On Monday, October 18, 2010, the Kimbell Art Museum begian site preparation for the construction of its much-anticipated additional building, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW). A separate structure located to the west of [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2010
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The Museum of Science and Industry presents The Carbon Diaries on Saturday 23 Oct at 3pm. Author Saci Lloyd will be will be reading from and talking about The Carbon Diaries, her acclaimed novels for [Read More]
The Speed Art Museum presents Pursuing the Masterpiece : Five Recent Acquisitions, open through December 31, 2010. This installation celebrates the sheer quality of great works of art and examines the role of museums in [Read More]
The Santa Monica History Museum is to open on October 24, in a new facility located in the Santa Monica Main Library. The City of Santa Monica allocated a 5,000 square foot facility at the [Read More]
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) presents Farming for the New Britain : images of farmers in war and peace, open now through December 2010. The experience of the Second World War transformed the [Read More]
Roy joined the University in 1979 at the age of 27. He was an early graduate of the University Leicester Museum Studies course, gaining a post graduate certificate in 1974, having graduated in history the [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum presents Views and Souvenirs from the Grand Tour Assembled in a new Installation, open through January 2, 2011. In the 18th century, privileged Europeans embarked on the Grand Tour, traveling principally to [Read More]
Ghosts, goblins and galleries, oh my! Fall means it’s once again time for the Akron Art Museum’s annual Trick-or-Treat on South High Street event, Thursday, October 21 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Bring the kids [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art announced Toronto-based photographer Edward Burtynsky as the recipient of the $20,000.00 MOCCA Award in Contemporary Art 2011. The MOCCA Award will be presented to Mr. Burtynsky at the Museum [Read More]
The Akron Art Museum has opened Culture Revolution: Contemporary Chinese Paintings from the Allen Memorial Art Museum. Featuring works by four internationally renowned artists, Zheng Fanzhi, Wang Guangyi, Shen Jaiwei and Hung Liu, Culture Revolution [Read More]
P-3 Orion on view in parking lot, tours and program with navy flight crew SEATTLE – In appreciation of Northwest naval aviation, The Museum of Flight presents a day of activities including the exhibition of [Read More]
The Walker Art Center will host a Yves Klein After Hours Preview Party on October 22. Be the first to revel in the “immaterial sensibility” of Yves Klein at the Walker Art Center’s After Hours [Read More]
The New Jersey Museum of Contemporary Art (NJ MoCA) invites everyone throughout New Jersey and the New York/Philly metro area to come celebrate at a fabulous and fun kick-off benefit party on Saturday, October 23 [Read More]
Widely renowned as a pioneer of conceptual art, American artist John Baldessari (b. 1931, National City, California) is one of the most influential contemporary artists of the last 50 years. John Baldessari: Pure Beauty, the [Read More]
The Museo del Prado has opened the exhibition Passion for Renoir. The Collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, on view 19 October 2010 – 6 February 2011. For the first time in [Read More]
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Denis Gagnon Shows All, open from October 19, 2010, to February 13, 2011, in the Contemporary Art Square at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). This will [Read More]
On Tuesday November 9, 2010 at 6:00 p.m the Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center presents a book discussion and signing by Frank DeFord, about his new novel “Bliss Remembered”, a love story set in [Read More]
An exhibit of photographs by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Robin Hood has opened at the State Museum, on view through November 7, 2010, in the Changing Gallery at the Tennessee State Museum. The exhibit, Historic Tennessee: [Read More]