The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery will feature eighty iconic works by more than seventy-five artists from the late nineteenth century to the present, highlighting the history of [Read More]
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Robert M. Baylis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rubin Museum announced that the Museum has received a $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin, the Museum’s founders. [Read More]
Changing society, globalization and the increasing significance of the media present museums of the twenty-first century with constant new challenges. The role of the museum as a public space demands perpetual redefinition, and communication as [Read More]
The Menil Collection presents Imprinting the Divine. Byzantine and Russian Icons showcasing the Menil’s collection of icons, widely regarded by scholars as one of the most important of its kind in the United States. Featured [Read More]
Christophe Beaux, CEO of Monnaie de Paris, has appointed Chiara Parisi Director of Cultural Programmes. Chiara Parisi is a contemporary art historian with a research PhD from La Sapienza University in Rome. After completing her [Read More]
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) showcases some of its biggest names as it presents the original exhibition The Art of Collecting. Opening on Saturday, October 22, 2011, the exhibition is expected to be displayed in [Read More]
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, open January 17–April 8, 2012, examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the scientific discoveries of the 16th century. The exhibition, accompanied by a [Read More]
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced that Dr. Maxwell L. Anderson has been appointed as its Eugene McDermott Director. Anderson, who is currently the Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the [Read More]
Lisa Graziose Corrin, a former director of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), has been named the next Ellen Philips Katz Director of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, effective Feb. 1, [Read More]
The Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art presents Yona Friedman Architecture Without Building , a retrospective exhibition of Yona Friedman, the architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, in an installation environment offering a special spatial experience. Open [Read More]
This fall, Independent Curators International (ICI) inaugurates the Curatorial Hub, a flexible project space for curators to use as a meeting point and platform for public debate. Over the last two decades curating in the [Read More]
38 nominees recognized, six presented with 2011 Difference Maker Awards CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center hosted the fourth annual Difference Maker Awards dinner Thursday evening to honor youth and adults, agencies and organizations who work [Read More]
Smithsonian magazine has announced the appointment of Michael Caruso as editor-in-chief, becoming only the fourth editor in the magazine’s 41-year history. Caruso, who currently serves as deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal magazine, replaces [Read More]
The Hirshhorn Museum’s fall film series features a variety of exceptional, unusual and recently released works from around the world, and offers audiences the chance to hear from celebrated filmmakers and artists. All screenings are [Read More]
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens presents Zenmi – A Taste of Zen on view October 18 – January 22, 2011. Zen is a form of Buddhism known for its reliance on personal introspection as [Read More]
The Art Institute of Chicago presents Timothy H. O’Sullivan: The King Survey Photographs on view October 22, 2011–January 15, 2012. Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840–1882) was one of the most important American photographers of the nineteenth [Read More]
The Art Institute of Chicago presents The Three Graces an exhibition on view October 29, 2011–January 22, 2012. Beyond their individual capacity to preserve and evoke memories, snapshots of celebrations, vacations, and gatherings of family [Read More]
Oct. 24 hearing looks at aviation workforce: training needs and challenges The Museum of Flight SEATTLE – On Monday, Oct. 24, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Aviation Operations, Safety and Security Subcommittee, [Read More]