The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is to re-open to the public on Friday, July 13, 2012 after the third and final phase of its rejuvenation is completed. “The Thinker”, Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 – 1917. [Read More]
Monthly Archives: May 2012
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The Ashmolean Museum has opened The English Prize. The Capture Of The Westmorland, An Episode Of The Grand Tour, on view 17 May – 27 August 2012. Robert Dodd, The capture of the Amazone by [Read More]
Taipei Museum and the Herzliya Museum, Israel present Boundaries on the Move. A Cross-Cultural Dialogue. The exhibition will run from 18 May to 11 August 2012 at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Chen Chieh-Jen, [Read More]
The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) presents Rita McBride. Public Tender, an exhibition on view 18 May–24 September 2012. Alexander Hick, Day After Day (film still), 2011. Courtesy the artist Educated in the United [Read More]
Site-specific works by Carola Bonfili, Graham Hudson, Luigi Presicce, and Ishmael Randall Weeks will be on show from 24 May to 22 July 2012. Along with new works, the studios will be open to the [Read More]
Still undergoing transformation, the Monnaie de Paris will open an evening event space to the public with Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market on Saturday 19 May, 6pm–midnight. Rob Pruitt has brought together a wide range of [Read More]
The PinchukArtCentre presents a solo exhibition by Anish Kapoor, on view 19 May–30 September 2012. The show includes a selection of the artist’s most iconic works together with a new monumental steel work created specially [Read More]
The Staatsgalerie Moderne Kunst presents Jerry Zeniuk. Elementary Painting, on view 16.05.2012 – 01.05.2013. Jerry Zeniuk Untitled 2008, oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in., Photo: Courtesy Gallery Rupert Walser, Munich © Jerry Zeniuk a [Read More]
Tate St Ives presents Alex Katz. Give Me Tomorrow, an exhibition on view 19 May–23 September 2012. Born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York, Alex Katz is one of the most important and respected living [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) presents Kevin Cole. Straight From The Soul, 25 Years In The Making, an exhibition on view May 19 – July 28, 2012. “Much of my work [Read More]
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute presents a new installation by artist Mark Dion, Phantoms of the Clark Expedition, on view May 9 to August 3, 2012 reflecting on the history of exploration and [Read More]
The Renaissance Society presents Picturing People by Dawoud Bey, an exhibition on view May 13–June 24, 2012. Dawoud Bey, Rudy Nimocks and Lindsay Atnip, Hyde Park, Chicago, 2012. Pigment print, 40 x 48 inches. Courtesy [Read More]
The Castello di Rivoli Museum presents Thomas Schutte. Frauen, an exhibition on view 22 May–23 September 2012. The display, which is being installed in the Manica Lunga in close cooperation with the artist himself, is [Read More]
At the annual meeting of its Art Collectors’ Council, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens enriched its European art collection with the acquisition of St. George and the Dragon (ca. 1522–27), a well-preserved, [Read More]
The Cantor Arts Center presents Central Nigeria Unmasked. Arts of the Benue River Valley, an exhibition on view May 16–October 14, 2012. Presenting more than 150 objects drawn from international collections, the exhibition gives a [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has opened a temporary exhibition, “The Beautiful Time: Photography by Sammy Baloji,” which evokes the memory of Congolese workers whose labor during the colonial period created a once-vibrant [Read More]
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden announces The Sistine Madonna. Raphael’s iconic painting turns 500, an exhibition by the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, on view on 26 May to 26 August 2012. The [Read More]
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]