Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Fifth Avenue Renovation Plans

February 8, 2012 – 8:17 am |

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

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Melbourne Museum Presents Our Children Our Future Exhibition

December 7, 2011 – 7:26 am |

The Melbourne Museum in Victoria presents Our Children Our Future an exhibition on view until 5 Feb 2012. Artist: Nareka Hayes Works by Koorie children that show the strength and diversity of Aboriginal culture. Our Children Our Future is an exhibition by Koorie children and youth that celebrates the strength, diversity and vibrancy of Victorian Aboriginal culture. It is the result of a collaborative project between the Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA), Aboriginal Elders, artists and community ... Read More

Arizona Museum of Art Presents The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes & Lifescapes

December 7, 2011 – 7:25 am |

The Arizona Museum of Art presents The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes & Lifescapes on view through March 11, 2012. In honor of Arizona’s Statehood Centennial Celebration (1912 – 2012) The Border Project presents sound art, music, performance, painting, sculpture, installation, video, film, and photography that examine historical and contemporary life in the U.S./Mexico borderlands region. Unique in its range of focus, the exhibition treats Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico as partners with ... Read More

Melbourne Museum Announces The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia

December 7, 2011 – 7:21 am |

The Melbourne Museum presentsThe Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia a new exhibition of stunning artefacts from one of the world’s great ancient civilisations on view 4 May – 7 Oct 2012. The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia, will explore an era of extraordinary invention and innovation, the impact of which is still shaping our lives thousands of years later. It will feature over 170 artefacts from the world famous Middle East collection of The British Museum. From massive carved stone reliefs depicting ... Read More

Jan – Feb Events at The Museum of Flight

December 7, 2011 – 7:01 am |

SEATTLE – Jan. – Feb. Museum Events JANUARY Wells Fargo Free First Thursday Thursday, Jan. 5, 5 to 9 p.m. Once a month, the Museum stays open late – and admission is free. Enjoy the Museum’s Great Gallery, Personal Courage Wing, Red Barn and more from 5 to 9 p.m., courtesy of Wells Fargo. Museum Store and Wings Café will also remain open for the extended hours on this night. Family Activity Bank of America Weekend Family Workshop: Pushing the Envelope: the X-15! Saturdays and Sundays, ... Read More

Mission. Impossible—Ghost Protocol at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Center Dec. 15

December 7, 2011 – 2:12 am |

Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol launches at the National Air and Space Museum’s Airbus IMAX Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center six days before the film launches in commercial theaters in the region. This is the fourth installment of the Mission: Impossible series. Several action sequences featured in Mission: Impossible were filmed with IMAX cameras. These scenes will fill the Airbus Theater’s six-story screen, offering an immersive cinematic experience that cannot be achieved in a ... Read More

Sketchers, funeral studies artists gather for private evening at BODY WORLDS

December 7, 2011 – 1:06 am |

A Different Kind of “Life Drawing”: Artists Gather to Sketch the Plastinated Human Bodies at Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS & The Brain – An exclusive artist-only experience at OMSI Local artists are gathering for an evening of anatomy and art at BODY WORLDS & The Brain—a rare opportunity to get close to real human specimens to study and draw internal anatomy. At sketch night artists experience BODY WORLDS together and create among the displays in the quiet, soft-lit atmosphere of the ... Read More

NEW YORK, NEW YORK THE 20TH CENTURY and STORIED CITY. NEW YORK IN PICTURE BOOK ART ON VIEW AT THE KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART THROUGH DECEMBER 31

December 6, 2011 – 4:20 pm |

(Katonah, NY) Empire City, Gotham, The Big Apple — whatever you call it, there’s no doubt that New York City has impacted millions of hearts, minds, and imaginations throughout history. This fall, the Katonah Museum of Art shows works of art inspired by New York City in New York, New York! The 20thCentury. Organized by the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL, the exhibition features over 50 works from the Norton collection, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, and works on paper, which ... Read More

Colorado History Museum to Open in 2012

December 6, 2011 – 3:23 pm |

History Colorado announced that Denver’s newest cultural attraction, the History Colorado Center, will open to the public on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Designed to ignite imaginations of all ages about Colorado history, this new state history museum and hub for civic engagement creates a rich experience for visitors through exhibits and programs that will blend technology, media, environments and artifacts. “The History Colorado Center is more than a new museum—its development served as the impetus to ... Read More

Museo Reina Sofia Opens Emilio Ambasz. Inventions: architecture and design

December 6, 2011 – 12:25 pm |

The Museo Reina Sofia presents Emilio Ambasz. Inventions: architecture and design an exhibition on view December 2, 2011 – January 16, 2012 . Emilio Ambasz, an Argentine architect and graphic and industrial designer, strives in his projects to “give poetic form to the practical” and he is considered one of the most important forerunners of what is known today as “green architecture.” Convinced that any architecture project that does not try to propose new or better forms of ... Read More

Bonner Kunstverein Announces Weekend of Annual Editions / Jahresgaben

December 6, 2011 – 10:31 am |

Bonner Kunstverein presents Weekend of Annual Editions / Jahresgaben on December 10–11, 2011. TJORG DOUGLAS BEER, SHANNON BOOL, ANDRÉ BUTZER, PETRIT HALILAJ, WERNER HAYPETER, ANDY HOPE 1930, JUDITH HOPF, NADIRA HUSAIN, ANNETTE KELM, ANDREAS LORENSCHAT, MICHAELA MEISE, HELEN MIRRA, PATRICK NIEMANN, JORGE PARDO, ANNETTE RUENZLER, THOMAS SCHEIBITZ, LORENZ STRASSL, FRANK STÜRMER, GABRIEL VORMSTEIN, CHRISTOPH WESTERMEIER, BEDWYR WILLIAMS This service provided by the Kunstverein to its members, the so-called ... Read More