The British Museum announces Out of Australia Prints and drawings from Sidney Nolan to Rover Thomas on view 26 May – 11 September 2011. Free admission. Part of Australian Season. The exhibition is the first [Read More]
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The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has received $137,015 from the Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives for [Read More]
Modern Art Council Presents Biennial Fund-Raiser in April The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) will hold its biennial Art Auction at the museum on April 6, 2011. This highly anticipated fund-raising event organized [Read More]
In a special donation ceremony, on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 11:00am, the National Museum of American History will receive a collection of objects from The Baldknobbers, the first country music and comedy show in [Read More]
New exhibit unveiled in Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) has unveiled its newest installation in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume. Riotous Colour, Daring Patterns: Fashions [Read More]
The Dallas Museum of Art is expanding its successful social media presence with a series of six online videos. The videos will be used to give visitors an online welcome and introduction and offer a [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that Melody Kanschat will be leaving her position as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective May 2011. Ms. Kanschat has held this position since July 2005, [Read More]
The Portland Art Museum has announced the finalists for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, an awards exhibition celebrating contemporary art created in Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Wyoming , and Montana . The finalists [Read More]
Distributed by Yale University Press, Book Reveals Innovative Audience Research with Far-Reaching Ramifications for Museum Field. Offering New Model for Engaging Diverse Audiences. The Dallas Museum of Art is releasing an important new book that [Read More]
Tour Explores Lincoln Center’s Iconic Architecture, Recent Transformation, and World-Class Art Collection One of New York’s great collections of modern art and architecture isn’t in a museum, it’s at Lincoln Center, where paintings, sculpture, limited-edition [Read More]
At the Opening Celebration of Keith Haring: 1978-1982 and Jimmy Baker: Remote Viewing JR, the renowned French street artist best known for his “Women are Heroes” project, will be at the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) [Read More]
MASS MoCA presents Sean Foley: Ruse on view now through Dec 31, 2011. Sean Foley’s new installation for the Hunter hallway combines painting, objects and light boxes protruding from the wall all of which reference [Read More]
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced an award of over £1.1m to the Harris Museum & Art Gallery to support the creation of a new gallery celebrating Preston’s history, alongside work to restore and [Read More]
The Bronte Parsonage Museum will reopen on 1 February with new displays and a full programme of events for the year, including: Monday 1 February 2010 until Friday 20 May 2011 Sex, Drugs and Literature [Read More]
DANIEL BUREN: ECHOS, WORK IN SITU 16 May – 12 September 2011 A year after its opening, the Centre Pompidou-Metz invites Daniel Buren, one of the most significant artists on the contemporary art scene in [Read More]
An exhibition, acquisition and debate, presented in partnership by the Harris Museum & Art Gallery and folly. Artists working in digital media are invited to propose work for a public display at and acquisition by [Read More]
The Harris Museum and Art Gallery presents Global Threads: Asian Textiles & Fashion Today on view 14 May 2011 – 30 June 2012. Young people from Preston are currently working as curators, researchers, designers and [Read More]
This exhibit on view February 1-28, 2011 features a collection of antique valentines from the late 19 and early 20 centuries. Samples of this treasured paper ephemera will be on display in cabinets. Themes often [Read More]