The National Gallery of Canada presents The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012, on 30 Mar 2012 – 17 Jun 2012. Ron Martin, To Foil Oils, Phase III, 1997,Winsor & Newton oils [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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Baidu has launched the Baidu Encyclopedia Digital Museum. On view at http://baike.baidu.com/museum In this collaborative undertaking, Baidu joins forces with museums across China to digitally display their collections. Museums that are visited by thousands can [Read More]
The National Museum of China, located to the east of Tian’anmen Square in central Beijing, officially opened to the public. National Museum of China, Photo：Ma Tengfei “As China’s flagship public museum, the National Museum should [Read More]
The Wellcome Collection presents The treasures of Henry Wellcome, an exhibition on view through 20 May 2012. From a pair of wax hands to a shrunken head and from ivory anatomical figures to an executioner’s [Read More]
Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam has reached the target visitor figure for the exhibition receiving over 80,000 visitors in just over seven weeks. The exhibition opened on 26 January and runs until 15 [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents Making History. Twentieth Century African American Art, on view March 31 through June 10, 2012, the exhibition features more than 50 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by [Read More]
One hundred years ago, Titanic, the world’s largest Ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. To commemorate this significant anniversary, The Henry Ford hosts the largest touring Exhibition of Titanic: [Read More]
The Canadian cultural centre in Paris presents Manon De Pauw. Intrigues, the first exhibition in France of the work of videomaker and photographer Manon De Pauw. The Quebec finalist of the prestigious Sobey Art Prize [Read More]
The Lawrence History Center presents The History of Maine Labor Mural by Judy Taylor a set of images that now stands at the forefront of the discussion of 20th and 21st century public art and [Read More]
The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown presents an exhibition from Florence’s Uffizi Gallery Art, on view April 21, 2012 through August 10, 2012. Fabrizio Boschi (Firenze 1572-1642), The Miracle of the Manna, 1594-1597 [Read More]
The Fitchburg Art Museum presents The Magic of Antarctic Colors: David Abbey Paige, Artist of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition 1933-1935, an exhibition on view from April 15- June 24, 2012. David Abbey Paige Group of [Read More]
De Appel arts centre has opened its new permanent premises in a renovated eighteenth-century building on the Prins Hendrikkade 142, a stone’s throw from Amsterdam Central Station. Its new home, renovated by denieuwegeneratie and ADP [Read More]
Dartmouth College announced the naming of its visual arts center in honor of Leon Black, Class of 1973, and his wife Debra, who are contributing $48 million toward the new state-of-the-art visual arts center, opening [Read More]
Lunds konsthallpresents Social Fabric, an exhibition, on view 6 April–27 May 2012, organised by Iniva (Institute for International Visual Art) in London that uses textiles to explore colonial history, international trade, labour and militant politics. [Read More]
Fundacion Juan Marc in Madrid opens Avant-Garde Applied (1890–1950), an exhibition on view March 30 – July 1, 2012. The exhibition The Applied Avant-Garde (1890-1950), displaying more than 700 works–among them original designs, maquettes, preparatory [Read More]
The National Gallery of Denmark presents Danish and International Art After 1900, an exhibition on view from 30 march 2012. (Left to right): (From left): Max Ernst,Two Sexless Figures. Chimerae, 1933. Poul Gernes, Untitled, 1968-69. [Read More]
Calvert 22 presents two concurrent exhibitions, on view 4 April–24 June 2012, exploring the work of the most influential art movement from the Balkan region in the latter half of the 20th century – Neue [Read More]
One of the most versatile talents of the modern art movement in Germany, the American-born Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) is celebrated as a master of caricature, figurative painting, and a distinctive brand of cubism, but he [Read More]