The Canada Aviation and Space Museum will be temporarily closed to the general public from January 4 to February 4, 2011. During this period the Museum will accommodate and welcome guided groups, special requests, school programs and facility rentals. The Museum is temporarily closing in order to bring the new wing facilities on line in […]
The Royal B.C. Museum is offering visitors admission by donation from Jan. 2 ‐ 9, visitors are asked to pay‐what‐they‐can. “This is our way of saying thank you and Happy New Year,” says Royal BC Museum Acting CEO Faye Zinck. “Visiting during admission‐by‐donation week has become a tradition with many families; we see them each […]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced it has achieved reaccreditation from the American Association of Museum Accreditation Commission. After year-long self-study by VMFA and an outside peer review of all museum operations, VMFA has become one of only 779 accredited museums in the United States. Reccreditation is a self-motivated process that recognizes a museum’s […]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has announced an exciting lineup of special exhibitions and new gallery openings. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Special Exhibitions: Civil War Drawings from the Becker Collection January 15, 2011 – April 3, 2011 Free admission This exhibition is the first time an extraordinary archive of eye-witness drawings of […]
The Pittsburgh Biennial, a signature exhibition for Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts since 1994, will expand in scope and location in 2011. Setting a new precedent of collaboration among major art institutions in Pittsburgh, the exhibit will be co-presented and co-curated by The Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, The Miller Gallery at […]
The Museum of Connecticut Glass 7th annual antique glass & bottles show and sale will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011: on the grounds of the historic Coventry Glass Works, 289 North River Road, Coventry, CT 06238 (intersection of Rt. 44 & North River Road). Early (8 a.m.) admission: $15; regular (9 a.m.) admission: […]
The GEM Museum of Contemporary Art in the Netherlands presents Cecily Brown Solo Exhibition on view now through 27/2/2011. The new work of New York-based artist Cecily Brown (b.1969) features a medley of grey, red, orange and earth colours applied with vigorous gestures to canvases of many different sizes. Although this winter’s show at the […]
As part of its continuing “Salon Pop” series, Giant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum unveiled the concept exhibition, Zen Garage, developed in collaboration between the National Museum and Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot, on December 30, 2010 and running through February 13, 2011. The display will open from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. […]
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) celebrates nearly 20 years of collecting contemporary western art in the new exhibition, Western Horizons: Landscapes from the Contemporary Realism Collection. On view through August 28, 2011 Western Horizons looks at the American West through the eyes of artists working today. Revealing the unique landscapes and scenery that still exist, […]
The Baltimore Museum of Art is entering a new phase of its $24 million renovation by issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to Maryland architectural firms interested in being considered for the Museum’s ambitious capital renovation. The RFQ is available on the BMA’s website at www.artbma.org/capitalprojects/documents/BMARFQ-Final.pdf. Responses are due by noon, Friday, January 14, 2011. […]
The Lay of the Land: A Celebration of Art Acquired by the Friends of the Collection (1983—2010), on view January 15 through May 8, 2011, at the Portland Museum of Art, will feature a special selection of approximately 25 works of art acquired by the Museum with the generous support of the Friends of the […]
The Portland Museum of Art will present a lecture by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky on Monday, March 7, 2011 at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn By the Bay. Entitled Is Vision The Twin of Speech? and inspired by the exhibition Weston: Leaves of Grass (on view through March 13), Pinsky will share his […]
