Articles in Museum News
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts announces Tornadoes exhibition
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts announces Tornadoes an exhibition on view March 10 to June 3, 2012 David Maxim, Untitled, April 2006; pastel, charcoal, graphite & water wash on laid paper In commemoration of the victims of the devastating storms that ravaged Alabama and the South on April 27, 2010, the MMFA will install a small exhibition of art inspired by tornadoes, twisters, and windstorms. This group exhibition combines objects from the Museum’s permanent collection with loans of work by artists ... Read More
Coral Springs Museum of Art 15th Anniversary Celebration
The Coral Springs Museum of Art hosts it’s 15th Anniversary Celebration on February 9, 2012 at 6:30pm to 9pm. For reservations call 954.340.5000. Since its opening in early 1997, the Coral Springs Museum of Art has focused on displaying innovative and ethnically diverse Florida artists and providing eclectic and challenging classes for both children and adults. In addition, we’ve hosted three “blockbuster” exhibitions with well-known artists such as Alexandra Nichita, Romero Britto, Wolf Kahn, ... Read More
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts announces Birds of the Enlightenment, Predecessors and Rivals of J.J. Audubon
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts presentsBirds of the Enlightenment, Predecessors and Rivals of J.J. Audubon an exhibition on view March 17 to June 10, 2012. Red Tailed Hawk; John and Thomas Doughty The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports with illustrations, Philadelphia. On voyages of discovery from the 17th to the 19th centuries explorers sought out new species of animals and collected specimens or drawings that would be brought home to eager colleagues ready to carefully delineate new ... Read More
Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins Georgia announces Seventh Annual Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, Jr. Memorial Golf Scramble
The Museum of Aviation Foundation will hold the Seventh Annual Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, Jr. Memorial Golf Scramble April 13, 2012 at Healy Point Country Club in Macon, Georgia. February 27 will mark six years since the famed World War II flying ace from Macon Georgia passed away less than two months before his 98th birthday. “Scott’s memory lives on in Middle Georgia,” said Pat Bartness, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Foundation. “This tournament honors Macon’s true hometown hero whose ... Read More
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts announces Dale Nichols. Transcending Regionalism
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts announces Dale Nichols. Transcending Regionalism an exhibition on view March 17 to June 10, 2012 Dale Nichols, While the Sun Shines, 1936; oil on canvas. Courtesy Dayton Art Institute. Artist Dale Nichols was born in David City, Nebraska on July 13, 1904. He studied at Chicago’s Academy of Fine Arts, and remained in Chicago for approximately fifteen years. Nichols, succeeding Iowa artist Grant Wood, was art editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica from 1942 to 1948, and in ... Read More
Walker Art Center announces Lynne Ramsay. Rough and Tumble
The Walker Art Center presents Lynne Ramsay. Rough and Tumble, part of the Walker’s In Context program, from February 10 to 15. Six of Ramsay’s films will be screened as part of the series. Breaking onto the scene at age 30 with the riveting Ratcatcher, praised by the New York Times as a “brilliant directorial debut,” Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay has received worldwide attention for the three features now under her belt. Born in Glasgow, Ramsay first studied photography, then focused on cinematography ... Read More
Exhibitions, activities and forums during ARCOmadrid
Madrid brings together contemporary art professionals from around the world for the 1st Meeting of European and Latin American Museums, on 15–19 February 2012, directed by Agustín Pérez-Rubio – Director of MUSAC, León – and Marcelo Mattos Araujo—Executive Director of Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo—with guests including Chris Dercon, Director of the Tate Modern, London; Manuel Borja-Villel, Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Hans-Michael Herzog, Director and Curator of the ... Read More
De Morgan Centre opens Voyages of Discovery. De Morgans and the Sea
The De Morgan Centre in London presents Voyages of Discovery. De Morgans and the Sea an exhibition on view 3rd February – 25th August 2012. Galleon tile panel, De Morgan Centre Curated in conjunction with Arts and Crafts property, National Trust Standen, De Morgans and the Sea gives visitors the opportunity to explore maritime influences in the work of the De Morgans. The theme of the sea was a major sourceof inspiration for both William De Morgan’s Arts and Crafts ceramics and his wife Evelyn’s ... Read More
Hirshhorn Museum Presents Dark Matters. Selections from the Collection
“Dark Matters: Selections from the Collection,” an exhibition that draws on the associations and implications of darkness, opens Feb. 3 at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Featuring works by Joseph Beuys, Troy Brauntuch, Miguel Calderón, Roni Horn, Sally Mann, Ron Mueck, Allan McCollum and Frank Stella, among others, the exhibition does not restrict itself to a particular movement or generation. Nor is any one medium given the spotlight; painting, sculpture, photography and video ... Read More
Elizabeth Gilfilen. No longer, no later Opens at Hunterdon Art Museum
Clinton, NJ – On February 5, 2012, the Hunterdon Art Museum will open a new exhibition featuring the work of Brooklyn-based artist Elizabeth Gilfilen. For her show at the Museum, four abstract paintings will be installed in the intimate River Gallery space on the second floor. The exhibition will continue through March 25, 2012. Elizabeth Gilfilen, Hunterdon Art Museum To Elizabeth Gilfilen, the blank canvas is an urgent lure. She doesn’t want to begin; she has to begin. Gilfilen starts her paintings ... Read More
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