The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology presents the 30th annual Chinese New Year Celebration Saturday, February 12, 2011, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm! This PECO World Culture Day features music and [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Showcasing a year in design, the fourth annual Brit Insurance Design Awards features an international shortlist ranging from Yves Behar’s Swarovski Chandeliers to concrete Emergency Shelters designed in Wales. Nominations also include the Apple iPad [Read More]
The Museum of the City of New York presents Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment, on view Feb 8 through May 1. The exhibition traces the evolution of [Read More]
THe Maritime Museum of San Diego presents Parade of Flight – 100 Years of Naval Aviation on Saturday, February 12, 2011. On February 17, 1911, inventor and aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss taxied his seaplane to [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has awarded 43 fellowships to Virginia art students and professional artists in 2011-12 for a total of $258,000. During the VMFA Fellowship Program’s 71 years, the museum has awarded [Read More]
An exhibition honoring the promised gifts of collector, connoisseur and scholar Frank Raysor at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is open and will be on view until May 22, 2011. Throughout the past 35 years, [Read More]
Joint acquisition brings finest and most representative body of work and related material by Robert Mapplethorpe to Los Angeles and underscores the museums’ commitment to collaboration The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and [Read More]
Beginning in March, the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) will present 13 exhibitions and projects, including work by more than 25 leading and emerging contemporary artists such as Terence Koh, Marysia [Read More]
The Franklin Institute Presents Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop: Inventor, Artist, Dreamer” an innovative exploration into the genius of the ultimate Renaissance man, on view at The Franklin Institute through May 22, 2011. Visitors to Leonardo [Read More]
The Kunsthalle Basel presents Banu Cennetoğlu – Guilty feet have got no rhythm, the first comprehensive solo exhibition in Switzerland of works by Turkish artist Banu Cennetoğlu. On view through 27 March 2011. Banu Cennetoğlu [Read More]
Tate St Ives presents Simon Starling Recent History on view through 5 February – 2 May 2011. Tate St Ives presents the first major exhibition in the UK of the work of Simon Starling since [Read More]
Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle will be running a series of walks and talks and one-day workshops throughout 2011 giving residents the chance to learn more about the building and its surroundings or gain [Read More]
Hidden artifacts featured in recent History Television series come Out of the Vaults and onto display for a short time For a limited time, visitors to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have access to an [Read More]
The Fleming Museum presents Under the Big Top: The Fine Art of the Circus in America on view through May 22, 2011. The circus was recognized in late-19th-century Europe as a subject of avant-garde art, [Read More]
The MUSEION of modern and contemporary art Bolzano presents VALIE EXPORT Time and Countertime on view 19 February – 1 May 2011. A major solo exhibition dedicated to VALIE EXPORT opens Museion’s 2011 exhibition programme, [Read More]
Half-term at The County Museum at Hartlebury Castle promises to be just fantastic with a series of creative events celebrating festivals around the world. South American carnivals, Chinese New Year and the Hindu/ Sikh festival [Read More]
From 4 February 2011 – 15 May 2011, the Albertina will present drawings and watercolor paintings of the Blue Rider from the collection of Munich’s Lenbachhaus. The Blue Rider (“Der Blaue Reiter”) was a loose [Read More]
Internationally-recognized archaeologist and historian Ian George will be a featured speaker during “Valuing Historic Perspectives,” the Ninth Annual Historic Preservation Conference, to be held June 22-24, 2011 at the University Park Marriott Hotel near the [Read More]