Monthly Archives: March 2011

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New Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre Plans Unveiled

The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre (currently closed) has unveiled plans for a new museum. Dorking Museum is a subsidiary of Dorking And District Preservation Society. Dorking Museum displays a variety of historical artefacts, minerals, […]

Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) Grand Opening Party

The Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) will launch its new space on Peachtree Street with a Grand Opening Party celebrating its move to the Midtown Arts Corridor. The evening will double as a fundraiser and […]

National Portrait Gallery Gilbert & Sullivan

A new display at the National Portrait Gallery will mark the centenary of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert’s death in 1911. Gilbert alongside Sir Arthur Sullivan made up the famous partnership of Gilbert and Sullivan that […]

Rijksmuseum Hires Jane Turner to Head Print Room

The Rijksmuseum announce that Jane Turner will become Head of the Print Room as from 1 September 2011. She is the fourteenth international expert to strengthen the Rijksmuseum in the run-up to the reopening in […]

Museum of London Announces Special events

Author and journalist Will Self is in conversation with Dr Sebastian Groes about London’s pychogeography and how the city’s myths, memories and narratives can be mapped and recorded. All ticket holders will receive a free […]

Portland Museum of Art Announces European Drawings Exhibition

European Drawings at the Portland Museum of Art, open, March 26, 2011 – May 22, 2011. Featuring approximately 30 drawings from the Museum’s European collection, this exhibition will highlight masterworks by the finest draughtsmen of […]

Fundacion Botin Visual Arts Grants

Fundación Botín, a Spanish institution created in 1964, launches an international call for a new edition of the Visual Arts Grants. These are study, research and personal project aids that end up with the organization […]

V&A Opens Yohji Yamamoto Exhibition

The Victoria and Albert Museum presents one of the most influential and enigmatic fashion designers of the last forty years, Yohji Yamamoto. Yamamoto is a visionary designer who has made a vital contribution to fashion, […]

Crocker Art Museum MAY 2011 Exhibitions & Events

OPENING EXHIBITION Transcending Vision: American Impressionism, 1870-1940 May 14 – September 25, 2011 Featuring 125 works drawn from the Bank of America Collection, “Transcending Vision” traces the development of Impressionism in the United States and […]