Grant supports upcoming exhibition “Space-Light-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta” The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) a grant of $20,000 to support the development of the [Read More]
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The Chemung Valley History Museum presents Facing The Wall on Saturday, January 22 at 1 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Facing the Wall is a documentary that explores the history [Read More]
The North Carolina Museum of Art presents 30 Americans an exhibition open March 19–September 4, 2011. 30 Americans highlights the work of 31 contemporary African American artists in an exhibition organized by and drawn from [Read More]
The Museum of Everything announces The Midgets & Giants Film Festival, screening this and every Sunday at 4:00pm. “The film is quite unlike any other you will ever see. Call it unsettling, disturbing, austere or [Read More]
Salt Lake City – Before the creation of the modern museum, private collections of art pieces, scientific instruments, cultural oddities, and mysterious specimens were housed in rooms or pieces of furniture called cabinets of curiosity. [Read More]
The Rosenbach Museum and Library presents Portraits of Civil War Heroes A World Premiere Concert by Dave Burrell on Saturday, January 22, 2011 – 3:00pm – 5:00pm. Steinway Artist, famed jazz pianist, and Rosenbach Musician-in-Residence [Read More]
The Chairman, Sir John Ritblat, and the Trustees of the Wallace Collection announce the appointment of Dr Christoph Vogtherr as the next Director of the Collection upon the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill DBE next [Read More]
Since its arrival in the museum over 70 years ago, a bust of Sam Houston sculpted by Gutzon Borglum has languished in storage at the San Jacinto Museum of History. Created as either an object [Read More]
A rediscovered painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606– 1669), on loan at the Toledo Museum of Art, will be displayed for several months beginning January 28 in Gallery 24. The artist painted [Read More]
The Marco Island Historical Museum presents Florida’s Lost Tribes an Exhibit of 46 paintings depicting Calusa Indians. On view from January 20, 2011. Museum Events: Presentation by the artist, Ted Morris 5:00 p.m. Rose History [Read More]
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero comes to the Toledo Museum of Art March 19–June 12, 2011. Toledo is the final stop and the only venue in the Midwest where the exhibition is being shown. [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art presents Travelers Through Ancient Lands on view through February 6, 2011. Nineteenth century imagery of Northern Africa—primarily Egypt—and the Middle East will be on display in the Works on Paper [Read More]
MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna presents Matthew Day Jackson: In Search of… the first solo show hosted by a European museum of the work of leading American emerging artist Matthew Day Jackson. On [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art has purchased the dramatic work in glass entitled Iago’s Mirror by artist Fred Wilson. The large, ornate work in black Murano glass has been installed in Gallery 5 of the [Read More]
The Walker Art Center presents Kronos Quartet X 2: Two Distinctly Different Programs Showcasing Fearless Musical Exploration. “Boisterously breaking down nearly every conceivable genre barrier that ever existed for the string quartet, this audacious ensemble [Read More]
The Worcester Art Museum presents Édouard Manet’s The Dead Toreador on view through March 31, 2011. The National Gallery has generously agreed to loan to WAM one of its French masterpieces, Édouard Manet’s The Dead [Read More]
The Lyme Regis Museum Presents Industrial Lyme – an Unexpected History on view from 10am till 4pm everyday from 22nd February to 6th March 2011 at the Malthouse in Mill Lane and is free entry [Read More]
The Sloan Museum announces Robots – September 27, 2011 – January 8, 2012. The wit, excitement and imagination of 20th Century Fox’s animated film Robots combine for a fun, educational experience that the whole family [Read More]