Archive for August, 2011
Museum of London Opens Exhibition Exposing Modern Slavery in London
A new exhibition at the Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands lifts the lid on the shocking reality of trafficking and forced labour in the capital. The exhibition, opens ofrom 23 August 2011 to coincide with the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, is the Museum’s first […]
Chrysler Museum of Art Opens Portraits of a City: Views of Norfolk by Kenneth Harris
The Chrysler Museum of Art presents Norfolk’s Past Illustrated with a Kenneth Harris Exhibition. The exhibition is on view August 24, 2011 to January 29, 2012. Admission is free. Kenneth Harris, Portrait of Norfolk, 1965. Oil on canvas. On Loan from Marion Webb Baylor and James Etheridge Baylor, Sr., to the City of Norfolk. A […]
Library of Congress Presents “Fields of Vision” Series Features 20th-Century Photographer
Three New Volumes Feature the work of Gordon Parks, Arthur Rothstein, Carl Mydans The more than 172,000 black-and-white and 1,600 color images that comprise the Farm Security Administration Office of War Information (FSA/OWI) Collection at the Library of Congress offer a detailed portrait of life in the United States from the years of the Great […]
Malba – Fundacion Costantini Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
Established in 2001, Malba – Fundación Costantini, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina, prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary, with several exhibitions and events planned to mark the occasion. Malba – Fundación Costantini Thanks to an artistic exchange agreement with the Latin American Art Department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), […]
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) Presents barely there (part two)
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) presents barely there (part two), on view September 16-December 30, 2011. barely there (both parts one and two) considers the ability of art to engage broad and often intangible concepts by generating a series of connections rather than functioning as a prescribed whole. The exhibition includes a multigenerational […]
