An exhibition, on view May 2, 2012 – Friday, June 1, 2012, in the lobby of the New York State Museum provides visitors with a rare opportunity to see and learn about an iconic North [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 4, 2012
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An extremely rare mother-of-pearl-inlaid Mexican folding screen, commissioned about 1700 by the viceroy of New Spain has been purchased by the Brooklyn Museum from Salvart Limited in London. Circle of the González Family (Mexican, late [Read More]
The National Gallery of Denmark presents Illuminated – Tracing Bosch and Bruegel, an exhibition on view 4 May – 21 October 2012. Unknown artist (1500-1600), Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple. Privately-owned, ca. 1569 [Read More]
Centre Pompidou-Metz presents 1917 a multidisciplinary exhibition, on view 26 May 2012–24 September 2012 that investigates the fundamental question of artistic creation in wartime. Originating with Picasso’s creation of his largest work, the stage curtain [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles presents The Painting Factory: Abstraction After Warhol, an exhibition on view APRIL 29, 2012–AUGUST 20, 2012. Julie Mehretu Black City 2007 Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman [Read More]
The National Museum of Australia has acquired two pen and ink drawings of a significant moment in Australian history drawn by an Aboriginal artist of the nineteenth century. Buckley’s Escape by Tommy McRae. 1890s pen [Read More]
The Royal Collection presents an exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical work revealing a genius centuries ahead of his rivals. Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomist is on view at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 4 May [Read More]
The Royal Collection has launched an iPad app, Leonardo da Vinci: Anatomy, that allows us to appreciate fully the astonishing accuracy of Leonardo’s work for the first time. The app includes interactive 3D anatomical models, [Read More]
Asia Society announce that April Rabkin of Fast Company magazine has won the Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia for a three-part series of stories illuminating how Chinese society is changing. The [Read More]
Asia Society Museum presents Revolutionary Ink. The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong, on view through August 5, 2012. Wu Guanzhong, Pines, 1995, ink and color on paper, H. 55.1 x W. 70.5 in. (H. 140 x [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announced that Margaret C. Conrads, Ph.D., will join the staff in September 2012 as its first Deputy Director of Art and Research. The announcement comes just over a [Read More]
Treasures of Mexico in Kansas City, an intimate exhibition of 30 works from The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art collection, opens May 4 at 6 p.m. at the Consulate of Mexico, 1617 Baltimore Ave. in Kansas [Read More]
The MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge presents Joachim Koester. o navigate, in a genuine way, in the unknown… on view May 10–July 8, 2012. Opening: May 9, 6–8pm . Conversation with Joachim Koester and [Read More]
Collezione Maramotti presents Massimo Antonaci. Hypotenuse. From Black to Transparency / A Solitary Journey across a Single Body. From East to West 33 Stations in an Unknown Land / Opus. On view 13 May–31 July [Read More]
The National Atomic Testing Museum is hosting a Distinguished Lecture by Dr. John Alexander on May 17, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.Dr. Alexander will speak on UFOs: Myths and Realities. Dr. John Alexander has been a [Read More]