The Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond an extraordinary 31.06-carat blue gem is now on display in the American Museum of Natural History’s Harry Frank Guggenheim Hall of Minerals courtesy of Laurence Graff. Mined in India, the Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond […]
Daily Archives: October 29, 2010
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The Queens Museum of Art presents Working Stiffs: Photography from the Collection. On view through November 14, 2010. Working stiffs, an archaic phrase from the slang of mid 20th century American life, suggests the deadly […]
When the Walker Art Center opened its new Edward Larrabee Barnes-designed building in 1971, it ushered in exciting new possibilities for exhibiting and collecting the art of its time. The Barnes building, with its sweeping, […]
The American Museum of Natural History presents Brain: The Inside Story, open November 20, 2010–August 14, 2011. Step into your brain. In this exhibition, explore how the brain—a product of millions of years of evolution—produces […]
The Delaware Art Museum presents Different Views: Painters of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, open November 6, 2010 – January 23, 2011. This juried exhibition features individual paintings from 38 members of the Osher Lifelong […]
The Städel Museum, Presents In Chronological Order Städel Works of the 14th to 21st Centuries, open October 28, 2010 – June 26, 2011 in the Städel Museum, Exhibition Building. The holdings of the Städel Museum […]
ndian photographer Sudharak Olwe joins the J. Paul Getty Museum this fall to work with young people on two photography projects inspired by the Getty’s exhibition Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography Since the Sixties, currently on […]
The ArtFund have helped the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge enrich its world-class collection with a Caravaggio-inspired Dutch oil on canvas. Hendrik ter Brugghen, Young woman tuning a lute (1626-7) Young woman tuning a lute (1626-7) by […]
The Delaware Art Museum presents Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan, oprn November 13, 2010 – January 16, 2011. Marc Sijan creates incredibly lifelike figures, based on individuals he knows well. His interest goes beyond anatomy […]
The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) announced the acquisition of the renowned All Of Us Or None poster collection. Representing one of the most significant social movement collections in existence today, the acquisition of 23,500 […]
The Walters Art Museum is to present Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe, opening Feb. 13, 2011, exploring the convergence of art and spirituality in medieval times. This is the first […]
Roberson Museum and Science Center will host its 4th Annual Halloween Spook-Tacular Friday, October 29 from 6 – 8:30pm. The evening includes Haunted Mansion tours every half-hour and other ghostly fun for all ages. In […]
Salt Lake City – With growing demands on the world’s resources and energy, everyday items across the urban landscape increasingly find second lives through reuse and recycling. Few found objects, however, are reinvented in such […]