The J. Paul Getty Museum presents College Night at the Getty Center, on Monday, April 16, 2012, 6:00–9:30 p.m. Local college students are invited to enjoy a free night of special tours, live music, food, and other activities, all incorporating this year’s theme: “L.A. Style.” That evening, students will rub shoulders with Hollywood elite (on […]
Tucson, AZ – March 23, 2012 – The Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona Libraries is pleased to announce that it has acquired the photographic archive of Lynn Stern. “We are delighted that Lynn Stern has chosen the Center for Creative Photography as the permanent home for her archive,” comments Katharine Martinez, […]
American museum-goers will have the rare opportunity to view a complete triptych by Renaissance master Maerten van Heemskerck (1498–1574), one of the most admired Netherlandish painters of the 16th century, when his dramatic Ecce Homo altarpiece (1544) is presented at the J. Paul Getty Museum in a focused exhibition from June 5, 2012 through January […]
Ann Goldstein, Director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, announced that this leading international institution of modern and contemporary art will celebrate its opening ceremony on Saturday, September 22, 2012, and will begin welcoming the public on September 23, following the completion of the most ambitious renovation and expansion project in its history. A complete renovation […]
The Center for Creative Photography presents Speaking in Tongues. Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976, on view March 27, 2012 – June 17, 2012. Wallace Berman Untitled (Shuffle), 1969 Verifax & acrylic 13 × 14 inches Collection of Timothea Stewart, Topanga, CA Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976 brings two seminal yet […]
Beginning in March, the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) presented 14 exhibitions and projects, including work by more than 25 leading and emerging contemporary artists such as Nina Katchadourian, Joachim Koester, Timur Si-Qin, and Danh Vo, all curated by second-year students. Presented in two groups, these projects focus on diverse concepts […]
The Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein presents Bojan Sarcevic, A Curious Contortion in the Method of Progress, an exhibition on view through 26 May 2012. Bojan Sarcevic A Curious Contortion in the Method of Progress is the first major museum exhibition by Bojan Šarčević (* 1974). Created in close collaboration with the artist, it gives an insight into […]
Highlights of the Collection Tour 6:30 pm on the first Wednesday of the month and 1:30 pm on all Saturdays and Sundays FREE with general Museum admission Experience the UMFA galleries through a thirty-minute tour with a docent. No pre-registration necessary. Palette to Palate: Art and Wine Class 6:00-8:00 pm on Thursday, April 5 •$64 […]
The Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art presents Piero Gilardi. Collaborative Effects, 1962–1985, an exhibition on view 30 March–6 May 2012. Piero Gilardi, “Vestito natura-anguria,” 1967. Foam polyurethane. Courtesy the artist Castello di Rivoli, Van Abbemuseum and Nottingham Contemporary have joined together to present an exhibition dedicated to the first twenty-two years of the […]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will mark the 11th annual Jazz Appreciation Month in April with a monthlong celebration of jazz featuring performances, talks, tours and family-oriented events in venues around Washington, D.C. JAM 2012 programs will show how jazz crosses borders of culture, musical genre, technology, gender and race. JAM kicks off […]
Baltimore – This summer, the Walters Art Museum will present Public Property, an exhibition collectively created by the public. In 1931, the museum’s founder Henry Walters bequeathed the core collection of the Walters to the City of Baltimore “for the benefit of the public.” The Walters’ art is owned by the public, and it is […]
The Birmingham Museum of Art recently added a painting to its American Gallery that has special resonance in Perry County: a portrait of the county’s namesake, American Naval hero Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. The portrait strikingly depicts Perry (1785 – 1819), popularly known as the “Hero of Lake Erie,” for his role in achieving a […]
