There is a fascinating and lesser-known chapter in the career of Jasper Johns. He was artistic advisor for the avant-garde Merce Cunningham Dance Company, which connected him to movement artists, musicians, and performers, and influenced [Read More]
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New On The Scene, The Dark Room’s first photography exhibit celebrates its official opening on Thursday, March 27th. The reception will last from 6-8:00 pm. New On The Scene showcases eight recent graduates of Webster [Read More]
National Museum of Wildlife Art enhances arts experience for annual fundraiser Jackson Hole, Wyoming – The National Museum of Wildlife Art has announced a new “Wild 100®” approach for its annual Western Visions® fundraiser, scheduled [Read More]
Wooden classics, vintage race boats, and other antique and Chesapeake Bay-related boats are coming to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) this June 13-15 for the 27th annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival in St. [Read More]
Derelict coal processing building converted to remembrance and exhibition space shortlisted for RIAS and EAA Awards A new memorial centre to commemorate the sacrifices made by those involved in Scotland’s coal mining industry is shortlisted [Read More]
The Hong Kong Maritime Museum presents Mapping Ming China’s Maritime World – The Selden Map and Treasures from University of Oxford an exhibition on view 21 March – 23 June 2014. This exhibition presents the [Read More]
The Royal Ontario Museum celebrated its Centennial on March 19 by announcing bold plans for four legacy projects that will transform how the ROM welcomes and interacts with its visitors. Leading the announcements were plans [Read More]
Singapore Art Museum presents UNEARTHED on view 21 March–6 July 2014, which seeks to investigate artists’ views on the natural world and invites viewers to contemplate their relationships with the natural environment. This examination of [Read More]
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar will launch in 3-D at the Samuel C. Johnson IMAX Theater at the National Museum of Natural History April 4. Tickets are on sale now at www.si.edu/imax Academy Award-winning actor Morgan [Read More]
Get into the spirit of prankish fun on April Fool’s Day with the Marx Brothers comedy classic Duck Soup. Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over [Read More]
CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center is in spring cleaning mode and we’ve stumbled onto some great treasures while tidying up our gift shops. Look through these treasures with us and find incredible savings on games, [Read More]
CINCINNATI – The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center announced today the extended run of And Still We Rise: Race, Culture and Visual Conversations. Originally slated to close March 29, the popular exhibition will now be [Read More]
The Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo presents Elmgreen & Dragset – Biography an exhibition on view 21.03.2014 – 24.08.2014. ‘Biography’ is the first major exhibition in Oslo by Elmgreen & Dragset. The exhibition presents a [Read More]
ERSTE Foundation present At Your Service – Art and Labour on view 27 March–30 September 2104. After successful presentations in Vienna and Steyr, the exhibition At Your Service – Art and Labour comes to the [Read More]
On Sunday, April 20, Sunday Sessions presents The Masters Ball, a celebration of the history and pedagogy of New York City’s house and ballroom scene. The ball foregrounds twined notions of mastery—namely, virtuosic artistry and [Read More]
The National Gallery in London presents Veronese: Magnificence in Renaissance Venice an exhibition on view through 5 June 2014. Veronese’s paintings are magnificent visions of opulence, spectacle and colour. Having once adorned churches, palaces, villas [Read More]
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) presents Time Pieces: The video art collection of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein at Nordstern Videokunstzentrum on view 23 March–21 December 2014. Curators: Marius Babias and Kathrin Becker John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Dara [Read More]
Van Abbemuseum presents Hito Steyerl on view 12 April–22 June 2014, the first mid-career museum retrospective of the artist, writer and filmmaker Hito Steyerl (b. 1966, München) will be on view in ten rooms of [Read More]