In museums today, there are directors and there are artists. Rarely is one person both. Bruce Katsiff, fine art photographer and Director/CEO of the James A. Michener Art Museum for more than two decades, is [Read More]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
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Sanford Biggers: Sweet Funk—An Introspective challenges and reinterprets symbols and legacies that inform contemporary America in a focused selection of nine installations and additional artworks created by the New York-based artist. On view September 23, [Read More]
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was Britain’s first true literary superstar. In his time, he attracted international adulation on an unprecedented scale, and many of his books became instant classics. Today, his popularity continues unabated, and his [Read More]
The Menil Collection presents Seeing Stars: Visionary Drawing from the Collection on view September 23, 2011 – January 15, 2012 In the early Twentieth Century Surrealists were enchanted by “outsider art,” as the work of [Read More]
An agreement between the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey has been signed, transferring [Read More]
A hallmark piece by Dan Flavin (American, b. New York, 1933; d. Riverhead, N.Y., 1996), titled “untitled (to Helga and Carlo, with respect and affection)” (1974), will go on view Sept. 25 at the Smithsonian’s [Read More]
The Foundry Art Centre is hosting a special interactive art happening – the inaugural “Art Romp” event on Friday October 14, 2011 beginning at 7:00 pm. “Art Romp” – an event for all adults who [Read More]
Pavlos Yeroulanos, Minister of Culture and Tourism for the Hellenic Republic, and James Cuno, President and Chief Executive Officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust, today signed a memorandum of understanding that ensures a clear [Read More]
Badischer Kunstverein announce the first solo exhibition of Armenian artist Hamlet Hovsepian in the German-speaking world. Born in 1950 in Ashnak near Yerevan, Hovsepian numbers among the most interesting pioneers of Conceptual Art in the [Read More]
The Museum of the Western Prairie is to re-open on Monday. Sept. 26, after being closed for four years, according to Kswo.com Museum of the Western Prairie “Museum Director Jennie Buchanan said the museum shutdown [Read More]
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in collaboration with Moderna Museet presents De ou par Marcel Duchamp par Ulf Linde, on view 30 September–13 November 2011. The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and [Read More]
Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel presents Edgar Arceneaux Hopelessness Freezes Time – 1967 Detroit Riots, Detroit Techno and Michael Heizer’s Dragged Mass. Open September 24, 2011–January 1, 2012. Opening: September 23, 2011, 6.30 p.m. Based on [Read More]
In honor of the 2011 National Museum Day, the Kemp Auto Museum is offering a special “Two for One” deal on admission to the Museum this Friday, September 23, 2011. The special package pricing includes [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest presents an exhibition of work by William Kentridge on view 20 September 2011 – 9 October 2011. William Kentridge, Museum of Fine Arts The Museum of Fine Arts, [Read More]
GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Bergamo presents THE WONDERFUL LAND OF ART. The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Nation 28 September 2011–19 February 2012 Italy’s image around the world in the variety of [Read More]
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) presents Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–12, on view September 17, 2011 – January 8, 2012. The international loan exhibition, featuring 16 paintings and 20 etchings and [Read More]
The Rijksmuseum has succeeded in acquiring two extraordinary silver and gold-plated cups in the form of globes being carried. The 17th century cups are a highlight of European silversmithery. Depicting the discoveries of the Dutch [Read More]
The Rijksmuseum presents Johan Maurits & Frans Post: Two Dutchmen in Brazil, on display at the Rijksmuseum from 20 September 2011 up to and including 21 November 2011. Frans Post, Landscape by the river Senhor [Read More]