The term “Gothic” evokes visions of soaring spires, graceful flying buttresses, and sparkling stained glass. It also represents an important style of manuscript illumination that dominated the High Middle Ages in Europe. Drawing primarily from […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
NOMA 100: Gifts for the Second Century Features Works by Anish Kapoor, Keith Sonnier, Matthew Barney, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Kathe Kollwitz, and Gabrielle Münter On View November 12, 2011‐January 22, 2012 NOMA 100 is […]
Double Head joins three drawings by Primaticcio in the Museum’s collection The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a rare bronze female double head attributed to Francesco Primaticcio (Bologna, 1504–Paris, 1570). Created in France in […]
The Getty Villa hosts a one-day symposium, on November 4, 2011, exploring the role “modern classicism” has played in the understanding of both modernism and the classical past. Confirmed participants include Jean-Louis Andral, Picasso Museum, […]
Demons, Angels, and Monsters: The Supernatural in Art Demons, Angels, and Monsters: The Supernatural in Art features otherworldly figures depicted in works of art from the Getty Museum’s permanent collection. For a limited time (through […]
The National Gallery of Victoria welcomed Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh to The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia on Wednesday 26 October 2011. The Royal visit in the […]
The New Orleans Museum of Art presents Wayne Gonzales: Light to Dark / Dark to Light on display at NOMA through February 26, 2011. Wayne Gonzales, Oceana, 2005. Acrylic on canvas, 68 x 86 in […]
Composition for Two Wings – works by Akram Zaatari, launches Kunstnernes Hus’ annual event Oslo Contemporary Art Exhibition, which aims to challenge contemporary arts’ traditional and centralized cultural networks. For Oslo Contemporary Art Exhibition 2011, […]
The Frac Haute-Normandie presents L’inventaire, vol. 1 1983.001.1 / 1984.079.4, on view through 27 November 2011. As part of the new events programme, Frac Haute-Normandie is offering visitors the chance to take stock of its […]
The Portland Museum of Art presents an exhibition of the most significant collection of Shaker objects. Gather Up the Fragments: The Andrews Shaker Collection, on view October 27, 2011 – February 5, 2012. Gather Up […]
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt presents Kienholz. The Signs of The Times on view October 22, 2011–January 29, 2012. Rebellious, provocative, and polarizing, the oeuvre associated with the name Kienholz has always caused quite a stir since […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has pioneered the use of CT scanning technology in noninvasive scientific research. Now, with the gift of a Siemens SOMATOM Emotion 6 CT scanner from Siemens Healthcare, Smithsonian […]
The Worcester Art Museum presents Rest Elsewhere: Netherlandish Mannerist Prints, on view through December 3, 2011. Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch, 1565-1629 after Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch, 1558-1617 The Colonel (detail), from the series The Haarlem […]
Some 10,000 primary-source documents will be available worldwide for the first time, launching with materials from Mexico, Argentina and the American Midwest The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and its research institute, the International Center […]
The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has announced the development and release of new curriculum and supporting materials based on the museum’s beloved “Owney the Dog.” The announcement took place at the recent Smithsonian Institution’s annual […]
The new Stuart Wing has opened at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The $13 million, four-year project provides a new 18,000-square- foot expansion to the museum on the University of Oklahoma Norman campus. […]
The Nationalmuseum’s collection of applied art and modern design has gained an armchair, a table and candelabra from the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925. The acquisition is an […]
Matthias Waschek arrives at the Worcester Art Museum with an international career of 20 years in the art world. As the Director of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis, Missouri, he built […]