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 Art Gallery of Ontario presents IAIN BAXTER&. Works 1958–2011, an exhibition on view from March 3 to Aug. 12, 2012.IAIN BAXTER& N.E. Thing Co. Still Life with 6 Trucks, Highway 1, Saskatchewan, 1968. Cibachrome transparency and lightbox. 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (34.7 x 50.2 x 13.1 cm). Gift of IAIN BAXTER& and Ingrid Baxter, 1995. Collection of the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Photo: Michael Barrick, Morris and Helen ... Read More
The Bruce Museum presents The Games, an exhibition that will focus on the modern Olympic Games, open March 24, 2012 – August 12, 2012. Two complementary exhibitions celebrating this summer’s 30th Olympiad in London, The Games showcases modern sports in an exciting, interactive exhibition that premieres SuperBodies, a 3D animation and original video production presented in both a big screen video and mobile app game formats. Produced by Peace Point Entertainment Group for Canadian ... Read More
The Meadows Museum presents Calatrava and SMU. A Decade in Motion, an exhibition on view March 4-April 22, 2012.Meadows Museum The exhibition includes a selection of Calatrava’s preliminary watercolor sketches of “Wave,” a 40-by-90-foot perpetually moving sculpture installed in 2002 on the street-level plaza in front of the Meadows Museum at 5900 Bishop Blvd. A campus landmark, the sculpture’s bronze bars move sequentially above a reflection pool. The exhibition also includes ... Read More
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Shifting Paradigms in Contemporary Ceramics. The Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio Collection, an exhibition on view March 4 to June 3, 2012. Beginning in the 1960s, collectors Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio assembled over five decades an unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary ceramics, focusing on objects that individually and collectively challenge traditional expectations of the medium. In 2007 the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, ... Read More
The Parrish Art Museum presents EST–3. Southern California in New York Los Angeles Art from the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, an exhibition on view March 4-June 17, 2012.Frederick Hammersley (American, 1919–2009), Same difference, 1959. Oil on linen, 24 x 22 inches. Collection of Beth DeWoody, New York. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA © 2011 Frederick Hammersley FoundationEST–3 focuses on Los Angeles art in the New York collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody. Its title (Eastern ... Read More
The Capitoline Museum presents Lux in arcana. The Vatican Secret Archive reveals itself, an exhibition on view through 9 September 2012. For the first and possibly only time in history, one hundred original and priceless documents selected among the treasures preserved and cherished by the Vatican Secret Archives for centuriesy leave the Vatican City walls. And they will do so in order to be housed and displayed in the beautiful halls of the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The exhibition which is ... Read More
PLATEAU, Samsung Museum of Art presents a solo exhibition of Bae Young-whan entitled Song for Nobody, on view 1 March–20 May 2012. Bae Young Whan “The Sigh of Fukushima” 2012. Three-channel video with sound, 9 min 30 sec The artist’s unique oeuvre examines the fragility of human innocence against the harsh realities of Korean society, expressed through the theme of sentimental pop songs. This exhibition provides a comprehensive view of Bae’s artistic achievements over the past ... Read More
The Kunsthalle Krems presents Miracles, Art, Science and Religion, an exhibition on view 04. March 2012 to 01. July 2012. The miracle is a concept that breaks through boundaries. This exhibition makes use of its explosive potential, following the traces of the miraculous in different disciplines and throughout different periods in history. Centered around works of contemporary art, the show examines what falls out of the normal framework of our world: from inexplicable healing, the incredible ... Read More
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image presents William Kentridge. Five Themes celebrating the work of one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Open 8 March–Sunday 27 May.William Kentridge, Drawing for the film “Stereoscope,” 1999; charcoal and pastel on paper, 120 x 160cm; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gift of The Junior Associates of the Museum of Modern Art, with special contributions from Anonymous, Scott J. Lorinsky, Yasufumi Nakamura, and the Wider ... Read More
The Racine Art Museum in Wisconsin presents Sitting Pretty. Furniture from RAM’s Collection, an exhibition on view through May 6, 2012. Each year, the Racine Art Museum welcomes the newest gifts of artworks to its contemporary craft collection with a debut exhibition. Sitting Pretty: Furniture from RAM’s Collection celebrates the arrival of a number of recent gifts of handmade furniture. RAM debuts these gifts—including pieces by Isaac Arms, Garry Knox Bennett, John Eric Byers, and ... Read More
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