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 vibrant and complex life of the Eastern Mediterranean during a time of reinvention and renewal will be the subject of a major new exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan. Part of an icon of Christ, 6th-7th century. Encaustic on wood. Benaki Museum, Athens. On view from December 7, 2011 through May 14, 2012, Transition to Christianity: Art of Late Antiquity, 3rd – 7th Century AD will bring together 170 exceptional objects on loan from Greek museums, as well as museums in Cyprus and ... Read More
The National Gallery announce it’s calendar of exhibitions in 2012 that will celebrate art and its inspiration in numerous forms and across many centuries. Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude 14 March – 5 June 2012 Sainsbury Wing Admission Charge Turner admired Claude most of all the Old Masters and enthused about the quality of light in the artist’s Italian landscapes. On his death, Turner left the National Gallery ‘Dido building Carthage’ and ‘Sun rising through Vapour: Fishermen cleaning ... Read More
Sprengel Museum Hannover / kestnergesellschaft / Kunstverein Hannover jointly present a large overview of the contemporary international art scene in Germany entitled Made in Germany Zwei. International Art in Germany on view 17 May–19 August 2012. Following nationwide studio visits, twenty of the artists invited so far were introduced: Saâdane Afif (FR) | Rosa Barba (IT) | Alexandra Bircken (DE) | Shannon Bool (CAN) | Nina Canell (SWE) | Marieta Chirulescu (RO) | Keren Cytter (ISR) | Natalie Czech (DE) | Jan ... Read More
Until January 26, 2012, the Grünes Gewölbe (Green Vault) is guest at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, with a major special exhibition. The museum was designed by the internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei and opened in 2008. It counts among the most outstanding museum buildings of the past decades. There approximately 80 examples of Saxon treasure art dating from the 16th to the 18th century are to go on show on an area of 800 m². Masterpieces of goldsmith and jewellery art, valuable items of ... Read More
Journey to the Abyss, opening 17 December, is an adventure into the richness of the ocean’s depths. It allows visitors the opportunity to discover the remarkable creatures that live in the deep waters, some more than 3km below sea level on the abyssal plain. The animals present in such a cold, hostile environment are like nothing else on the planet. It is awe-inspiring that creatures can live at these depths. Their unique adaptations mean they can find food and mates, and survive quite successfully in total ... Read More
The Malmö Konsthall Presents Gerhard Nordström Francisco Goya The Distasters of War an exhibition on view 17 December 2011–26 February 2012. Born in 1925, Gerhard Nordström has taken a clear stand for much of his career against the abuse of power and the destruction of the environment. In his art he depicts in a direct and unavoidable way social injustices and the consequences of consumer society. He made his big public breakthrough in the early 1970s with a suite of paintings entitled Sommaren 1970 (The ... Read More
Inaugurating Parasolstice – Winter Light, a series of outdoor projects to be realised by various international artists, The summer shelter retreats darkly among the trees by American artist James Yamada is a dramatic installation in the foundation’s outdoor space. On view through 8 March 2012. James Yamada, “The summer shelter retreats darkly among the trees,” 2011. Parasol unit installation view. Photo: Stephen White. The aluminium structure of Yamada’s installation both shelters ... Read More
The The Museum of Modern Art in New York presents Sanja Iveković Sweet Violence on view December 18, 2011–March 26, 2012. Sanja Iveković: Sweet Violence is the first retrospective in the United States of the work of Sanja Iveković, groundbreaking feminist, activist, and video and performance art pioneer. The exhibition is organized by Roxana Marcoci, Curator, Department of Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Iveković (b. 1949, Zagreb), came of age in the post-1968 period in former Yugoslavia, ... Read More
In April 2012, the James A. Michener Art Museum will open an all new children’s gallery and three classrooms in the Ann and Herman Silverman Pavilion. “Having a permanent education space will mean we can expand programming for children ages 3 to 15 and be able to work more with adult groups and senior citizens in studio art classes,” says Director of Youth and Family Programs Ruth Anderson. “We also hope to expand our Learning to Look and Listen preschool art education program and host ... Read More
Blackhawk Museum, in partnership with the European Train Enthusiasts, Inc., will be showcasing an HO scale model train exhibit until Jan. 15. Anyone who expects to be in Danville or the Bay Area this coming holiday season is invited to visit. “With a handcrafted modular layout, a host of guest engineers, and the rails full of locomotives, the ETE brings a unique model train display every year,” Marketing, Development and Membership Coordinator Jon Snyder says. The European Train Enthusiasts, Inc., founded in ... Read More
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