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Van Gogh Museum Acquires Pollard Willow by Vincent van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum has acquired ‘Pollard Willow’ a watercolour by Vincent van Gogh. A special presentation revolving around this purchase will be on view at the Van Gogh Museum until 10 July 2012. The watercolour Pollard willow is a major addition to the museum’s collection. Director Axel Rüger comments: ‘This specific work was on the museum’s wish list as a major potential purchase, because it is one of the most representative watercolours from Van Gogh’s period in The ... Read More
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum seeks Partners in Preservation grant to restore Frank Lloyd Wright front doors
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is one of 40 historic buildings, icons, and landmarks in New York City selected to participate in Partners in Preservation, a program from American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation to raise awareness of the importance of historic places. Each year at the Guggenheim, more than 1.3 million visitors enter and exit through our doors to behold Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiraling architecture. After years of constant use, the single revolving ... Read More
Discovery Times Square presents Terracotta Warriors exhibition
Discovery Times Square presents Terracotta Warriors. Defenders of China’s First Emperor, an exhibition on view , featuring nine of the estimated 8,000 figures entombed at Xian in central China. The Terracotta Army or the “Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses”, is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BC and whose purpose was to protect the emperor in ... Read More
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin expand Google Art Project
When the website was launched in February 2011, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was the only German partner to participate in the Art Project, providing access to the Gemäldegalerie and the Alte Nationalgalerie. With the latest expansion, the Pergamonmuseum (Pergamon Museum), the Altes Museum and the Kupferstichkabinett can now be explored online too. The expanded version of the Art Project can be viewed online at www.googleartproject.com The Art Project is a collaboration between Google and ... Read More
James A. Michener Art Museum Announces the Arrival of Italian Masterpieces
Dignitaries from the Michener Art Museum, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, the Italian Consulate in Philadelphia and Visit Bucks County spoke at a press conference at the Consulate headquarters, announcing the arrival of major works of Renaissance and Baroque art from the Uffizi to the Michener. Bruce Katsiff, Director/CEO, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pa., Antonio Natali, Director, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy (speaking from the Uffizi by video), Dott. Luigi Scotto, ... Read More
National Media Museum opens Life Online exhibition
The ever-changing relationship between society and the internet will be explored through digital art and interactive elements in a unique exhibition on view at the National Media Museum in Bradford on 30 March 2012 – February 2013. The new Life Online temporary exhibition space is part of the world’s first gallery to examine the social, cultural and technological impact of the web. The inaugural exhibition called [open source] will feature new commissions by established international ... Read More
CaixaForum Barcelona opens Goya. Lights and Shadows
CaixaForum Barcelona presents Goya. Lights and Shadows, on view 15 March – 24 June 2012. Goya. Lights and Shadows is the first show planned as part of the joint exhibition programme established by ”la Caixa” Foundation and the Prado National Museum, the result of an agreement made between the two institutions in July 2011, under which ”la Caixa” becomes a Benefactor of the Spanish art gallery. Under the agreement, ”la Caixa” Foundation undertakes to finance the organisation ... Read More
Capitoline Museum presents Lux in arcana. The Vatican Secret Archive reveals itself
The Capitoline Museum presents Lux in arcana. The Vatican Secret Archive reveals itself, an exhibition on view through 9 September 2012. For the first and possibly only time in history, one hundred original and priceless documents selected among the treasures preserved and cherished by the Vatican Secret Archives for centuriesy leave the Vatican City walls. And they will do so in order to be housed and displayed in the beautiful halls of the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The exhibition which is ... Read More
Japanese American National Museum presents Common Ground. The Heart of Community
The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles presents Common Ground. The Heart of Community an ongoing exhibition. Incorporating hundreds of objects, documents and photographs collected by the National Museum, this exhibition chronicles 130 years of Japanese American history, beginning with the early days of the Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to the present. Among the notable artifacts on display is a Heart Mountain barracks, an original structure saved and ... Read More
Missouri State Museum Announces After Hours Events
Discover a new side to the Missouri State Museum in 2012 with “Museum after Hours” events on the first Wednesday of each month. Your first opportunity will be Wednesday, Jan. 4 when the Missouri State Museum galleries in the State Capitol will remain open until 8 p.m. These events are free of charge to the public and sponsored by Missouri State Parks.Missouri State Museum Entrance If you have ever wondered what it would be like to visit the museum at night, or your schedule does not ... Read More
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