The theme of this year’s Garden Fest at the Smithsonian is “Gardening for Healthy Living,” featuring live music and a variety of activities for children and adults. The free festival will be held Friday, May [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 1, 2012
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HUNTERDON ART MUSEUM HOSTS SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE EVENTS FEATURING FREE SCREENINGS OF SEASON SIX OF THE PEABODY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY All Four Episodes of Groundbreaking Series to be Presented between May [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) presents Picasso. Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, an exhibition on view from May 1, 2012. Pablo Picasso Deux femmes courant sur la plage (La course)(Two women running [Read More]
The National World War II Museum in New Orleans presents Turning Point. The Doolittle Raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, and Battle of Midway, an exhibition on view July 8, 2012. In the early, dark [Read More]
Visitors of all ages are invited to celebrate Space Day this year at both National Air and Space Museum locations Saturday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. At the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy visitors [Read More]
The US section of the International Association of Art Critics/AICA-USA announced its awards honoring significant exhibitions of the previous season (June 2010–June 2011). The 400 active members of the Association voted from over 100 finalists. [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Art presents an exhibition of work by Duncan Campbell, on view April 28–July 8, 2012. Duncan Campbell, Make It New John, 2009, video; black-and-white and color, sound, 50 min, courtesy the [Read More]
The Andy Warhol Museum and KIWI Arts Group announce that a selection of 100 signed and numbered photographs from the William John Kennedy archives will become part of the museum’s permanent collection. In addition, two [Read More]
The Frick Collection presents Antico. The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes, the first monographic exhibition in the United States devoted to the Italian sculptor and goldsmith on view from May 1, 2012 through July 29, [Read More]
An exhibition of portraits by acclaimed French artist Edouard Manet, sometimes referred to as “the father of Impressionism,” opens this fall at the Toledo Museum of Art, the exclusive North American venue for Manet: Portraying [Read More]
DOYLESTOWN, PA– The James A. Michener Art Museum honored four outstanding volunteers at its 18th annual Volunteer Recognition Award Ceremony on Tuesday, April 24. The event celebrates the dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers who continually support [Read More]
The Middelheim Museum is undergoing a major metamorphosis and will re-open on 26 May. The reinvented museum includes a considerable expansion of the museum grounds and modernisation of the infrastructure. Robbrecht and Daem are constructing [Read More]
The River and Rowing Museum in Henley on Thames presents The Perfect Rower, an exhibition on view through 30 September, 2012. The River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, by David Chipperfield Architects Discover artefacts from [Read More]
Family Activity Bank of America Weekend Family Workshop: STS Space Shuttle Service Saturdays and Sundays June 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 23, 24, 30, July 1, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. What flying machine launches [Read More]