The Aspen Art Museum presents an exhibition of recent photographs of Abu Dhabi by Photographer Stephen Shore, on view JULY 29–OCTOBER 9, 2011. As an artist and teacher, Stephen Shore has had perhaps the most deeply felt impact on American photography of the past half-century. In 1965, Shore began documenting Andy Warhol’s factory, creating a […]
A new Arnold Schwarzenegger museum has opened in Thal, near the city of Graz, Austria. Schwarzenegger was not in Austria for the opening, which coincided with his 64th birthday. The museum is in the yellow two story house where Schwarzenegger grew up. Exhibits include what are believed to be his first set of training weights, […]
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum presents Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph, an exhibition open through September 11, 2011. Shared Intelligence will be the first major museum exhibition to survey the fraught but highly productive relationship of painting to photography in 20th-Century American Art. It brings together approximately 75 photographs and paintings by such artists […]
The Chico Air Museum, a Northern California Air and Space Museum, announced it’s recently acquired F-15C Eagle will arrive on Sunday, July 31st. “We are extremely pleased to have been selected to display the F-15 Eagle at our Museum for our visitors to see and appreciate, “ said Norm Rosene, Chico Air Museum acquisition director. […]
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park presents an exhibition by Artist Aeneas Wilder, on view 30.07.11– 03.11.11 in the Longside Gallery. By limiting the creative act to one simple material, in ample supply, with clearly defined parameters (no fixing, no joining, no additional materials, only balance and gravity allowed for the construction process) a door opens into […]
134 artists from 20 countries unleash their passion for lace in this spectacular exhibition of winning entries and finalists in the Powerhouse Museum International Lace Award. Open 30 July, 2011 through April, 2011. Playful and inventive, the works on display present a provocative challenge to traditional concepts of lace. The artists push lace techniques in […]
A pastel of “The Angelus” by Jean-François Millet is on display at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. The pastel will hang in the Fragile Art space in the museum for the next four months. Glasgow Museums has been allocated the work in lieu of inheritance tax by the Government. The Angelus by Jean Francois Millet. […]
The Tate Modern’s Level 2 Gallery presents Contested Terrains, a free exhbition on view 29 July – 16 October 2011. Contested Terrains features four artists working in Africa who explore and subvert narratives about the past and present. Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Michael MacGarry and Adolphus Opara engage with ideas of history and identity that […]
The National Gallery in London and the Louvre will present two versions of Leonardo’s ‘Virgin of the Rocks together for the first time, for the National Gallery exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan (9 November 2011 – 5 February 2012). About the ‘Virgin of the Rocks’ The version at the Louvre, […]
