The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, in partnership with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Museum of Natural History, will host a new annual series of 10 lectures by Smithsonian researchers who are […]
Daily Archives: September 28, 2011
In recognition of her upcoming centennial, the tug Delaware is now being restored to her 1912 appearance in full public view at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Delaware is a rare […]
Designed in partnership with Openfield Creative CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) revealed today a new Web platform designed in partnership with Cincinnati-based Openfield Creative and CMC’s digital engagement, informatics and marketing teams. The new […]
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received a gift of $17.2 million from the estate of Eric F. Ross of Palm Beach, FL, and West Orange, NJ. It is the largest single gift to the […]
Tate Britain presents Barry Flanagan: Early Works 1965 – 1982 an exhibition on view Tuesday 27 September 2011 – Monday 2 January 2012. Barry Flanagan, 4 casb 2 ’67 1967. Tate © Estate of Barry […]
Cornerhouse, with Asia Triennial Manchester 11, presents the first major UK public solo show from Rashid Rana, widely considered to be the most prominent and original contemporary artist working in South Asia today. On view […]
The Vancouver Art Gallery presentsThe Distance Between You and Me 3 Artists from Vancouver, Los Angeles and Guadalajara an exhibition on views eptember 24, 2011 to January 22, 2012. Gonzalo Lebrija, The Distance Between You […]
ARKEN has received a donation from The Merla Art Foundation, London, founded by Dennis and Jytte Merla Dresing, consisting of a total of eight works by the world-famous British artist Damien Hirst (b. 1965). This […]
The Centre national des arts plastiques (CNAP) / lille3000 presents COLLECTOR an exhibition of Artworks from the Centre national des arts plastiques Tripostal, Lille (France), on view 5 October 2011–1 January 2012. The Centre national […]
Museo de Arte de Ponce and Banco Santander announced the exhibit El Greco to Goya: Masterpieces from the Prado Museum, a selection of 25 paintings from the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. […]
The yearlong celebration beginning March 21, 2012 will feature a major new exhibition, a national scientific symposium, special programs with noted speakers, public engagement activities, discounted museum admission days, and a new coffee-table book on […]
The Academy of Natural Sciences has announced the discovery of a new species of large predatory fish that prowled ancient North American waterways during the Devonian Period, before backboned animals existed on land. Drs. Edward […]
ARTIUM. Basque Museum-Centre of Contemporary Art announces new exhibitions opening: Saturday,8 October 2011. Esther Ferrer. In four movements North Gallery Curator: Rosa Olivares Organized by ARTIUM (Vitoria-Gasteiz), and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), and co-produced by […]
The Philadelphia Shell Show and Festival, the largest of its kind in the Northeast, returns to the Academy of Natural Sciences Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2. Thousands of exotic treasures of the sea […]
The Musée Jacquemart-André presents Fra Angelico and the Masters of Light, on view 2011-09-23 to the 2012-01-09. The Jacquemart-André Museum is the first French museum to pay tribute to Fra Angelico and reconsider this exceptional […]
“‘Something of Splendor’: Decorative Arts from the White House” opens Oct. 1 at the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s branch museum for craft and decorative arts, and closes May 6, 2012. The exhibition […]