Storm King Art Center today announced the acquisition of The Pietrarubbia Group: il fondamento, l’uso, il rapporto (1975–76), a major large-scale work by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. The sculpture is a gift of long- time [Read More]
Monthly Archives: August 2011
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The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art has announced the appointment of Angela Mattox as Artistic Director. Mattox will assume her new position on 1 September. She is following Cathy Edwards, who is ending her three-year [Read More]
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science presents Woven Wonders: Contemporary Japanese Baskets from the Collection of Bradley and Jacqueline Gordon, on view August 28 – November 27. For over three decades, Bradley Gordon [Read More]
The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts presents Robert Blair: Paintings and Drawings, on view August 2 – September 24, 2011 . A longtime friend and former student of artist Robert Blair, Wendy Warner has spent [Read More]
Regional artists participate in a juried exhibition entitled WORKING TOGETHER, at the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science on view now through September 18. 2011 Working Together Best of Show MY DAD’S DAD, OUR [Read More]
El Museo del Barrio announced that it has appointed Margarita Aguilar to be its next director, beginning September 12, 2011. Aguilar, who served in the curatorial department at El Museo from 1998 to 2006, is [Read More]
The Evansville Museum presents The Nature of Things: Photographs by Bill Vieth, on view through August 14, 2011. The Nature of Things: Photographs by Bill Vieth has a special emphasis on his collection of bird [Read More]
The Penobscot Marine Museum announced an art exhibit installed aboard ship will be the centerpiece of “Art Afloat: Tales of Maritime Maine,” a multifaceted project that will visit several Maine islands and coastal communities in [Read More]
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University presents “Expanding Views of Africa,” open from August 3, 2011. This enlarged and enhanced reinstallation, which includes 200 works from the collection and key loans, broadens conventional views of [Read More]
The Hudson River Maritime Museum presents The Face of Work in the Hudson Valley, an exhibition on view through October 31, 2011. The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s 2011 special exhibit, The Face of Work in [Read More]
Sultana Projects’ replica John Smith shallop is now on display along the St. Michaels Harbor just outside the welcome center of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels MD. Built in 2005, the [Read More]
SAM Remix presents a summer celebration of home grown talent and art featuring DJs, live performances, tours and hands-on activities—all against the stunning backdrop of the Olympic Sculpture Park. August 12, 2011 8 pm–midnight. Event [Read More]
The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Earth Matters, an environmental art exhibition featuring the works of selected Long Island artists. This extraordinary exhibition, which includes an installation outside the Museum walls, on view July 30 [Read More]
The Vero Beach Museum of Art presents What’s the Story? an exhibition on view through September 25, 2011. What’s the Story? will delight – and perhaps mystify – visitors who will be invited to guess [Read More]
The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection. Exhibition on view July 30, 2011 – October 23, 2011. This exhibition highlights the breadth and quality of the Permanent [Read More]
The Heckscher Museum of Art presents New York, New York, exhibition on view July 30, 2011 – October 16, 2011. To commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, New York, New York pays tribute to the [Read More]
North by New York: New Nordic Art, a focused international loan exhibition of contemporary Scandinavian art, closes to the public on August 19, 2011. On view at Scandinavia House, New York City, and organized by [Read More]
The Rehoboth Beach Museum hosts its 3rd Annual Watermelon Festival on Saturday, August 13, 2011, 3-6 p.m. The Rehoboth Beach Historical Society is a project of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society. Founded in 1975, the [Read More]