Articles in Museum News
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf opens Peter Land exhibition
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf presents a solo exhibition of work by Peter Land, on view 21 April–20 May 2012.Peter Land, “Springtime,” 2010. Painted fiberglass, fabric, metal, wood, rubble. Dimensions variable. Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner Peter Land’s (b. 1966) solo exhibition owes its title to the Danish artist’s eponymous installation: Springtime (2010) is a large pile of bricks from which an arm protrudes. Whether it concerns the limb of a person who has been buried alive and is ... Read More
Cincinnati Museum Center holds art show inspired by special exhibit, A Day in Pompeii
CINCINNATI– Cincinnati Museum Center is hosting a Pompeii Art Show inspired by the current special exhibit, A Day in Pompeii. Artists are encouraged to submit pieces inspired by the exhibit through the majority of traditional and non-traditional visual arts genre and media. Original works of art including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, collage, design, illustration, etc, are accepted. On Thursday, June 21, the top 25 pieces will be on display during the Pompeii Art ... Read More
Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents CC Lockwood. Photographs from the Permanent Collection
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents CC Lockwood. Photographs from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition on view through July 23, 2012. CC Lockwood, Flat Lake Sunset CC Lockwood’s color photographs of the nature and wildlife of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast include the photograph, Flat Lake Sunset, which was selected by the U.S. Postal Service as the image for the official Louisiana Bicentennial commemorative stamp. The mission of The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New ... Read More
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Appoints Mahrukh Tarapor Senior Advisor for International Initiatives
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has appointed Mahrukh Tarapor as Senior Advisor for International Initiatives. Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Mahrukh Tarapor as senior advisor for international initiatives for the MFAH. Dr. Tarapor is charged with broadening the reach and influence of MFAH international initiatives, including the securing of traveling exhibitions and loans of works of art; developing relationships with ... Read More
Kunsthistorisches Museum reopens Theseus Temple
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna announced the reopening of the Theseus Temple, with a new programme of contemporary presentations. Theseus Temple, Vienna Copyright: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Located in the leafy surrounds of Vienna’s central Volksgarten park, the neoclassical Temple was constructed between 1819 and 1823 specifically to house a single work of then-contemporary art: Antonio Canova’s masterpiece Theseus Slaying the Centaur. For almost 70 years this monumental ... Read More
American Art Museum Journal Awards JoAnne Mancini Eighth Annual Frost Essay Award
The editorial board of American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s scholarly journal, awarded the 2011 Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award to JoAnne Mancini, an interdisciplinary historian of the United States and its colonial antecedents at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. Her article, “Pedro Cambón’s Asian Objects: A Transpacific Approach to 18th-Century California,” appeared in the spring 2011 issue (vol. 25, no. 1). “The Smithsonian American Art Museum ... Read More
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Education Programming Expands with Addition of New Off-Site Space and Design in the Classroom Workshops
The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced a new off-site space to be used for educational programming for students, families, educators and adults. Located at 111 Central Park North in New York’s rapidly developing Park Heights/Harlem neighborhood, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Center will open in May, thanks to generous support from Target. This new space complements Design in the Classroom, Cooper-Hewitt’s ongoing educational initiative in New York City Public ... Read More
London Film Museum Opens new Exhibition Space
The “new” London Film Museum is now open following a major redevelopment of the original Flower Cellars in the heart of Covent Garden. The inaugural exhibition ‘Magnum On Set’ will be supported by original artefacts from the silver screen, and personal cameras used by the photographers. The opening exhibition ‘Magnum on Set’, is a celebration of cinema hosting some of the greatest photographers of the Twentieth Century from the legendary agency, Magnum Photos. It is ... Read More
New York Botanical Garden to host Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale on April 27–29
The New York Botanical Garden will host its Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale, now in its 20th year, on April 27–29, 2012. Show hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. As the country’s original and most important venue for authentic garden antiques, the show is a must for leading collectors and designers as well as buyers seeking expert advice.The show opens with a Benefit Preview Party and Collectors’ Plant Sale on Thursday, April 26, from 6 to 8 p.m., sponsored by 1stdibs. Garden ... Read More
Sotheby’s to auction sculptures from the Jerwood Collection
Sotheby’s London will offer 18 monumental works from the Jerwood Sculpture Collection in its Modern and Post-War British Art Evening and Day Sales on 10th and 11th May 2012. Highlights from the Collection, which has been exhibited in the grounds of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire since 2005, include important works by Antony Gormley, Dame Elisabeth Frink and Peter Randall-Page, as well as three winners of the Jerwood Sculpture Prize – Judith Dean, Benedict Carpenter and Gereon ... Read More
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