In honor of 12 Years a Slave’s nine Academy Award nominations, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is offering guided Solomon Northup tours all day, Saturday, March 1, as part of Oscar weekend. Tours start [Read More]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
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An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Painting opens at the Frick Art & Historical Center in Pittsburg, Penn., this Saturday. This exhibition features 50 paintings by American artists from the nation’s early years [Read More]
Kunsthaus Zurich presents Alberto Giacometti Drawings and Watercolours an exhibition on view 28 February – 25 May 2014. With the Bruno Giacometti bequest of 2012 to the Kunsthaus Zürich came a group of works covering [Read More]
The Smithsonian Latino Center is now accepting applications for the 2014 Young Ambassadors Program June 22 through Aug. 1. The application deadline is April 7, before 5 p.m. EDT. The Young Ambassadors Program is a [Read More]
MoMA PS1 presents the most comprehensive survey of painter Maria Lassnig (b. 1919, Austria) organized in the United States, an exhibition on view March 9–May 25. The presentation includes over seventy major works spanning almost [Read More]
Author Betsy Case and guest Sandra Jeffcoat share Boeing women’s stories SEATTLE – Betsy Case, author of “Trailblazers: The Women of the Boeing Company,” will tell stories about the courageous women aviators and engineers who [Read More]
Tate Liverpool present Keywords: Art, Society and Culture in 1980s Britain Richard Hawkins: Hijikata Twist on view 28 February–11 May 2014. Tate Liverpool presents an exhibition based on Raymond Williams’ seminal book Keywords – A [Read More]
Wine aficionados and novices alike can experience the historic, waterfront town of St. Michaels, MD with more than 300 international, domestic, and Maryland wines during the 5th annual WineFest at St Michaels this April 26 [Read More]
The Museum Frieder Burda presents JR an exhibition open March 1–June 29, 2014. The French artist JR (*1983) is one of the most innovative representatives of contemporary art on the international scene. He lives and [Read More]
S.M.A.K. presents Richard Jackson Ain’t Painting a Pain on view 1 March–1 June 2014. Richard Jackson: Ain’t Painting a Pain is the first retrospective devoted to one of the most radical artists of the last [Read More]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art present Treasures from Korea: Arts and Culture of the Joseon Dynasty, 1392–1910 on view March 2–May 26, 2014. The first comprehensive survey in the United States devoted to the art [Read More]
The McNay Art Museum has announced a rare and important addition to the museum’s notable collection of French paintings. Portrait of Madame H. M. Barzun by Albert Gleizes (1881-1953), now on view, is a bequest [Read More]
On Saturday, May 31, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD will host Floating Fleet Day, where visitors can experience the Miles River aboard an authentic Chesapeake wooden workboat. For a nominal [Read More]
Salt Lake City – Attention all museum lovers, cultural enthusiasts, history buffs and devoted art advocates: Are you looking for a way to serve and inspire others in your community? The Utah Museum of Fine [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Radiant Light: Stained Glass from Canterbury Cathedral an exhibition on view February 25 – May 18, 2014. A splendid array of six near-life-size enthroned figures in stained glass from [Read More]
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents Give Us The Future on view 1 March–20 April 2014 With the exhibition Give Us The Future., Neuer Berliner Kunstverein takes on the task to showcase the scholars of the [Read More]
The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) announce that Charles Esche, Director of the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands and Co-Director of Afterall Publishing, Central Saint Martins, London, is the recipient of the [Read More]
Museum Center and Public Library take the lead on helping get kids excited to read CINCINNATI – Want to share your love of reading but need an excuse? How about a birthday celebration for Dr. [Read More]