The British Library is to make its extensive collections of bibliographic records available for free to researchers and other libraries: www.bl.uk/bibliographic/datafree.html The UK national library has around 14 million catalogue records comprising a wealth of [Read More]
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Exhibition open through Sunday, September 26, 2010 The culture of figurines in Japan has broken out of the otaku subculture and gained acclaim on the global art scene. Looking back at the past, the culture [Read More]
GERMANY’S KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD DIRECTOR TO SUCCEED MARIANNE STOCKEBRAND IN JANUARY, 2011 The Chinati Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Thomas Kellein as its next director. An accomplished art historian, curator, and museum [Read More]
WASHINGTON – The National Geographic Museum will open a new photography exhibition, “Simply Beautiful: Photographs from National Geographic,” on Sept. 3, taking visitors on a visual journey through variations on the universal theme of beauty. [Read More]
The exciting and ambitious plans for the new development will provide additional galleries, new open access stores / study facilities and dedicated spaces for life-long learning, education outreach services and arts development programmes. It will [Read More]
Exhibition: Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool – September 9, 2010 through January 2, 2011 at Asia Society Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, New York. This fall, Asia Society devotes its entire museum space to [Read More]
Energy efficiency programme receives accolade as part of Mayor of London’s green initiatives The British Library has invested in an ongoing programme of energy efficiency lighting upgrades as part of its energy action plan. This [Read More]
The twenty-first century commenced amidst great upheaval—global conflict, the struggle to reconcile individual and societal freedom, changing modes of communication and rampant consumerism. Artists Christian Widmer and Mike Williams use the camera to respond intuitively [Read More]
A photograph of “Peanuts” creator Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) will be presented to the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in a ceremony for invited guests Oct. 1. The event recognizes the cartoonist’s impact on millions of [Read More]
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has again achieved accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside [Read More]
The National Galleries of Scotland is delighted to announce the launch of their first ever iPhone app. Created for the major summer exhibition Impressionist Gardens, it is now free to download from the iTunes store. [Read More]
The International Slavery Museum has coordinated the establishment of a new initiative called the Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM). The federation enables museums who deal with sensitive and controversial subjects such as transatlantic [Read More]
For more than 30 years Guillermo Kuitca has forged a distinctive path as an artist, creating visually compelling works that reflect his intense and often ambivalent relationship to his primary medium: painting. “Guillermo Kuitca: Everything, [Read More]
PROVIDENCE, RI — On September 24, The RISD Museum will reveal its latest major renovation and reinstallation: the ancient, medieval, and early Renaissance galleries. These spaces, located in the 1926 Radeke Building, have been fully [Read More]
Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. – “Strings of the Black Sea: A Celebration of Lutes & Fiddles from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, and Turkey” Presented in collaboration with the Center for Traditional Music and [Read More]
If artist Aaron Kramer could have it his way, there would be no waste! “Trash is the failure of imagination,” is his philosophy while he embraces commonly discarded objects as his inspiration. Open through September [Read More]
To celebrate its 2-year anniversary HawaiiGaga.com is giving away 15 pairs of Bishop Museum tickets through an online contest. The contest asks participants to explore HawaiiGaga.com to uncover the answers to a series of trivia [Read More]
The Museum has embarked on an exciting journey that will bring the joys of nature and science to millions of people. The new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in downtown Dallas will inspire all [Read More]