“Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” examines the renowned jewelry firm’s significant historical contributions to jewelry design and design innovation, particularly during the 20th century. Organized by Sarah Coffin, curator and [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Decades of artistic experience and influence will be honored when the Museum of Ventura County presents Four Masters – Four Legends, a retrospective exhibition of work by Carlisle Cooper, William McEnroe, Norman Kirk and Gerd [Read More]
The Walker Art Gallery presents A Collector’s Eye: Cranach to Pissarro on view through Sunday 15 May 2011. Cranach, Lamentation over dead Christ. © David Lewis Family Interests A Collector’s Eye: Cranach to Pissarro features [Read More]
The Royal BC Museum is using a $750,000 donation from the Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts to purchase and preserve a Bill Reid masterpiece, which will go on display today in its world-renowned First [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art will present the exhibition Cindy Sherman, a retrospective survey tracing the groundbreaking artist’s career from the mid 1970s to the present, from February 26 through June 11, 2012. The exhibition [Read More]
The Phase One Construction includes: New landscaping, a new, spacious Front Plaza with a water feature, open-columned entrance off Main Street, and an eight paneled mosaic Timeline of Ventura County History, crearted by artist Larissa [Read More]
The Kunstmuseum Stuttgart presents The Cosmos of Rudolf Steiner on view through May, 2011. Rudolf Steiner is one of the most influential and controversial reformers of the 20th century. In the large special exhibition »The [Read More]
On Friday, March 4, Historic Waco Foundation and the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum are joining together to celebrate the 175th anniversary of Texas Independence. The event will be held at the newly [Read More]
H BOX a nomadic video art screening room on view25 February–1 May 2011 H BOX Location Artsonje Center 3fl. Initiated in 2006, H BOX, a commissioning program that has offered stipends to four artists every [Read More]
Career education event for young women March 4, public lecture March 5 SEATTLE – March 4-5 marks the return of Women Fly!, The Museum of Flight’s annual Women’s History Month event for young women interested [Read More]
The Aspen Art Museum presents Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences / Documented Assignments. Open FEBRUARY 18 – MAY 1, 2011. Since 1986, Mark Manders has been engaged in what he calls his “Self-Portrait as a Building,” [Read More]
The Barnum Museum has been awarded $40,000 from the Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF) to be used to match a $100,000 Endangered Building Grant received from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. This grant [Read More]
The Belvedere in Vienna presents Egon Schiele – Self- Portraits and Portraits on view through 13 June 2011. The Belvedere devotes a comprehensive exhibition to Egon Schiele (1890-1918), one of the most important Austrian artists [Read More]
The Harvard Museum of Natural History will be buzzing with dozens of activities; SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, exploring the amazing world of insects and their relatives, spiders, crustaceans, and the many [Read More]
The Harvard Museum of Natural History announced the completion of the renovated permanent Africa gallery. This historic gallery has been renovated and reinterpreted, with new energy-efficient lighting and colorful graphic displays. The installation of a [Read More]
The Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) today has named as interim executive director David W. Ellis. Ellis is the former president of Lafayette College and the Museum of Science, Boston. He will temporarily replace [Read More]
The Courtauld Gallery presents Life, Legend, Landscape: Victorian Drawings and Watercolours on view through 15 May 2011. Lost from view for many years and recently presented to The Courtauld Gallery, The Old Farm Garden by [Read More]
In January 2012, Heritage Auctions will host a special auction at the Florida United Numismatist (FUN) Convention aimed at establishing a $1 million endowment for the renowned National Numismatic Collection, considered one of the finest [Read More]