The National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a portrait of Bill and Melinda Gates by Jon Friedman that will be installed in the museum’s “Recent Acquisitions” exhibition May 17. The painting will be on view when [Read More]
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From Saturday, May 28, through Thursday, June 2, 2011, the artist Jonathan VanDyke will perform The Long Glance, a work in which he will stand and contemplate Jackson Pollock’s seminal work Convergence, 1952, for forty [Read More]
From burned, carved and stained gourds, gemstones and silver jewelry, bronze and clay sculptures, to photography, Jana Ward’s art displays the repeating patterns of life in the Southwest during her exhibit entitled “Patterns,” at the [Read More]
Every July thousands of people visit Tolpuddle to celebrate trade unionism and to remember the sacrifice made by the six farm workers of the village. This year the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and Rally 2011 is [Read More]
The Oshkosh Public Museum announcess MuggleFest, a month-long Harry Potter celebration on display July 1 to 31. The bewitching event celebrates the release of the final Harry Potter movie and (magically) transforms the museum into [Read More]
The Museum of the San Ramon Valley announces a special exhibit from May 14 to July 16, 2011, featuring the Centennial of California woman suffrage. It will focus on local women’s lives and provide programs [Read More]
Mt. Washington and Pairpoint glass, which rivaled Tiffany and Steuben in its heyday during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, will be the focus of a major exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass. [Read More]
Telfair Museums announced that its executive director Steven High has been selected as the new director of The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. High is expected to begin his new [Read More]
The Art Institute of Chicago Announces Fujinuma Noboru: Master of Bamboo an exhibition on view May 28–November 13, 2011. Renowned today as an innovator of contemporary basket artistry, Fujinuma Noboru did not begin his study [Read More]
The Bruce Museum presents Power Incarnate: Allan Stone’s Collection of Sculpture from the Congo, on view May 14, 2011 – September 4, 2011. Power Incarnate: Allan Stone’s Collection of Sculpture from the Congo features works [Read More]
The German Historical Museum Presents On Living Photographs by Thomas Hoepker and Daniel Biskup, on view 11 May to 3 October 2011. Exhibition Panorama, Deutsches Historisches Museum The exhibition is a two-part display with around [Read More]
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and the MIT List Visual Arts Center present the first museum survey of the work of media art pioneer Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984). On view May 14 – July 10, 2011. [Read More]
The Stedelijk Museum, together with Holland Festival, the leading performing arts festival in the Netherlands, presents Your Name in Lights by renowned American artist John Baldessari. Open 1–26 June 2011. This extraordinary work, by one [Read More]
At the 2011 Collectors’ Selection Dinner on Wednesday, May 11, MCASD’s International Collectors and Contemporary Collectors voted to purchase new works for the Museum’s collection: two examples of Ai Weiwei’s famous Marble Chair (2010); an [Read More]
Governor McDonnell signs cultural exchange between Virginia and China Governor Bob McDonnell signed an historic cultural exchange agreement to bring Treasures from the Forbidden City, a showcase of approximately 200 objects, from Beijing’s Palace Museum [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts announced that it will offer free admission to Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria on May18 as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art [Read More]
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Beth Johnson as its new Director of Development. She began her duties May 9. SECCA Executive Director Mark Leach [Read More]
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced that it will offer free admission and a 20% discount on memberships on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, as part of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ (AAMD) Art Museum Day. [Read More]