Museums of Bergen opens Real Life Stories. Installations, sculptures and paintings by ten of China’s leading artists on view 04/10/2012 to 03/02/2013. Over the last 15 years, Chinese contemporary artists have gained phenomenal popularity and [Read More]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opened it’s new East Asian Galleries on September 2. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The East Asian suite – about 5,000 square feet – is devoted to display [Read More]
The newly renovated and expanded Stedelijk Museum celebrated its official reopening on Saturday, September 22, 2012, in the presence of Her Royal Highness Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam A complete renovation of [Read More]
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall presents Chris Burden, an exhibition on view now through December 9, 2012 & February 8–June 2, 2013. The long-awaited return of key works by Chris Burden, last seen together during his [Read More]
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents an unknown pre-Eyckian panel triptych that dates back some six centuries is to appear in it’s exhibition ‘The Road to Van Eyck’ opening 13 October. Bruges (?), Triptych with the [Read More]
MMK Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main announces MMK Talks The Artists, on 5 October 2012–31 January 2013. The MMK Talks are an annual event series presented by the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst [Read More]
Ever wonder how moon rocks became “famous, farcical and instruments of foreign relations” and what impact “volcano breath” might have on Earth’s climate? The answers to these and other questions related to the sun, planets, [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History collaborated with photographer Robert Weingarten to create an object-based portrait of Celia Cruz featuring artifacts in the museum. The portrait was unveiled Oct. 3. In May and June [Read More]
The Frick Collection presents Mantegna to Matisse. Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery, an exhibition on view October 2, 2012 to January 27, 2013. Paul Cezanne (1839–1906), Apples, Bottle and Chairback, c. 1904–6. Graphite and [Read More]
Colorful altars and other traditional celebrations of Day of the Dead, one of Mexico’s most revered and festive holidays, return to Old Town San Diego November 1-2. This community-wide commemoration, which honors ancestors and other [Read More]
National Gallery of Art opens The Serial Portrait. Photography and Identity in the Last One Hundred Years, an exhibition on view in the West Building’s Ground Floor photography galleries from September 30 through December 31, [Read More]
Twice a year, we open our doors to the public to showcase our mission, our members’ artwork and the work of our partner organizations. Join us on Saturday, October 13th for a unique opportunity to [Read More]
Museum of Modern Art presents the 27th annual New Photography exhibition, from October 3, 2012 through February 4, 2013. Zoe Crosher (American, born 1975). Mae Wested No. 4 (Crumpled) from 21 Ways to Mae Wested. [Read More]
New Museum announces DEAS CITY Festival About the Urban Future, the biennial festival created to explore the future city and to effect change on view in New York City on May 1–4, 2013. Formerly known [Read More]
James Prosek has had a personal experience with each of the saltwater fish he has painted and hand-picked for a new exhibit opening Oct. 13 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. “You [Read More]
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum announces Wendell Castle. Wandering Forms—Works from 1959–1979, the first major museum exhibition of the iconic American designer’s work in over twenty years, and the only one to focus exclusively on the [Read More]
ARTIUM Basque Museum-Centre of Contemporary Art announces new season of exhibitions, opening Friday, October 5, 8pm. PULL THE THREAD is a project of the ARTIUM Collection, organised to commemorate the Museum-Center’s 10th anniversary. Three very [Read More]
Monnaie de Paris presents Mohamed Bourouissa All-in new video by Mohamed Bourouissa featuring the making of a medal representing the French rap artist Booba, on 6 October, 7pm–7am. Token by Mohamed Bourouissa for Monnaie de [Read More]