The Chora Church known today as Kariye Museum, hosts a remarkable collection of Byzantine mosaics and frescoes. The church is situated near the Adrianople Gate (Edirnekapı), in Istanbul. Chora Museum iPhone app The church contains [Read More]
Daily Archives: August 18, 2012
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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents William Kurelek. The Messenger, an exhibition on view through Sept. 3, 2012. William Kurelek: The exhibition is the largest survey of Kurelek’s work ever mounted and the first in [Read More]
Asian Civilisations Museum presents Islamic Arts from Southeast Asia. Highlights of the Asian Civilisations Museum, an exhibition on view through Jan 2013. Asian Civilisations Museum Showcasing works of art drawn exclusively from the collections of [Read More]
Asian Civilisations Museum presents Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum. Architecture in Islamic Arts, an exhibition on view through 28 Oct 2012. he Aga Khan is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili Muslim community. This [Read More]
USS Constitution is scheduled to set sail Aug. 19 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of her victory over the British frigate HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812. This underway demonstration on Guerriere Day is [Read More]
Jon Tupper, Director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria announced that Janyce Ronson has been named Director of Advancement at the Gallery. Ronson has been a member of the Gallery’s senior management team since [Read More]
Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh presents GirlTalk. Woman and Text, an exhibition of contemporary artworks that explores text as art. On view September 22, 2012 through January 14, 2013. Marilyn Minter, Video still of I’m [Read More]
SEATTLE – Going up? The Museum of Flight hosts the 2012 International Space Elevator Conference on Aug. 25 to 27, a three-day technical conference engaging an international audience of scientists, engineers, educators, managers, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (The Academy) are pleased to co-present the first U.S. retrospective of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, developed in collaboration with [Read More]
he National Portrait Gallery is committed to expanding visitors’ ideas of portraiture through its programs, including the ongoing series of “Portraiture Now” exhibitions. Through “Portraiture Now: Drawing on the Edge” the museum reconsiders the once-narrow [Read More]