Robert M. Baylis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rubin Museum announced that the Museum has received a $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin, the Museum’s founders. [Read More]
Nov. 5 Honeywell lecture recalls the story of Cal Rogers epic 1911 flight across the U.S. SEATTLE = On Nov. 5 aviation historian and author Mike Lavelle will present the sometimes-madcap story of the first [Read More]
Changing society, globalization and the increasing significance of the media present museums of the twenty-first century with constant new challenges. The role of the museum as a public space demands perpetual redefinition, and communication as [Read More]
Take part in the exciting new programs related to M is for Museum, an exhibition presented by Carnegie Museum of Natural History. In M is for Museum, kids and grown-ups go on an exciting journey [Read More]
The National Gallery of Canada in collaboration with France’s Musée des beaux-arts de Caen, presents Drawn to Art. French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th Century Rome a new exhibition on view October 21, 2011 [Read More]
The Natural History Museum in London presents an exhibition of images of the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011, on view 21 October 2011 – 11 March 2012. Open 10.00 – 17.50 daily. [Read More]
The Menil Collection presents Imprinting the Divine. Byzantine and Russian Icons showcasing the Menil’s collection of icons, widely regarded by scholars as one of the most important of its kind in the United States. Featured [Read More]
Christophe Beaux, CEO of Monnaie de Paris, has appointed Chiara Parisi Director of Cultural Programmes. Chiara Parisi is a contemporary art historian with a research PhD from La Sapienza University in Rome. After completing her [Read More]
The Glyptotek Museum presents Gauguin & Polynesia – An elusive paradise on view through 31.12 2011, where visitors can experience Paul Gauguin’s masterpieces side by side with the ”primitive” art of Polynesia. This autumn the [Read More]
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) showcases some of its biggest names as it presents the original exhibition The Art of Collecting. Opening on Saturday, October 22, 2011, the exhibition is expected to be displayed in [Read More]
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, open January 17–April 8, 2012, examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the scientific discoveries of the 16th century. The exhibition, accompanied by a [Read More]
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) today announced that Dr. Maxwell L. Anderson has been appointed as its Eugene McDermott Director. Anderson, who is currently the Melvin & Bren Simon Director and CEO of the [Read More]
Lisa Graziose Corrin, a former director of the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), has been named the next Ellen Philips Katz Director of the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, effective Feb. 1, [Read More]
The Block Museum of Art presents Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910–1917. On view through December 11, 2011, in the Alsdorf Gallery. Tango with Cows chronicles the dramatic transformation of book [Read More]
The Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art presents Yona Friedman Architecture Without Building , a retrospective exhibition of Yona Friedman, the architect and thinker of Hungarian origin, in an installation environment offering a special spatial experience. Open [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History hosts the 2011 Preservation Fair: Preserving Family Treasures, on October 22, 2011, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. More than 30 conservators and vendors of conservation supplies and services will be on [Read More]
This fall, Independent Curators International (ICI) inaugurates the Curatorial Hub, a flexible project space for curators to use as a meeting point and platform for public debate. Over the last two decades curating in the [Read More]
38 nominees recognized, six presented with 2011 Difference Maker Awards CINCINNATI – Cincinnati Museum Center hosted the fourth annual Difference Maker Awards dinner Thursday evening to honor youth and adults, agencies and organizations who work [Read More]