The final day for Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra, a special exhibition inspired by the lush gardens and poetic vistas of the Alhambra, in Granada, Spain, is August 21. On view only at The [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 9, 2011
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ABM Industries has announced that ABM Facility Services was awarded the contract to provide integrated facility services at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. The three-year contract began at [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a photographic portrait of food pioneer Alice Waters, founder of the Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe, the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food movement. The portrait [Read More]
The Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan: Art of Gandhara The Asia Society Museum presents an exhibition of spectacular Buddhist sculptures, architectural reliefs works of gold and bronze from the Gandhara region of Pakistan, most never exhibited [Read More]
Works by Munch, Hammershøi, and other pioneers of Nordic Modernism featured in retrospective celebrating centennial of American-Scandinavian Foundation Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America, 1912, an international loan exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch, [Read More]
Asheville Art Museum presents “Color Study” an exhibition on view through Sunday, November 6, 2011 in the Appleby Foundation Gallery. Color has often been treated with reserve. Aristotle believed color’s role was ornamental and supplementary [Read More]
The Chrysler Museum of Art and Old Dominion University partner to present Into the Mainstream: Self-Taught Artists from The Garbisch and Gordon Collections. Opening Aug. 13 in the Chrysler’s Prints and Drawings Gallery. Purvis Young, [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that the exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, which closed last night at midnight, attracted 661,509 visitors during its run from May 4 to August 7, placing it among the [Read More]
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf presents an exhibition of work by Tomma Abts Exhibition, on view through 9 October 2011. Born in 1967, German artist Tomma Abts ranks among the outstanding female painters of her generation. She was [Read More]
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in the first major UK exhibition for over 40 years. The Museum of London presents Dickens and London an exhibition open 9 December 2011 – [Read More]
Museo Amparo presents Stories of A Works from La Colección Jumex, on view 26 September 2011. Marcos Castro – Peter Fischli & David Weiss – Michel François – Rodney Graham – Carlos Huffmann – Marine [Read More]
The Itasca Historical Depot Museum is closed while it undergoes a $525,000 restoration. The museum features exhibits and historical artifacts related to the history of Itasca, Illinois. Exhibits include Dr. Elijah Smith, the founding father, [Read More]