The Hunterian at the University of Glasgow has recently boosted its Mackintosh and Expressionist collections with help from the Art Fund and the National Fund for Acquisitions. The Hunterian has now secured two important additions [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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The National Museum and Library Services Board meeting will be held at the Institute of Museum and Library Services offices at 1800 M St., NW on June 13, 2011 from 1 – 3:30 p.m. This [Read More]
Three important paintings by the Scottish Colourists will be seen in Scotland for the first time this autumn. The trio, on loan from the French Government, will form part of a major exhibition at the [Read More]
The Conservation Assessment Program (CAP), which assists small museums in providing appropriate care for endangered collections, has announced this year’s participating museums. In 2011, 101 museums in 36 states and Puerto Rico will have the [Read More]
The Spencer Museum of Art presents Splendor, Pageantry & Performance in Art on view June 11 – September 4, 2011. A fantastical print of Emperor Maxmilian I’s triumphal chariot, a larger-than-life photograph of Chairman Mao’s [Read More]
The Great Plains Art Museum presents Portraits of the Prairie: The Land That Inspired Willa Cather. Watercolor Paintings, Inks and Sketches by Richard Schilling on view June 3 — September 15, 2011. Richard Schilling, Dandelions [Read More]
35 works from Belgian collectors René and Odette Delenne represent rich diversity of art from Congo Basin The Cleveland Museum of Art announces the acquisition of a single collection of 35 works of Congolese sculpture [Read More]
The High Museum of Art presents Modern By Design on view June 04 – August 21, 2011. As part of the High’s ongoing collaboration with The Museum of Modern Art, Modern by Design presents groundbreaking [Read More]
The Dickson Mounds Museum presents From Humble Beginnings: Lincoln’s Illinois 1830-1861 an exhibition on view through August 07, 2011. To commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth the Illinois State Museum presents a captivating perspective [Read More]
Michael R. Taylor, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator of Modern Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has been named the director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth. Taylor succeeds Brian Kennedy, [Read More]
Frac Haute-Normandie is hosting a personal exhibition of the work of British artist Darren Almond. Staged in cooperation with Frac Auvergne, this, the artist’s first solo show in France, covers a body of work produced [Read More]
MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León (León, Spain) presents a new exhibition season on June 25th. P.I.G.S. is the first solo exhibition of French artist collective Claire Fontaine in Spain, the opening [Read More]
The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) announce the redesign of the www.cifo.org website. The new website includes features and functions that allow CIFO to fulfill its mission of promoting art from Latin America on a [Read More]
Parking lot full of firefighters and big trucks for 14th Annual King County Fire Department Day SEATTLE – The King County Fire & Life Safety Association is hosting the 14th Annual King County Fire Department [Read More]
The National Media Museum in Bradford has announced a £30,000 commission for the creation of two new-media artworks to be included in a major exhibition as part of Yorkshire’s regional cultural programme for London 2012. [Read More]
The Philbrook Museum of Art, along with community partner, The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation, is proud to present the exhibition Doors of No Return: The Remains of Africa’s Slave Castles. The exhibition will [Read More]
The Louvre Museum will present The Art of Paper an exhibition on view from 06-09-2011 to 09-05-2011. An exhibition on artists and paper from the 15th century to the present day, presented by the Louvre [Read More]
The Katonah Museum of Art presents Double Solitaire: The Surreal Worlds of Kay Sage and Yves Tanguy on view June 5 – September 18, 2011. As husband and wife, Yves Tanguy and Kay Sage were [Read More]