The exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum will display four of the ten tapestries designed by Raphael for the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. These are the original tapestries from the only series designed [Read More]
Daily Archives: September 6, 2010
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LOS ANGELES – Celebrating the bicentennial of Mexican independence and the centennial of the Mexican Revolution, Obsidian Mirror-Travels: Refracting Ancient Mexican Art and Archaeology on view at the Getty Research Institute from November 16, 2010 [Read More]
Smithsonian magazine commissioned “And Haiti Will Bloom Again” by Haitian artist, Frantz Zephirin, for its September cover. The work by Zephirin is a response to Haiti’s earthquake, with symbols of the nation’s suffering and struggle [Read More]
The Herakleidon Museum has opened the exhibition: “Woman as Muse, 1900-1950”. The exhibition will showcase about ninety (90) works on paper – watercolors, prints and drawings of the first fifty years of the 20th century, [Read More]
On Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 12 Noon to 5 PM the Military Transport Association of North Jersey (MTA) will display a wide variety of classic, restored U.S. Military vehicles on the Great Lawn of [Read More]
The Voříšek collection of more than 45,000 weevils has arrived at the Natural History Museum and some have been put on display. With 4,500 different weevil species, the collection is the largest of its kind [Read More]
In the early 1960s, after a successful career as a commercial artist, Andy Warhol decided to devote himself to the fine arts. Even so, consumerism and the media-oriented nature of mass production continued to be [Read More]
A new community exhibition at The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Liverpool Road, Manchester, exploring the waterproofing trade through the eyes of the Jewish community in Manchester. Exhibition open through 4th January 2011. Find [Read More]
New York – For centuries Tibetans looked to their Buddhist heartland, India, for spiritual inspiration. During the second spread of Buddhism to Tibet, they also faithfully reproduced the sacred art of the Pala kingdom in [Read More]
In the first major presentation in an American museum of Jitish Kallat’s work, open September 11, 2010–January 2, 2011, the contemporary Indian artist has designed a site-specific installation that connects two key historical moments—the First [Read More]
Detroit – As part of its 125th anniversary celebration, the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), in partnership with SM/ART Editions, presents Inside|Out, which takes 40 framed, life-size digital reproductions of art from its collection to [Read More]
Detroit – Puppet shows, family performances and classes are just some of the activities offered in November. In Your Dreams: 500 years of Scary Prints is on view thru January 2, 2011. And don’t miss [Read More]
The Museum’s annual Festival of Trees returns with gorgeous designer trees, the ever-popular holiday luncheon and the glittering preview gala. The holiday luncheon is Thursday, November 11 and the Gala is Friday, November 12. And [Read More]
This two-part exhibition is presented as homage to Avigdor Arikha, who died this year at the age of 81. The first part, planned with the artist before his death, includes illustrations to S.Y. Agnon’s “A [Read More]
ATLANTA – The High Museum of Art will present the 25th annual Latin American Film Festival from Friday, September 24, to Saturday, October 30. This year’s festival will feature fifteen outstanding recent films, with a [Read More]
Portrait and still life photographer Craig Deane has created more than a dozen large-scale images of dolls from the V&A Museum of Childhood’s extensive collection which will go on display at the Museum from Friday [Read More]