Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art (FMCA), an auxiliary support group of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), is hosting SYNC: art meets technology on June 23 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at NextEnergy, 461 [Read More]
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The Autry National Center announced that it is the recipient of a $6.6 million grant from California State Parks’ Nature Education Facilities Program. This grant will provide the funding for a major renovation and reinstallation [Read More]
To honour this tremendous milestone, the NGV unveiled an exceptional gift of 173 important Indigenous works of art including three by contemporary artists Vernon Ah Kee, Brook Andrew and Jonathan Jones who were commissioned to [Read More]
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal presents Déjà an exhibition open MAY 26 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2011. Taking up all of the museum’s galleries, the exhibition comprises more than a hundred major works that rank [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents British artist Runa Islam’s new 35mm film Emergence (2011), commissioned for this exhibition, alongside three of her other films selected specifically in relation to the new work: The house [Read More]
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2011 “Oceans of Hope” Dream Gala was a “swimming” success! The JDRF organization hosted 600 guests inside and outdoors at the Kemp Auto Museum, and raised close to $1 million [Read More]
The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools. Open An acknowledged master of the remix, Cory Arcangel, the 32-year-old Brooklyn-based artist, makes work across a wide range of media, including video games, [Read More]
The Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield University is joining with 1,300 other museums across America to pay tribute to military personnel and their families, by participating in the Blue Star Museums partnership, an initiative [Read More]
Leading Spanish and Latin American art historian and New York University Professor Edward J. Sullivan, speaks at the Toledo Museum of Art on June 3. Sullivan has authored more than 25 books and exhibition catalogues [Read More]
Expansion Will Double Exhibition and Education Space – Design Transforms SFMOMA and Neighborhood Opening New Routes of Public Circulation and Access With New Entry and Pedestrian Promenade The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) [Read More]
UMFA one of more than 1300 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is pleased to [Read More]
The Walters Art Museum will present The Art of the Writing Instrument from Paris to Persia. Exhibition open July 2–September 25, 2011. This focus show features approximately 25 writing instruments produced in cosmopolitan centers such [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) along the Miles River in St. Michaels, MD is offering the public a rare opportunity to be a part of the Rosie Parks skipjack restoration project with its recently [Read More]
1950s radio broadcast of Ray Bradbury sci-fi reenacted in Museum’s theater SEATTLE – Reenactments of the 1950s live radio broadcast of Ray Bradbury’s “Mars Is Heaven,” will be on stage at The Museum of [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian announces the 2011 schedule for its sixth annual concert and festival series promoting Native musicians, films, performers and artists from across the Western Hemisphere. This June the [Read More]
“Family Matters: Portraits from the Qing Court” at the Smithsonian’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery presents lavish portraits, rare jewelry and other objects that offer a fascinating look at imperial family life in the later half [Read More]
The free summer shuttle to transport visitors between the National Mall and the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum returns for a third year in time for the Memorial Day holiday. It will offer weekend service May [Read More]
The Harvard Art Museums announce they have received a 2010 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Access to Artistic Excellence grant. The grant of $75,000 is among the largest gifts awarded by the NEA in [Read More]