A new presentation of Joslyn Art Museum’s renowned collection of American and American Western art awaits visitors. Debuting August 9, the reinstallation of the Memorial Building’s five north galleries highlights the history of American painting [Read More]
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The Mary and Bruce Stevenson Wing Will Add 25,500 Square Feet of Space to Columbia Gorge Icon Maryhill Museum of Art’s first expansion in its 97-year history is on pace for completion in spring 2012. [Read More]
The Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam presents Informality Art, economics, precarity, on view 14 August–2 October 2011. The exhibition ‘Informality’ arises from the increasing attention being given to the role of banks in our economy, and [Read More]
The Aspen Art Museum will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its new location at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16, the nonprofit’s board of trustees announced late Tuesday, reports the Aspen Times “Construction of the 30,000-square-foot [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD is hosting one of the nation’s largest gatherings of small boat enthusiasts and unique watercraft at the 29th Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival from 10am [Read More]
The Irish Museum of Modern Art presents THROUGH THE EYES comprises of a series of five projects dating from 2003 to 2010 by celebrated Irish artist Gerard Byrne, surveying almost a decade in which his [Read More]
The final day for Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra, a special exhibition inspired by the lush gardens and poetic vistas of the Alhambra, in Granada, Spain, is August 21. On view only at The [Read More]
ABM Industries has announced that ABM Facility Services was awarded the contract to provide integrated facility services at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. The three-year contract began at [Read More]
The Chrysler Museum of Art and Old Dominion University partner to present Into the Mainstream: Self-Taught Artists from The Garbisch and Gordon Collections. Opening Aug. 13 in the Chrysler’s Prints and Drawings Gallery. Purvis Young, [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that the exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, which closed last night at midnight, attracted 661,509 visitors during its run from May 4 to August 7, placing it among the [Read More]
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf presents an exhibition of work by Tomma Abts Exhibition, on view through 9 October 2011. Born in 1967, German artist Tomma Abts ranks among the outstanding female painters of her generation. She was [Read More]
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in the first major UK exhibition for over 40 years. The Museum of London presents Dickens and London an exhibition open 9 December 2011 – [Read More]
Museo Amparo presents Stories of A Works from La Colección Jumex, on view 26 September 2011. Marcos Castro – Peter Fischli & David Weiss – Michel François – Rodney Graham – Carlos Huffmann – Marine [Read More]
The Itasca Historical Depot Museum is closed while it undergoes a $525,000 restoration. The museum features exhibits and historical artifacts related to the history of Itasca, Illinois. Exhibits include Dr. Elijah Smith, the founding father, [Read More]
The San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts presents two fall exhibitions on view September 9 through November 6, 2011. Zanne Hochberg – The Art of Our Age A pioneering Texas artist, Zanne Hochberg was one [Read More]
The Sigal Museum in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, is a leading institution of local history, and home to significant collections of pre-European settlement artifacts, decorative arts and textiles, farming implements and colonial furniture. The Museum opened [Read More]
This special exhibition marks the completion of an extensive project to conserve the Mead Art Museum’s collection of thangka (pronounced “tan-kah”)—scroll paintings of Buddhist figures. So fragile that they have remained largely inaccessible to scholars [Read More]
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge will present a stunning collection of precious decorative arts never before seen in the UK – the treasures of the Hapsburg Emperors, in an exhibition on view 6 August 2011 [Read More]