Two Figures and Landscape, a 1954 painting from renowned artist Hughie Lee-Smith (1915–1999), recently joined six other works by Lee-Smith in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) “New Art for a New Self Awareness” gallery [Read More]
Daily Archives: March 9, 2012
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Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro presents Matisse and the Decorative Impulse, an exhibition on view Apr 14, 2012 – Jul 8, 2012. Louise August, “Europa and the Bull”, not [Read More]
Tate Modern presents Shuji Terayama: ‘Who can say that we should not live like dogs?’, an exhibition on view 16–25 March 2012. Shuji Terayama, “Butterfly,” 1974. © courtesy the Terayama Museum Questions were an important [Read More]
Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, has named Sheryl Kolasinski as the museum’s Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer. In this position – a new one at the Menil – Ms. Kolasinski will work [Read More]
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas announces its 2012 Spring Gala, Let History Take Flight scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. The gala will feature world-renowned aviation legend, R.A. “Bob” Hoover. [Read More]
The State Library of Victoria presents Love and Devotion. from Persia and beyond, an exhibition on view Friday 9 March 2012 – Sunday 1 July 2012. The marriage of Yusuf and Zulaykha (detail), from Yusuf [Read More]
The Getty Museum presents Heaven, Hell, and Dying Well. Images of Death in the Middle Ages, an exhibition on view on display May 29–August 12, 2012, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center. Lazarus’s [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents Eugène Atget: “Documents pour artistes” an exhibition on view April 09, 2012. Eugène Atget, Rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève, June 1925. Gelatin silver printing-out-paper print, 6 11/16 x 8 3/4″ [Read More]
The Swiss Institute in New York presents Heart to Hand Zoe Leonard, Klara Liden, Adam Pendleton, Oscar Tuazon/Elias Hansen, on view March 7, 2012– April 15, 2012. Acclaimed for the collaborative series Evas Arche und [Read More]
The Getty Research Institute announced the acquisition of 82 prints by German artist Max Liebermann (1847–1935). The collection of prints spans a large part of the artist’s career and highlights the celebrated painter’s skill as [Read More]
The Swiss Institute presents Nicolas Party. Still Life, Stones, and Elephants, on view March 7, 2012– April 15, 2012. Hailed as painter, illustrator, and graffiti artist, the praxis of Swiss artist Nicolas Party (b. 1980, [Read More]
The Swiss Institute presents Jimmie Durham. Maquette for a Museum of Switzerland on view March 7, 2012– April 15, 2012. Traditional Swiss mask from Jimmie Durham, “Maquette for a Museum of Switzerland,” 2010. Courtesy Migros [Read More]
The Malmo Konsthall presents Tauba Auerbach, Tetrachromat, an exhibition on view 17 March–10 June. In Tauba Auerbach’s work traditional distinctions between image, dimensionality and content collapse. Surface, specifically the larger issues surrounding topology, has been [Read More]