The Museo de Arte de Ponce will host an international symposium titled “Treasures of the Collection in Context: The Pre-Raphaelites in the Museo de Arte de Ponce Collection,” on February 4, 2012. From 10 am to 5 pm, renowned specialists in art history and Victorian literature will meet in this south-coast Puerto Rico city to […]
S.M.A.K. presents Nedko Solakov. All in Order, with Exceptions, on view 24.02.2012 – 03.06.2012. For thirty years now the Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov (1957, Cherven Briag) has formulated witty and ironic critiques of society and the world of art, through layered stories and concise, endearing drawings and texts. In 2012 S.M.A.K. will literally present a […]
The Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig presents Scenarios about Europe: Scenario 2, on view through 15.01.2012,. Museum of Contemporary Art Leipzig The three-part exhibition series Scenarios about Europe continues with its second scenario presentation. The same ten curators have been invited to make proposals on how to think about Europe from the perspective of the […]
The Museum of The Earth Announces Whales: From the Depths of the National Geographic Collection an exhibition on view January 27 – June 24. Whales: From the Depths of the National Geographic Collection presents the best sea mammal photography from National Geographic’s extensive archives. These dramatic photographs, paired with specimens from the Paleontological Research Institution’s […]
The Bellevue Arts Museum presents Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu in an exhibition on view February 7 – June 17, 2012. Mary Lee Hu Choker #87, 2002 18K and 22K gold 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 1 in. Collection of Marion W. Fulk Photo: Doug Yaple Over the […]
The Wallace Collection presents Modello for a Statue of Hebe on view Monday 16th April, 2012. An exceptionally rare and beautiful terracotta model by the celebrated Italian sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) has just gone on public display for the first time at the Wallace Collection, on loan from a private collection. The model, made of […]
The Wallace Collection in London presents The Noble Art of the Sword: Fashion and Fencing in Renaissance Europe an exhibition on view Thursday 17th May, 2012 – Sunday 16th September, 2012, which celebrates the artistic and cultural importance of the sword, as a symbol of power and prestige, as a flamboyant fashion statement, and as […]
The Golub Collection at the University of California, Berkeley presents A World Examined: Microscopes from the Age of Enlightenment To the Twentieth Century an exhibition on view through June 2012 at San Francisco International Airport. The Variable Microscope c. 1770. George Adams, Sr. (1709–72), London. Brass, glass, ivory. The Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley. […]
S.M.A.K. in Ghent presents Chambres d’Amis Collection presentation on view 5.03.2012 – 04.11.2012. As part of TRACK, and in conjunction with the presentation of Daniel Buren’s ‘Le Décor et son Double’ , from March 2012 the SMAK will be showing several works from the collection that were created for the ‘Chambres d’Amis’ city-wide exhibition in […]
The Museum of Decorative Arts at the Kulturforum is closing for renovation from 2 January 2012. Kunstgewerbemuseum Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, Berlin-Tiergarten © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Foto: Maximilian Meisse The Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany. It possesses one of the most important collections of skilled […]
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art announce the completion of a major project funded in 2007 by the Brown Foundation Inc. to fully arrange, preserve and describe the Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art Exhibition Records (264 linear feet). One of the Archives’ most significant collections is now fully accessible to researchers and includes a detailed […]
The Wichita Art Museum presents The Lawrence Lithography Workshop. Suites and Portfolios on view through February 12, 2012. William T Wiley, Seedy Rom-Bound to Help, Lawrence Lithography Workshop The Lawrence Lithography Workshop: Suites and Portfolioswill give visitors a glimpse into the storied Lithography Workshop and the centuries-old printmaking technique that still captivates audiences today. Established […]
