Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA) presents the second edition of its international art programme under the theme of History/Matter. On view through 26 May 2012. Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos (CCA) presents the second [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 15, 2012
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The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum has launched a new microsite, “RFD: Marketing to a Rural Audience” (www.npm.si.edu/rfdmarketing), telling the story of how an experimental mail service in the late 1800s created a new commercial market. [Read More]
The Virginia Union University Museum Galleries, in addition to a permanent exhibit of African and Oceanic art, are currently featuring the art work of African American folk artist Thornton Dial. The exhibit, made possible through [Read More]
The Detroit Historical Museum is closing on May 24 for six months to carry out major renovations and enhancements. The Detroit Historical Museum chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century [Read More]
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center is pleased to present Scale: A Gathering of Sculptors, an international conference featuring renowned sculptors from five countries who will present their work. This symposium offers a unique opportunity to [Read More]
Every year since 1977, International Museum Day is held worldwide sometime around 18 May. This year, the museum community will celebrate the 35th anniversary of this event: more than 30,000 museums in around 100 countries [Read More]
49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine presents Doug Wheeler’s news luminous installations, on view May 24–November 11, 2012. Since the 1960s, the famous artist has been unhinging our senses and guiding us to inhabit moments [Read More]
The Boeing Company has donated a large model of an F-15E “Strike Eagle” Fighter to the Museum of Aviation which now is on permanent outdoor display near the Museum’s Eagle Building south entrance doorway. The [Read More]
A webcam has been installed at Yosemite Falls in the Yosemite National Park by the National Park Service and Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, the Yosemite Falls webcam is the fourth supported [Read More]
The Art Fund has announced the shortlist for the tenth year of the Art Fund Prize. The shortlisted museums and galleries are: The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter [Read More]
American Express and World Monuments Fund announced $1 million in grant funding to six historic sites. This is the first allocation from a $5 million, five-year grant to the World Monuments Fund to support the [Read More]
The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman presents Extreme History Project Lecture Series: Archaeology on Ice in the Rocky Mountains on 5/17/2012 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM . Unprecedented melting of ancient snow and ice [Read More]
The Atlanta Botanical Garden has been awarded a $2.5 million gift from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation for the development of Smithgall Woodland Garden in Gainesville, Georgia. The gift helps the Midtown Atlanta Garden near [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art has received a $75,000 Access to the Artist Archives digitization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant will allow the museum to digitize, catalog [Read More]
Following 250 years in Portugal, two magnificent but damaged lead sculptures by English artist John Cheere (1709-87) were this year temporarily returned to Britain for restoration by World Monuments Fund, and are now displayed in [Read More]
The Atlanta Botanical Garden in collaboration with the Marlborough Gallery New York, presents Independent Visions. Sculpture in the Garden, featuring 19 contemporary works by artists Magdalena Abakanowicz, Chakaia Booker, Red Grooms, Clement Meadmore, Michele Oka [Read More]
Exhibition on view May 12–June 4 and August 29–September 30, 2012, at School’s 32 Edgewood Avenue Gallery; free and open to the public The Yale School of Art presents an exhibition of new work by [Read More]