The Museum Of Russian Icons has extended it’s 1000 Years of Veneration Exhibition through October 1. Exhibited together for the first time, these precious and beautiful works span 1000 years of Russian history. This exhibition [Read More]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
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The Museum Of Russian Icons will present an acclaimed collection of Russian metal icons and crosses, which chronicles the entire history of the Russian Orthodox Church from the 11th C. to the 19th C. On [Read More]
The Hixson Museum of Flight is to host Wings, Wheels, and Water in memory of the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The Hixson Museum of Flight,s 18,000 sq. ft. facility is located right beside the 3,005 [Read More]
In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents The Allure of Paper: Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection, on view through October 9, 2011. Infrequently shown because of their [Read More]
The Asheville Art Museum presents The Elemental Arts: Air | Earth | Fire | Water. Opening September 2. The four elements are universal energies, grounded not only in the nature of our planet, but also [Read More]
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Romare Bearden, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will display Bearden’s The Block, a six-panel tableau that portrays one city block of the Harlem neighborhood [Read More]
The Lentos Museum of Modern Art presents Ralo Mayer / Obviously a Major Malfunction on view through 23 October 2011. 4.56-billion-year-old meteorites, a painting from the collection of the LENTOS, a closed eco system and [Read More]
The Knoxville Museum of Art presents FAX an exhibition on view, August 26-November 6, 2011. The exhibition consists of faxes submitted by nearly 100 artists sent to the initial showing of FAX at The Drawing [Read More]
Four photographers — two each from Canada and India — have been shortlisted for The Grange Prize 2011, Canada’s largest cash prize for photography. The winner of the $50,000 prize is chosen by public vote, [Read More]
The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College has placed on view nine works from its collection by renowned photographer, filmmaker and Hampshire College professor Jerome “Jerry” Liebling, who passed away on July 27. Born in [Read More]
Jennifer Farrell, whose scholarly research, writing, foundation and curatorial work focuses on modern and contemporary art, joined the University of Virginia Art Museum staff Aug. 15 as curator of exhibitions. She will be in charge [Read More]
Political and social satire, comic-strip and comic-book drawings, New Yorker magazine illustrations and graphic narratives—original cartoon art that was added to the Library of Congress collections during the past decade—will be featured in a new [Read More]
The Mead Art Museum at Amherst College is featuring Disunion! The American Civil War 150 Years Later, a special installation of 15 paintings, sculptures, photographs and prints marking the sesquicentennial of our country’s bloodiest conflict. [Read More]
The New Mexico History Museum will begin a series of weekly classes for museum guides on Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am, Sept. 13 through the spring (holidays excepted). Dr. Andrew Leo Lovato, an author of New Mexico [Read More]
The National Gallery of Australia announced that it will present the first ever exhibition in Australia dedicated to Renaissance paintings. The exhibition is titled Renaissance – 15th & 16th Century Italian Paintings from the Accademia [Read More]
The Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents Art and Philosophy Exhibition, Lectures, Workshops, 3 September–30 October 2011. Opening: Friday, 2 September, 7 pm. Exhibition Apparently, there is a friendship between art and philosophy. As with every [Read More]
Museum Het Domein presents a substantial collection of recent work by Charlotte Schleiffert (Tilburg, 1967), on view 10 September 2011–8 January 2012. This artist gained international recognition with her very expressive drawings and paintings featuring [Read More]
Fashion Show to Feature Pieces Inspired by Museum’s “Artists in Dialogue 2” Exhibition The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art’s annual Community Day is Saturday, Sept. 10, from 1 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. This year’s [Read More]