Albertina opens presents Lewis Baltz an exhibition on view 1 March 2013 – 2 June 2013. The landscape photographs by the US-American Lewis Baltz are characterized by deserted and frequently devastated peripheries. In 1970s, he revolutionized fine-art photography with motifs that had previously not been thought worth depicting, such as industrial buildings, suburban housing developments, […]
Westmoreland Museum of American Art announces Aaronel deRoy Gruber. Art(ist) in Motion on view March 09, 2013 – June 02, 2013. Aaronel deRoy Gruber, a prominent Pittsburgh artist, turned to making sculpture in the early 1960s at the urging of fellow artist, David Smith. This exhibition highlights the artist’s sculpture exploration, from welded steel and […]
The Ashmolean Museum presents Xu Bing. Landscape Landscript on view 28th February to 19th May 2013. Xu Bing, Hebei. © Xu Bing Studio. Xu Bing has become one of China’s best known and critically acclaimed artists, exhibiting in solo exhibitions and winning awards around the world. Landscape Landscript will be the first exhibition devoted to […]
A living organism’s ability to produce its own light is one of the most incredible, yet least understood, phenomena in nature. A new exhibit opening this spring at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University promises to illuminate this intriguing subject. Glow: Living Lights, on display June 1–Sept. 29, takes visitors on a journey […]
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt presents Last Works. From Manet to Kippenberger an exhibition on view. The exhibition is dedicated to outstanding works and groups of works that artists produced in the very last phase of their creativity and which, each in its very own way, mark the end of an artist’s life’s work. The show sheds […]
HangarBicocca presents Apichatpong Weerasethakul Primitive on view 8 March–28 April 2013. Apichatpong Weerasethakul, I’m Still Breathing (still), 2009. Photo: Chai Siri. © Kick the Machine Films and Illuminations Films. HangarBicocca presents Primitive, the first solo exhibition in Italy by Thai artist and film director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, from 7 March to 28 April 2013. The Primitive […]
Museum Angewandte Kunst presents The Empty House on view March 7–10, 2013. Following a three-month phase of renovations, the Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, will be open to visitors for a brief interlude. Twenty-seven years after its construction, the Richard Meier building returns to its original state. In preparation for the 26th of April, […]
Faurschou Foundation present Every Day Matters on view March 15–June 14, 2013. Photo: John Eley. © Faurschou Foundation. With Every Day Matters Faurschou Foundation presents a group exhibition of international contemporary artists, each of whom has made a mark in an intelligent way with politically and aesthetically surprising works. The participating artists are Adel Abdessemed, […]
Sunday Sessions performances and programs this month feature lucky dragons (March 3); the launch of M to M of M/M (Paris), hosted by Glenn O’Brien (March 10); a finissage for Cyprien Gaillard’s exhibition hosted by the artist (March 17); Randy Zine (March 24); Gavin Russom and an Easter Egg Extravaganza (March 31); and more. March […]
The National Museum of American History recently acquired archival materials from the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors – National Auxiliary, which tell the story of both women’s history and small business. The collection includes organizational records and 27 scrapbooks documenting the organization’s 92-year-old history. Originally named the Women’s Auxiliary-National Association of Master Plumbers, the group was formed in […]
Auto-safety innovations and initiatives, including the “Jaws of Life,” will join the National Museum of American History’s permanent research collections. They illustrate the evolution of automobile safety and represent technological achievements such as portable rescue devices and repositioned fuel tanks, as well as public-awareness and driver-safety campaigns. The recent acquisitions include a 1977 Hurst Power […]
Milwaukee Art Museum presents Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America on view February 22, 2013–May 19, 2013. Marion Post Wolcott (American, 1910-1990), A cross roads store, bar, “juke joint,” and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La., June 1940. 35mm color transparency. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI […]
