The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) launches FreePort, its newest contemporary art initiative, with a commission by internationally renowned artist Charles Sandison. Figurehead, opening 2 October 2010, activates handwritten words from 18th-century ship logs and journals, [Read More]
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The Museum Folkwang in Essen presents Images of a Capital: The Impressionists in Paris open October 2, 2010 to 30 January, 2011. After 1860 Paris became the capital of the modern world. The revolution in [Read More]
New Orleans photographer Skip Bolen donates a larger than life 40×60 inch black and white photograph of Dave Brubeck on stage performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 1999 to the Ogden [Read More]
The New York Public Library’s Photography Collection is celebrated with Recollection: Thirty Years of Photography at The New York Public Library, a multi-media exhibition featuring the work of over 90 prominent photographers, including Diane Arbus, [Read More]
The Dayton Art Institute presents Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis “Bing” Davis, open NOVEMBER 6, 2010 – JANUARY 30, 2011. In conjunction with 100 Years of African-American Art, The Dayton Art [Read More]
Residents and Visitors: Twentieth-Century Photographs of Louisiana is the eighth collaborative exhibition drawn from the collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC), and the first to [Read More]
NOMA presents nine videos selected by nine curators from around the world. Open October 20, 2010 – January 30, 2011 The series includes videos by Israeli artist Guy Ben-Ner (selected by Mai Abu ElDahab), Japanese [Read More]
In collaboration with one of Boston’s premier venues for photography, the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University (PRC), DeCordova has invited their former curator and now independent curator Leslie K. Brown to organize an exhibition [Read More]
Kohl’s Department Stores announced a more than $2.7 million donation over three years to the Milwaukee Art Museum that will continue the successful Kohl’s Art Generation program launched in 2008 as well as create new [Read More]
On October 7th at 6:00 PM the Rose Art Museum will open two distinct exhibitions. “WaterWays,” an exhibit exploring art that utilizes water as subject, metaphor and muse, will be mounted in the Rose, Fineberg [Read More]
The Saint Louis Art Museum has announced that Elizabeth Wyckoff will assume the role of curator of prints, drawings and photographs on December 1, 2010. Wyckoff joins the Museum after six years with the Davis [Read More]
For New Photography 2010, The Museum of Modern Art highlights four artists in its annual showcase of significant recent work in contemporary photography, with the 2010 edition marking the 25th anniversary of the series. The [Read More]
In 2011, The Phillips Collection celebrates its 90th anniversary and launches the countdown to its centennial. A host of exhibitions, programs, and events throughout the year debut stunning new acquisitions in contemporary art, engage artists [Read More]
Tate Modern presents Gauguin: Maker of Myth, open 30 September 2010 – 16 January 201. Gauguin (1848-1903) is one of the most influential and celebrated artists of the late nineteenth century. Remarkably, this is the [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced the most important exhibition in its history, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. VMFA is the only East Coast venue for the exhibition’s seven-city international tour. [Read More]
The Natural History Museum will present an art exhibition by contemporary artists Lucy + Jorge Orta, open 6 October – 12 December 2010. Artists Lucy + Jorge Orta travelled to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest in [Read More]
Visionary artist and filmmaker Peter Greenaway will premiere an epic and immersive multimedia work based on Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper this December at Park Avenue Armory, marking the first U.S. presentation of the [Read More]
On the Wing a new series of original works by Barbra Cropper, is coming to Kendal Museum, open 14 October – 18 February. The creations are inspired by Barbra’s fascination with flight and especially by [Read More]