The Van Gogh Museum has welcomed its millionth visitor this year, a proud milestone for the museum on the eve of its temporary move to the Hermitage Amsterdam. In 2011, the millionth visitor arrived one [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 16, 2012
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The GRAMMY Museum, in conjunction with the family of Whitney Houston presents Whitney! Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Whitney Houston. The exhibition debuted the same week as the premiere of Sparkle, Houston’s last film before [Read More]
Arthur M. Sackler Museum presents Recent Acquisitions, Part II: Building the Collection, an exhibition on view through September 29, 2012. Rama’s Brother Pulling a Thorn from His Foot, India, Pahari, Chamba, c. 1700-10 Harvard Art [Read More]
The Van Gogh Museum social media presence s rapidly expanding. The Museum has more than 47,000 fans on Facebook. More than 38,000 people follow the museum on Twitter, and 180,000 Van Gogh Museum on Google+. [Read More]
Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago presents Life In Space, an exhibit on view through through September 30, 2012. Was there—or is there—alternate life in space? Could humans find a way to live in [Read More]
Following an international search, the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) at the University of Utah is pleased to announce the appointment of Whitney Tassie as the organization’s new Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. [Read More]
Israel Museum in Jerusalem presents an Installation by Ron Arad on view August 16 to September 5, 2012, will feature a nightly scheduled program of video projections by leading multi-media artists, together with surprise, one-time-only [Read More]
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has recorded an unprecedented attendance during July, welcoming over 83,000 visitors throughout the month. During this period visitors included local and international tourists and groups of all ages participating in [Read More]
The 36–map collection, acquired in 1969 by Harry Ransom from the New York antiquarian dealer Hans P. Kraus, features a wide range of individual maps of Europe and America, atlases, a rare set of large [Read More]
The Board of Governors of the Indianapolis Museum of Art announced today that Dr. Charles L. Venable has been appointed The Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the Museum. Venable, who is currently [Read More]
The board of trustees of the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science on Monday approved the execution of a contract to sell a rare Pablo Picasso-signed work of art from the museum’s collection. The [Read More]
Witte de With | Center for Contemporary Art presents Alexandre Singh, The Humans an exhibition on view through 6 January 2013. A project in production, an evolving installation, multiple encounters in the form of Causeries, [Read More]
Witte de With | Center for Contemporary Art announces Surplus Authors on view 5 September–28 October 2012. Daniel Gustav Cramer & Haris Epaminonda, The Infinite Library, 2007–ongoing Outside of personal romance, collaboration is perhaps the [Read More]
Tate Britain presents Another London a photographs exhibition on view until Sunday 16 September 2012. Martine Franck Parliament Square: Princess Anne’s wedding – waiting for her to pass by 1973 © Martine Franck / Magnum [Read More]
The Hyde Collection Art Museum and Historic House invites you to enjoy their August Summer Luncheon with guest speaker, author, and critic Michael Kimmelman. It takes place at 11:30am on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at [Read More]
DOYLESTOWN, PA — Beginning in September, 2012, the Michener Art Museum will present a special two-part exhibition Creative Hand, Discerning Heart: Celebrating the Artists Among Us in the museum’s Paton|Smith|Della Penna-Fernberger Galleries. Rachel Bliss, Blue [Read More]
The Harvard Art Museums announce the appointment of Ethan Lasser as Margaret S. Winthrop Associate Curator of American Art, effective September 18, 2012. Lasser will join the Art Museums’ Division of European and American Art. [Read More]
Devi Art Foundation presents Sarai Reader 09, an exhibition on view 18 August 2012–16 April 2013. Sarai Reader 09 is a nine month exhibition that will unfold as a process generative of visions, concepts, speculations [Read More]