NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman and Blue Star Families Chairman Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the second annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a partnership with more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to all [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 24, 2011
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The Japanese American National Museum presents Fighting for Democracy: Who is the “We” in “We, the People”? Exhibition open May 28 – August 28, 2011. Japanese American National Museum Originally created to highlight the stories [Read More]
The Nevada State Railroad Museum presents annual Memorial Day Steam-Up. The Train runs every 40 minutes from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 28 through Monday, May 30, 2011. Plan to see the museum’s [Read More]
Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance, on view at the Asian Art Museum through September 11, 2011, brings the art and artists of Bali to San Francisco, introducing museum visitors to Balinese history and religious beliefs, and [Read More]
The National Pinball Museum in Washington has announced they are closing due to their lease being revoked. Statement by David F. Silverman Executive Director and Curator “By now, some of you have seen or heard [Read More]
The National Museum of Scotland presents A Passion for Glass an exhibition collection of modern glass recently gifted to National Museums Scotland by Alan J Poole and Dan Klein on view from 20 May 2011 [Read More]
This exhibition, on view May 24th, 2011 through November 6th, 2011, includes 94 paintings of the most beautiful natural scenery in the United States by members or guests of the Plein-Air Painters of America. Each [Read More]
The Irish Museum of Modern Art will present an exhibition of work by Barrie Cooke on view 15 June through 18 September 2011. Organised to mark Barrie Cooke’s 80th birthday, this exhibition includes some 70 [Read More]
The Springfield Museums will be one of more than 1,300 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer. Through a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, [Read More]
The Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Marco Brambilla: The Dark Lining, exhibition on view May 21–August 20, 2011. The Santa Monica Museum of Art presents Marco Brambilla: The Dark Lining, the artist’s first solo [Read More]
Balinese music expert Sam Wantman demonstrates how Balinese bamboo instruments are made and performed. Learn about different instruments, tunings, and scales, and the path that bamboo music has carved through Bali in the past 150 [Read More]
The International Center of Photography (IPC) presents Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best on view MAY 20–AUGUST 28, 2011. An eyewitness to history and a dreamer with a camera, Elliott Erwitt has made some of the most [Read More]
The International Center of Photography (IPC) presents Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945 on view MAY 20–AUGUST 28, 2011. After the United States detonated an atomic bomb at Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the U.S. government restricted [Read More]
In the framework of the annual residency programme for curators at Noisy-le-Sec (suburbs of Paris), La Galerie is hosting this year Ala Younis, a curator from Jordan. Selected via a call for candidates, Ala Younis [Read More]
Multi-Year Project Will Support Exhibitions and Education at MoMA and MoMA PS1 The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, and Volkswagen have announced details of a two-year partnership at a press conference at MoMA. The [Read More]
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Ileana Sonnabend. An Italian Portrait, on view 29 May–2 October 2011. Considered by many to be among the greatest gallerists of late 20th century contemporary art, Ileana Sonnabend (1914–2007) also [Read More]
On the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Kingdom’s Independence, the Royal Automobile Museum and Zain will be hosting a celebratory fun day for the families on Wednesday, May 25th 2011 at the Museum. [Read More]