The Whitney Museum of American Art today announced the list of artists participating in the upcoming 2012 Whitney Biennial, which takes place at the Whitney Museum from March 1 through May 27, 2012. This is [Read More]
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The Fort Collins Museum of Art presents Chihuly Venetians. From the George R. Stroemple Collection an exhibition on view December 14, 2011 – March 18, 2012. There are few contemporary artists whose names are as [Read More]
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will open its new wing designed by Renzo Piano with exhibitions and projects by eighteen Artists-in-Residence. Opening dasy 19 January 2012. “Artists have enlivened the Gardner Museum since it first [Read More]
In March 2011, The Bass Museum of Art initiated the first of three, one-year curatorial fellowships focusing on contemporary art thanks to generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part [Read More]
Fowler Museum at UCLA presents Mur Murs by Agnes Varda film screening on January 6th, 2012 6:00 PM – 7:20 PM. Agnès Varda’s love letter to Los Angeles’ ephemeral, idiosyncratic, and startling street murals captures [Read More]
The South Street Seaport Museum’s galleries will re-open January 26. The South Street Seaport Museum When it reopens, the museum will use 16 of its 21 galleries; the rest will be used for school programs. [Read More]
The New York State Museum will celebrate the holidays with a series of interactive programs designed to educate, entertain and engage visitors of all ages December 27-30. All activities are free and will be held [Read More]
The J. Paul Getty Museum presents In Focus. Los Angeles, 1945–1980, on view December 20, 2011–May 6, 2012. Los Angeles, 1964, Gary Winogrand. Gelatin silver print. 9 x 13 7/16 in. © 1984 The Estate [Read More]
The Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York presents Vivian Maier: photographs from the Maloof Collection on view December 15, 2011 – January 28, 2012. Vivian Maier, Howard Greenberg Gallery An eccentric nanny from Chicago, who often [Read More]
Dia Art Foundation presents Opus + One, the first comprehensive museum exhibition in North America devoted to the work of Paris-based artist Jean-Luc Moulène. On view December 17, 2011 – December 31, 2012. Commissioned by [Read More]
The New York State Museum presents From the Collections an exhibition on view Sunday, April 1, 2012. The New York State Museum traces its origins to an 1836 survey of the state’s geology, plants, and [Read More]
The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) announced that the Board of Governors has appointed a 14-member search committee tasked with finding the museum’s next Melvin and Bren Simon Director & CEO. Maxwell L. Anderson will [Read More]
The Cloisters museum and gardens—The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s northern Manhattan branch dedicated to the art and architecture of medieval Europe—will be open to the public on two Mondays this coming holiday season: December 26 [Read More]
The Museum’s Education Department will be offering “Winter Family Fun” activities during the week between Christmas and New Year’s – December 26 through Jan. 1. Drop-in aerospace programs include “Robot Garage” – where families can [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recently unveiled a photographic portrait of food pioneer Alice Waters, founder of the Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe, the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food movement. Now it [Read More]
The Israel Museum presents Curious Minds. New Approaches in Design an exhibition on view December 16, 2011-April 30, 2012, in the Nathan Cummings Building for Modern and Contemporary Art. Maria Blaisse, Dutch, born 1944. Sphere [Read More]
The Penn Museum presents its 31st annual Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday, February 4, 2012, from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. The day features music and dance performances, martial arts demonstrations, workshops, children’s activities, [Read More]
The Guggenheim becomes the first museum to release an exhibition catalogue e-book. As part of the museum’s foray into digital publishing, Guggenheim Publications is not only releasing new e-book titles such as the Cattelan catalogue [Read More]