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]
Monthly Archives: May 2011
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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]
The Cincinnati Art Museum presents Conserving Van Gogh, on view May 17, 2011 – October. Chief Conservator Per Knutas will conduct a conservation project in public. He will be stabilizing and cleaning Undergrowth with Two [Read More]
Showcasing nearly 60 out of the hundreds of works of modern and contemporary design acquired through the generosity of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s support group for Modern and Contemporary Design, Collab: Four Decades of [Read More]
The Fuller Craft Museum, New England’s home for contemporary craft, presents Icarus, an installation by Mark Davis, on display through March 15, 2012, created specifically for Fuller Craft’s Courtyard Gallery. The mobiles of Mark Davis [Read More]
The Tellus Science Museum will host the 21st anniversary of Rockfest on June 11-12, 2011, Saturday 10 AM – 5 PM, Sunday 10 AM – 4 PM, one of the largest gem and mineral shows [Read More]
The International Center of Photography presents an exhibition of work by Ruth Gruber, on view through August 28, 2011. Ruth Gruber, Fish drying on racks in the sunshine, Bethel fishing village, Alaska, 1941–43. © Ruth [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) presents David Claerbout: Architecture of Narrative, an exhibition, on view May 21 through September 6, 201, featuring a suite of four projected video works by the Belgian [Read More]