The National Museum of American History has unveiled a YouTube video that finally answers the age-old question, “What does the tooth fairy do with all of those teeth?” The Tooth Fairy File is a “mockumentary” [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Board of Directors and board chair Alice Walton have promoted Crystal Bridges Executive Director Don Bacigalupi to the newly created position of president and appointed him to Crystal Bridges [Read More]
The Noguchi Museum, has announced online publication of the second installment of The Isamu Noguchi Catalogue Raisonné, effective February 12, 2013. Isamu Noguchi in his Long Island City studio, 1966. Photo: Jack Mitchell. © The [Read More]
Mingei International Museum presents an exhibition of work by Bill Traylor on view Feb 9, 2013 – May 12, 2013. Bill Traylor (1854?-1949) is one of the best-known and most highly esteemed artists from the [Read More]
The Frick Art & Historical Center presents Piero della Francesca In America, an exhibition on view February 12 through May 19, 2013. Piero della Francesca (1411/13–1492), The Crucifixion, 1454–1469. Oil and tempera on poplar panel, [Read More]
Harry Ransom Center presents Arnold Newman. Masterclass, an exhibition on view FEBRUARY 12 – MAY 12, 2013. Over the course of nearly seven decades, Arnold Newman (1918–2006) created iconographic portraits of some of the most [Read More]
Bozar Expo presents a Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) retrospective in collaboration with the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, on view Friday 08.02.2013 – Sunday 12.05.2013. Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743), Concert dans le salon ovale de Pierre Crozat [Read More]
Philbrook Museum of Art presents The Hollywood Portraits of George Hurell, an exhibition on view Feb 3 – Jun 30.2013. George Hurrell both captured and created the idealized world of movie glamour, becoming the greatest [Read More]
The National Museum of Natural History’s famous gem collection has a new addition: the Cindy Chao Black Label Masterpiece Royal Butterfly Brooch. Cindy Chao Royal Butterfly Brooch Created by Chao in 2009, the brooch will [Read More]
The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (NURFC) announced that it will honor late Civil Rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof with its prestigious International Freedom Conductor Award (IFCA). The [Read More]
A new major exhibit entitled “Navigating Freedom: The War of 1812 on the Chesapeake” opens Saturday, May 11 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD. “Admiral Cockburn burning & plundering Havre [Read More]
Kenosha Civil War Museum presents Capturing the Past. The Civil War Art of Keith Rocco, an exhibition on view through April 13, 2013. Keith Rocco, The Last Full Measure-The 1st Minnesota at Gettysburg The exhibit [Read More]
The Penn Museum in Philadelphia displays The Lod Mosaic in an exhibition on view February 10 – May 12, 2013. The Lod Mosaic Image © Israel Antiquities Authority More than 300 square feet and nearly [Read More]
M – Museum Leuven presents Blijven Kijken / Ce qui nous regarde / Dropouts an exhibition on view February 14–May 12, 2013. In the exhibition Blijven Kijken / Ce qui nous regarde / Dropouts, artists [Read More]
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt presents Yoko Ono Half-A-Wind Show. A Retrospective on view February 15–May 12, 2013. Yoko Ono, Walking On Thin Ice, 1981. Video still. © Yoko Ono In honor of the 80th birthday of [Read More]
M – Museum Leuven presents Saskia Olde Wolbers Kinemacolor an exhibition on view February 14–May 26, 2013. Since 1996 Saskia Olde Wolbers (b. 1971, the Netherlands) has been making short videos that take up the [Read More]
M – Museum Leuven presents Geert Goiris a solo exhibition on view February 14–May 19, 2013. Geert Goiris, Suspension, 2006. Framed Lambda print, 100 x 127 cm. Courtesy Art:Concept Paris and Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels. [Read More]
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California (BAM/PFA) presents Apichatpong Weerasethakul / MATRIX 247 on February 15–April 21, 2013. MATRIX 247 presents artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s 2007 installation Morakot (Emerald), a [Read More]