Free Artist of Color in Pre–Civil War New Orleans The Gibbes Museum of Art presents In Search of Julien Hudson an exhibition on view July 22 – October 16, 2011. This exhibition is the first [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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The High Museum of Art has appointed Louise Sams the new chairwoman of its board of directors. Sams has served on the High’s board for eight years and succeeds board chairman James L. Henderson, III, [Read More]
In 2012, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will present a major survey of masterworks by the most inventive and influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso. Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, [Read More]
LWL – Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte presents an exhibition of work by Angus Fairhurst on view through 4 September 2011. Angus Fairhurst (1966–2008) was one of the most influential members of the group of [Read More]
The Gibbes Museum of Art presents The Creative Spirit: Vernacular Art from the Gadsden Arts Center Permanent Collection,on view July 22 – October 16, 2011. This exhibition showcases paintings, drawings, and sculpture by the foremost [Read More]
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) announce the honorees to be recognized at its 2011 Hadrian Award Gala, which will be held at The Plaza, in New York City, on October 27. This year’s Hadrian Award [Read More]
Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian Art Comes to America, 1912 asserts the importance of Nordic art—brought to U.S. by ASF in that year—as a model for North American artists. The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) presents Luminous Modernism: Scandinavian [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that 5.68 million people visited the Met during the fiscal year that ended on June 30. The number, which includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and gardens, is [Read More]
East German artifacts of art, culture and politics from The Wende Museum, the world’s largest Cold War visual archive, will be the subject of a major TASCHEN publication in 2012. The publication will mark the [Read More]
Three days & nights of concerts by Bluegrass Hall of Fame members with their bands! The International Bluegrass Music Museum presents a Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration on September 12, 13 & 14, 2011. Earl Scruggs, [Read More]
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is closing for nine weeks, from Nov. 15 while the museum gets ready for the opening of it’s new Renzo Piano designed wing on Thursday, January 19, 2012. The new [Read More]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced the acquisition of a wide range of works of art that will significantly enhance its world-renowned collection. Ranging in date from a 10th-century Indian bronze sculpture of the Chola [Read More]
Saint Mary’s College of California has begun construction on an expansion of the Hearst Art Gallery. The new construction will enable the College to increase exhibition space by 50 percent and display a greater number [Read More]
William H. Gross, the founder of PIMCO and a stamp collector, has donated $8 million to the National Postal Museum to create a new 12,000-square-foot gallery that will be named in his honor. The new [Read More]
To coincide with the celebration of World Youth Day and with Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Madrid, the Museo del Prado will be displaying The Entombment of Christ, a major masterpiece by Caravaggio loaned from [Read More]
The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona presents Àngels Ribé: IN THE LABYRINTH an exhibition on view through 23 October 2011. The exhibition by Àngels Ribé (Barcelona, 1943) covers a period of her production from 1969 [Read More]
The Elgin Public Museum presents Illinois Rocks! A Guided Tour Through Geologic Time. The fascinating geological history of Illinois is revealed through rocks and landforms we see today. Turquoise Rock, Elgin Public Museum Built in [Read More]
The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts presents Young Country a group exhibition on view through Jul 29, 2011. Young Country is a traveling exhibition and is organized by the Delaware Center for the Contemporary [Read More]