The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents Vochol. Huíchol Art on Wheels, an exhibition on view from Tuesday, March 20. This singular piece combines Huíchol culture with a pop-cult icon, the Volkswagen Beetle. [Read More]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents Elegance and Refinement. The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst, an exhibition on view March 11–May 28, 2012. Willem van Aelst, (Dutch, 1627 – after 1687), Fruit Still [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Extra Small Modern and Contemporary Works in XS, an exhibition on view through April 15, 2012. Arshile Gorky, Self-Portrait at the Age of Nine, 1928. Oil on canvas, 12 [Read More]
The 340-ton megalith that is to be part of artist Michael Heizer’s monumental artwork, Levitated Mass,barrived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Saturday, March 10. Due to its massive size, the [Read More]
The civic pride of the Dutch Golden Age will be celebrated in a special installation of two large-scale group portraits, on loan from Amsterdam to the National Gallery of Art, Washington. On view March 10, [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Zurich presents Posada to Alys. Mexican Art From 1900 to the Present, an exhibition on view 16 March – 20 May 2012. Francis Alys Sleepers II, 2000, 80 slides, copyright Francis Alys Kunsthaus [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Alberta presents Alberta Mistresses of the Modern: 1935-1975, an exhibition on view March 10 – June 3, 2012. Annora Brown, Foothills Village, n.d. Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 67.3 cm. Glenbow [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Alberta presents Art School. Banff 1947 on March 10 – June 3, 2012. The starting point of this exhibition is a photograph from 1947 by Bill Gibbons of the faculty of [Read More]
This exhibition, on view 9 March–16 september 2012, tells the stories of two men, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs (artistic director of LV), and will highlight their contributions to the fashion world. Louis Vuitton and [Read More]
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin present Animism. Exhibition, Conference, 16 March–6 May 2012. Opening: 15 March, 7pm. In the habituated scheme of modernity, objects are conceived as the passive stuff on which [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery presents, an exhibition of visionary works by japanese master painter Kano Kazunobu on view March 10 through July 8. 2012. Supernatural Powers, Five Hundred Arhats: Scroll 57. By Kano [Read More]
The Foundry Art Centre is hosting a special FREE Family Fun Day on Sunday, March 11, 2012 from 1:00 until 3:00 pm. This family-friendly FREE event will feature creative activities and whimsical crafts for children [Read More]
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]
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]