A large plaster bust of the celebrated twentieth century British actress Margaret Rawlings by sculptor Frank Dobson has been donated to the National Portrait Gallery Collection in London. The bust of Rawlings, who had a [Read More]
Daily Archives: December 12, 2013
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The Mexican Museum, announces its new Investment Advisory Committee. The new Committee, which will be chaired by Museum Board Member, Luis Ortiz Hidalgo, a prominent Mexico City attorney, will provide guidance and recommendations for The [Read More]
The Cinquantenaire Museum in Brussels presents Henry van de Velde Passion – Function – Beauty on exhibition on view through Sun 12-01-2014. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Henry van de Velde, [Read More]
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage announced the appointment of Ellen A. Rudolph as the museum’s new executive director, effective January 8, 2014. Ms. Rudolph was chosen for the position after a national search of [Read More]
Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina presents do it curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist from November 15 through December 14, 2013, marking the first time that do it has been realized in Kosovo. Drawing from a [Read More]
On Dec. 17, 2003, America looked back a century to celebrate the first successful flight of a powered airplane. Ten years after the Centennial of Flight, Orville and Wilbur Wright’s achievement at Kitty Hawk is [Read More]
Langley Shook has announced his intention to retire as CBMM’s President. He will remain as President until a successor is named. Shook became CBMM’s fourth President in 2009 after serving on the museum’s Board of [Read More]
The San Diego Museum of Art has hired Michael Brown, Ph.D., as the Museum’s Associate Curator of European Art. Brown will begin his role in January 2014. Working with the Museum’s Permanent Collection of European [Read More]
After having welcomed its one millionth visitor in August, the Rijksmuseum received its two millionth visitor on 3 December. Since the official opening by the former Queen Beatrix on 13 April of this year, visitor [Read More]
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art presents a solo exhibition of Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) on view DECEMBER 11 – FEBRUARY 9, 2014 . The exhibition will occupy the 2nd floor of the MMOMA’s main [Read More]
Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore presents Paradise Lost an exhibition featuring: Trinh T. Minh-ha: Surname Viet Given Name Nam Zarina Bhimji: Yellow Patch Fiona Tan: Disorient on view January 17–March 30, 2014. Conceived as a [Read More]
MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna presents Tacita Dean The Studio of Giorgio Morandi on view through 9 February 2014, an exhibition project that presents in the spaces of the Permanent Collection two [Read More]
Public Art Agency Sweden presents Simon Starling Loft Lift (stacked) on view December 11, 2013–January 1, 2014. Loft Lift by Simon Starling is an art project initially created for the H+ redevelopment project, a new [Read More]
Hamburger Kunsthalle presents Gego Line as Object on view through 2 March 2014. Gertrud Goldschmidt, known as Gego (1912, Hamburg–1994, Caracas), was one of the most important women artists in Latin America. Her best-known works [Read More]
“Santa’s Landing Party” includes children’s concert with Seattle legend SEATTLE – “Santa’s Landing Party” at The Museum of Flight begins Saturday morning, Dec. 14, with a children’s concert and the fly-in arrival of Santa Claus. [Read More]
Protector of Union Terminal believed in Museum Center’s role in building a better Cincinnati CINCINNATI – The city of Cincinnati has lost one of its strongest advocates for education, equality and public service. William Mallory, [Read More]