Bruce Metro, Head of Preparation at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will retire at the end of September following 31 years at the Getty. Metro joined the Getty Museum in 1979 and, over the course [Read More]
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October 1st, 2010 marks a transformative moment for The Mint Museum. The debut of the new Mint Museum Uptown – one year prior to the institution’s 75th anniversary – will bring together the Mint Museum [Read More]
Join British ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal at the J. Paul Getty Museum on Tuesday, October 5, as he explores the ascent and decline of a Jewish dynasty and the survival of objects, in [Read More]
The auction consists of 194 photographs, 18 books, and 8 cameras. Many of the lots in this auction have starting bids of only $100. There is a live auction on October 4th at Sotheby’s in [Read More]
The Erie Art Museum offers art classes and workshops for children and adults year-round and fall semester is about to begin. Classes are available to satisfy a wide array of skill level, from novice to [Read More]
Masterpieces from the national gallery of canada’s collection of inuit art are exhibited in india for the first time. The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) presents – as a world exclusive and for the first [Read More]
Deep Blue Marine, Inc. announced that the company has completed construction of a new museum to house artifacts recovered from shipwrecks in the Dominican Republic. The Grand Opening was held September 18th, 2010 and was [Read More]
Work is set to begin on the next stage of an exciting new wing at Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery, thanks to a major lottery funding boost. The building and fit-out for ‘Birmingham – A [Read More]
From 7 to 9pm on Thursday, October 14th, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD is hosting a reception and an evening of conversation with Chesapeake artist Marc Castelli. Held in the [Read More]
The Knoxville Museum of Art announces three new classes for adults this fall. Silk, Silk & Velvet with Joy Meadows is a series of three separate classes which teach the art of scarf-making. Participants will [Read More]
The Biennial Event Is Organized by The Friends of Education, A MoMA Affiliate Group The Museum of Modern Art presents the 2010 Jazz Interlude on November 2, an elegant evening hosted by The Friends of [Read More]
MAD architects have proposed a floating museum in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, on an island in the middle of a resevoir that runs through the centre of the city. MAD’s design concept is [Read More]
Earlier this year Craven Museum & Gallery, in association with The Craven Herald, launched an amateur photography competition. The brief was simple; show Craven at its best and the top 10 would be made into [Read More]
A virtual branch of the State Russian Museum will open in Beijing, during the the Chinese visit of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, at the Russian Cultural Center Chinese visitors will be able to use multimedia [Read More]
The Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, designed by Renzo Piano at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), opens to the public on October 2, 2010 The new Pavilion dramatically expands the museum’s [Read More]
HILADELPHIA, PA-This fall through spring, PECO joins with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to sponsor a diverse and engaging lineup of world culture celebrations the whole family can enjoy. PECO World [Read More]
The Walker Art Center presents the area film premiere of Howl on Thursday, September 30, at 7:30 pm in the Walker Cinema with directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman in attendance. The Walker’s area premiere [Read More]
The Walker Art Center presents Olivier Assayas: Between Love and Terror, a Regis Dialogue and Film Retrospective, from October 1-31. Assayas has brought his seemingly effortless virtuosity to an extremely diverse range of more than [Read More]