The year 2012 marks the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, and the South Dakota State Historical Society is commemorating the event with three displays in the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. A [Read More]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
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Swedens Nationalmuseum has acquired a very rare Jugendstil table lamp from 1915. It is one of only two known objects designed by Axel Enoch Boman for Orrefors. The lamp can be seen in the exhibition [Read More]
The Haus der Kunst has been approved for renovation. State Minister of Sciences, Research and the Arts Dr Wolfgang Heubisch: “It is imperative that we address this renovation project now. Haus der Kunst is one [Read More]
Visitors can explore the Guggenheim’s summer exhibitions through family-oriented tours that incorporate conversation and creative hands-on gallery activities. For families with children ages 5–10. July 8: Shake it up! Participants discover different ways that artists [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Bregenz presents Summer Academy Art and the Critique of Ideology after ’89 on September 24 to September 30, 20. One of the KUB Arena’s particular qualities is its repeated use of formats that [Read More]
The Brooklyn Museum has acquired an extremely rare genre painting from the viceroyalty of Peru and formerly in the collection of a descendant of the Peruvian counts of Guagui. A Merry Company on the Banks [Read More]
Dedicated to the emergence of the newest forms of contemporary art as it is, the Palais de Tokyo sees participating in the renewal of the ecosystem of art as part of its remit. This is [Read More]
Kunsthaus Bregenz presents Architectural Models by Peter Zumthor, on view through 28 October 2012. Kunsthaus Bregenz Unknown to many, the Kunsthaus Bregenz has its own collection. One of the largest groups of works in the [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Bregenz presents Reading Ed Ruscha, an exhibition on view 7 July–14 October 2012. The work of Ed Ruscha (b. 1937), one of the best-known artists of his generation, eludes established categories. Assigned to [Read More]
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art presents Interventions. Brian Bress, an exhibition on view July 15–September 30, 2012. Brian Bress, Relatives (Devin, John, Jason, Lewis), 2012. High definition single-channel video (color), high definition monitor and [Read More]
ATLANTA – The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA) announces the opening of the second installment in the series of the 2011/2012 Working Artist Project exhibitions – Martha Whittington: deus ex machina. There [Read More]
The Irish Museum of Modern Art announce a new online application process for those applying to the Artists’ Residency Programme. Applications can be made online, through IMMA’s website, from Tuesday, 12 June, until 13h GMT/Irish [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announces the winners of the first annual Teen Portrait Competition. McNeel Mann (14, Alaska) and Allen Chiu (17, Calif.) have been selected as the grand-prize winners, and their photographs will [Read More]
The New Mexico History Museum presents Treasures of Devotion, an exhibition on long term display. Treasures of Devotion New Mexico History Museum Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción contains bultos, retablos, and crucifijos, dating from the [Read More]
The New Mexico Museum of Space History has appointed Christopher Orwoll as Executive Director. As President and CEO of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Orwoll focused on expanding the role of the facility’s restoration [Read More]
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs presents Rolland Golden. River and Reverie. Paintings of the Mississipp, an exhibition of works by Rolland Golde on view through August 15, 2012. Rolland Golden Walter [Read More]
The Hirshhorn Museum presents Directions. Antonio Rovaldi, an exhibition on view from July 6. The artist’s body of work, which includes performance, drawing, sculpture and video installation, often explores how distance is represented in art [Read More]
The Silent Wings Museum honors the great sacrifices given by the Allied forces on D-Day and commemorates our country’s veterans on Veterans Day with free admission on, November 11, 2012. The Silent Wings Museum, a [Read More]