The yearlong celebration beginning March 21, 2012 will feature a major new exhibition, a national scientific symposium, special programs with noted speakers, public engagement activities, discounted museum admission days, and a new coffee-table book on [Read More]
The Academy of Natural Sciences has announced the discovery of a new species of large predatory fish that prowled ancient North American waterways during the Devonian Period, before backboned animals existed on land. Drs. Edward [Read More]
ARTIUM. Basque Museum-Centre of Contemporary Art announces new exhibitions opening: Saturday,8 October 2011. Esther Ferrer. In four movements North Gallery Curator: Rosa Olivares Organized by ARTIUM (Vitoria-Gasteiz), and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), and co-produced by [Read More]
The Philadelphia Shell Show and Festival, the largest of its kind in the Northeast, returns to the Academy of Natural Sciences Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 and 2. Thousands of exotic treasures of the sea [Read More]
The Musée Jacquemart-André presents Fra Angelico and the Masters of Light, on view 2011-09-23 to the 2012-01-09. The Jacquemart-André Museum is the first French museum to pay tribute to Fra Angelico and reconsider this exceptional [Read More]
“‘Something of Splendor’: Decorative Arts from the White House” opens Oct. 1 at the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s branch museum for craft and decorative arts, and closes May 6, 2012. The exhibition [Read More]
Museum the only Seattle stop for “Honoring Our History” tour SEATTLE, Sept. 27, 2011–On Oct. 15 and 16 The Museum of Flight is the only Seattle location for a traveling exhibit about World War I. [Read More]
Maxxi in Rome presents Indian Highway Touring Group Show on view from September 22. Indian Highway presents, through a wide selection of works, the overall picture of contemporary Indian art scene. Jitish Kallat, Baggage Claim [Read More]
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem announced its Dead Sea Scrolls Project on Monday, putting five of the texts online for the general public to study. The website — http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/ — was developed in partnership with [Read More]
firstsite’s new home reinvents the traditional art gallery as an innovative cultural and social space with contemporary art at its heart. Designed by award-winning architect Rafael Viñoly and selected from a worldwide competition entry of [Read More]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has relaunched its website, www.metmuseum.org, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Museum. Key features of the expanded and redesigned site include comprehensive access [Read More]
Exhibitions include N.C. Wyeth’s illustrations for Treasure Island, seen together for the first time in public, a celebration of Howard Pyle, masterpieces by Andrew and Jamie Wyeth and more. N.C. Wyeth’s Treasure Island, Classic Illustrations [Read More]
Kunsthaus Graz presents Antje Majewski The World of Gimel. How to Make Objects Talk an exhibition on view 1 October 2011–15 January 2012. Opening:1 October 2011, 11am. Kunsthaus Graz celebrates Universalmuseum Joanneum Bicentenary Jubilee with [Read More]
The High Museum of Art is hosting Beaux Arts & Crafts: Masterpieces of American Frame Design 1890–1920, on loan from the noted New York frame collector Edgar O. Smith. This exhibition brings together 15 frames [Read More]
Martin-Gropius-Bau presents W. Eugene Smith – Photographs A retrospective an exhibition on view 25 September to 27 November 2011. W. Eugene Smith, who was born in 1918 in Wichita, Kansas, and died in 1978 in [Read More]
On November 11, 2011, the Museum of the Great War in Meaux (le Musée de la Grande Guerre du pays de Meaux) will open its doors in the presence of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Dedicated to [Read More]
The Canadian Cultural Centre presents Illuminated Manuscripts Robert Bean, on view 30 September–16 November 2011. Opening: 29 September, 6pm. Robert Bean “Monotype,” 2010. Photography, 40×61 cm. To commemorate the iconic visionary Marshall McLuhan and celebrate [Read More]
The final Artist Night for the BODY WORLDS & The Brain Exhibition takes place on Tuesday September 27 from 7:00 until 9:00 pm at the Saint Louis Science Center. This is an Adult Artist Night [Read More]