The Frick Collection presents Rembrandt and His School: Masterworks from the Frick and Lugt Collections on view February 15, 2011, through May 15, 2011. In the century that has passed since the collectors Henry Clay [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
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Watercolour at Tate Britain invites you to challenge your preconceptions of what watercolour is. The most ambitious exhibition about watercolour ever to be staged, with works spanning 800 years, this boundary-breaking survey celebrates the full [Read More]
“I maintain that the expression of rubbish, of objects, possesses an immediate intrinsic value, without the will of aesthetic compositions obliterating them and likening them to the colors on a palette; furthermore, I introduce the [Read More]
The DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art presents an exhibition of work by Ceal Floyer on view 16 February–16 May 2011. Ceal Floyer’s art displays a clarity of thought within elegantly concise presentations. Engaged and active [Read More]
The Detroit Historical Museum presents Fabulous 5: Detroit’s Award Winners, opening March 19, 2011. The Fabulous 5 exhibits highlight outstanding things about Detroit — people and aspects of the city that Detroiters love and respect. [Read More]
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum and Ford Seahorses 30th Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival will be held at the Washtenaw Community College’s Morris Lawrence Building, Ann Arbor on Saturday, March 5, 2011. Whether your interest lies [Read More]
The Berkshire Museum presents M.C. Escher: Seeing the Unseen open through May 22, 2011. This world premiere exhibition provides a full-on experience, including an up-close look at several rarely-displayed works, original woodblocks, watercolors, preparatory drawings [Read More]
Berkshire Museum presents Henry Klimowicz: Constructs, on view through March 27, a collection of new and recent work fashioned, through Klimowicz’s distinct, careful method, from cardboard. The centerpiece of Constructs is “Disk II/Bright Star,” a [Read More]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents The Art of Advertising on view through July 17, 2011. Advertising is essential in the world of business, politics and many other aspects of daily life. Its purpose is [Read More]
The Cars of the Stars Museum in Cumbria, England is seeking additional space for it’s increasing collection. The museum said, “Due to the acquisition of numerous famous cars ‘Cars of the Stars’ requires a second [Read More]
The Hammer Museum presents Richard Hawkins; Third Mind on view through May 22, 2011. Since the early 1990’s, Richard Hawkins has developed an emphatically diverse art practice that resists easy classification. Offering alternate histories through [Read More]
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art presents Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper. On view through May 8, 201. Although best known as a sculptor, Willie Cole (b.1955) has created a series of works [Read More]
Van Abbemuseum presents Play Van Abbe Part 4: The Pilgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker) on view through August 2011. The Pilgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker) is the fourth and [Read More]
Musea stad Antwerpen, the Museum of Contemporary Art (M HKA) and the Royal Museum of Fine Art (KMSKA) are holding an exhibition entitled Museums in the 21st century: Ideas, Projects, Buildings. It will look at [Read More]
Sir John Soane’s Museum presents Michael Petry: Bad Seed on view through 12 March 2011. The second part of Petry’s residency at the Soane sees the artist return to the Museum with works inspired by [Read More]
BIG + TNT Nuuk + Ramboll Nuuk + Arkitekti is the winning team to design the new National Gallery of Greenland in the country’s capital Nuuk, among invited proposals totaling 6 Nordic architects. Located on [Read More]
Drawn from Photography, on view in the Main Gallery from February 18–March 31, 2011, showcases 13 artists who use drawing to meticulously translate images originally received through photo-based media or digital circulation. Drawings feature scenes [Read More]
The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008 from February 11 through April 24, 2011. Sarkisian’s art lies at the intersection of film, video, and sculpture. Sarkisian began his career as a [Read More]