From court dress to couture, the objects in Material World, on view from April 22, 2011, to February 5, 2012, will feature extravagant ornamentation of textiles and personal adornment from cultures around the world while [Read More]
Daily Archives: October 1, 2010
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The Amarillo Museum of Art will present Leo Jensen: Total Pop Art, open OCTOBER 9, 2010 – JANUARY 2, 2011. The Amarillo Museum of Art was formulated in 1967 by a local group of determined [Read More]
The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) launches FreePort, its newest contemporary art initiative, with a commission by internationally renowned artist Charles Sandison. Figurehead, opening 2 October 2010, activates handwritten words from 18th-century ship logs and journals, [Read More]
The Museum Folkwang in Essen presents Images of a Capital: The Impressionists in Paris open October 2, 2010 to 30 January, 2011. After 1860 Paris became the capital of the modern world. The revolution in [Read More]
Streets of Bournemouth a new online virtual museum covering the history of Bournmouth has been launched. Bournemouth Council and Bournemouth University created the websitesite with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum traces [Read More]
The Smart Museum of Art presents Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan open through January 16, 2011. Carved into the mountains of northern China, the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan, pronounced [Read More]
October’s Target Free Thursday Nights – the Walker Art Center’s free-admission evenings – are highlighted by Student Open House: Street Level, on October 14, from 5-9 pm, an evening featuring art-making activities, DJs from Radio [Read More]
New Orleans photographer Skip Bolen donates a larger than life 40×60 inch black and white photograph of Dave Brubeck on stage performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1999 to the Ogden [Read More]
The New York Public Library’s Photography Collection is celebrated with Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography at The New York Public Library, a multi-media exhibition featuring the work of over 90 prominent photographers, including Diane Arbus, [Read More]
The Dayton Art Institute presents Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis “Bing” Davis, open NOVEMBER 6, 2010 – JANUARY 30, 2011. In conjunction with 100 Years of African-American Art, The Dayton Art [Read More]