Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fifth Avenue Renovation Plans

February 8, 2012 – 8:17 am |

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled plans for a comprehensive redesign of the four-block-long outdoor plaza that runs in front of its landmark Fifth Avenue façade, from 80th to 84th Streets in Manhattan. Rendering showing bird’s-eye view of proposed Fifth Avenue plaza redesign (image: OLIN) The plan also calls for the creation of new fountains—to replace the deteriorating ones that have been in use since they were built in the 1970s along with the existing plaza. The fountains will be ... Read More

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Yang Yongliang Photographs at the Nevada Museum of Art

March 25, 2010 – 10:42 am |

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, 2010. A young artist, born ... Read More

Conservation and Photography Come Together at The Burke Museum

March 25, 2010 – 10:36 am |

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 view 19 June through 5 ... Read More

Two New Exhibits: Changing Earth and Electricity at The Franklin Institute

March 24, 2010 – 11:02 pm |

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 exhibit is provided by the ... Read More

Women of the Chrysler: A 400-Year Celebration of the Arts Exhibition

March 24, 2010 – 10:45 am |

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 through four ... Read More

Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art at The St. Louis Historical Museum

March 24, 2010 – 10:43 am |

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 items must return to the ... Read More

GETTY MUSEUM HOSTS ANNUAL COLLEGE NIGHT

March 24, 2010 – 10:18 am |

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 included inUrban Panoramas: ... Read More

Museum of Nature & Science Announces Oldest Bird Fossils in North America

March 23, 2010 – 3:03 pm |

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 Fiorillo and Dr. Ron ... Read More

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to Present New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape

March 23, 2010 – 10:37 am |

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: Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, ... Read More

Siemens Supports Climate Science Gallery at the Science Museum

March 22, 2010 – 5:46 pm |

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 engage in how we as a ... Read More

North Museum Science and Engineering Fair

March 22, 2010 – 3:56 pm |

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 categories. From 10 a.m.-7 p.m. ... Read More