Landscape Reunited: Huang Gongwang and “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains” is a major special exhibitionat the National Palace Museum from June 2 to September 5 of this year in Galleries 210 and 212 of its [Read More]
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The Smithsonian‟s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has launched a Facebook application that allows users to virtually try on more than 25 objects from the “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” exhibition, [Read More]
Today, twenty years after it first opened, the MMK is among the world’s leading museums of contemporary art. In its short history it has assembled a unique collection meanwhile comprising more than 4,500 works of [Read More]
Michael Portillo, Chair of the Judges has announced that the British Museum has won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its groundbreaking project A History of the World. A History of the World is an [Read More]
The recent BIG TRUCK DAY at the Kemp Auto Museum was a BIG success for the venue and their charitable partner, Operation Food Search. More than 2,000 people attended the June 12th event, which featured [Read More]
On Saturday, June 25 the Museum presents the Let’s Talk About Food Festival, taking place along the DCR Cambridge Parkway, behind the Royal Sonesta and adjacent to the Museum of Science. The festival aims to [Read More]
The High Museum of Art recently acquired three important works for its contemporary art collection. Renowned American artist Alex Katz has given the Museum a painting titled “Twilight” (1998), which is joined by the High’s [Read More]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is issuing a new Mark Twain stamp on Saturday, June 25 at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. The new design will be formally unveiled in a ceremony [Read More]
The Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum has announced it is taking steps to preserve Grant’s Drug Store by closing it to the public until funds can be raised to undertake a complete renovation. Grant’s, [Read More]
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents George Condo Mental States a major retrospective exhibition of the American artist George Condo. His work is known for its adventurous, imaginative and provocative character. The exhibition features more than [Read More]
AN EXPERIMENTAL CONFERENCE ON ART AND SCIENCE TO CHALLENGE THE MID-SUMMER SUN is the exotic title of a conference with pioneers of late modernism and experts on art history, which will take place both indoors [Read More]
The Museum for African Art, New York (www.africanart.org), the country’s preeminent museum devoted to the art and culture of Africa and the African Diaspora, today reported that it will open in its new building, on [Read More]
National Building Museum executive director Chase W. Rynd announced a change to the Museum’s policy regarding admission, which has been free since its opening in 1985 as a private, non-profit institution. Starting Monday, June 27, [Read More]
Salt Lake City, UT – The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to present salt 3: Cyprien Gaillard, the third in the museum’s new series of exhibitions featuring innovative art from around the [Read More]
The Western Illinois Museum presents Connectedness: A History of Women’s Clubs on view through August 15, 2011. One unexpected outcome of the Civil War was that women found themselves outside of the domestic sphere. Here [Read More]
The Portland Art Museum presents The Allure of the Automobile an exhibition on view JUN 11, 2011 – SEP 11, 2011. The Allure of the Automobile is the first exhibition to consider the stylistic development [Read More]
Bucks County’s National Historic Landmark Unveils New Addition to House State-of-the-Art Exhibition Gallery and Multi-flex Learning Center) The Mercer Museum will open it’s new wing on Saturday June 18th, 2011, featuring a state-of-the-art changing exhibition [Read More]
The Bowes Museum presents Vivienne Westwood Shoes: A World Wide Exhibition on view 10th June- 10th July 2011. This exhibition celebrates the ingenuity and creativity of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, focusing on her designs [Read More]