The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces the acquisition of a major painting by 19th-century landscape artist Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872), the first African-American artist to achieve international acclaim. The work, titled The Caves, [Read More]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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This summer, the National Building Museum brings back its popular indoor Mini Golf exhibition. The expanded attraction features two 9-hole course options, with all new holes designed and built by leading Washington-area architects, landscape architects, [Read More]
The garden area around the museum building offers a variety of fascinating works of art the opportunity to make unique discoveries in the open. Newly acquired, installations, interactive works in part by Olaf Nicolai, Tobias [Read More]
The Courtauld Gallery presents lluminating Objects an exhibition on view 1 May to 22 July 2013. The third display in the Illuminating Objects programme at The Courtauld Gallery focuses on the German miniature picture Bibles, [Read More]
Para Site present A Journal of the Plague Year. Fear, ghosts, rebels. SARS, Leslie and the Hong Kong story on 17 May–20 July 2013. Ai Weiwei, Bernd Behr, Natalia Sui-hung Chan, Oscar Chan Yik Long, [Read More]
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston presents Jeffrey Gibson, Love Song an exhibition on view through July 14, 2013. Jeffrey Gibson’s paintings and sculptures deftly combine geometric abstract painting with the traditional craft materials of his Native [Read More]
The World Turned Inside Out 25 May–18 August 2013 (and onwards) May 25, 12–3pm: Aslı Çavuşoğlu on Lapis-Lazuli and Ancient Blue June 13, 7–9pm: Landings by Natasha Ginwala and Vivian Ziherl with Rana Hamadeh on [Read More]
Portikus present John Knight an exhibition on view May 4–June 30, 2013. John Knight’s exhibition at Portikus could not be more current. Just some weeks ago, the contractual agreement of one of his artworks was [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD is offering free general admission to all active-duty military personnel and their families this Memorial Day through Labor Day. The promotion is part of CBMM’s [Read More]
San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) presents The Jameel Prize: Art Inspired by the Islamic Tradition an exhibition on view May 24 through August 11, 2013. The Jameel Prize, inaugurated in 2009, is an international [Read More]
PHILADELPHIA — The contrasting qualities of snakes—their allure and danger, passivity and aggression—have captivated the imagination for thousands of years. A new exhibit this summer at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University captures [Read More]
Maine Maritime Museum is hosting a Boat Safely Class on on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from June 11 through June 20. Learn to safely trailer, navigate and operate a small vessel. Gain the knowledge needed [Read More]
Thomas Cole National Historic Site presents Albert Bierstadt in New York & New England an exhibition on view April 28 – November 3, 2013. The show, curated by Annette Blaugrund, former director of the National [Read More]
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the joint acquisition of one of the finest illuminated Hebrew manuscripts ever created, a rare handwritten copy of the Mishneh Torah by Maimonides, [Read More]
Collezione Maramotti presents A permanently open window a permanent installation by Jason Dodge, opening: 5 May 2013, 11am. A permanently open window is Jason Dodge’s first permanent installation. The project was conceived for an abandoned [Read More]
Norton Simon Museum presents Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture a Group Show curated by: Leah Lehmbeck on view April 26th – January 6th, 2014. Featuring 19 works from the Museum’s renowned collection of post-war [Read More]
THE OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART university of new orleans – When You’re Lost, Everything’s A Sign: Self-Taught Art from The House of Blues – More than 100 pieces from the House of Blues art [Read More]
Fruitmarket Gallery presents David Batchelor: Flatlands on 4 May–14 July 2013. David Batchelor (b. 1955, Dundee) is best known for his vividly coloured sculptural installations of illuminated lightboxes, industrial dollies, and other found objects. These [Read More]