Articles in Museum News
Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg announces Global + Local Studio and Contemporary Glass on Florida’s West Coast
The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg presents Global + Local Studio and Contemporary Glass on Florida’s West Coast, an exhibition on view May 19 through October 14, 2012. Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg With its intense sunlight and coastal environment, Florida is ideal for appreciating contemporary glass. There are exceptional glass collections in the State of Florida, but our region, from Clearwater to Naples, has particularly strong examples of studio and contemporary glass in both ... Read More
Aargauer Kunsthaus opens Kris Martin. Every Day of the Weak
Aargauer Kunsthaus presents Kris Martin. Every Day of the Weak, an exhibition on view 12 May – 12 August 2012. The Aargauer Kunsthaus presents the most comprehensive one-man exhibition to date of Belgian artist Kris Martin (b. 1972) in Europe. Titled Every Day of the Weak, the show assembles Kris Martin’s pivotal works of recent years, thus covering for the first time the entire range and diversity of his oeuvre. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Bonn ... Read More
Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam opens Nina Poppe – Ama
Foam Photography Museum Amsterdam presents Nina Poppe – Ama an exhibition on view 1 may to 27 june 2012. Photographer Nina Poppe (Germany, 1979) has spent a significant and intensive amount of time together with the Ama. These legendary fisherwomen of the Japanese island of Ise-Shima dive for Abalone, using no equipment, in water that is up to 30 metres deep. Abalone is a type of sea snail that is considered a delicacy and that commands high prices. The diving is dangerous and tiring, ... Read More
S.M.A.K. opens TRACK. a contemporary city conversation
S.M.A.K. presents TRACK. a contemporary city conversation, on view 12 May–16 September 2012. TRACK is a unique art experience in the public and semi public space of the city of Ghent. It offers surprising, enriching, and unexpected encounters with the city, its history, and its inhabitants and incites to reflect upon urban realities and the contemporary human condition in a broader sense. Thirty five international artists were invited to conceive new art works that are strongly rooted in ... Read More
Wyspa Institute of Art announces Grzegorz Klaman. A Subjective Bus Line
THe Wyspa Institute of Art presents Grzegorz Klaman. A Subjective Bus Line, an exhibition by Wyspa and FLACC, on view 30 May–30 September 2012. Grzegorz Klaman Subjective Bus Line stop in Gdansk Shipyard. Photo courtesy Michał Szlaga FLACC in Genk and the Wyspa Institute of Art in Gdansk come together as partners for A Subjective Bus Line, a project by the visual artist Grzegorz Klaman. A Subjective Bus Line in the Belgian former mining city of Genk will run during Manifesta 9. ... Read More
Meadows Museum Presents Suspended Sculptures of Operatic Costumes by Artist E.V. Day
SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts and the Meadows Museum presentSuspended Sculptures of Operatic Costumes by Artist E.V. Day, on view through September 30, 2012. Merry Widow and Hats SMU Owen Arts Center Meadows Museum. The works – Carmen, Merry Widow and Hats – are from Divas Ascending, a series of 14 suspended sculptures made with retired costumes from the New York City Opera’s archives, a collection comprised of wardrobes from prominent international opera houses. Dresses from ... Read More
Little Museum opens exhibition of U2 photographs
The Little Museum of Dublin presents an exhibition of U@ photographs, on view through September 2, 2012, featuring 32 rare early photographs of U2. It’s the first time that the collection has ever been exhibited. U2: 1978-1981 reveals the early U2 as a tight but restless unit – future icons but also teenagers mucking around. The photographs were taken by Dubliner Patrick Brocklebank, who worked as a graphic artist and photographer in the 1970s. “Because I was always in town,” recalls ... Read More
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel presents Hilary Lloyd exhibition
The Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel presents an exhibition of work by Hilary Lloyd on view May 12–September 16, 2012. Courtesy of the Galerie Neu, Berlin, Sadie Coles HQ, London, and the artist The Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel presents the first major exhibition in Switzerland showcasing the work of the British artist Hilary Lloyd (b. 1964, lives in London). The furtive eye of Lloyd’s camera records scenes of urban life, among other objects, illuminating the modern city as a site ... Read More
Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art opens The Creative World of Synthia SAINT JAMES
The Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art presentsThe Creative World of Synthia SAINT JAMES, on view May 11th – May 31st, 2012. SAINT JAMES’ art provides inspiration in itself, attracting the audience through bold colors and clear lines. Her work provides a sense of happiness and unity, while provoking a positive emotional response. “Synthia SAINT JAMES always approaches art and audiences with something positive,” said Glenda Masingale Manson, of Sisters and Friends in ... Read More
Creative Time and Park Avenue Armory announces Tom Sachs.SPACE PROGRAM. MARS
Creative Time and Park Avenue Armory presents Tom Sachs. SPACE PROGRAM. MARS, a four-week mission to the Red Planet that explores the universe as a path to discovering ourselves, on view May 16–June 17, 2012.Tom Sachs, Mars Yard, 2011-2012. Mixed media, dimensions vary. & Mars Excursion Roving Vehicle (MERV), 2010-2012. Mixed media, 123 x 52 x 60 inches. Photo: Genevieve Hanson. This interactive installation recasts Park Avenue Armory’s 55,000-square-foot drill hall as an immersive ... Read More
Recent Comments