A private art collection amassed over more than 30 years is returning home to San Diego, bringing to the city masterpieces of minimalism and of German Expressionism. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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When the website was launched in February 2011, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin was the only German partner to participate in the Art Project, providing access to the Gemäldegalerie and the Alte Nationalgalerie. With the [Read More]
The Witte de With | Center for Contemporary Art presents The Humans by Alexandre Singh on view 26 April–28 October 2012. Over the upcoming six months, visual artist and writer Alexandre Singh transforms the exhibition [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Calgary presents Carl White. Pentimento an exhibition on view through August 25, 2012. Carl White, ‘The Sun from Yellow,’ 2011, Art Gallery of Calgary Born in Liverpool, England in 1969, Carl [Read More]
Museum Ludwig, Cologne will show the first European retrospective of Yvonne Rainer. On view April 28–July 29, 2012. It was developed in tandem with the Kunsthaus Bregenz and the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. [Read More]
The Glass House is pleased to announce its second year of Conversations in Context. The program offers visitors the opportunity to join a leader in architecture, art, landscape, history or design for an evening tour [Read More]
Queen Beatrix has officially opened the Peel & Clock Museum Asten. The opening ceremony took place in the new large exhibition hall in the middle of the museum.Immediately after the opening, museum chairman Harry van [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK) presents Sport in Art, an exhibition on view 19 May–30September 2012. Marcin Maciejowski, “The Youngsters Don’t Want to Study or Work,” 2000. Oil on canvas, 112 × [Read More]
Jazz Night with Amy Banks and Friends Open to the Public May 19 DOYLESTOWN, PA– The Edgar N. Putman Event Pavilion, an elegant, all-glass structure, is now open for special events at the James A. [Read More]
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has awarded the Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art to Maurie D. McInnis for her book Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave [Read More]
SEATTLE, April 25, 2012–On May 19 and 20, The Museum of Flight will be offering a unique, 2-day course about the iconic, World War II Boeing B-17 bomber. The course will familiarize participants in the [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art New York presents Taryn Simon. A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII, an exhibition on view May 2–September 3, 2012. The exhibition is organized by Roxana Marcoci, Curator, [Read More]
Wood from dismantled temples finds its next incarnation as part of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s massive “Fragments,” on view in the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery May 12–April 7, 2013. “Fragments” explores the role of [Read More]
May 5 lecture with NASA researcher looks at extraterrestrial airplane projects SEATTLE, – A Museum presentation on May 5 takes a look at the future of airplane flights above distant worlds far from Earth. Lecturer [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery as well as its exhibition and catalog, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” have been nominated for awards by the Artistic Landmarks in Contemporary Experience. Called the Alice awards, [Read More]
FSC Spring 2012 Open House & Art Show to showcase local art, music and dance on Saturday, May 12 CHICAGO, Il., – Fulton Street Collective is pleased to announce their Spring 2012 Open House and [Read More]
The Museum of Discovery presents Extreme Deep, an exhibition open April 28, 2012 to July 29, 2012. Extreme Deep depicts the mysteries of the ocean’s greatest depths. Newly discovered life forms, thermal vents, close-up views [Read More]
Bonnie Burnham, President of World Monuments Fund (WMF), and officials of Madhya Pradesh, announced a partnership to conserve a portfolio of historic sites in the Indian state. The initial focus will be on a group [Read More]