Expansion of both building and collections places Gallery in ranks of nation’s leading public museums The Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, Connecticut, has completed major work on its renovation and expansion and commenced installation of the museum’s esteemed collections. The revitalized Gallery will open to the public on December 12, 2012. The expansion project, which has been accompanied by parallel growth in the museum’s holdings, will transform the visitor experience, ... Read More
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents Mathew Brady’s Photographs of Union Generals in an exhibition on view March 30, 2012, through May 31, 2015. Although Mathew Brady may be best known for his photographic documentation of the Civil War, his New York and Washington galleries also did a brisk business throughout the conflict by producing studio portraits of the ever-changing roster of Union army generals. Featuring modern albumen prints made from the original Brady ... Read More
The Museum Jorn in Silkeborg presents James Ensor exhibition on view through 5/6 2012.James Ensor, Masques regardant une tortue [Masker ser på en skildpadde], 1894, olie på lærred, 22 x 37 cm, The Franck Deceuninck Collection The Belgian artist James Ensor’s humorous and scary paintings of grotesque masque figures, skeletons, skulls, devil figures and his parodies on authorities and officials were an everlasting source of inspiration for the Danish Artist Asger Jorn. As early as 1937 ... Read More
Kazunobu’s Epic Series Presents the Legendary Lives and Deeds of the Buddha’s 500 Disciples The Sackler Gallery presents Masters of Mercy. Buddha’s Amazing Disciples an exhibition on view March 10 through July 8, 2012. In early 1854, just as American Commodore Matthew Perry’s ships steamed into Edo Bay to persuade Japan to open its ports to the world, the esteemed painter Kano Kazunobu (1816-63) received a commission from a highly respected Buddhist temple located in the heart of Edo, ... Read More
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf presents Nira Pereg. Kept Alive, an exhibition on view 9 March–9 April 2012. Opening: Thursday, 8 March 2012, 7pm.Nira Pereg, “Kept Alive,” 2009–2010. 3-channel-video installation. Videostill. © Nira Pereg. It is our culture and religious heritage as well as the related social rules and behavioural patterns that the Israeli artist Nira Pereg (born 1969) focuses on in her video installations and photographs. Her documentary approach questions power structures ... Read More
The Stedelijk Museum presents Blues Before Sunrise, a project by artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen that takes place in Amsterdam’s largest public park, the Vondelpark. From the 7th until the 25th of March, all 275 streetlamps in the park will emit blue light instead of white, vividly transforming the nighttime experience of Amsterdam’s most well known urban “green space.” Replacing the conventional warm white light with a subdued blue toned light, McQueen uses illumination to ... Read More
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston presents Seeking Shambhala, an exhibition on view March 6, 2012 – September 30, 2012.Gonkar Gyatso (Tibetan, born 1961), The Shambala in Modern Times, 2008. Silkscreen with gold and silver leaf on paper. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Marshall H. Gould Fund. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The search for the utopian realm of Shambhala, also sometimes known as “Shangri-La,” has captured the imagination of people for ... Read More
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has acquired Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta by Johan Tobias Sergel. Johan Tobias Sergel, Duchess Hedvig Elisabet Charlotta. Clay. Photo: Bodil Karlsson/Nationalmuseum. When Johan Tobias Sergel was recalled to Sweden from Rome by King Gustav III, the sculptor hoped to be able to continue working on major themes from the ancient myths of gods and heroes. However, it perhaps came as no surprise to him that his future output in Sweden would take on a very different ... Read More
“Push and Pull: Life on Chesapeake Tugboats,” opens as a new exhibit on Saturday, April 21 in the Steamboat Building of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD.Moran tug Cape Romain is just one of three tugs required to push the container ship MSC Rachele towards her berth at the SeaGirt marine terminal in Baltimore, MD. Photo by Michelle Zacks, 2011, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The Chesapeake is a highway for tugs and barges, and for the large ships aided by ... Read More
American Museum in Britain is to reopen on on Saturday 10 March 2012 with three exhibitions. The Compassionate Eye: Birds and Beasts from the American Museum’s Print Collection 10 March – 1 July John James Audubon: Fur and Feather 10 March – 28 October Painted Rooms: American Historic Interiors by Michael John Hunt 10 March – 28 October Housed in Claverton Manor on the outskirts of the Georgian city of Bath, the American Museum in Britain opened to the public in July 1961 with ... Read More
The Museo Picasso Malaga presents The European Modern Poster an exhibition on view 18th June, 2012 – 16th September, 2012. Andre Wilquin (1899-2000) Cover of the longitudinal section of “Normandie” Print, 1935 © Colección Association French Lines On show for the first time in Malaga, this exhibition is devoted to the early glory years of the poster. It is organized in three sections, each of which corresponds to a significant period. The first section covers the early aesthetic look ... Read More
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