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 and Me 15 (detail), 2009. Lamda print. Courtesy the Artist and Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris. The Distance Between You and […]
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 means that ARKEN’s collection has been enriched with a fine representation of one of the absolutely central artists of recent […]
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 des arts plastiques (CNAP) and lille3000 are teaming up for the first time to present the exhibition COLLECTOR, which takes […]
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. This prominent exhibit, which includes works by renowned artists such as Francisco de Goya, Diego Velázquez, and Francisco de Zurbarán, […]
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’s history. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Photo by Will Klein On March 21, 1812, seven amateur naturalists founded […]
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 “Ted” Daeschler and Jason Downs of the Academy and colleagues from the University of Chicago and Harvard University describe the […]
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 CGAC (Santiago de Compostela) and Es Baluard (Palma de Mallorca) With the support of Naturgas Energia and the Provincial Government […]
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 will be on display and for sale at the annual event, which draws hobbyists, artists and dealers, as well as […]
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 artist’s career. The exhibition will present nearly 25 major works by Fra Angelico and a similar number of panels painted […]
