Berkeley Art Museum Presents Indeterminate Stillness: Looking at Whistler on view January 26, 2011 – April 17, 2011. James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), the expatriate American artist, was a prolific and innovative painter, watercolorist, and printmaker. Throughout [Read More]
Monthly Archives: January 2011
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts will present Stargazers: Elizabeth Catlett in Conversation with 21 Contemporary Artists, an exhibition highlighting Elizabeth Catlett’s role as a pioneering African American female artist and her relationship to later [Read More]
Every year the National Air and Space Museum hosts educational family days where experts who were inspired by their own sense of wonder share their achievements in aviation and spaceflight. As part of the Smithsonian’s [Read More]
The British Museum announces Out of Australia Prints and drawings from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas on view 26 May – 11 September 2011. Free admission. Part of Australian Season. The exhibition is the first [Read More]
Feb. 5 panel discussion with six distinguished African-American aerospace professionals NASA Administrator and former astronaut Charles Bolden, Jr. will be one of five panelists in the Museum’s Black History Month Lecture on Feb. 5. The [Read More]
The Pinacotheque de Paris presents The Incas Gold : Origins and mysteries on display to 06 February 2011. The Incas dominated the Andes for a century (1400-1553). When they settled in the Cuzco région in [Read More]
The New Museum presents a major survey of works by George Condo on view 1/26/11 – 5/8/11. George Condo has been a singular voice in American and European art for almost three decades. Born in [Read More]
The Contemporary Arts Center presents Jimmy Baker: Remote Viewing on view February 26 – April 10, 2011 Opening Celebration: Friday, February 25. The work in the show combines traditional painting techniques with digital printing. The [Read More]
To celebrate Pablo Picasso’s personal collection and its Richmond arrival, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is hosting an Opening Night Benefit on Saturday, February 19. The landmark exhibition, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National [Read More]
In a surprise ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh, former Governor Jim Hunt today announced that the bridge that will connect the Museum to its new wing, the Nature [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will be developing its Boulevard sign in phases. An institutional identifying sign will be installed first, which will be composed of a stainless steel armature with a panel of [Read More]
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has received $137,015 from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives for [Read More]
A selection of important objects by artist Charles Prendergast (1863–1948) will be on display starting Thursday, January 27. To frame historians, the name Charles Prendergast is a hallowed one. To art historians, he is a [Read More]
Modern Art Council Presents Biennial Fund-Raiser in April The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction at the museum on April 6, 2011. This highly anticipated fund-raising event organized [Read More]
In a special donation ceremony, on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 11:00am, the National Museum of American History will receive a collection of objects from The Baldknobbers, the first country music and comedy show in [Read More]
New exhibit unveiled in Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has unveiled its newest installation in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume. Riotous Colour, Daring Patterns: Fashions [Read More]
The Dallas Museum of Art is expanding its successful social media presence with a series of six online videos. The videos will be used to give visitors an online welcome and introduction and offer a [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that Melody Kanschat will be leaving her position as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective May 2011. Ms. Kanschat has held this position since July 2005, [Read More]