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Venice. 3 Visions in Glass – Cristiano Bianchin, Yoichi Ohira, Laura de Santillana at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Three important contemporary artists who live in Venice and work on the island of Murano will be featured in the first exhibition of contemporary glass at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art when Venice. 3 Visions in Glass opens March 6. The exhibition closes Aug. 15. The Nelson-Atkins will be the first of three museum venues […]
Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Awarded $600,000 Grant by The Rockefeller Foundation
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has received a $600,000 grant from The Rockefeller Foundation to develop its groundbreaking 2007 “Design for the Other 90%” exhibition into an ongoing series that will continue to focus on design solutions that address 90 percent of the world’s population not traditionally serviced by the professional design community. In fall 2011, […]
The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs at Carnegie Museum of Art
The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs, featuring more than 40 pieces of furniture and related objects by this protean artist, actor, and furniture-maker will be presented January 30 to April 25, 2010 at Carnegie Museum of Art. The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs is the first major museum exhibition to bring together this designer’s rich […]

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Introduces Important Collection to an American Audience
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, the only museum dedicated to the exhibition of mid 20th-century European modern art in the southeast, will open to the public Saturday, January 2, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bechtler Museum Construction of the museum’s distinct four-story, 36,500 square foot building in downtown Charlotte is nearing completion. Museum staff […]
Fowler Museum Presents the Traveling Exhibition Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, Including Thirty-Five of the Artist’s “Soundsuits,” from Jan 10-May 30, 2010
“Whether Nick Cave’s efforts qualify as fashion, body art or sculpture…they fall squarely under the heading of Must Be Seen to Be Believed.” Roberta Smith, The New York Times Opening Night Party: Sat, Jan 9, 2010 Featuring music by KCRW’s Jason Bentley Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of The Earth—on display at the […]