The Biggs Museum of American Art has launched the public phase of “The New Biggs” capital campaign, the final push for a $1.86 million fundraising initiative begun in 2010 to expand the museum and renovate [Read More]
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian celebrates Menominee Nation Cultural Day, with traditional song, dance, drumming and storytelling Saturday, Dec. 10, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For thousands of years, the Menominee [Read More]
The Smithsonian Latino Center continues to document Latino presence in Washington, D.C., with “Celebrando las Raíces, Creando Comunidad: Una Noche de Música y Poesía Bilingüe” (Celebrating Roots, Creating Community: An Evening of Bilingual Music and [Read More]
The Biggs Museum of American Art presents Delaware By Hand. Masterworks 2011 an exhibition on view through February 26, 2012. Every two years, Delaware By Hand (DBH) hosts a membership-wide juried competition in order to [Read More]
The 27th General Assembly elected the following twelve new members to serve on the International Centre for the Study of the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage) (ICCROM) Council for the period 2011 – 2015: [Read More]
The Dayton Visual Arts Center, announced the appointment of Eva Buttacavoli as its new executive director. Beginning December 1, 2011, Buttacavoli will work closely with DVAC’s board and members to carry out DVAC’s mission to [Read More]
The Rubin Museum of Art presents The Body Unbound. Modernist Art from India. The first exhibition in the three-part Modernist Art from India series, The Body Unbound focuses on representations of the figure and the [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama presents “Yoshihara Hideo: A Retrospective” on view 19 November, 2011 – 15 January, 2012, celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Yoshihara Hideo’s Birth. Yoshihara Hideo, Play 1956, Oil on board [Read More]
The Whitney Museum of American Art is introducing For Kids, a new section of the Whitney’s website designed to engage children ages 8-12 with art and artists. The For Kids web pages encourage kids to [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Presents Forever in a Moment: 19th Century Photographs of Egypt, on view November 19, 2011-April 10, 2012. Antonio Beato (British, born Italy, 1825-1903), Travelers at the Great Pyramids [Read More]
The Bass Museum of Art presents Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business. On view December 1, 2011–March 4, 2012. The Bass Museum of Art announce its upcoming solo exhibition of works by artist Erwin Wurm. The exhibition, [Read More]
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) offers something for every puppet lover in December. Make a variety of puppets in special Noel Night and holiday drop-in workshops, and experience an undersea puppet ballet. Storytelling and [Read More]
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition with Ai Weiwei and a number of the Chinese artist’s works from the years 2003-2010 – despite the authorities’ detention and isolation of the artist for [Read More]
The Clyfford Still Museum & Curious Theatre Company presents Clyfford Still. Daring the Light on December 6 & 7, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. Commemorating the opening of Denver’s newest cultural institution, the Clyfford Still Museum [Read More]
The Clyfford Still Museum opened its doors to the public on November 18, 2011, reintroducing the life and work of one of America’s most significant yet least understood artists. Clyfford Still Museum The Clyfford Still [Read More]
The Columbia Museum of Art presents Nature and the Grand American Vision. Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters. Forty-five magnificent paintings from the rich collection of the New-York Historical Society on view at the [Read More]
The Mudam Luxembourg presents Mondes inventes, Mondes habites an exhibition on view through 15 January 2012. The technical object cannot be dissociated from human history, but the relationship between the two remains complex. As a [Read More]
The Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst presents Florian Germann. The Poltergeist Experimental Group (PEG) Applied Spirituality and Physical Spirit Manifestation, on view November 19, 2011 – January 15, 2012. Florian Germann The Poltergeist Experimental Group (PEG) [Read More]