The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery as well as its exhibition and catalog, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” have been nominated for awards by the Artistic Landmarks in Contemporary Experience. Called the Alice awards, [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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FSC Spring 2012 Open House & Art Show to showcase local art, music and dance on Saturday, May 12 CHICAGO, Il., – Fulton Street Collective is pleased to announce their Spring 2012 Open House and [Read More]
The Museum of Discovery presents Extreme Deep, an exhibition open April 28, 2012 to July 29, 2012. Extreme Deep depicts the mysteries of the ocean’s greatest depths. Newly discovered life forms, thermal vents, close-up views [Read More]
Bonnie Burnham, President of World Monuments Fund (WMF), and officials of Madhya Pradesh, announced a partnership to conserve a portfolio of historic sites in the Indian state. The initial focus will be on a group [Read More]
Extra City Kunsthal presents Sharon Lockhart Podworka, on view 4 May–29 July 2012. In the film Podwórka (2009), Sharon Lockhart takes as its subject matter the courtyards of Lodz, Poland, and the children that inhabit [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announces the acquisition of seven artworks through the museum’s annual Collectors Committee gala fundraiser on Saturday, April 21, including Robert Rauschenberg’s 1970 large-scale screenprint Currents, German Renaissance [Read More]
Extra City Kunsthal presents Chasing Shadows. Santu Mofokeng, Thirty Years of Photographic Essays, a retrospective, on view 4 May–29 July 2012. Santu Mofokeng, “Democracy is forever, Pimville – Soweto”, 2004 Image courtesy Lunetta Bartz, MAKER, [Read More]
The Ludwig Museum in Budapest presents Societe Realiste. empire, state, building, an exhibition on view 20 April–5 August 2012. Société Réaliste, State of Shades: Hungarian National Painting Grey. Average Colour of 684 Major Paintings from [Read More]
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf presents a solo exhibition of work by Peter Land, on view 21 April–20 May 2012. Peter Land, “Springtime,” 2010. Painted fiberglass, fabric, metal, wood, rubble. Dimensions variable. Courtesy Galleri Nicolai Wallner Peter Land’s [Read More]
CINCINNATI– Cincinnati Museum Center is hosting a Pompeii Art Show inspired by the current special exhibit, A Day in Pompeii. Artists are encouraged to submit pieces inspired by the exhibit through the majority of traditional [Read More]
The Currier Museum of Art pesents Transcending Nature. Paintings by Eric Aho, an exhibition on view June 2, 2012 – September 9, 2012. Eric Aho, Winter Cathedral, 2006, oil on linen. © Eric Aho With [Read More]
Join in this epic event—a must for all Star Wars fans and Jedi’s—young and old alike on May 4 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. and “May the 4th Be With You”. Wings Over the Rockies [Read More]
The National Gallery Of Art Washington presents Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape, an exhibition of Joan Miro’s Work on view May 6–August 12, 2012. Joan Miró, The Farm, 1921-1922 oil on canvas National Gallery [Read More]
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents CC Lockwood. Photographs from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition on view through July 23, 2012. CC Lockwood, Flat Lake Sunset CC Lockwood’s color photographs of the nature and [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has appointed Mahrukh Tarapor as Senior Advisor for International Initiatives. Gary Tinterow, director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, today announced the appointment of Mahrukh Tarapor as senior [Read More]
An outstanding private collection of modern and contemporary art is coming to the Kunsthaus Zürich, thanks to a new agreement with the Fondation Hubert Looser. Focusing on Abstract Expressionism, Minimal Art and Arte Povera, the [Read More]
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna announced the reopening of the Theseus Temple, with a new programme of contemporary presentations. Theseus Temple, Vienna Copyright: Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna Located in the leafy surrounds of Vienna’s central Volksgarten park, [Read More]
Kunsthaus Zurich presents Adrian Zingg. Precursor of Romanticism, an exhibition on view 25 May – 12 August 2012. Adrian Zingg, At the Waterfall (detail), 1785 Dresden, Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs Adrian Zingg (1734 [Read More]