Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum has commissioned a major installation by Boston native and critically acclaimed artist Chris Burden. Heralded as a creator of “epoch-defining work” and “one of the most important American artists to [Read More]
Daily Archives: November 14, 2013
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Works by the Blenko Glass Company from the mid-20th century are receiving increased attention as knowledge of its integral role in the history of American Glass expands. Now, with the acquisition of 16 modern Blenko [Read More]
Somerset House in London presents Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War an exhibition on view through 26 January 2014. Stanley Spencer’s poignant memories of war, which have drawn such praise as ‘Britain’s answer [Read More]
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art opens a Project Space in Doha, dedicated to new tendencies in artistic production and emerging curatorial practices. Collaborations with international artists and experimentation in curating and art production are [Read More]
The £12,000 award was presented to the Kent photographer at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Tuesday 12 November 2013. The winning portrait goes on show at the Gallery as part of the Taylor Wessing [Read More]
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a new platform of freely available digitized images of collection materials on its website. The new [Read More]
The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art present Flesh and Metal: Body and Machine in Early 20th-Century Art an exhibition featuring more than 70 artworks that explore [Read More]
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of artist Edward Ruscha (b. 1937). The materials reveal Ruscha’s creative process and offer [Read More]
In a moment long awaited among art and culture circles, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA) has successfully completed preparations for the operation of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul [Read More]
The exhibition Eye to I… 3,000 Years of Portraits was built on the premise that every person responds to a work of art differently and that museum visitors, who usually keep their perceptions to themselves, [Read More]
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum fur Gegenwart – Berlin presents Body Pressure: Sculpture since the 1960s an exhibition on view until 12 January 2014. This exhibition examines the many different approaches to the human figure in [Read More]
(Katonah, NY) Picasso asked: “Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror or the painter?” With all due respect to Mr. Picasso, none of the above—necessarily. With its revolutionary new show Eye to [Read More]
Tate Britain presents Assembly: A Survey of Recent Artists’ Film and Video in Britain 2008–2013, launched with a special free screening during The House Warming Party on 23 November 2013 to celebrate the reopening of [Read More]
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will install two of its iconic objects in the museum Sunday, Nov. 17. The museum’s Southern Railway Car and Angola Prison Tower, each part of the [Read More]