This summer, the much-anticipated new Dinosaur Hall opens to the public at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The large-scale permanent exhibition will be presented in two light-filled galleries – twice the size [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Moderna Museet Malmö presents Christian Andersson From Lucy with love on view 22 January – 24 April 2011 Moderna Museet Malmö starts the year with an exhibition of the Malmö-based artist Christian Andersson. His largest [Read More]
The landmark Dinosaur Hall is the key to NHM Next Campaign, a public/private partnership that engages donors, philanthropic foundations, the County of Los Angeles, and the State of California. Nearly 60% of the campaign’s $135 [Read More]
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York and the Belvedere Vienna present the new exhibition Alpine Desire. Featuring works by 21 artists spanning the 19th – 21st centuries, the exhibition has been conceived of as a [Read More]
Salt Lake City – Before the creation of the modern museum, private collections of art pieces, scientific instruments, cultural oddities, and mysterious specimens were housed in rooms or pieces of furniture called cabinets of curiosity. [Read More]
One of the most treasured paintings in American art, Kindred Spirits (1849) by Asher B. Durand, will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art this spring. The painting, on loan from [Read More]
The Rosenbach Museum and Library presents Portraits of Civil War Heroes A World Premiere Concert by Dave Burrell on Saturday, January 22, 2011 – 3:00pm – 5:00pm. Steinway Artist, famed jazz pianist, and Rosenbach Musician-in-Residence [Read More]
The Chairman, Sir John Ritblat, and the Trustees of the Wallace Collection announce the appointment of Dr Christoph Vogtherr as the next Director of the Collection upon the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill DBE next [Read More]
At its quarterly meeting on October 26, 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia voted unanimously to deaccession thirteen paintings by the British artist Walter Greaves (1846-1930). Deaccessioning is [Read More]
Haus der Kunst announced the appointment of Okwui Enwezor as the next director of Haus der Kunst. Enwezor will take up the position in October 2011. He will succeed Chris Dercon, the outgoing director who [Read More]
Since its arrival in the museum over 70 years ago, a bust of Sam Houston sculpted by Gutzon Borglum has languished in storage at the San Jacinto Museum of History. Created as either an object [Read More]
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum announce the implementation of a new curatorial programming schedule that will exclusively present seasons of simultaneous solo artist exhibitions, all linked by one common theme. This new program will debut [Read More]
A rediscovered painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606– 1669), on loan at the Toledo Museum of Art, will be displayed for several months beginning January 28 in Gallery 24. The artist painted [Read More]
The Marco Island Historical Museum presents Florida’s Lost Tribes an Exhibit of 46 paintings depicting Calusa Indians. On view from January 20, 2011. Museum Events: Presentation by the artist, Ted Morris 5:00 p.m. Rose History [Read More]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents The Treasury: The Splendor of Liturgical Objects on view through February 24, 2011. Churches and abbeys, which served as centers of monastic life during the Middle Ages (1000–1500), sprang [Read More]
Walker Exhibition The Spectacular of Vernacular Features Artists Who Utilize Craft, Incorporate Folklore, and Revel in Roadside Kitsch In an era of virtual neighborhoods and fast-paced Internet communication, the Walker Art Center exhibition The Spectacular [Read More]
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero comes to the Toledo Museum of Art March 19–June 12, 2011. Toledo is the final stop and the only venue in the Midwest where the exhibition is being shown. [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art presents Travelers Through Ancient Lands on view through February 6, 2011. Nineteenth century imagery of Northern Africa—primarily Egypt—and the Middle East will be on display in the Works on Paper [Read More]