Collaborative exhibition features works by Mexican and international contemporary artists in its first U.S. presentation The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach will [Read More]
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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In conjunction with The Phillips Collection’s 90th anniversary celebration in 2011, Washington-based, internationally recognized artist Sam Gilliam creates a site-specific work for the museum’s signature, elliptical staircase, on view Jan. 29–April 24, 2011. Sam Gilliam. [Read More]
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) today announced the joint acquisition of Ann Lislegaard’s Crystal World (after J.G. Ballard) (2006), a silent two-screen video installation from a trilogy [Read More]
Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in [Read More]
SEATTLE, – After only a week on sale, it’s almost last call for Hops & Props tickets. Tickets for the annual gourmet brew event at The Museum of Flight always dry up early, but sales [Read More]
Popular 2008 exhibit of flight attendant history and fashions returns with new flair SEATTLE, – On Jan. 29, 2011 the Museum’s acclaimed Style in the Aisle temporary exhibit returns with exciting new flair. Style in [Read More]
The Otago Settlers Museum Archives and Research Reading Room has closed during a Redevelopment period and will reopen late 2012. One of New Zealand’s finest social history museums, Otago Settlers Museum, established in 1898, stands [Read More]
Walters Art Museum Advance Exhibition Schedule for 2011. Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe February 13–May 15, 2011 Medieval Christians venerated saints; their bodily remains were often displayed in special containers, [Read More]
Tate and Unilever announced that Tacita Dean will undertake the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The work will be unveiled on 11 October 2011. Tacita Dean is [Read More]
The US Marshals Museum is planning a new building. It will bring together the most current of ideas from museum designers, architects and educators to assure that the total experience is one that will evoke [Read More]
To commemorate the 100 year anniversary of the siege of Sidney Street and Houndsditch Murders, the Museum of London Docklands will open London Under Siege: Churchill and the Anarchists, 1911 on 18 Dec 2010. In [Read More]
The Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery in Carlisle is set to become a charitable trust following a descision by the city council who will retain control of the building and exhibits. The the status [Read More]
Following the auction of the Crosby Garrett Roman helmet Tullie House are now ending the ‘Keep it in Cumbria Appeal’. In the three weeks leading up to the auction Tullie House were able to raise [Read More]
The Utah Museum of Natural History presents Avalanches with Craig Gordon Scientist in the Spotlight on 12/17/2010 at 2:00-4:00 PM. Avalanche Forecaster Craig Gordon has been predicting snow slides for more than 30 years. Join [Read More]
The Portland Museum of Art presents Weston: Leaves of Grass open December 30, 2010 – March 13, 2011. In early 1941, Edward Weston was approached by the Limited Editions Club of New York and invited [Read More]
The Museum of American Finance and Augustana College today announced the launch of The Thomas Willing Institute for the Study of Financial Markets, Institutions, and Regulations, an initiative that will fund and support student research [Read More]
The Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt presents Barbara Kruger: Circus on view December 15, 2010 – January 30, 2011. The US-American conceptual artist Barbara Kruger has created a new, publicly accessible installation for the Rotunda of the [Read More]
Inside the eclectic Centro Asturianas, the Colecion de Arte Universal of Havana’s El Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes displays a row of ancient Greek statues. Behind the gazes of the white granite statues, contrasting styles [Read More]