Lisa Graziose Corrin, a former director of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), has been named the next Ellen Philips Katz Director of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, effective Feb. 1, [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
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The Block Museum of Art presents Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910–1917. On view through December 11, 2011, in the Alsdorf Gallery. Tango with Cows chronicles the dramatic transformation of book [Read More]
The Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art presents Yona Friedman Architecture Without Building , a retrospective exhibition of Yona Friedman, the architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, in an installation environment offering a special spatial experience. Open [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History hosts the 2011 Preservation Fair: Preserving Family Treasures, on October 22, 2011, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. More than 30 conservators and vendors of conservation supplies and services will be on [Read More]
This fall, Independent Curators International (ICI) inaugurates the Curatorial Hub, a flexible project space for curators to use as a meeting point and platform for public debate. Over the last two decades curating in the [Read More]
38 nominees recognized, six presented with 2011 Difference Maker Awards CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center hosted the fourth annual Difference Maker Awards dinner Thursday evening to honor youth and adults, agencies and organizations who work [Read More]
Smithsonian magazine has announced the appointment of Michael Caruso as editor-in-chief, becoming only the fourth editor in the magazine’s 41-year history. Caruso, who currently serves as deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal magazine, replaces [Read More]
The Hirshhorn Museum’s fall film series features a variety of exceptional, unusual and recently released works from around the world, and offers audiences the chance to hear from celebrated filmmakers and artists. All screenings are [Read More]
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens presents an exhibition of Japanese Snuff Bottles from the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art on view October 18, 2011 – January 22, 2012. The Morikami Museum [Read More]
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens presents Zenmi – A Taste of Zen on view October 18 – January 22, 2011. Zen is a form of Buddhism known for its reliance on personal introspection as [Read More]
The Art Institute of Chicago presents Timothy H. O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs on view October 22, 2011–January 15, 2012. Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840–1882) was one of the most important American photographers of the nineteenth [Read More]
The Art Institute of Chicago presents The Three Graces an exhibition on view October 29, 2011–January 22, 2012. Beyond their individual capacity to preserve and evoke memories, snapshots of celebrations, vacations, and gatherings of family [Read More]
Oct. 24 hearing looks at aviation workforce: training needs and challenges The Museum of Flight SEATTLE – On Monday, Oct. 24, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee, [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery in London presents “The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons, an exhibition on view 20 october, 2011 – 8 January, 2012. With 53 portraits, some brought together for the first [Read More]
The Corcoran Gallery of Art presents 30 Americans an exhibition on view through February 12, 2012. The exhibition 30 Americans, presents a wide-ranging survey of works by many of the most important African American contemporary [Read More]
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents the UK premier of A Voyage of Growth and Discovery, a remarkable collaboration between renowned American artists and longtime friends Mike Kelley and Michael Smith. Exhibition on view Thursday [Read More]
From October 21, 2011 to March 18, 2012, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain will present the exhibition Mathematics: A Beautiful Elsewhere, an exhibition developed in association with the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS) [Read More]
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents Andrea Dezso Haunted Ridgefield. A Halloween-Inspired Main Street Sculpture Project Artist Reception and Community Trick-Or-Treat Monday, October 31, 2011; 4 to 8 pm. Andrea Dezsö, “Sometimes In My Dreams [Read More]