The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) has stepped up its efforts to expand and diversify its renowned collection of American art. The strategic plan, approved by PAFA’s Board of Trustees, calls for the [Read More]
Daily Archives: January 6, 2011
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New Program to Promote Cultural Collaboration between Iraq and United States GW’s Museum Studies Program, part of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, announced plans to launch the Iraqi Museum Residency Program to provide [Read More]
The Renaissance Society presents a new video installation by Irish artist Gerard Byrne. On view January 09 – February 27, 2011. The title, A thing is a hole in a thing it is not, refers [Read More]
The High Museum of Art will host the second annual Collectors’ Evening on Friday, January 28. The event, instituted in 2010 to build and improve the Museum’s permanent collection, invites guests to take an active [Read More]
Norman Rockwell Museum announces the online debut of ProjectNORMAN (New Online Rockwell Media Art & Archive Network), the public interface of its ongoing digitization efforts. Effective January 6, 2011, visitors to the Museum’s website, www.nrm.org, [Read More]
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology presents a monthly program of hands-on activities for families. Family Fun Saturdays are free with Museum admission unless otherwise indicated. January 15 Amazing Aztecs, Noon–1:30 pm or 2:30-4:00 [Read More]
In the coastal lowlands of northern Peru, the Moche archaeological culture flourished from about A.D. 100 to 800. Moche culture is known for its vividly painted and realistically modeled ceramics. A new volume in the [Read More]
The University Museums host lectures, gallery talks and curator’s talks throughout the year, in conjunction with current exhibitions or to highlight research on works from the permanent collection. All events are free and open to [Read More]
(Katonah, NY) It’s time to draw the line on your preconceptions about abstract art. Drawn/Taped/Burned: Abstraction on Paper, the newest exhibition at the Katonah Museum of Art, features modern and contemporary works on paper from [Read More]
The Joel & Lila Harnett Museum of Art will present a Senior Thesis Exhibition on Friday, April 15 to Friday, May 6, 2011. Selected by the faculty of the University’s Art and Art History Department [Read More]
Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, on view in the Harnett Museum of Art, from January 28 to May 20, 2011, highlights the shared pilgrimage traditions of three world religions—Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. This [Read More]
An exhibition of rarely seen first-hand drawings that document the American Civil War will open at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the University of Richmond Museums on January 15, 2011. The exhibition features [Read More]
The South Texas Art Museum Presents Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary/Paintings and Works on Paper open 1/14/2011 To 4/3/2011. Alexandre Hogue (1898-1994), Irrigation, 1931. Oil on canvas, 17 x 24”, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. [Read More]
The Chrysler Museum of Art’s world-class collection is embellished with the purchase of Le Antichità Romane, a four-volume set of 250 etchings. The purchase decision was made during the Mowbray Arch Society’s annual Art Purchase [Read More]
The Chrysler Museum of Art will proudly open American Masterpieces from the Batten Collection on January 26. The collection of American art is from Jane and the late Frank Batten, Sr., who have generously placed [Read More]
The Denver Art Museum presents Marc Brandenburg: Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft. On view through February 20, 2011. Marc Brandenburg’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States features about 30 drawings from private European collections. Brandenburg’s black-and-white [Read More]
The Lyme Regis Museum is to present Disappearing Walks – An Exhibition of the Art of Annabel Ralphs, on view 9th – 30th June 2011. This exhibition is being mounted as part of ‘Maritime Lyme [Read More]
The Monterey Museum of Art will continue to offer Art After Hours on the third Thursday of every month in 2011. The Kenny Stahl Duo will launch the new series Thursday, January 20, 2011, 5-7 [Read More]