Connie Wolf, director and CEO of San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum, was a galvanizing force in bringing a national profile to a little-known institution. Now she’ll have a chance to bring the same record of [Read More]
To coincide with the opening of the Design Museum’s latest exhibition, ‘This is Design’, the museum has announced two major acquisitions to its Collection: Britain’s celebrated red telephone box, donated by BT and a set [Read More]
Opening 18 September through 18 December 2011 Thessaloniki, Greece The 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, under the general title “Old Intersections-Make it New”, is focused on the Mediterranean region, the culture and its people, [Read More]
IWM London presents Memory Remains: 9/11 Artifacts at Hangar 17 by Francesc Torres . Open 26 August 2011 – 26 February 2012 Following the devastation of the attack on the World Trade Center in New [Read More]
Co-organized by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City and Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs, 1851–1939, a groundbreaking exhibition of extraordinary objects representing the pinnacle [Read More]
The Station Museum in Houston presents George Gittoes – Witness to War, on view through September 18, 2011. George Gittoes Sneeze (portrait of the Dalai Lama), 1997, oil on canvas George Gittoes works in a [Read More]
Opening Reception: 23 September, 8–11 PM Derek Sullivan: Albatross Omnibus Curated by Gregory Burke, Independent Curator 24 September–20 November 2011 Simon Fujiwara: Welcome to the Hotel Munber Curated by Melanie O’Brian, Curator & Head of [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) jointly announced today the largest-ever cash gifts to both organizations totaling $115 million. The record gifts will help acquire additional works of art [Read More]
Kunstverein Hanover presents an exhibition of new work by Markus Schinwald on view August 27. November 6., 2011. Opening on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 8 pm Markus Schinwald (born 1973), whose complex on-site installations [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) honors Latino Heritage Month this September by highlighting Latin American works of art and inviting visitors of all ages to discover them in the exhibition Selected Histories: [Read More]
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum presents Brimming Tide: Paintings and Drawings by Brian Rutenberg an exhibition on view September 16, 2011 – January 8, 2012. Myrtle Beach native son Brian Rutenberg returns [Read More]
The 9/11 National Tribute Quilt represents the response of the Steel Quilters of United States Steel Corporation to the events of September 11, 2001 This small quilt club conceived the monumental undertaking, ultimately receiving quilt [Read More]
The University of Virginia Art Museum presents Variety, Archeology, and Ornament Renaissance Architectural Prints from Column to Cornice, a new exhibition on view August 26 – December 18, 2011. Focusing on the crucial role of [Read More]
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art is presenting lectures Related to it’s current Edward Hopper’s Maine Exhibition, on view through Oct 16, 2011. Edward Hopper, American, 1882-1967, Rocky Pedestal, 1927, watercolor on paper, Carnegie Museum [Read More]
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum has received a grant of $23,985 from the National Park Service’s American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to undertake an archeological survey to determine the precise location and established boundaries for [Read More]
Artists have long been inspired to capture the beauty of nature in two-dimensional images, and Landscapes East/Landscapes West: Representing Nature from Mount Fugi to Canyon de Chelly explores the creative ways artists have responded to [Read More]
A multi-media hub of the Nelson-Atkins website has launched. Studio 33 features videos, audio entries, interactive content and social media portals that allow visitors to learn about a favorite work of art, respond to a [Read More]
Kunsthallen Brandts presents Søren Lose Relicts on view 26 August 2011–8 January 2012. In no more than a split second a certain kind of scent can take us back to our childhood or remind us [Read More]