The grand reopening of a suite of 15 dramatic New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia will take place at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the election of business and civic leader Daniel Brodsky, a Trustee of the institution since 2001, as its next Chairman of the Board. Mr. Brodsky will officially assume the [Read More]
Anja Kirschner and David Panos -The Empty Plan, Trine Falch – Theatre for a New Time. Open14 May–26 June 2011. The exhibitions open on the evening of Friday 13th May, with a screening of The [Read More]
Aargauer Kunsthaus presents Mai-Thu Perret The Adding Machine, open 14 May–31 July 2011. The exhibition, which incorporates sculpture, installation, painting, video and performance as well as text-based work, is the most comprehensive presentation to date [Read More]
The American Independence Museum host an Art & Antique Appraisal to benefit the Museum on Saturday, 14 May 2011 at Exeter Town Hall, 7 Front Street, Exeter, NH Professional appraisers from prestigious Winston Art Group, [Read More]
The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History presents RACE: Are We So Different? an exhibition on view May 28–September 25, 2011. This exhibit brings together the everyday experience of living with race, its history as [Read More]
Join the chase and follow clues which lead you around the incredible hidden museums & collections at University College London, hunting out intriguing objects and specimens in store. There are prizes to be won by [Read More]
The Monash University Museum of Art presents 3 Projects by Danius Kesminas and collaborators, on view 5 May – 27 July 2011. Australian artist Danius Kesminas is the brainchild behind some of the most ambitious [Read More]
First African-American military pilots in May 29 panel SEATTLE – Three of the first African-American pilots in the U.S. military will share their experiences during a panel discussion at The Museum of Flight on [Read More]
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art presents “Peter Sarkisian: Video Works, 1996-2008” from May 21 through July 10, 2011 in the Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery. The exhibition will open with a free, [Read More]
After several months of research and exploration, the Peoria Riverfront Museum Board voted Thursday to partner with international immersive theater specialist Global Immersion to provide the technical solution for the museum’s Giant Screen Digital Theater [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum presents Setting Sail: Drawings of the Sea from the Walters Collection, on view June 18–September 11, 2011. Eugène Isabey, Fishing Boats, 1862, watercolor heightened with white on paper, acquired by William [Read More]
The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. announced its acceptance of a $10 million pledge from the Lockheed Martin Corporation. The pledge, which is the single largest dollar gift the Foundation has ever received, will be [Read More]
The Nordic Heritage Museum presents Vessels of the Heart: Fairbanks at Arabia / Cushing and Salmenhaara at Alfred, on viewthrough May 22, 2011. Vessels of the Heart reveals a rich dialogue between artists in Finland [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces that it has received a $75,000 Picturing America School Collaboration Project Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Only nine such grants were awarded nationwide, [Read More]
Learn and experience the wonders of the incredible and complex flying machine known as the helicopter during Family Day from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on May 21 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. [Read More]
The San Antonio Museum of Art announced today that Dr. Katherine Luber has been appointed Kelso Director of the Museum effective July 2011. The announcement is the culmination of a national search to replace former [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Kimbell Art Museum and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will each participate in the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day on May 18 with [Read More]