la Católica) this evening at a special ceremony at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. The recognition, one of Spain’s highest civil honors, will be bestowed on behalf of His Royal Highness King Juan Carlos I of Spain by Plácido Arango, president of the Royal Board of Trustees at the Prado. ... Read the full story

On Thursday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 29th from 6pm-8pm the Museum of Early Trades & Crafts will host a two day spinning workshop. Join skilled spinner and Museum Director Vivian C.R. James as she leads a hands-on workshop in the art of spinning wool into yarn. Participants will learn how to successfully use a drop spindle. Attendees will also create their own skein of yarn to take home. This two-part workshop is open to those 13 and up and to all skill levels. Space is limited. Pre-registration ... Read the full story

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara University kicks off its spring season on Saturday, April 10 with What Makes a Picture a Portrait?, a thought-provoking exhibit that considers the variety of ways in which portraiture is presented. Portraits are a familiar sight. They are hanging in our homes, buried in the recesses of our wallets, and plastered on our Facebook and Twitter profiles. But, how exactly is portraiture defined? This is the central question posed by the exhibit, which ... Read the full story

“The Putnam County Museum is conducting two programs related to its ‘Putnam County and the Civil War’ exhibit designed specifically for children,.” reports Greencastle’s Banner Graphic. The story adds, “Molly Rudnick, a senior at DePauw University, will be conducting the series dedicated to teaching children about the Civil War era in an interactive environment.” The article adds, “The first program, ‘Leading the Soldiers,’ will be from 11 a.m. to noon ... Read the full story

Cryo-Cell International Inc. a global leader of innovative stem cell solutions and stem cell cryopreservation services, today announced plans to partner with Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI) in the development and launch of an interactive educational exhibit on stem cells and regenerative science. Cryo-Cell is one of the most established private family cord blood banks and is a pioneer in the stem cell industry. In addition to U-Cord®, the Company’s signature umbilical cord blood stem cell ... Read the full story

The Museum for African Art, New York, presents an exhibition of recent photographs and large-scale photomontages by Sammy Baloji, whose work explores the history of copper mining and postcolonial architecture in Katanga province and its major city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Organized by the Museum, The Beautiful Time in Lubumbashi: Photography by Sammy Baloji initiates an important dialogue about postcolonial history, urbanization, and the aspirations of youth in twenty-first-century ... Read the full story

Best known for her work covering political upheavals in Central America in the 1970s and 1980s, Susan Meiselas has always experimented with photojournalism in radical and challenging ways. Grappling with questions about her relationship to her subjects, the use and circulation of her images in the media, and the relationship of images to history and memory, she has become a leading voice in the debate over the function and practice of contemporary documentary photography. From April 10 through June 20, 2010, the ... Read the full story

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at the State University of New York at New Paltz will hold an opening reception for “Andy Warhol: Private and Public in 151 Photographs” at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 9, in the Sara Bedrick Gallery of The Dorsky Museum. The exhibition runs from April 10 – July 25 and August 18 – Sept. 26. This exhibition focuses on Andy Warhol’s exploration of the interconnections between private and public life as seen in a group of Polaroid and black and white photographs made by ... Read the full story

Picasso’s Extensive Work in Printmaking Explored in Exhibition, with Publication and Complementary Online Project The Museum of Modern Art presents Picasso: Themes and Variations, an exhibition exploring Pablo Picasso’s creative process through the medium of printmaking, open through August 30, 2010. It features approximately 100 works from the Museum’s superlative collection of the artist’s prints. The exhibition is organized by Deborah Wye, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints and ... Read the full story