The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago presents The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archeology an exhibition on view March 9, 2014, a group exhibition tracing contemporary artists’ pervasive interest in history, archaeology, and archival research that has become a newly prominent feature in art produced in the past decade. Consisting almost entirely of work […]
Institut Valencia d’Art Modern (IVAM) presents Tea with Nefertiti: The making of an artwork by the artist, the museum and the public open November 8, 2013–January 26, 2014. After a critically acclaimed run at Mathaf, Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha and l’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern is […]
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC presents Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections on view through March 2, 2014. In the first exhibition devoted to Byzantine art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, some 170 rare and important works, drawn exclusively from Greek collections, will offer a fascinating glimpse […]
More than 100 years after they were first on view to the public in museum-founder Charles Lang Freer’s Detroit home, two rare antique biblical manuscripts will return to view at the Freer Gallery of Art Nov. 16. The Washington Codex—one of the oldest manuscripts of the four Gospels in the world—and an ancient parchment volume […]
The Museum of Western Colorado presents Distant Treasures in the Mist a new exhibition opening NOVEMBER 8, 2013. The exhibition will feature Spanish Colonial artifacts found at the Redoubt Site by the Western Investigations Team. These artifacts include fragments of armor, a wheelock pistol trigger guard and an assortment of early iron artifacts. One of […]
The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has acquired the 1866 Melbourne Cup won by The Barb, regarded as the first great Australian racehorse trained by ‘Honest’ John Tait, the ‘Father of the Australian Turf’. First run in 1861, the Melbourne Cup was a cup in name only, with prizes including a gold watch and […]
The Dallas Museum of Art presents a set of art objects from a 5th-century B.C. burial site in Spina, Italy, go on view at the museum from November 1, 2013. The exhibition is the first display of this excavated tomb since its discovery almost a century ago, and features four Attic red-figure vases, dating from […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom an exhibition on view November 4 – February 23, 2014. In the ancient world, the Korean kingdom of Silla (57 B.C.–A.D. 935) was renowned as a country of gold. Through nearly 100 spectacular objects created between A.D. 400 and 800—Silla’s seminal period—the landmark exhibition Silla: […]
The Bowes Museum in County Durham has bought a stunning 18th-century bronze casket with help from the Art Fund. The casket is thought to be the only one of its kind, featuring sections of Chinese porcelain set into ornate gilt-bronze mounts. Its design reflects two trends in 18th-century aristocratic ornaments: the popularity of mounting valuable […]
