The Perot Museum of Nature and Science marked its first birthday Saturday with vertical dancing on the concrete walls of the Museum cube, birthday cake, fireworks and even a hip-hip-hooray led by Ross Perot. Beneath [Read More]
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Herwig Kempinger has been elected new president of the Secession after president András Pálffy had resigned after three terms at the general assembly of the Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession. Alongside the president, members [Read More]
Museum Folkwang in Essen presents Douglas Gordon Everything is Nothing without Its Reflection – A Photographic Pantomime on view through 2 March 2014. On show for the first time in Germany, Douglas Gordon’s work Everything [Read More]
The Artist as Curator is a new serial publication project that concerns a profoundly influential but still understudied phenomenon, a history that has yet to be written. Publications on museum studies, exhibition histories, and star [Read More]
The De La Warr Pavilion presents Matt Calderwood an exhibition on view through 23 February 2014. Matt Calderwood’s new works open up to chance, allowing the coastal weather and light to choreograph his work. Exploring [Read More]
Artspace New Zealand is seeking a new Director. The role presents a unique opportunity to make a significant contribution to the intellectual development and creative vision of an organisation that has been operating at the [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD begins a new “This Old Chesapeake House” speaker series on January 30, with four more sessions scheduled for February 6, 12, 26, and March 7. [Read More]
Museene i Sør-Trøndelag, MiST, requires a new Director for Trondheim Kunstmuseum. This is a six-year fixed-term vacancy, with the possibility of extension. The Director is responsible for leading strategic and operational duties at the museum. [Read More]
The Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) presents What Did The Artist Mean By That? Yuri Albert / Ekaterina Degot on view January 12, 2014. With texts by Viktor Agamov-Tupitsyn, Oleg Aronson, Bart de Baere, [Read More]
Jorge Daniel Veneciano is leaving the Sheldon Museum of Art to become director of New York’s El Museo del Barrio. Veneciano, who has been Sheldon’s director since 2008, will begin work in his new position [Read More]
Haus der Kulturen der Welt starts its new program year in February with the theme days Narrating War. The project asks: What is it about the experience of extreme violence that that makes it so [Read More]
MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century Arts presents Clemens von Wedemeyer The Cast through 26 January 2014. A film show that discusses memory, the mechanisms of cinematographic fiction and the themes of contemporaneity Props [Read More]
In 2014, Haus der Kunst continues proposing—to a broader, intergenerational public—the idea that the museum is not only a place to encounter art. It’s also one where the personal meaning of art—a painting, sculpture, photograph, [Read More]
The National Museum of American History presents “Puppetry in America” a new display open from on Dec. 13, featuring several Jim Henson puppet characters, the namesake puppet from The Howdy Doody Show and many other [Read More]
PHILADELPHIA — If you’ve ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes in museum dioramas, look no further than Unnatural History, a photographic series by nationally renowned photographer Lori Nix, opening April 19 at the [Read More]
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin announces the appointment of Dr. Beverly Adams as Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art. Most recently at the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection [Read More]
The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne presents Melbourne Now an exhibition on view through 23 March 2014. Melbourne Now celebrates the latest art, architecture, design, performance and cultural practice to reflect the complex creative landscape [Read More]
TheGetty Research Institute, Getty Center presents Connecting Seas: A Visual History of Discoveries and Ecounters on view December 7, 2013–April 13, 2014. Connecting Seas draws on the Getty Research Institute’s extensive special collections to reveal [Read More]