The University of Virginia Art Museum presents Excavating New Ground: American Art in the 1970s on view through August 14, 2011. The 1970s opened with three momentous occurrences: the announcement of the breakup of the [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2011
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On February 13th, a Lincoln Birthday Celebration is planned at the Forbes House Museum, following a long standing tradition of celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday. The day will include selections from the Mary Bowditch Forbes Lincoln [Read More]
With 95 percent of the funds in hand, the Board of Trustees of Maryhill Museum of Art has unanimously agreed to begin construction on the 25,500 square foot Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing. An official [Read More]
The Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí announce that it has acquired the work by Salvador Dalí: Étude pour ‘Le miel est plus douce que la sang’, at the auction which took place at Christie’s London, on February, [Read More]
Bold Banners: Early Civil War Flags of South Carolina Early Confederate battle flags from South Carolina display an incredible amount of artistry and patriotism in their design. These flags lack the stereotypical Confederate battle flag [Read More]
The Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art presents the largest retrospective to date of the American artist John McCracken (b. 1934, Berkeley, California. Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico). Exhibition open 22 [Read More]
The South Carolina Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum presents Shield and Storm: 20th Anniversary of the Persian Gulf War on view through June 25, 2011. n the First Persian Gulf War (August 1990-February 1991), [Read More]
The Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim: Found in Translation brings together eleven works by eleven artists that look to translation as both a model and a metaphor to critically comment on the past and [Read More]
The Rowan Museum opens With These Hands- Black History Exhibit the museum’s latest Black History exhibit on Sunday afternoon, February 13. It will feature handcrafted arts and crafts from local black citizens, past and present. [Read More]
Drawing from material culture, thing theory, anthropology, Museum education, and traditions of storytelling, Object Stories, the Portland Art Museum’s new installation, is an open-ended exploration of the relationship between people and things, the Museum and [Read More]
The African American Heritage Museum of Southern New Jersey (AAHMSNJ) opens three new exhibition on Saturday February 12, 1-3pm. Ralph Hunter’s Pictures of Africa: A Dream Fulfilled Rod Robinson’s Images of Africa Jacqueline Hall-Smith Displays [Read More]
“Tyondai has with great ambition and detail-loving hard work created music that is a mash-up of 20th-century music and has bravely taken an extra step: into the unknown.”– Björk Tyondai Braxton Photo: Grace Villamil Best [Read More]
On Saturday, February 12, the Illinois State Museum will present two free family programs. Celebrate Cultural Diversity! from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Music Around the World Super Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 [Read More]
Baltimore – Director Gary Vikan of the Walters Art Museum announced today that Dr. Regine Schulz, director of international curatorial affairs and curator of ancient art at the Walters since 2000, has been named executive [Read More]
Saturday, March 12, the Illinois State Museum will host the 13th annual Junior Collectors Day. Collectors between the ages of 8 and 15 are encouraged to share their collection with others and learn techniques for [Read More]
Kunsthallen Brandts presents Bianca Maria Barmen Tableaux of Silence, open 11 February – 7 August 2011. Bianca Maria Barmen will be showing a major solo exhibition at Kunsthallen Brandts. The Swedish artist has a personal [Read More]
Works by contemporary Latino and Native artists draw on traditional Catholic iconography to contemplate the heritage of Spanish colonialism The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) presents Contemporary Coda, a companion installation to Splendors of Faith/Scars [Read More]
A self-portrait by Jack Vettriano will go on show in the new Scottish National Portrait Gallery when it reopens in the autumn of 2011. Jack Vettriano’s painting, The Weight, which has been offered on long-term [Read More]