NEW ORLEANS, LA – Recognizing the need to engage a contemporary audience that appreciates the vibrant visual culture of Louisiana and the role of New Orleans as a rising, international art market, the Ogden Museum [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Queen Lovisa Ulrika’s memorial cup was donated to the museum at the annual meeting of the Friends of Nationalmuseum. This unique object was made by silversmith Pehr Zethelius and presented as a memento to Johan [Read More]
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels announced a special event recognizing the 10th anniversary of May 30, 2002, which marked the formal end of cleanup operations at Ground Zero. The event, [Read More]
Mercedes and Ian Stoutzker are making a major gift to Tate of a group of pre-eminent British works from their collection, which is one of the leading collections of British Art. The works will go [Read More]
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced it has selected architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali to design the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. “Renzo’s track record of creating iconic cultural landmarks combined with Zoltan’s [Read More]
The Getty Museum announced the acquisition of fourteen photographs by famed fashion photographer Hiro (Y. Hiro Wakabayashi), comprising work he created while on assignment for Harper’s Bazaar, French Vogue and Mirabella from the 1960s–1990s. Prominently [Read More]
One of the most intriguing and often-reproduced American paintings in the collection of the National Gallery of Art is the inspiration for Deacon Peckham’s “Hobby Horse”—a focus exhibition on view on the Ground Floor of [Read More]
The National Gallery of Art in Washington presents the first Comprehensive exhibition in three decades of George Bellows Prolific Career, on view June 10 through October 8, 2012. When George Bellows died at the age [Read More]
Tate Modern presents Emily Roysdon. I am a Helicopter, Camera, Queen a new collaborative performance work on 31 May. I am a Helicopter, Camera, Queen continues the BMW Tate Live Performance Room series—a pioneering programme [Read More]
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein presents Julieta Aranda on 5 June–27 July 2012. In the work Multifamiliar (2012), specially developed for the Showroom of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Julieta Aranda uses as a point of departure a social [Read More]
The WIELS Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels presents Un-Scene II on 22 June–26 August 2012. Opening: Thursday 21 June, 7:30pm. Image of Belgium by night. © NASA. Belgium, one might say, has no single art [Read More]
The Noguchi Museum’s “First Fridays” program of evening hours, free admission, art, and, beginning this year, film, begins on June 1. Every Friday at 6 pm, visitors may participate in “Center of Attention,” a guided [Read More]
The James A. Michener Art Museum is the only Northeast venue for this selection of 45 paintings and tapestries from the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The exhibition has officially been extended through August [Read More]
Lt. Col. Sarah Deal talks about her unique life and Marine aviation SEATTLE – On June 9, Lt. Col. Sarah Deal, the first woman to fly as a U.S. Marine Corps aviator, will talk about [Read More]
The Neuer Berliner Kunstverein presents The Future Archive, an exhibition on view 3 June–29 July 2012. Urbonas Studio / Nader Tehrani NADAAA, The Liquid Archive, 2010. Proposal, 3-D computer graphics. The exhibition project The Future [Read More]
The National Museum of African Art presents African Cosmos. Stellar Arts on view from June 20 through Dec. 9. This is the first major exhibition exploring the historical legacy of African cultural astronomy and its [Read More]
The Frick Collection presents Gold, Jasper, and Carnelian. Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court, an exhibition on view May 30 through August 19, 2012. Johann Christian Neuber (1736–1808) was one of Dresden’s most famous [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum presents the 2012 “Become a Pilot” family day and aviation display Saturday, June 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at its Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, [Read More]