Five major Spanish artists and six international ones confront each other in curator Carmen Giménez’s interpretation of the Botín Foundation’s Art Collection in the summer exhibition at the Foundation’s venue in the centre of Santander, [Read More]
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The Patsy Cline Historic House in Winchester, Virginia, will play witness to the story of Patsy’s Winchester years, the lives of others associated with her, and events that were pivotal to her career. The Historic [Read More]
The Textile Museum and the George Washington University announced on July 26 an affiliation whereby The Textile Museum will move to the George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus to become a cornerstone of a new [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art launched its first interactive mobile application on iTunes. The free app, designed in association with Tristan Interactives Inc. of Toronto, is the first one available by the Smithsonian [Read More]
The Mona Bismarck Foundation presents The Wyeths: Three Generations of American Art (Les Wyeths: trois generations d’art américain). On view 10 Nov, 2011 through 12 Feb, 2012. N.C. Wyeth (1882–1945), A Young Maine Fisherman, 1933, [Read More]
In the last decade of the 19th century, one of the world’s most famous travelers was a dog. At a time when mass communication sped at the rate of a train, a mongrel pup gained [Read More]
The National Museums of Kenya is hosting its 3rd Scientific Conference under the theme: Heritage Management for Sustainable Management, from the 9th to 11th November 2011 at Multi-Media University Conference Center, Nairobi. As the world [Read More]
The museum is seeking a new director to make SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum one of the best art museums in Norway, and increase the number of visitors. SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum seeks to both confirm and extend [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open a new display in the Albert H. Small Documents Gallery Aug. 12. “Have You Heard the One…? The Phyllis Diller Gag File” brings to life one [Read More]
A permanent new gallery to show highlights from the V&A’s internationally renowned collection of photographs will open this autumn, considerably extending the space dedicated to photographs at the Museum. The gallery will launch with a [Read More]
The Racine Art Museum presents Kim Cridler: My Wisconsin Home, on view July 31, 2011 – July 22, 2012, in RAM’s Windows on Fifth Gallery . Using steel and bronze, as well as organic materials such [Read More]
This summer, past and present converge at the Studio Museum in three exhibi- tions of innovative art spanning the last half-century. Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective features artworks from members of the Spiral [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum presents a Frans Hals Paintings Exhibition, on view July 26–October 10, 2011. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds the most important collection of paintings in America by the celebrated Dutch artist Frans [Read More]
Bainbridge Island Historical Museum presents “An Island Story: A Voyage through Bainbridge History”. The new long-term exhibit at the Bainbridge Island Historical Museum is titled ‘An Island Story: A Voyage through Bainbridge History.’ It is [Read More]
A California education foundation and a large commercial property owner have formed an alliance to have a museum-quality space exploration exhibit in a prime Marin County retail space. The W Foundation (TWF) and The Walter [Read More]
Featuring more than 300 works spanning 20,000 sq. ft. of Gallery space, Haute Culture is an exhibition of unprecedented scale celebrating the groundbreaking work of the seminal Canadian artist group. The exhibition is the first [Read More]
A major collection of 31 drawings and two sculptures by the architect, artist, designer, poet, and philosopher Frederick Kiesler (American, born Austria-Prussia 1890–1965) has been donated to the Museum by Ronnie L. and John E. [Read More]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has acquired Tanis, one of the best-known paintings by Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958), a leading Pennsylvania Impressionist and one of the most significant artists working in Philadelphia in the first [Read More]