Para/Site presents Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The Paradox of Choice in a Time of Anxiety with Adam Curtis, Michael Lee, Sun Xun, and Tang Kwok Hin on 1 December 2012–17 February 2013. Sun [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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S.M.A.K. announce Martin Germann as new Senior Curator. Between 2008 and 2011, Martin Germann has been Curator at kestnergesellschaft Hanover. He has worked on solo exhibitions and publications with artists like Michaël Borremans, Michael Sailstorfer, [Read More]
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Leo Villareal. Cosmos, an ongoing exhibition paying homage to the late Cornell astronomy professor Carl Sagan, Cosmos is the most recent site-specific installation by [Read More]
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has returned a Toi Moko to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa) in Wellington New Zealand. The return to New Zealand of this Māori head [Read More]
Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Tells Story of How African Artifacts were First Recognized as Art in U.S in an exhibition on view November 27, 2012 – April 14, 2013. Sculptural Element from a Reliquary [Read More]
The Japanese American National Museum presents Giant Robot Biennale 3, open through January 20, 2013, its third show in conjunction with Eric Nakamura, owner of Asian American pop culture juggernaut Giant Robot. The expansive show [Read More]
Bruce Munro has been commissioned to create two new works for Waddesdon Manor, Blue Moon on a Platter and Angel of Light for the Christmas season, with further commissions for the Gardens and Coach House [Read More]
Metropolitan Museum of Art presents 18th–Century Mechanical Furniture by Abraham and David Roentgen in an exhibition on view trough January 27, 2013. Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, is the first comprehensive survey [Read More]
Menil Collection presents The Progress of Love, an exhibition on view December 2, 2012–March 17, 2013. Yinka Shonibare, MBE, The Swing (after Fragonard). © 2012 Yinka Shonibare, MBE. Courtesy of the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, [Read More]
Miami Art Museum presents New Work Miami 2013, an exhibition on view through May 12, 2013, the exhibition highlights the diverse and innovative practices of Miami’s artists, featuring site-specific installations, sculpture, painting, and photography. The [Read More]
Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Siegen presents Dear Aby Warburg, What Can Be Done with Images? Dealing with Photographic Material on view December 2, 2012–March 3, 2013. Simon Wachsmuth, Saba, 2010. © VG Bild-Kunst, 2012. Photo: Rainer [Read More]
The new Lincoln Heritage Museum at Lincoln College is set to open in fall of 2013. In 2008 Lincoln College broke ground for the Lincoln Center—a new multi-faceted facility featuring a state-of-the-art museum, a physical [Read More]
National Museum of Literature presents “Breathing Space”, a site-specific project by Bora Petkova with the special participation of HR-Stamenov and the work “Ambiguous Activities”. On view 30 November to 23 December 2012. Opening 29 November [Read More]
In fall 2012, six artists with ties to the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts—John Baldessari, Mark Bradford, Jonathan Monk, Paulina Olowska, and Laura Owens were asked to create new editioned works to support the [Read More]
Beginning December 1 and continuing through May, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels is offering public boatbuilding through its Apprentice for a Day program. During museum hours on select Saturdays and Sundays [Read More]
Independent Curators International (ICI) announces a new exhibition at TEMP introducing the activities of four innovative art spaces from around the world for the first time in New York. On view December 1, 2012–January 27, [Read More]
The Detroit Historical Museum re-opened on November 23, 2012 after undergoing renovations that include the installation of a number of new exhibitions. Detroit Historical Museum The Detroit Historical Museum chronicles the history of the Detroit [Read More]
The 40th Annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 1st, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in Midtown Detroit’s Cultural Center Area. Over 60 institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Michigan [Read More]