Articles in Museum News
Aargauer Kunsthaus presents Blick
Aargauer Kunsthaus presents Blick Artists work with the Ringier image archive, 28 Jan 2012 – 22 Apr 2012. Georg Gatsas, Ohne Titel, 2011. Inkjet print, 60 x 90 cm© StAAG/RBA, Bruno Bisang In 2009, the Swiss Media Company Ringier committed its archive of roughly seven million images to the Canton of Aargau, thus bringing a huge treasure trove of photographic documents from the 1940s to the early 21st century to the canton’s capital Aarau. Illustrating contemporary political, social and ... Read More
National Portrait Gallery to Install Portrait of Fred Korematsu
Just three days after Fred Korematsu Day, Korematsu’s acheivements will be recognized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery with the installation of his portrait in a private ceremony at the museum. Two 1940s’-era photographs will become part of the museum’s permanent-collection exhibition, “The Struggle for Justice” Feb. 2. The photographs are gifts to the Portrait Gallery from the Fred T. Korematsu family. “I am delighted that these photographs will reside in the ... Read More
Smithsonian to celebrate Black History Month in February
The Smithsonian celebrates Black History Month in February with a series of films, lectures and performances at museums around the Institution. The Institution will kick off Black History Month at the National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum Saturday, Feb. 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with its “Black History Month Family Day” celebration. The day includes performances by guitarist Warner Williams and step team Taratibu; Can You Spell Harlem?, a puppet show by ... Read More
Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (MCA) presents West of Center
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (MCA) presents West of Center. Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977, on view through February 19, 2012.Richard Kallweit. The Ultimate Painting, 1966. Photographic documentation of a collaborative work between Clark Richert, Richard Kallweit, JoAnn Bernofsky, Gene Bernofsky and Charles DiJulio. In the heady and hallucinogenic days of the 1960s and ’70s, a diverse range of artists and creative individuals based in the American ... Read More
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents Xu Bing.Tobacco Project
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents Xu Bing: Tobacco Project an exhibition on view from January 29 to June 10, 2012. The exhibition is an exploration of the production and culture of tobacco ultimately alludes to fundamental issues of human culture and of tobacco as a medium of social exchange. Xu Bing, “1st Class” (detail), 2011 Courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Photo: Travis Fullerton Xu Bing, one of China’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, is ... Read More
Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (MCA) presents Thinking About Flying
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver (MCA) presents Thinking About Flying an exhibition on view through April 30, 2012.Pigeon loft donated by Buzz Corcilius and redesigned for the museum by Pablo Garcia/POiNT. Homing pigeons courtesy Foothills Pigeon Racing Club. Thinking About Flying is a project by artist Jon Rubin. For this project the MCA has been provided with a group of young homing pigeons to be cared for by the museum and trained by its visitors. Museum visitors are invited to ... Read More
MoMA P.S. 1 opens Darren Bader. Images
MoMA P.S. 1 presents Darren Bader. Images an exhibition of sculpture on view January 29, 2012—May 14, 2012.Over the past decade, the relationships between culture and those who produce and consume it has changed radically. Art has not been excepted from these shifts. As art has become more commodified, subject to re-performance, pressed into new contexts by curators, and recycled by other artists, conventional notions of objecthood, authorship and ownership have been evolving. Darren ... Read More
Kunsthalle Zurich to re-open in the Lowenbrau art complex
The Kunsthalle Zürich will re-open to the public in its new permanent home in the Löwenbräu art complex in Zurich on 10 June 2012.Löwenbräu art complex Since its establishment, the Kunsthalle Zürich has had a rather turbulent history in terms of its spatial arrangements. Now, 25 years after the foundation of the Kunsthalle Zürich Association, the Kunsthalle Zürich can finally take the decisive step of obtaining its own permanent premises. Together with the City of Zurich and ... Read More
Aargauer Kunsthaus opens Roman Signer Street pictures and super-8 films
Aargauer Kunsthaus presents Roman Signer Street pictures and super-8 films on view 28.1. – 22.4.2012. The first part of the exhibition shows the photo series street images that Roman Signer has made extensive travels through the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine and Romania. The Aargau Art Museum has acquired this important work 2011th 24 photographs show lovingly decorated by the roadside memorials that were erected for traffic accident victims. Another 24 images show small stalls where ... Read More
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute opens Copycat. Reproducing Works of Art
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute opens Copycat. Reproducing Works of Art an exhibition on view January 29 through April 1, 2012. exploring the line between innovation and imitation, the exhibition features 50 prints and photographs that are both original works of art and repetitions of drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures, and architecture created by other artists. The Libyan Sibyl, c. 1780 by Francesco Bartolozzi. Etching and color etching on paper© Sterling and Francine ... Read More
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