The Ulster Museum presents The Queen: Art and Image an exhibition on view through Sunday 15 January, 2012. Image, © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London 2011 From Beaton and Leibovitz to Annigoni and Warhol, this touring exhibition from the National Portrait Gallery […]
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) opens an exhibition of Canadian artist Jack Chambers’ work on Nov. 26, 2011. Entitled Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life, the collection surveys the varying styles and media used by the artist to create an incredible range of work. Curated by renowned Canadian art scholar Dennis Reid […]
After an eight-week public vote, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) and Aeroplan are proud to announce that Delhi-based artist Gauri Gill is the winner of The Grange Prize 2011. The $50,000 prize is Canada’s largest photography prize, also granting $5,000 and an international residency to each of the runners-up, and is the only major […]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents an exhibition of photographs by Brett Weston, on view November 23, 2011—March 25, 2012. This exhibition celebrates the career of Brett Weston (1911-1993). The son of famed American photographer Edward Weston (1886-1958), Brett Weston was a “natural” with the camera. After serving as his father’s apprentice, Brett was a […]
The Ashmolean announce the acquisition of a terracotta model, designed by the French sculptor, Clodion (Claude Michel, 1738-1814). The Crucifixion With The Virgin Mary And St John was submitted by Clodion to the Chapter of Rouen Cathedral in August 1785, as part of a large-scale commission designed for the choir screen. On loan to the […]
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford opened six new galleries for the collections of Ancient Egypt and Nubia (present day Sudan), on Saturday 26 November 2011. Coffin lid of Djeddjehutyiuefankh. Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford. Building on the success of the Museum’s extension, which opened in 2009, this second phase of major redevelopment redisplays the world-renowned […]
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is presenting Interactive Programming for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) launch on November 26. The launch is scheduled for 8:02 a.m. The Museum will open at 6:45 a.m. and will host live coverage, beginning at 7:15 a.m. on Saturday, November 26. NASA Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) The Museum […]
