The Rijksmuseum has handed over a unique loan to the National Maritime Museum in London. After 345 years, the ‘stern carvings decoration’ of the flagship the Royal Charles has been returned to England. In June [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 9, 2012
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SALT Galata presents Modern Essays 4. SALON, on view through June 17, 2012. SALON exhibition, SALT Galata. Photo by Mustafa Hazneci, 2012 SALT’s Modern Essays series investigates different aspects of modernism, the effects of Westernization, [Read More]
The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will launch a newly designed online store May 14, with improved functionality, narrative product pages, seamless checkout, integrated member discounting and enhanced search capabilities. The new site, shop.cooperhewitt.org, [Read More]
CINCINNATI – All aboard! Saturday, May 12 is National Train Day, and we have just the place for you to celebrate. Union Terminal, of course! Cincinnati Museum Center along with Amtrak and dozens of venues [Read More]
The Generali Foundation presents Symposium Beyond the Frame. How and Why on May 11–12, 2012, 4–7pm. With Rainer Bellenbaum (critic, film maker), Sabeth Buchmann (art historian, art critic, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), Morgan Fisher [Read More]
Sweden’s Nationalmuseum has acquired Vichy scene by Hjalmar Sandberg. Hjalmar Sandberg (1847-1888), Vichy scene, Nationalmuseum Hjalmar Sandberg’s artistic journey started when he worked in a stationery shop in Stockholm, where he sold materials to students [Read More]
& de Meuron and Ai Weiwei will create the 2012 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion. It will be the twelfth commission in the Gallery’s annual series, the world’s first and most ambitious architectural programme of its kind. [Read More]
The Generali Foundation in Vienna presents Morgan Fisher. The Frame and Beyond, an exhibition on view through July 29, 2012. Morgan Fisher (b. Washington, D.C., 1942; lives and works in Los Angeles) came to prominence [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum has donated more than 19,000 images of artworks, along with associated information to Wikimedia. Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational content for [Read More]
The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter announces the official opening of The Sister Seraphim Memorial Museum at the shelter on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 5-7pm. After much effort, they have finally been able to give [Read More]
Nassau County Museum of Art’s 2012 Museum Ball, one of the most glittering events of the Long Island social season, is this year one of the most colorful as well. Called Alive with Color, the [Read More]
John Gray, founding president of the Autry National Center of the American West, a consolidation of three cultural organizations in Los Angeles and Denver, has been appointed the Elizabeth MacMillan Director of the Smithsonian’s National [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum and Howard County Public Schools celebrate students’ artistic achievements with an exhibition of artwork inspired by the Walters Art Museum’s collection in a show open May 16–Sunday, May 20, 10 a.m.–5 [Read More]
Fulton Street Collective hosts a Spring Open House on Saturday, May 12. Featuring work By: Sarah Mclaughlin, Raymond Thomas,Anna Curnes, Karen Parisian, Kevin O’Rourke,Dhiraj Madura, Hannah Tameling, Alexis Aprati, Maureen Sullivan, Amul Kumar, Matthew Richards, [Read More]