The World Chess Hall of Fame presents Chess Masterpieces. Highlights from the Dr. George and Vivian Dean Collection an exhibition on view through February 12, 2012. Chess Masterpieces: Highlights from the Dr. George and Vivian [Read More]
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The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) recently held the first meeting of its Inclusive Design Advisory Council (IDAC) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This council, made up of eight experts, advisors and activists in the field [Read More]
The Academy Art Museum presents Andre Kertesz. On Reading on view through JANUARY 15, 2012. Henri Cartier-Bresson once said of himself, Robert Capa, and Brassaï, that, “Whatever we have done, Kertész did first.” He was [Read More]
The Royal Collection is collaborating with BBC Radio 4 to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. A new eight-part series, The Art of Monarchy, will be broadcast from February. Presented by BBC Arts Editor [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area from March 31 through July 29, 2012. The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area, the first [Read More]
André Kertész: On Reading Through January 15, 2012 Lecture: Uncommon Images, Sahm Doherty-Sefton: January 11, 2012, 6:30pm Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD André Kertész: On Reading is a series of photographs made by legendary Hungarian [Read More]
The Melbourne Museum in Victoria presents Ancestral Power and the Aesthetic an exhibition on view until 12 Feb 2012 Mundukul (Snake) story and Yirwarra (Fish Trap) 1942 Artist: Mundukul Marawili Arnhem Land paintings and objects [Read More]
The Arizona Museum of Art presents The Border Project: Soundscapes, Landscapes & Lifescapes on view through March 11, 2012. In honor of Arizona’s Statehood Centennial Celebration (1912 – 2012) The Border Project presents sound art, [Read More]
SEATTLE – Jan. – Feb. Museum Events JANUARY Wells Fargo Free First Thursday Thursday, Jan. 5, 5 to 9 p.m. Once a month, the Museum stays open late – and admission is free. Enjoy the [Read More]
Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol launches at the National Air and Space Museum’s Airbus IMAX Theater at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center six days before the film launches in commercial theaters in the region. This is the [Read More]
(Katonah, NY) Empire City, Gotham, The Big Apple — whatever you call it, there’s no doubt that New York City has impacted millions of hearts, minds, and imaginations throughout history. This fall, the Katonah Museum [Read More]
History Colorado announced that Denver’s newest cultural attraction, the History Colorado Center, will open to the public on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Designed to ignite imaginations of all ages about Colorado history, this new state [Read More]
The Museo Reina Sofia presents Emilio Ambasz. Inventions: architecture and design an exhibition on view December 2, 2011 – January 16, 2012 . Emilio Ambasz, an Argentine architect and graphic and industrial designer, strives in [Read More]
Bonner Kunstverein presents Weekend of Annual Editions / Jahresgaben on December 10–11, 2011. TJORG DOUGLAS BEER, SHANNON BOOL, ANDRÉ BUTZER, PETRIT HALILAJ, WERNER HAYPETER, ANDY HOPE 1930, JUDITH HOPF, NADIRA HUSAIN, ANNETTE KELM, ANDREAS LORENSCHAT, [Read More]
The exhibition, sculptural acts, on view through 26 feb 2012, brings together sculptures and installations by contemporary artists who take a process-oriented approach to their work and seek form by means of action and analysis [Read More]
Boston Children’s Museum (BCM) recently announced that it has received a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund. The Museum will use these funds to support various capital improvements, including the installation of additional security [Read More]
Haus der Kunst presents why i never became a dancer goetz collection in haus der kunst an exhibition on view through 01 apr 2012. doug aitken i am in you (linear version), 2000 still 1-channel [Read More]
Bonner Kunstverein presents Annette Kelm & Michaela Meise. Hallo aber, open December 10, 2011–February 19, 2012. On December 9, the Bonner Kunstverein will open the new project within the framework of its dialog-based series. The [Read More]