At the 2011 Collectors’ Selection Dinner on Wednesday, May 11, MCASD’s International Collectors and Contemporary Collectors voted to purchase new works for the Museum’s collection: two examples of Ai Weiwei’s famous Marble Chair (2010); an [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 14, 2011
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Governor McDonnell signs cultural exchange between Virginia and China Governor Bob McDonnell signed an historic cultural exchange agreement to bring Treasures from the Forbidden City, a showcase of approximately 200 objects, from Beijing’s Palace Museum [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced that it will offer free admission to Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria on May18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art [Read More]
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Beth Johnson as its new Director of Development. She began her duties May 9. SECCA Executive Director Mark Leach [Read More]
The Albright Knox Art Gallery presents Videosphere: A New Generation, on view Friday, July 1–Sunday, October 9, 2011. Videosphere: A New Generation is the first-ever exhibition of works in new media drawn exclusively from the [Read More]
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced that it will offer free admission and a 20% discount on memberships on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day. [Read More]
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art presents Oren Eliav: Two Thousand and Eleven. On view 22 March 2011 – 25 June 2011. The paintings featured in this exhibition by Oren Eliav, recipient of the 2010 [Read More]
The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired two noteworthy objects of the ancient Andean Wari people at auction. The unique and celebrated Bag with Human Head is a painted animal hide pouch in superb condition [Read More]
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) presents American Gothic: Aaron Spangler & Alison Elizabeth Taylor on view through August 21, 2011. This two-person exhibition mines the connotations of wood as a contemporary artistic medium [Read More]
The Mattress Factory Museum of Contemporary Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce its new exhibition, Neighbo(u)rhood. The participating artists are Glenn Loughran, Ferhat Özgür, Seamus Nolan, Sarah Pierce/The Metropolitan Complex, Diane Samuels, John Smith, [Read More]
From 13 May to 14 August the Kunsthaus Zürich is displaying a hitherto unexhibited, comprehensive and multifaceted series of works by the sculptor and action artist Josef Beuys: ‘Difesa della Natura’ (‘Defence of Nature’). The [Read More]
The multifaceted series of works by Joseph Beuys that make up the exhibition ‘Difesa della Natura’ (Defence of Nature) is being donated to the Kunsthaus Zürich. On show at the Kunsthaus until 14 August, the [Read More]
The British Museum presents Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. Open 6 October 2011 – 19 February 2012. Grayson Perry curates an installation of his new works alongside objects by unknown craftsmen throughout [Read More]
he Artsonje Center is pleased to present Seung Woo Back’s Deferred Judgement exhibition from May 13 to July 31, 2011. For this solo exhibition Back will present three new series, Seven Days, Archive Project, and [Read More]
The Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel presents an extensive survey exhibition of the artist Henrik Olesen (b. Denmark 1967). The exhibition includes new works together with a selection from his past fifteen years of artistic production. [Read More]
The Lost City Museum will be hosting Adult Archaeology Day on May 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., which will allow adults to learn the process of archaeology by participating in a mock excavation [Read More]
Come to St. Michaels and enjoy the food and traditions of the Chesapeake region from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, July 23 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s 4th Annual Chesapeake Folk Festival. This celebration [Read More]