The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to premier The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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A Garden of Earthly Delights awaits at the next Art After Dark at the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA), featuring a live installation by local artist Rebecca Goodman, on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 7pm [Read More]
The African Art Museum has received a $3 Million contribution from the Ford Foundation. With support through the Ford Foundation’s Supporting Diverse Arts Spaces initiative, the Museum for African Art will complete construction of its [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by Ida Kar Photographs, on view 10 March to 19 June 2011 In 1960 Ida Kar became the first photographer to have a retrospective exhibition at [Read More]
His Excellency, the Former General Secretary of the UN, Kofi Annan, visited the Museum of Islamic Art on Tuesday 1st March 2011 as part of his state visit to Qatar. His Excellency toured the exhibition [Read More]
Under the patronage of Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums Authority, a new exhibition of exquisite photos and panoramic shots of Doha curated by renowned photographer Maher Attar [Read More]
The Georgia Museum of Art presents Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art on view through MARCH 28, 2011. The Georgia Museum of Art Seventy-two works by 67 black artists [Read More]
The Erwin Wurm exhibition, Misconceivable, open 11 March–13 June 2011, immediately brings smiles to people’s faces. Employing humour and wit, Wurm turns the world on its head, questioning our conventional understanding of objects and concepts. [Read More]
The Speed Art Museum presents Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent on view through May 22. Alfred Sisley, Hilly Path, Ville d’Avray, 1879. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, by exchange, and Gift of the Charter Collectors. [Read More]
‘There, I Fixed It’ stands for an attitude, a way of looking at materials and problems that is at the same time bold and unexpected. These problems can be small and trivial, but also large [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels has expanded its “A Rising Tide in the Heart of the Chesapeake” exhibit, now on display in the Museum’s Steamboat Gallery. The special exhibit runs through [Read More]
On Tuesday, April 5, the Museum of American Finance will open “Alexander Hamilton: Lineage and Legacy,” a retrospective of Hamilton’s life that traces the extraordinary history of one of the nation’s most complex founding fathers. [Read More]
George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film presents Larry Merrill: Looking at Trees on view through June 12, 2011 in the Entrance Gallery. Larry Merrill: Looking at Trees is about the intentional act [Read More]
Following on the Ludwig Museum’s exhibition, New Acquisitions – Rarely Seen Works (2009), Kind of Change offers a second occasion for the museum to display recently acquired works of art. This overview exhibition can be [Read More]
The Polk Museum of Art presents The Big Picture an exhibition on view through March 26, 2010 in the Emily S. Macey Gallery. Theo Wucjik, Denial, Polk Museum of Art It is ironic to think [Read More]
The Fleming Collection presents Will Maclean: Collected Works 1970 2010 on view 8 March – 4 June 2011. The Fleming Collection is staging a major retrospective of Will Maclean’s work. Born in Inverness in 1947, [Read More]
Highly creative re-imaginings of the iconic form of the African mask comprise a unique installation to be held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning March 8. Featuring 20 works of art—19 sculptures and one [Read More]
Chanticleer’s Monteverdi, Mahler, and New Works by Mason Bates & Erika Lloyd, Pianists Paul Lewis and Jon Nakamatsu in Recital, Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert, Musicians from Marlboro, Steve Ross’s Tribute to Fred Astaire, and [Read More]