The California Science Center announced, that in recognition of a transformational gift from The Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Oschin Family Foundation the naming of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, future home of Space [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 18, 2012
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St Michaels, MD, is offering a full roster of daily events for museum guests this Memorial Day through Labor Day. CBMM’s Sailing Saturdays program is offered on select [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Art presents Impressionism in a New Light. From Monet to Stieglitz, an exhibition on view May 12, 2012–August 26, 2012. Alfred Sisley, British, 1839–1899; View of Saint-Mammès, c. 1881, oil on [Read More]
The California Science Center announces Cleopatra. The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt, an exhibition on view from May 23, 2012. More than 150 priceless Egyptian artifacts illuminating the life of Cleopatra VII, one [Read More]
Ursula Blickle Foundation in collaboration with Westfalischer Kunstverein Munster will present the two-part solo show Videos and Picnic and The Gadfly Festival by Yorgos Sapountzis on 20 May–8 July 2012. Yorgos Sapountzis, Fast Cast Past, [Read More]
The International Center of Photography presents Christer Stromholm. Les Amies de Place Blanche, an exhibition on view from May 18, 2012 through September 2, 2012. Christer Strömholm, Jacky, 1961. © Christer Strömholm/Strömholm Estate. Raising profound [Read More]
The first major museum retrospective devoted to contemporary artist and photographer Carrie Mae Weems—widely acclaimed as one of today’s most eloquent and respected interpreters of the African American experience—opens on September 21, 2012, at the [Read More]
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has acquired 21 works by Baltimore artist Morris Louis, including the landmark paintings Silver III, 1953, and Untitled 5-76, 1956, and 19 ink drawings. The works are a gift [Read More]
On May 26 a “Huey” helicopter used in the Vietnam War will go on permanent exhibit at The Museum of Flight. Bell UH 1H Iroquois (Huey)P1 A ceremony will open the exhibit at 11 a.m. [Read More]
La Kunsthalle Mulhouse presents Simon Starling. Trois cent cinquante kilogrammes par metre carre, a solo exhibition on view 24 May–26 August 2012. Simon Starling, Trois cent cinquante kilogrammes par mètre carré (Sketch), 2012. Collage and [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh announces Inventing the Modern World Showcases Decorative Arts and Design Innovations from World’s Fairs, an exhibition on view from October 13, 2012. From their inception in 1851, the [Read More]
The Morgan Library & Museum presents an exhibition of drawings and related material, featuring work by masters such as Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Carpaccio that brings to life the dynamic artistic and cultural milieu of [Read More]
The California Science Center is hosting it’s 14th Annual Discovery Ball on May 18. The evening will showcase the west coast premiere of Cleopatra: The Exhibition. The Discovery Ball will feature a fabulous cocktail reception, [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art will join museums all over the world in celebrating Art Museum Day Friday, May 18. The museum will honor the occasion from 1 to 2 p.m. with a [Read More]
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has launched a new mobile-ready website, designweeknyc.org, highlighting design-related events around the city during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, May 19–22. Design Week NYC is a grassroots initiative convened to [Read More]