Upon first glance, Yang Yongliang’s photographs appear as dreamlike Chinese paintings, not unlike those he studied extensively as a student of traditional art at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. However, upon closer inspection, one finds that his works are cleverly crafted from digital photographs of China’s bustling cities, and then manipulated into haunting imaginary landscapes that critique China’s rapidly changing built environment. On view 3 April through 12 September, ... Read More

Seattle – For the first time, the Burke Museum will present the winners of the 2010 International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards) this summer in an exhibit of more than 75 images. Photographers from around the world were invited to submit conservation-themed photographs in the following categories: Landscape, Flora, Wildlife, Underwater, Environment at Risk, and one category new this year – Community at Risk, which focuses on environmental threats to urban areas. On ... Read More

The Franklin Institute, Pennsylvania’s most visited museum, will launch two new continuing exhibits on Saturday, March, 27. These two complementary, highly interactive exhibits Changing Earth and Electricity were developed in tandem by The Franklin Institute’s own exhibit team – a process three years in the making. Together they will help visitors explore the interconnected nature of our lifestyles, our technology and our environment. Support for the Changing Earth ... Read More

This spring, as the Commonwealth of Virginia celebrates the role of women in the arts through the statewide initiative, MINDS WIDE OPEN, the Chrysler Museum does the same with Women of the Chrysler: A 400-Year Celebration of the Arts, an extraordinary new exhibition dedicated to the works of women artists – all of them drawn from our permanent collection. The exhibition traces the course of women’s ever-expanding contributions to the arts in Europe, America, and eventually the world ... Read More

One of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican ever to tour North America is coming to the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis for a limited engagement, open through September 12, 2010. “Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art” will present unique objects illustrating the Vatican’s impact on history and culture through 2,000 years. The exhibition will only appear in three North American cities, after which the ... Read More

LOS ANGELES – The Getty Museum will host its annual College Night onWednesday, April 7, 2010, from 6:30-9:30 p.m.at the Getty Center. Local college students are invited for a night of free art, music, food, and live performances. The evening will include an exclusive tour ofA Record of Emotion: The Photographs of Frederick H. Evanswith exhibition curator Anne Lyden. Students are also invited to meet the artist Soo Kim, whose panoramic photographs of Reykjavík, Iceland, are ... Read More

The Museum of Nature & Science in Dallas recently announced the discovery of the oldest definitive bird fossils yet recorded in North America, an enantiornithine bird from the lower Middle Cenomanian (approximately 96 million years before present) of Texas. The specimens found near Grapevine Lake were recently published in one of the profession’s foremost publications, the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. With this finding, the Museum’s two paleontologists, Dr. Tony ... Read More

A Fresh Look at Seminal 1975 Photography Exhibition The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is pleased to present New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape, on view from July 17 to October 3, 2010. Comprised of close to 150 photographs, it is a restaging of a historically significant exhibition held in 1975 at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. This reprisal brings together the work of all ten photographers included in the original New Topographics: ... Read More

The Science Museum, London, has today announced details of a new climate science gallery and supporting programme of events which will provide up-to-date, accurate information about the science of climate change. Andreas J Goss, Chief Executive, Siemens plc said: “Siemens is delighted to be a principal sponsor to this important climate science gallery. Climate change is the most serious challenge facing us all and it is imperative that young people in particular are inspired to ... Read More

Two faculty members of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology will serve as judges during the 57th North Museum Science & Engineering Fair scheduled for March 23-25, in Lancaster. Dr. Joseph Cannon, associate professor of computer and information sciences, and Dr. Mrunalini Pattarkine, associate professor of biotechnology, will judge various exhibits during the event, which will include more than 345 junior and senior high school students displaying projects in 22 ... Read More

Ever wondered who produced the first coordinated collection of mass-produced wallpapers and fabrics in Britain? Or built what has been called the world’s most fabulous decorators’ showroom and invented the hinged display screens now seen in showrooms worldwide? How about who was first with post-impressionist wallpapers, or even earlier, the sole source in Britain of the most extravagantly expensive French papers? Then again, what company – from the Americas to the Far East – is ... Read More

CORNING, NY – Seven artists from the glassmaking world and beyond will research and experiment with new techniques and subjects as 2010 artists-in-residence at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass. This year’s international roster includes a tattoo artist, a Danish glass designer and a ceramic artist inspired by Islamic textiles. The resident artists will be supported with technical assistance, housing, a food stipend, and studio space for one month. They also will have full ... Read More

A group of young, black students at New York’s Adelphi University looks into the camera, each with an individual intensity in his eyes. It is 1983, and a shared passion draws these men together in the name of a new form of cultural expression: hip-hop. This scene from hip-hop’s early years describes one of the photographs in the University of Iowa Museum of Art ( UIMA ) multifaceted on-campus exhibition, “Two Turntables and a Microphone: Hip-Hop Contexts featuring Harry ... Read More

Two new exhibits offered by the Old Capitol Museum and Museum of Natural History will open Thursday, March 25, at the Old Capitol Museum. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. in the first floor rotunda of Old Capitol Two new exhibits offered by the Old Capitol Museum and Museum of Natural History will open Thursday, March 25, at the Old Capitol Museum. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 5 to ... Read More

South Cambridgeshire District Council in the UK has agreed to F1 car tests in 2010 at Duxford Imperial War Museum (IWM). The council has said only one test day can be held each month and there must be at least three weeks between them. A maximum of 180 runs up and down the runway will be allowed and at least five weeks notice of each test day must be given to Duxford, Thriplow and Whittlesford parish clerks. Sue Ellington, environmental health portfolio holder, said, “We’ve worked ... Read More