National Postal Museum has received a donation of $500,000 from TurningPoint Foundation of Dallas, Texas, in support of a new education mezzanine that will open at the museum in September. The museum will recognize the [Read More]
Daily Archives: January 17, 2013
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The Haggerty Museum of Art presents Perimeter. Photographs by Kevin J. Miyazaki, an exhibition on view January 16 – May 19, 2013. Perimeter is a project commissioned by the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette [Read More]
Haggerty Museum of Art presents Images of the Virgin Mary, an exhibition on view January 16 – May 19, 2013. Images of the Virgin Mary is an exhibition of international works of art from the [Read More]
Haggerty Museum of Art presents Read Between the Lines. Enrique Chagoya’s Codex Prints, an exhibition on view January 16 – May 19, 2013. Read Between the Lines: Enrique Chagoya’s Codex Prints is comprised of editioned, [Read More]
Haggerty Museum of Art opens Dark Blue The Water as Protagonist, an exhibition on view January 16 – May 19, 2013. Gregory Crewdson, (American, b. 1962), Twilight (1998-2002), Untitled, 2002. Digital C print, 48 x [Read More]
Generali Foundation marks it’s 25th anniversary with an exhibition on view: January 18–April 21, 2013, by three international curators—Guillaume Désanges, Helmut Draxler, and Gertrud Sandqvist, each organize a show using a unique presentation format to [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum announces Threshold to the Sacred. The Ark Door of Cairo’s Ben Ezra Synagogue, an exhibition on view March 2–May 26, 2013. Ark Door Ben Ezra Synagogue (detail) Walters Art Museum This [Read More]
The Terra Foundation for American Art announced the winners of its Civil War in Art Lesson Plan Contest: First place: “Portraits of Unlikely, Everyday Soldiers: ‘Questions for’ John F. P. Robie, J. L. Balldwin, and [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum announces the discovery of a previously unknown photograph of Mary Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907), the first 19th-century African American sculptor to receive international recognition. Prior to this discovery, there existed only seven [Read More]
The La Quinta Museum presents Emerald Gems – history of golf in the Coachella Valley, an exhibition on view January 18 through May 4, 2013. For many people, the Coachella Valley means golf. La Quinta [Read More]
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) presents Juergen Teller. Woo, an exhibition on view 23 January–17 March 2013. Juergen Teller, Lars Eidinger, Berlin 2010. Juergen Teller is one of the most important photographers of our time. [Read More]
Generali Foundation announces Amazing! Clever! Linguistic! An Adventure in Conceptual Art. 25th Anniversary and exhibition opening January 18–April 21, 2013. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Generali Foundation, three international curators—Guillaume Désanges, Helmut Draxler, [Read More]
Museum Het Domein presents Mark Dion. The Macabre Treasury, an exhibition on view January 20–May 5, 2013. Mark Dion, Mandrillus Sphinx (detail), 2012. Wood, glass, plastic, tar, metal, ceramic, paper, cork, ribbon, and string. Overall [Read More]
The Israel Antiquities Authority Scientific Archive 1919 – 1948 has joined the government project of “intensifying national foundations and heritage”, with the aim of preserving and digitizing the British Mandatory section. The purpose of the [Read More]
Developed by Independent Curators International (ICI) in collaboration with Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Derry~Londonderry, the Curatorial Intensive “From ‘Official History’ to Underrepresented Narratives” will examine the role of cultural production in addressing geopolitical landscapes [Read More]
African Culture Fest is Jan. 19, 20 and 21 at Cincinnati Museum Center CINCINNATI – Mawuya (welcome)! Travel across the world and delight your senses Jan. 19, 20 and 21 during the 27th annual African [Read More]
Since it was established in 1998, the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts has become one of the leading art institutions internationally and within the United States through its exhibitions, artist residencies, publications, and public [Read More]
Majora Carter, president of the Majora Carter Group, will be the featured speaker for the Anacostia Community Museum’s 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Program Friday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m. Her topic “Home (town) [Read More]