The Taft Museum of Art announces the exhibition Old Masters to Monet. Three Centuries of French Painting from the Wadsworth Atheneum. On view May 18–September 16, 2012. Claude Monet, The Beach at Trouville Hartford art patron Daniel Wadsworth (1771-1848) founded the Wadsworth Atheneum to share the wonders of art with the public. America’s oldest public […]
The Hollywood Museum presents Holiday Wonderland on Nov 23 2011 – Jan 23 2012. Holiday decorator to the stars, Dr. Christmas, is transforming the Hollywood Museum into a Holiday Winter Wonderland. There will be 18 Christmas trees throughout the museum, decorated in the spirit of Hollywood’s greatest holiday inspired movies such as, “Miracle on 34th […]
The Taft Museum of Art Announces Impressions and Improvisations. The Prints of Romare Bearden an exhibition on view January 27–April 29, 2012. Romare Bearden, Out Chorus, 1979-80, etching, aquatint and serigraph. Exhibition organized by The Romare Bearden Foundation, NY, NY. Tour Management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA A twentieth-century master of collage and […]
The Anchorage Museum presents The Andy Warhol Museum’s SuperTrash exhibition features more than 200 pulp film posters from the 1930s to the 1980s. On view through Jan. 8, 2012. Although there are a handful of posters for modern classics such as Dirty Harry and Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita, the bulk are from cult flicks like Blade […]
The Taft Museum of Art presents Once Upon a Time at Christmas an exhibition on view now through January 29, 2012. The holiday season has long been a magical time for children. Clement C. Moore’s poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” (originally published in 1823) solidified the American tradition of Santa Claus. Nineteenth-century illustrations by […]
Located on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, a virtual barrier delineating the urban and wild lands on the east bench of the Salt Lake Valley, the Natural History Museum of Utah’s new home, the Rio Tinto Center, is poised to be a trailhead for its visitors to get out and explore their place within the natural […]
The Anchorage Museum presents Wonderland of Toys. On view Nov. 29 through Jan. 8, 2012 For many Alaska families, journeying to the museum to see “Wonderland of Toys” is a beloved holiday tradition. Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, the museum’s atrium is transformed into a dazzling tableau of toys, some that date back as far […]
