To commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., will launch a monthlong film series this December, “Lincoln’s Indian Legacy.” Throughout the month, two documentary [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 29, 2012
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A jumping spider of the species Phidippus johnsoni recently returned from a 100-day stay in space, en route to and as a resident aboard the International Space Station. She is the first jumping spider to [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art has announced the gift of Robert Rauschenberg’s Canyon (1959) by the Family of Ileana Sonnabend. Robert Rauschenberg Canyon 1959. © 2012 Museum of Modern Art. Photo by John Wronn. Canyon [Read More]
The Guggenheim recently acquired selections from R.H. Quaytman’s Point de Gaze, Chapter 23 (2011), on view now in the exhibition Now’s the Time: Recent Acquisitions. The Guggenheim has a long history of collecting and exhibiting [Read More]
The British Museum announces that one of its most iconic objects, the Cyrus Cylinder, will tour to five major museum venues in the United States in 2013. This will be the first time this object [Read More]
Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Manon de Boer Resonating Surfaces—A Trilogy, on view February 10, 2013. Manon de Boer, Think about Wood, Think about Metal, 2011. Film still. Courtesy of the artist and Jan Mot [Read More]
Seattle Art Museum announced it has recieved funding for the restoration of Jackson Pollock’s Sea Change (1947) through the Bank of America Art Conservation Project. Sea Change, 1947 Oil and pebbles on canvas Jackson Pollock [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced promised gifts of 473 photographs from three separate collectors, adding significant new depth to the museum’s holdings in 20th-century American and Japanese photography. A pledge of [Read More]
Since the founding of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in 1989, a comprehensive collection has been built up with a high degree of competence and expertise – initially by the founding [Read More]
Programs debut during Museum’s Dec. 6 Free First Thursday SEATTLE, – On Thursday evening, Dec. 6, The Museum of Flight will turn into a classroom for students in the University of Washington Museology program’s museum [Read More]
Renowned artist John Shaw with Angel Flight West advocate SEATTLE, – On Dec. 8, renowned portrait and aviation artist John Shaw will share his thoughts about his craft, World War II aviation and the stories [Read More]
Fri-Art, Kunsthalle Freiburg is seeking a curator to plan, organise and manage its artistic programme. The main responsibilities will be to organise between four and five exhibitions per year, to manage the exhibition budget and [Read More]
In March this year, artists, graduates from art schools and autodidacts with their own artistic styles could apply for a unique project produced by the television company ARTE: under the guidance of mentors, the ARTE [Read More]
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens presents Josiah McElheny The Light Club of Vizcaya. A Women’s Picture, an exhibition on view –March 18, 2013. Imagine a surreal light spa beneath the gardens of James Deering’s lush winter [Read More]