Cornerhouse, with Asia Triennial Manchester 11, presents the first major UK public solo show from Rashid Rana, widely considered to be the most prominent and original contemporary artist working in South Asia today. On view [Read More]
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Museo de Arte de Ponce and Banco Santander announced the exhibit El Greco to Goya: Masterpieces from the Prado Museum, a selection of 25 paintings from the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. [Read More]
“‘Something of Splendor’: Decorative Arts from the White House” opens Oct. 1 at the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s branch museum for craft and decorative arts, and closes May 6, 2012. The exhibition [Read More]
Museum the only Seattle stop for “Honoring Our History” tour SEATTLE, Sept. 27, 2011–On Oct. 15 and 16 The Museum of Flight is the only Seattle location for a traveling exhibit about World War I. [Read More]
firstsite’s new home reinvents the traditional art gallery as an innovative cultural and social space with contemporary art at its heart. Designed by award-winning architect Rafael Viñoly and selected from a worldwide competition entry of [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has relaunched its website, www.metmuseum.org, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Museum. Key features of the expanded and redesigned site include comprehensive access [Read More]
Exhibitions include N.C. Wyeth’s illustrations for Treasure Island, seen together for the first time in public, a celebration of Howard Pyle, masterpieces by Andrew and Jamie Wyeth and more. N.C. Wyeth’s Treasure Island, Classic Illustrations [Read More]
On November 11, 2011, the Museum of the Great War in Meaux (le Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux) will open its doors in the presence of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Dedicated to [Read More]
The Canadian Cultural Centre presents Illuminated Manuscripts Robert Bean, on view 30 September–16 November 2011. Opening: 29 September, 6pm. Robert Bean “Monotype,” 2010. Photography, 40×61 cm. To commemorate the iconic visionary Marshall McLuhan and celebrate [Read More]
Decoys of Dorchester County, a special exhibit featuring decoys from the private collections of East Coast Decoy Collectors Club members and the permanent collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art will announce a major acquisition on Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. in the Great Gallery. This acquisition has been in process for more than a year and is a [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) has completed the second phase of a project to install solar panels on the roof of the main building. Last spring, 1,400 solar panels joined the 1,450 installed in [Read More]
The High Museum of Art will premiere a major multi-site exhibition of work by Brooklyn-based artist Brian Donnelly, a.k.a. KAWS. “KAWS: Down Time” will open on February 18, 2012, with a 22-foot-high, site-specific mural painted [Read More]
The Art Gallery of Alberta presents 19th Century French Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada, an exhibition on view September 24 through january 29, 2012. Paris. 6 January 1839. The first public announcement of [Read More]
Modern Art Oxford presents Kerry Tribe Dead Star Light, exhibition on view 27 September–20 November 2011. American artist and filmmaker Kerry Tribe presents a solo exhibition of her most recent work in an ongoing investigation [Read More]
The Morgan Library & Museum presents Treasures of Islamic Manuscript Painting from the Morgan, an exhibition on view October 21, 2011 – January 29, 2012. The Morgan Library & Museum is internationally acclaimed for its [Read More]
The Denver Art Museum (DAM) presents Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection of Photographs. Open September 25, 2011 through January 1, 2012. Robert Adams, Longmont, Colorado, 1979. Gelatin silver print; 5 x [Read More]
A variety of programs highlighting Chinese arts and culture will be offered this fall at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Ranging from a scholarly symposium on spirituality garden design to an exhibition [Read More]