The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has extended the entry period for the next installment of the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.” The juried competition is open to artists over the age of 18 to submit portraits [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
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The Smithsonian celebrates American Indian Heritage Month throughout November with a series of performances, lectures, exhibitions, family activities and tours at various museums. All programs are free unless otherwise indicated. For a full calendar of [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and Monticello will present “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” an exhibition of artifacts from the Smithsonian’s collections and from excavations at Jefferson’s Virginia [Read More]
The Birds of America takes flight every weekday at 3:15 p.m. PHILADELPHIA – A rare book normally available only to scholars now can be viewed by just about anybody, but it will take you well [Read More]
The The Royal College of Art presents “Subtitled: With Narratives from Lebanon” an exhibition of Lebanese Art on view from Thursday 3 November until Sunday 6 November, 2011. Fouad el Khoury The Flag (from the [Read More]
The Museo d’Arte Mendrisio Present “Simonetta Martini: Whither are You Taking My Art?” on view 29 October 2011- 15 January 2012. The Ticino-born artist Simonetta Martini studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich and at the [Read More]
The New Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) presents George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher an exhibition on view October 29, 2011 – February 12, 2012. One of the founding fathers of American Modernism, George Nelson (1908 [Read More]
New Energy in Design and Art is an exhibition, on view until February 26 2012, about energy and the search for a new balance in our living environment. Artists, designers and progressive thinkers present their [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Bregenz presents Valie Export / Archive an exhibition on view October 29, 2011 to January 22, 2012. The exhibition, VALIE EXPORT / Archive, provides the opportunity to rediscover new aspects of an internationally [Read More]
The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Fall Open Studios is a four-day exhibition of international contemporary art. OPEN STUDIOS November 3–6, 2011. OPENING RECEPTION. Thursday, November 3, 7–9pm. OPENING HOURS. Friday–Sunday, November 4–6, 1–7pm. [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Alison MacTaggart. Promising Objects on view October 28, 2011 – January 2, 2012. Alison MacTaggart is a Vancouver-based artist whose conceptually inspired installation work bridges the disciplines of [Read More]
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) presents two exhibitions that explore China through art. The exhibitions Xu Beihong and Threads of Heaven will be on view October 30, 2011, through January 29, 2012. Xu Beihong: Pioneer [Read More]
The North Carolina Museum of Art presents Rembrandt in America an exhibition on view October 30, 2011–January 22, 2012. Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition [Read More]
The M Museum presents Mika Rottenberg Cheese, Squeeze and Tropical Breeze Video works 2003–2010 on view 4 November 2011–26 February 2012. Mika Rottenberg, “Squeeze”, 2010. Video still, Single channel video installation, duration: 20 min Courtesy [Read More]
The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Ripped. The Allure of Collage a new exhibition on view October 29, 2011 – January 8, 2012. Collage was the first medium in the twentieth century to challenge the [Read More]
The Monterey Museum of Art announces its Fall season of exhibitions to open October 29, 2011 at the MMA-La Mirada. John Haley, Phylum, 1951, oil on canvas, collection B. R. Ott. Pop Icons: Andy Warhol [Read More]
The Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) presentsJerusalem and the Holy Land. The Paintings of Ludwig Blum an exhibition on view October 28, 2011–January 15, 2012. Ludwig Blum, Purim Festival Street Decoration in Tel Aviv c. [Read More]
The Museum of Glass has announced the appointment of Susan Warner as Deputy Director / Curator. Susan Warner joined Museum of Glass as the Director of Education in February 2001, prior to the Museum’s official [Read More]