The Friends of the National Railway Museum have launched an appeal to raise the money to give iconic locomotive Winston Churchill a new look in time for the 50th anniversary year of the wartime leader’s [Read More]
Daily Archives: February 1, 2011
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Google has unveiled the Art Project, a unique collaboration with some of the world’s most acclaimed art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in extraordinary detail. Over [Read More]
The first of 70 million Baby Boomers will reach age 65 in 2011. The size and impact of this post World War II generation will challenge America’s resources, communities, and concepts of what it is [Read More]
The Goldstein Museum of Design presents small architecture, BIG LANDSCAPES on view through March 6, 2011 at HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall, Minneapolis Campus. One billion leftover people—typically called squatters or self-builders or homeless (it’s a [Read More]
The Morris Museum of Art presents I Will Tell You a Place Paintings by Brian Rutenberg on view through May 15.2011. Brian Rutenberg’s work is as grounded in Old Master painting and drawing as his [Read More]
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) has announced that Suzanne Isken, former Education Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), has been appointed to the role of director, following Maryna Hrushetska’s departure at [Read More]
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is staging the first major solo exhibition in a museum setting by Gabriel Lester, one of the most promising artists of his generation. You can visit the Suspension of Disbelief exhibition [Read More]
Tate Britain presents an exhibition of works by artist Susan Hiller on view Tuesday 1 February – Sunday 15 May 2011. Susan Hiller (b. 1940) is one of the most influential artists of her generation. [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland presents Teresita Fernández : Blind Landscape on view January 28th, 2011 through May 8th, 2011. Teresita Fernández is internationally known for immersive installations and evocative large-scale sculptures that address [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]
The USC Fisher Museum of Art is proud to introduce JS Carson in his first museum presentation. Fisher’s exhibition will feature a range of large mixed media works spanning the past decade revealing Carson’s talent. [Read More]
The High Museum of Art hosted its second annual Collectors Evening on Friday, January 28. Participants voted to secure four new acquisitions for the Museum: Vik Muniz’s “Leda and the Swan, after Leonardo da Vinci” [Read More]
Arthouse at the Jones Center presents a commissioned, site-specific exhibition by London-based artist, Graham Hudson, February 3-April 10, 2011. This is Hudson’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States. Rehearsal at the Astoria features [Read More]
The High Museum of Art will host the 12th annual “French Film Yesterday and Today” series from Saturday, February 5, through Saturday, February 26. The four-film festival will include three contemporary releases—“Queen to Play,” “Kings [Read More]
The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum presents Lucien Aigner: Photo/Story on view Jan 29, 2011 – Apr 24, 2011. Lucien Aigner (pronounced “aye-gner”) was a pioneering photojournalist in the 1920s and 1930s whose ‘photo stories’ [Read More]
Featuring David Harrington of Kronos Quartet, WAC ATTACK: TASK Party, Film Screenings, and the Logic of LeWitt Gallery Talk Target Free Thursday Nights in February feature Making Music: David Harrington (February 3), a conversation between [Read More]
The Lost City Museum will host the new photography exhibition “Mysteries of the Southwest,” February 3 through February 27, 2011. Photographer Scott Simper’s work will be on display featuring scenes of unique and mysterious geology. [Read More]
On Saturday and Sunday, February 12 and 13, SFMHS will bring together more than 20 San Francisco neighborhood historical associations to create mini-museums in the Old Mint, showcasing their unique contributions to our City. Through [Read More]