The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents Poetic Likeness Modern American Poets, an exhibition open Oct. 12 through April 28, 2013. When Walt Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass (1855), it was a [Read More]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
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After 26 years as director, with one of the longest tenures of any art museum leader in the country, Dr. Mitchell D. Kahan announced to the Akron Art Museum’s Board of Trustees that he will [Read More]
Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired two antiquities objects, “Portrait Head of Drusus Minor” becomes the most important Roman marble sculpture in the museum’s renowned antiquities collection and Maya “Vessel with Battle Scene” showcases the [Read More]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents Alia Syed Eating Grass on view through July 28, 2013. Alia Syed (Wales, b. 1964), Stills from Eating Grass, 2003, 16mm film, transferred to HD DVD, Sound, 22:56 [Read More]
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art presents Pipilotti Rist. Spear to Heaven, an exhibition on view through September 16, 2012 as the second media art exhibition of the “Black Box Project.” Pipilotti Rist is a world-renowned [Read More]
Spencer Museum of Art reopens August 14 following a water main break on in a local street. The Spencer Museum of Art, or SMA, is an art museum on the campus of University of Kansas [Read More]
Studio Museum in Harlem announces Steffani Jemison, Jennifer Packer and Cullen Washington, Jr., as 2012–13 artists in residence. Since its founding in 1968, the Studio Museum has held a strong commitment to nurturing and advancing [Read More]
The Museum of London Royal Timetrip is a unique, content-rich entertainment and discovery app to accompany your visit to to London and relive key moments from the city’s royal past, with this visually rich historical [Read More]
The New Bodleian Library building, to be reopened as the Weston Library in 2015. The New Bodleian Library. Courtesy Wilkinson Eyre Architects The project seeks to create high-quality storage for the Libraries valuable special collections, [Read More]
The Jewish Museum presents Word Symbol Space, a selection of works by six contemporary artists, on view at The Jewish Museum in the final gallery of its permanent exhibition, Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey, [Read More]
KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents Wael Shawky El Araba El Madfuna on August 26–October 21, 2012. The Egyptian artist Wael Shawky is a storyteller: historiographical and literary sources form the starting point for his [Read More]
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter announces MoDERNISM MACHINE Exhibition and Symposium. Culture of Display & Book Launch open August 16–October 21, 2012. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (HOK) aims to re-position the role an art institution can take in [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD recently received a Maryland Heritage Areas Authority (MHAA) grant to support a Chesapeake Bay-focused War of 1812 exhibit at the museum. Coinciding with the 200th [Read More]
The Smithsonian Supplier Diversity Program will host an informational outreach event on August 14, 2012 at 10:30am – 12:30pm, to discuss design, construction and facilities maintenance opportunities at the Smithsonian. Information on the Smithsonian’s Supplier [Read More]
Project One Gallery presents MICROBLAST featuring the art of Jet Martinez and Kelly Ording in an exhibition on view through SEP 29, 2012. Martinez and Ording, who live in Oakland with their two young children [Read More]
Elmhurst Art Museum presents Heather Becker. The Hidden Face, an exhibition on view 08.25.2012. Heather Beacker, The Guardian, 2011 Becker’s quiet portraits evoke longing and foreignness with distant glances and delicate expressions. Haunting and expressive, [Read More]
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery presents Nomads and Networks. The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan, on view through Nov. 12, the exhibition dispels the notion that nomadic societies were less developed than sedentary ones. More [Read More]
The Bellevue Arts Museum has installed hearing aid compatible technology. When over 36‐million Americans of all ages are experiencing hearing loss, it’s time for public spaces to take action and promote hearing accessibility. Bellevue Arts [Read More]