Through the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy’s coordination and as part of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay’s Project Clean Stream, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) hosted a team of 13 volunteers on April 6th to [Read More]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
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If people want to know where they are, they need a reliable clock. It might seem surprising, but knowing the accurate time is essential for determining position. A major exhibition opening April 12, “Time and [Read More]
J. Paul Getty Museum presents Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990 an exhibition on view from April 9 to July 21, 2013. During the period 1940 to 1990, Los Angeles rapidly evolved into one of [Read More]
The Baltimore Museum of Art announced the implementation of short- and long-term measures designed to balance the Museum’s budget for the coming years and ensure the institution’s financial health. Initiatives include a reduction in personnel, [Read More]
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that Leonard A. Lauder has pledged to give the Museum his collection of 78 works by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art announces that Target is to become the sponsor of Target School and Teacher Programs beginning this May, providing major support of the Museum’s mission to engage students and teachers in [Read More]
Galeries nationales du Grand Palais presents DYNAMO A CENTURY OF LIGHT AND MOVEMENT IN ART 1913-2013 an exhibition on view 10 April 2013 – 22 July 2013. Carlos Cruz-Diez, Transchromie mécanique, 1965 Plexiglas, aluminium, moteur [Read More]
Vancouver Art Gallery presents Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life an exhibition on view September 15, 2013, exploring the impact of the hotel as one of the pre-eminent architectural and social structures of our time. Left: [Read More]
Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (NAK) presents Corin Sworn The Rag Papers an exhibition on view 14 April–9 June 2013. Corin Sworn, The Rag Papers (production still), 2013. Co-commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery and NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein. [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery, London, has unveiled its most recent commissioned portrait, a painting of Dame Maggie Smith by the artist James Lloyd. It was commissioned by the Gallery with the support of J. P. [Read More]
Swiss Institute present Jon Kessler The Web on view April 28, 2013, a new immersive installation by Jon Kessler. Since 2009 MRI has commissioned contemporary artists to reflect the legacy of the late Swiss artist [Read More]
The Morgan Library & Museum offersw Free Friday Evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. Live music is provided by performers from Mannes College The New School For Music. Current exhibitions include: Degas, Miss La La, [Read More]
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will launch the Harlem Focus programming series highlighting designers, architects and artists whose work engages and affects the local Harlem community. The museum will feature a series of talks curated [Read More]
From opulence and obsession to debt and despair, new exhibition Edward Harley: The Great Collector follows the fortunes of the 2nd Earl of Oxford (1689-1741). Showing at The Harley Gallery from 25 May 2013, this [Read More]
The National Museum of Health and Medicine is seeking funding for Touch Screen Walls, and other High-Tech features. At present thin touchscreens are fitted with Kinect motion sensors built by Microsoft for the Xbox gaming [Read More]
James Pepper Henry, director and chief executive of the Anchorage Museum for the past six years, is to leave the Anchorage Museum on July 5 for a position as executive director and CEO of the [Read More]
The Weald and Downland Open Air Museum planned near Chichester has received initial support for a £4 million bid from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The museum has been awarded £250,000 to allow it develop a [Read More]
The Airborne & Special Operation Museum may reopen on the four days a week it is now closed following budget cuts. Since April 1, the museum has been closed four days a week, opening only [Read More]