The Smithsonian celebrates American Indian Heritage Month throughout November with a series of performances, lectures, exhibitions, family activities and tours at various museums. All programs are free unless otherwise indicated. For a full calendar of [Read More]
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and Monticello will present “Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,” an exhibition of artifacts from the Smithsonian’s collections and from excavations at Jefferson’s Virginia [Read More]
The Birds of America takes flight every weekday at 3:15 p.m. PHILADELPHIA – A rare book normally available only to scholars now can be viewed by just about anybody, but it will take you well [Read More]
The New Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM) presents George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher an exhibition on view October 29, 2011 – February 12, 2012. One of the founding fathers of American Modernism, George Nelson (1908 [Read More]
The Kunsthaus Bregenz presents Valie Export / Archive an exhibition on view October 29, 2011 to January 22, 2012. The exhibition, VALIE EXPORT / Archive, provides the opportunity to rediscover new aspects of an internationally [Read More]
The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Fall Open Studios is a four-day exhibition of international contemporary art. OPEN STUDIOS November 3–6, 2011. OPENING RECEPTION. Thursday, November 3, 7–9pm. OPENING HOURS. Friday–Sunday, November 4–6, 1–7pm. [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria presents Alison MacTaggart. Promising Objects on view October 28, 2011 – January 2, 2012. Alison MacTaggart is a Vancouver-based artist whose conceptually inspired installation work bridges the disciplines of [Read More]
The M Museum presents Mika Rottenberg Cheese, Squeeze and Tropical Breeze Video works 2003–2010 on view 4 November 2011–26 February 2012. Mika Rottenberg, “Squeeze”, 2010. Video still, Single channel video installation, duration: 20 min Courtesy [Read More]
The Heckscher Museum of Art presents Ripped. The Allure of Collage a new exhibition on view October 29, 2011 – January 8, 2012. Collage was the first medium in the twentieth century to challenge the [Read More]
The Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) presentsJerusalem and the Holy Land. The Paintings of Ludwig Blum an exhibition on view October 28, 2011–January 15, 2012. Ludwig Blum, Purim Festival Street Decoration in Tel Aviv c. [Read More]
The Museum of Glass has announced the appointment of Susan Warner as Deputy Director / Curator. Susan Warner joined Museum of Glass as the Director of Education in February 2001, prior to the Museum’s official [Read More]
Mark A. Magleby, has been appointed as the new director of the Brigham Young University Museum of Art. Magleby will begin his new role Jan. 1, 2012. Magleby will replace former director Campbell Gray, who [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) presents IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011 an exhibition on view, Nov 5, 2011 – Jan 15, 2012. IAIN BAXTER& N.E. Thing Co. Still Life with 6 Trucks, Highway 1, Saskatchewan, [Read More]
The Royal Academy of Arts presents Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935 on view 29 October – 22 January 2011. The exhibition will examine Russian avant-garde architecture made during a brief but intense [Read More]
Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein is an epic exhibition of more than 350 prints by American and European artists working in series from the late 15th through the 21st centuries, including Canaletto, [Read More]
The Sprengel Museum Hannover presents PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! an exhibition on view 15 January 2012. PHOTOGRAPHY CALLING! is an exhibition of the works of 31 photographers on a floor area of over 2,000 square metres. Since [Read More]
SALT Galata, the second venue to host SALT’s programs and SALT Research, opens to the public on November 22, 2011. Withe the following inaugural exhibitions. Scramble For The Past: A Story of Archaeology in the [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo presents Berlin 2000–2011: Playing among the Ruins on view Monday, 9 January 2012. Ever since the fall of the Wall in 1989, Berlin has undergone a continuous process of [Read More]