Article Archive for March 2010
Very Sanderson: 150 Years of English Decoration at The Fashion & Textile Museum London
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 most closely associated ... Read More
The Corning Museum of Glass Supports Seven Artists-in-Residence in 2010
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 access to The Studio’s ... Read More
Iowa Museum of Art ( UIMA ) Exhibition Featuring Photos of Hip-Hop’s Early Years
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 Allen’s ... Read More
Old Capitol Museum and Museum of Natural History to Launch New Exhibits
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 7 p.m. in the first floor ... Read More
Duxford War Museum to Run Racing Car Tests
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 closely with the museum to ... Read More
Zoological Society of London New Exhibit Preview
Press preview of Rainforest Life, at ZSL London Zoo, Thursday March 25th 2010 at 10am. London’s only living rainforest, built by zookeepers and housed inside a giant bio-dome, will be a vast breeding facility for free-roaming monkeys, sloths, birds and bugs. With real rain and living trees this tropical rainforest replica in the middle of London will be kept at a sweltering 80°F all year round. Animals in the exhibit include golden-headed lion tamarins, sloths, emperor tamarins, red titi monkeys, birds and a ... Read More
Caroline Chiu: Polaroids as Chinese Ink Painting at The Snite Museum of Art
An installation from A Chinese Wunderkammer Milly and Fritz Kaeser Mestrovic Studio Gallery March 14 to April 25, 2010 These photographs are taken from Hong Kong artist Caroline Chiu’s larger series entitled Dreaming: A Chinese Wunderkammer. Wunderkammer were 17th- and 18th-century European “wonder rooms” or “cabinets of curiosity”––some of the earliest known “museums”––which contained specimens reflecting the natural world, anthropology, archaeology, relics, and art. The late Qing ... Read More
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) Presents Las Vegas Studio: Images from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Los Angeles – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), presents Las Vegas Studio: Images from the Archives of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown March 21 through June 20, 2010, at MOCA Pacific Design Center. This exhibition presents original photographs and films produced in the context of the “Learning from Las Vegas Research Studio” conducted by architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour at the Yale School of Architecture in the fall of 1968. Out of this research ... Read More
Local Landscapes by Community Photographers on Display at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
BENTONVILLE, Ark., – Crystal Bridges celebrates the natural beauty and abundant local talent of Northwest Arkansas in Looking at Our Landscape, a juried community photography exhibition. More than 100 community members, from children aged 12 to adults over 80, submitted photographs that range from a close-up view of a hummingbird sipping nectar from the rare Royal Catchfly flower to an inspiring rural landscape shot on the way home from a slumber party, entitled Arkansas Will Lead Me Places. Beginning April 1 ... Read More
The Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles (MOCA) Honors Artist Jenny Holzer
Los Angeles – The Museum of Contemporary Art , Los Angeles (MOCA), is pleased to announce artist Jenny Holzer as the recipient of the 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts. Holzer will be honored for her extraordinary talent and contributions to the arts during an exclusive award luncheon on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Hosted by one of the museum’s major support organizations, The MOCA Projects Council, this fundraiser benefits MOCA’s ... Read More
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