In this new Exhibition, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum offers visitors a glimpse into the achievements of Chao Shao-an’s students in their continued efforts to explore new horizons beyond the confines of different schools of […]
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Children’s book author/illustrator Jerry Pinkney is the recipient of the inaugural Bull-Bransom Award, announced the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States, which presented the award to the artist at a July 8 […]
New York, – The Museum of Modern Art’s third annual Film Benefit, to be held on November 10, will honor writer-director Kathryn Bigelow. Renowned for her Academy Award-winning film The Hurt Locker (2008), for over […]
On July 25th, following the induction ceremonies for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, John Fogerty will have his legendary baseball bat-shaped guitar put on display and be part of […]
The J. Paul Getty Museum presents In Focus: Still Life, a survey of some of the innovative ways photographers have explored and refreshed this traditional genre, on view at the Getty Center in the Center […]
New York, – An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas […]
The Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturdays event attracts thousands of visitors to free programs of art and entertainment each month. The August 7 event focuses on Haiti and Brooklyn’s own Haitian community. Select programs are […]
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, – John E. Buchanan, Jr., Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, announces the appointment of Julian Cox, one of the country’s leading authorities on photography as Founding Curator of […]
Sam Taylor-Wood’s 2008 photographic exploration of the Yorkshire moors, Ghosts, is the latest exhibition in the Herstory Gallery of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. On view from October 30, 2010, through August […]
The Frans Hals Museum is presenting a work by the British artist Francis Bacon flanked by two monumental paintings by Cornelis van Haarlem. What links these artists is their admiration for Michelangelo. This Italian painter, […]
The Museum in downtown Kitchener announce its next major collaborative exhibition; SEARCHING FOR TOM – Tom Thomson: Man, Myth and Masterworks to open in February 2011. The exhibition, which is primarily based on the famous […]
To accommodate its major construction project, Museum of the Moving Image is closed to the public. The renovated and expanded Museum will re-open in early 2011. The Museum building is listed on the National Register […]
The life of Anne Frank, the graphic biography will tomorrow be published in the Netherlands, followed by publications in several other countries later this year. The biography covers the complete life story of Anne Frank […]
The British Library has been awarded the ‘opening the world of knowledge’ award for Timelines: Sources from History (www.bl.uk/timeline) by the Nominet Internet Awards. The Nominet Internet Awards aim to recognise and celebrate individuals and […]
Lena Liv (b. Leningrad, 1952) returned to her homeland after years in Israel and Italy, and followed, in the series of photographs exhibited here, one of its heroic tales: Moscow’s metro stations. With a bold, […]
The Saint Louis Art Museum announces Jewelry in July, a special weekend trunk show, hosted Friday, July 9–Sunday, July 11, 2010. Located on the Main Level in Galleries 210 and 211, The Museum Shop brings […]
Part of the oldest museum in Los Angeles County has been turned into a home for the aged — and the ages. With specimens that date back 4 billion years, the Age of Mammals exhibit […]
Philadelphia, PA – The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has commissioned world-renowned artist Claes Oldenburg to create a new public artwork for its Lenfest Plaza. The design consists of a 53 foot high […]