EXHIBITION FEATURES WORKS OF ART DEPICTING AREA STRUCK BY NATURAL DISASTERS Long revered as one of Japan’s most beautiful sites, Matsushima Bay endured the unleashing of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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The National Maritime Museum will open the Sammy Ofer Wing, a transformative £35m capital project which sets a new strategic direction for the Museum. Opening 14 July 2011, the £35m wing is the largest development [Read More]
Fotomuseum Winterthur presents Ai Weiwei – Interlacing an exhibition open 28 May until 21 August 2011. Ai Weiwei – Interlacing is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by Ai Weiwei. It foregrounds Ai [Read More]
The National Museums Liverpool Lady Lever Art Gallery, presents The Finishing Touch: Women’s Accessories 1830 – 1940 on view 27 May – 11 December 2011. This new exhibition looks at a dazzling array of women’s [Read More]
Exhibition part of new, multi-year partnership focused on contemporary and modern art The Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) announces a three-year partnership between the AGA and Enbridge Pipelines Inc. that will facilitate the creation and [Read More]
In anticipation of the upcoming Refinery Factory Party, the Art Gallery of Alberta (AGA) is launching the Superstars Wanted contest. Fans of the AGA’s Facebook page that are 18 years or older can enter to [Read More]
The Stedelijk Museum continues its temporary program with Temporary Stedelijk 2, which focuses on the renowned collection of modern and contemporary art and design. Selections from the collections are presented on a rotating basis, offering [Read More]
New building for post-1900 art will provide essential collection, exhibition, programming and public spaces – Project links existing gallery buildings by Mies van der Rohe and Rafael Moneo, and sculpture garden by Isamu Noguchi, creating [Read More]
Bellevue Arts Museum, the Pacific Northwest’s center for the exploration of art, craft and design, has just been honored with the prestigious 2011 Eastside Business Award in the Non‐Profit/Community Impact category by the Bellevue Chamber [Read More]
The Clore Learning Centre at Tate Modern, located alongside the Turbine Hall, re-opens with a suite of newly revitalised spaces. Architects Herzog and de Meuron have worked closely with Tate’s Learning team to rework the [Read More]
In 2010, 90,146 archaeological objects were recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), a 36% increase on 2009, and 859 Treasure cases, up 10%; the British Museum manages the PAS, and also administers the Treasure [Read More]
The Fondazione Prada announces the opening, of its new exhibition space in Venice, the Ca’ Corner della Regina, an historic palazzo on the Grand Canal. Belonging to the Comune di Venezia, the building was made [Read More]
The Torrance Art Museum announce an exhibition of new British art for Los Angeles BritWeek 2011, organised in association with The Future Can Wait and Edward Lucie-Smith. Open May 29th – June 25th. Opening: May [Read More]
Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art (FMCA), an auxiliary support group of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), is hosting SYNC: art meets technology on June 23 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at NextEnergy, 461 [Read More]
Scientists have confirmed that researchers working at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in 2004 discovered a new dinosaur dating from the Late Triassic period. The dinosaur, now known as Daemonosaurus chauliodous, was found in a [Read More]
The Autry National Center announced that it is the recipient of a $6.6 million grant from California State Parks’ Nature Education Facilities Program. This grant will provide the funding for a major renovation and reinstallation [Read More]
To honour this tremendous milestone, the NGV unveiled an exceptional gift of 173 important Indigenous works of art including three by contemporary artists Vernon Ah Kee, Brook Andrew and Jonathan Jones who were commissioned to [Read More]
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal presents Déjà an exhibition open MAY 26 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2011. Taking up all of the museum’s galleries, the exhibition comprises more than a hundred major works that rank [Read More]