The Government of France will award Richard Rand a Chevalier in its Ordre des Arts et Lettres during a ceremony today at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Rand is the Robert and Martha [Read More]
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AOL is pleased to present Seven on Seven, a conference that brings together leading figures from the fields of art and technology around the creation of new ideas. Set to take place on May 14, [Read More]
The Walker Art Center’s Adventures in New Puppetry series closes with Improbable’s The Devil and Mister Punch (a work-in-progress), Thursday-Saturday, May 19–21, in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater. In this Walker-commissioned new work, Punch [Read More]
The Maryport Maritime Museum re-opened on the Easter holiday weekend. The museum is being run by volunteers who would be interested in hearing from anyone who might want to help, after Allerdale Council decided that [Read More]
The design of China Comic and Animation Museum opened on Thursday evening in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, reports Xinhuanet. The museum is designed by MVRDV, an international architecture and urban design company, [Read More]
The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, Ohio—one of the nation’s oldest and most celebrated contemporary art institutions—announces the 2011–2012 season of exhibitions featuring both single artist and group shows. The CAC—renowned for the opportunities [Read More]
Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, today announced the appointment of Catherine Carver Dunn as Deputy Director, Advancement. In this new position, Dunn will be responsible for directing the major [Read More]
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes / Ex Teresa Arte Actual presents crisisss. Art and Confrontation in Latin America 1910–2010 on view through 5 June 2011. This exhibition, curated by Gerardo Mosquera, presented an overview of [Read More]
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced Paul Tudor Jones of Cambridge, MD as the Honorary Chair to the Museum’s 14th Annual Boating Party. The signature fundraising gala, which takes place at the Museum on [Read More]
World War II navy planes fly to museum for day, programs include panel of veteran navy fighter pilots SEATTLE – The Museum launches its celebration of the U.S. Navy’s 100th year of aviation with [Read More]
The Panhandle Plains Historical Museum presents Opening The Cabinet Doors: Clothing And Accessories From The American Indian Collection on view through October 31, 2011. The exhibition focuses on historic American Indian clothing and accessories, such [Read More]
The Cartoon Art Museum presents From Bloom County to Mars: The Imagination of Berkeley Breathed, an exhibition of original artwork featuring one of the most popular cartoonists of the past quarter-century! To commemorate this exhibition, [Read More]
Free admission, space-related family activities 5 to 9 p.m. The Museum of Flight SEATTLE – On May 5 from 5 to 9 p.m., the Museum will offer space-related activities in observance of Space Day. [Read More]
The 24th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival is coming to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD on Friday, June 17 through Sunday, June 19. The largest event of its kind in [Read More]
The Hunterdon Art Museum hosts it’s 10th Annual Spring Wine & Food Tasting on Saturday, May 14, 2011. Presented by the Hunterdon Art Museum and Chris Cree, Master of Wine and owner of 56 Degree [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired 17 items from sculptor Glenna Goodacre from her successful commission to design the Sacagawea dollar coin released in 2000. This donation preserves the creative and [Read More]
Steven E. Young, Chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation’s Board of Directors, announced that the Museum Foundation has received a gift of approximately $100,000,000 from Margie Petersen and the Margie & Robert E. Petersen [Read More]
The Benjamin E. Mays Historical Preservation Site has been established on the campus of GLEAMNS Human Resources Commission which is located in the old African-American Brewer Hospital before desegregation. The site, adjacent to and part [Read More]