The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has unveiled plans for a comprehensive redesign of the four-block-long outdoor plaza that runs in front of its landmark Fifth Avenue façade, from 80th to 84th Streets in Manhattan. Rendering showing bird’s-eye view of proposed Fifth Avenue plaza redesign (image: OLIN) The plan also calls for the creation of new fountains—to replace the deteriorating ones that have been in use since they were built in the 1970s along with the existing plaza. The fountains will be ... Read More
The Lewis Glucksman Gallery presents From Highwood to Home. Highlights from a private collection an exhibition on view through 18 March 2012. Taking its title from a Nick Miller painting featured in the exhibition, From Highwood to Home presents the works of contemporary Irish artists in a significant private collection of Irish art. The selected works each address and interpret local territories, albeit in very different ways. From the thrilling seascape painting of Donald Teskey to the politically charged ... Read More
The National Gallery of Denmark presents Hammershoi and Europe an exhibition on view 4 February – 20 May 2012. Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864 – 1916), Interior from Strandgade with Sunlight on the Floor, 1901. Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 52 cm. National Gallery of Denmark. Loneliness, intimacy, and alienation. With his timeless and universal subject matter and his unmistakable, carefully restricted palette Vilhelm Hammershøi is one of the most important and distinctive figures in the history of Danish art. His ... Read More
Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announce the appointment of Beth Comstock as president and Judy Francis Zankel as secretary of its board of trustees. The Smithsonian’s board of regents voted Jan. 23 to appoint Dr. Alberto Eiber to the board of Cooper-Hewitt. Carnegie Mansion Photo: Dennis Cowley “We are excited that Beth and Judy have assumed these leadership roles during this important time in the museum’s history,” said Bill Moggridge, director. Cooper-Hewitt’s main facility, ... Read More
The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MOCP) presents The Limits of Photography an exhibition on view through March 25, 2012. Randy Hayes, Kyoto Japan, 2011 “The Limits of Photography” explores the area where the viewer loses confidence in the veracity of a photographically based work. We have been confident since the beginning of widely published photographic images in the late 1920s that photographs are telling us something very truthful about the world. This notion can be challenged when the ... Read More
The Mosaic Rooms presents Iraq-How, Where, For Whom? an exhibition on view 20.04.12 —08.06.12. Kennard PhillippsPhoto Op 2005 A collaborative exhibition between Iraqi artist Hanaa’ Malallah and the UK duo kennardphillipps. The work of Hanaa’ Malallah and kennardphillipp share a mutual skepticism of claims that the invasion/occupation of Iraq has brought freedom and a better future to its people. kennardphillipps’ work uses up-to-date archives of press photography and digital print technology. ... Read More
The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced that Cheryl McClenney-Brooker, the Museum’s Director of External Affairs since 1987, will retire on March 2, 2012, after 29 years of service. Over the years, Ms. McClenney-Brooker has been a key member of the Museum’s senior administration, serving to generate a broad range of initiatives to attract, engage, and build audiences for the Museum and to advocate on behalf of the Museum to elected officials and many other constituencies. Timothy Rub, the George D. Widener ... Read More
mumok presents Claes Oldenburg The Sixties an exhibition on view 4 February–28 May 2012. Claes Oldenburg Study for Announcement for One-Man Show at Dwan Gallery–Mickey Mouse with Red Heart, 1971 With his humorous and profound depictions of everyday objects, Claes Oldenburg is one of the most important and popular artists since the late 1950s. Not only has he been a major figure in Pop art, performance art, and installation art but he has also been in partnership with Coosje van Bruggen a profound influence ... Read More
The Morris Museum of Art presents Fore! Images of Golf in Art an exhibition on view FEBRUARY 4–APRIL 15, 2012. LeRoy Neiman, Tiger in the Woods, 2006. Oil and enamel on panel. Image courtesy of the artist A society of golfers was, apparently, organized in Savannah, Georgia, in 1796. But it wasn’t until 1888 that the first permanent club, the St. Andrew’s Golf Club, was organized in Yonkers, New York, by John Reid and a group of associates. Ever since then, the game has been celebrated by artists ... Read More
The Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College presents Visionary Sugar. Works by Kiki Smith on view FEBRUARY 4–MAY 6, 2012. Kiki Smith Blue Moon III, 2011 Bronze 49 x 49 x 2 1/2 inches Cast 1 of 3 Edition of 3, © Kiki Smith/ Courtesy The Pace Gallery Photo courtesy of Melissa Christy / Walla Walla Foundry In Visionary Sugar, internationally acclaimed artist Kiki Smith explores the profound interdependence of all living things, representing and celebrating the vitality of an animistic, spiritually-charged ... Read More
The Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art presents The Scholastic Art Competition & Exhibition open January 27 – February 19. The competition is the oldest and one of the most prestigious student art competitions in the country. Past winners include noted artists such as Red Grooms and Andy Warhol. Cheekwood and The Tennessee Credit Union have been regional sponsors of the art portion of the competition for eighteen years. The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a national nonprofit ... Read More
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