Beginning October 23, 2010, through March 2012, MASS MoCA will present a new site-specific sculpture by Prague-based artist Federico Díaz. Created from 420,000 black spheres precisely milled and assembled by robotic machines, the 50-feet long [Read More]
Monthly Archives: September 2010
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Museum District Day will feature exhibitions, hands-on activities, demonstrations and performances throughout the day, on September 25, from 10am to 5pm. Seventeen participating museums, will waive their general admission fee. Museums taking part are: Buffalo [Read More]
Since the 1990s German photo artist Thomas Wrede (born 1963) has garnered international attention with variously conceived photo series. Taking real natural, landscape and city settings as their starting point, his artistic images transform these [Read More]
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia has announced the appointment of Kevin Carlé as its new Executive Director. “I am delighted that Kevin has joined the crew of the museum where his talents and skills [Read More]
A presentation, open through 23 January 2011, exploring the fascinating times in which Kees van Dongen lived and worked will be staged alongside the exhibition ‘All Eyes on Van Dongen’ in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. [Read More]
The performances, video pieces, photographs and objects of Finnish artist Antti Laitinen (born 1975) choreograph, in humoristic and experimental ways, the desperate quest for identity in remote places. Time and again he arranges absurd situations, [Read More]
Washington, DC – The bizarre yet scientifically accurate composite heads painted by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1526–1593) will be exhibited together for the first time in the United States, at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from [Read More]
The High Museum of Art recently transferred 21 works by 14 Georgia artists from its collection to The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA). In addition, the High has transferred more than 700 [Read More]
The Nasher Museum of Art will hold a benefit gala on November 13, 2010, for the inaugural presentation of the Mary D.B.T. Semans Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, to Dr. Lawrence J. Wheeler [Read More]
The Fenimore Art Museum presents John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women, open through December 31, 2010. Divided into three thematic sections – Women of Fashion, Women of Mystery, and Women of Substance – [Read More]
GRAND ISLAND, STUHR MUSEUM – The third annual Harvest Festival, which features dozens of ways to celebrate the coming of fall, is set for Saturday, September 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stuhr [Read More]
No other king from antiquity has such a powerful appeal to the imagination as Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). Nor other king has been so often cited and depicted as an example. The exhibition The [Read More]
The High Museum of Art recently established new academic affiliations with both The Lovett School and The Westminster Schools. The three-year collaborations allow for the sharing of resources between the High and the schools to [Read More]
Lenox, MA – The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum (www.berkshirescenicrailroad.org) has taken a significant step towards expansion by purchasing the neighboring one and a half acres of property now occupied by Daley Trucking. The purchase price [Read More]
The Perrin Field Museum run by the Perrin Field Historical Society has moved into a new larger building and a grand opening is set for October 2nd . The Perrin Field Historical Society is a [Read More]
On View in First U.S. Exhibition Devoted to Artist’s Composite Heads, September 19, 2010 through January 9, 2011 The National Gallery of Art has acquired the Four Seasons in One Head (c. 1590), a rare [Read More]
The Porter County Museum of History reopens on September 18. The building has been restored and features new and reorganized exhibitions. About the Porter County Museum The Historical Society’s collection was compiled largely due in [Read More]
The Board of Trustees announce the appointment of Dr. Michael W. Schantz as the Heckscher Museum of Art’s new Executive Director effective November 1. Michael has more than 25 years of experience as the Director [Read More]