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]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
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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]
The Smithsonian and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office have begun a seven-year collaboration to develop programs and exhibitions related to innovation for the Arts and Industries Building located on the National Mall between the [Read More]
Opening Oct. 19 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, “Yoga: The Art of Transformation”—the world’s first exhibition about the discipline’s visual history—will reveal its rich and fascinating meanings, histories and evolution over the past 2,000 [Read More]
Archives of American Art presents A Day at the Museum an exhibition on view through on view through May 16. A day at a museum might involve a whirlwind tour through a maze of galleries [Read More]
The Petersen Automotive Museum announced today that Peter Mullin has been elected Chairman to its Board of Directors. Joining him as Vice Chair are Bruce Meyer, one of the museum’s most ardent supporters and David [Read More]
Oakland Museum announces its annual White Elephant Sale on March 2 and 3, 2013. Salehours are 10 am to 4 pm both days, and admission is free. Organized and presented by the Oakland Museum Women’s [Read More]
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art opens Nino Migliori Imagined Landscapes. The Places of Morandi, an exhibition on view 16 January – 7 April 2013, of delicately reworked Polaroid images by the renowned Italian [Read More]
The Israel Museum Jerusalem announces Herod the Great. The King’s Final Journey, an exhibition on view February 13, 2013-October 5, 2013. The first exhibition entirely dedicated to Herod the Great, Israel’s greatest builder and one [Read More]
Guangdong Times Museum presents Zizhiqu (Autonomous Regions) on January 20–March 17, 2013. In the current context of geopolitics, Zizhiqu, or Autonomous Regions, refers to at least two possible notions of geopolitical institutions, the first being [Read More]