The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced the selection of Diller Scofidio + Renfro as designers of the gallery and visitor experience for the reopening of the museum campus in 2014. Local Projects will [Read More]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
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The Columbus Museum of Art presents Marvelous Menagerie. An Ancient Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel is on view through January 13, 2013 exploring the artistry of Ancient Rome. Nearly 300-square feet large and more than [Read More]
The Columbus Museum of Art, in partnership with the City of Columbus and Columbus Recreation and Parks, opened its new West Garden in a special ceremony on June 12. The completion of this new, public [Read More]
The Columbus Museum of Art announced it has acquired Lino Tagliapietra’s glass installation Endeavor. This armada of thirty-five boats suspended from the ceiling has become an iconic part of the Museum’s collection. Lino Tagliapietra Endeavor [Read More]
The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Oskar Fischinger: Space Light Art – A Film Environment, an exhibition on view from June 28 to October 28, 2012. Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967), Raumlichtkunst, 1926/2012. Three screen projection: [Read More]
The Kunst Museum Bonn presents David Reed. Heart of Glass Paintings and Drawings 1967 – 2012, an exhibition on view 28.06. – 07.10.2012. David Reed #323, 1990-1993, Öl und Alkyd auf Leinwand, 112 x 46 [Read More]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a suite of six bronze sculptures, the last installation of this type planned by the late artist Cy Twombly (1928-1911), on view now through March 2013, in the Ruth [Read More]
The Bowers Museum in Santa Ana presents Faberge. Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars, an exhibition on view June 23, 2012 – January 6, 2013. Faberge Wedding Clock Perhaps best known for Imperial Easter Eggs created [Read More]
Cedar Grove, a historically important house located in West Fairmount Park, is closing for a major restoration project of the building’s exterior envelope and roof, which will continue into the fall of 2013. July 8, [Read More]
A major redisplay of the gallery dedicated to the British Museum’s pre-eminent collection of money has opened, sponsored by Citi. Featuring more than a thousand objects from the Museum’s extensive collections, the Citi Money Gallery [Read More]
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum presents united states, a series of solo exhibitions and artist’s projects that approach both the nature of the United States as a country and “united states” as the alliance of [Read More]
Fondazione Prada presents The Small Utopia. Ars Multiplicata, an exhibition on view Fri, 6 July–Sun, 25 November 2012, at its Ca’ Corner della Regina space in Venice. The title of the exhibition, The Small Utopia. [Read More]
Crew Compartment arrives aboard NASA’s Super Guppy is scheduled to arrive on Saturday, June 30, at 11 a.m ShuttleFest: The Museum of Flight is welcoming the Space Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment on Saturday, June 30, [Read More]
CIMAM – International Committee of ICOM for Museums and Collections of Modern Art has announced it’s 2012 annual conference Museums Beyond the Crises on 12–14 November 2012. CIMAM’s Annual Conference is shaping up to be [Read More]
The Nouveau Musee National de Monaco presents Thomas Schutte Houses, an exhibition on view 7 July–11 November 2012. he display, which is being installed at Villa Paloma in close cooperation with the artist himself, is [Read More]
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art (MOCFA) is proud to present a traveling exhibition co-organized by Japan Society (New York), TamaArtUniversity (Tokyo), and International Textile Network Japan. Fiber Futures: Japan’s Textile Pioneers explores a [Read More]
Ten years in the making, from the artisans of the Pharaonic Village in Giza, Egypt and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this dazzling collection of Tutankhamen’s (King Tut) legendary treasures recreates the richest archaeological find [Read More]
The Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe at the National Museum of the American Indian became the first museum restaurant in Washington, D.C., to earn a Rammy award from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington. Honored as the [Read More]