An exhibition of some 40 of the finest and most celebrated masterpieces by the Dutch 17th-century artist Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) was formally opened in the National Gallery of Ireland on Friday 3 September by Mary [Read More]
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), kicks-off the school year with its annual College Night celebration on Thursday, September 23, from 7 – 11 p.m. This marks the 6th year of this FREE event [Read More]
Isolated by the ruling Tokugawa shogunate from the outside world, Japanese citizens were naturally curious about the Westerners who began to arrive on their shores following Commodore Matthew Perry’s historic voyages to Japan in 1853–1854. [Read More]
Asian cinema is fast becoming a cinema without borders. ContemporAsian showcases films that get little exposure outside of their home countries or on the international festival circuit, but which engage the various styles, histories, and [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction on April 6, 2011. This renowned fundraising event hosted by the Modern Art Council (MAC) will feature more than 50 lots [Read More]
After the great success at Palazzo della Ragione di Milano, with more than 38.000 people visiting the show, from 28 August to 14 November 2010, the Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere e Arti – Palazzo [Read More]
At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, was delighted to be able to greet Harald Fuchs (48), from near Erlangen, as the millionth visitor [Read More]
On 14 September the Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a new, permanent sculpture in its grounds. Walking the Dog by acclaimed artist Peter Randall-Page is being presented to the Gallery to mark its 2011 bicentenary. [Read More]
The Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane presents a solo exhibition of key works from the past five years by leading Sydney based Malaysian artist Simryn Gill, open through October 17. Queensland Art Gallery Director [Read More]
From 8 October 2010 to 16 January 2011, the Van Gogh Museum will be presenting Illusions of reality: Naturalist painting, photography and cinema, 1875-1918. The exhibition, curated by guest curator Gabriel P. Weisberg, Professor of [Read More]
Tate Liverpool announce the appointment of Gavin Delahunty to the position of Head of Exhibitions and Displays. Gavin is currently Curator at mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art). He will join the gallery in November [Read More]
Stanford, California – The Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University announces a floor-to-ceiling reinstallation of its contemporary gallery with a new exhibition of art dating from the 1950s to the present. The Freidenrich Family Gallery’s [Read More]
Kansas City, MO – A specially commissioned installation, Forever, by the acclaimed British artist Clare Twomey will focus on ceramics as an ephemeral and temporary medium. The exhibition at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art will [Read More]
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art presents American and European Paintings and Sculpture – Selections, open through Oct 03, 2010. Rockwell Kent, American, 1882-1971, Calm (Tierra del Fuego), 1992-1925, oil on canvas, Gift of Ellin [Read More]
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art presents Henry Moore – The Drawings: Works on Paper from the Henry Moore Family Collection, an international exhibition organized by Hauser & Wirth New York, London, Zürich in collaboration [Read More]
Join A+D and AIA|LA in celebrating the works of Los Angeles Architects. This annual exhibit will showcase all the submissions for the awards competition, and the opening event on September 10th will include a Round [Read More]
For the next several months the Norton Museum’s celebrated painting by Paul Gauguin, Christ in the Garden of Olives, 1889, will be featured in the exhibition Gauguin: Maker of Myth at the Tate Modern, London, [Read More]
AUSTIN, Texas – The Visual Arts Center in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin has announced its inaugural fall season, exhibitions that include works by emerging artists [Read More]