Bellevue Arts Museum, the Pacific Northwest’s center for the exploration of art, craft and design, has just been honored with the prestigious 2011 Eastside Business Award in the Non‐Profit/Community Impact category by the Bellevue Chamber [Read More]
The Clore Learning Centre at Tate Modern, located alongside the Turbine Hall, re-opens with a suite of newly revitalised spaces. Architects Herzog and de Meuron have worked closely with Tate’s Learning team to rework the [Read More]
In 2010, 90,146 archaeological objects were recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), a 36% increase on 2009, and 859 Treasure cases, up 10%; the British Museum manages the PAS, and also administers the Treasure [Read More]
The Fondazione Prada announces the opening, of its new exhibition space in Venice, the Ca’ Corner della Regina, an historic palazzo on the Grand Canal. Belonging to the Comune di Venezia, the building was made [Read More]
The Torrance Art Museum announce an exhibition of new British art for Los Angeles BritWeek 2011, organised in association with The Future Can Wait and Edward Lucie-Smith. Open May 29th – June 25th. Opening: May [Read More]
Friends of Modern and Contemporary Art (FMCA), an auxiliary support group of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), is hosting SYNC: art meets technology on June 23 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at NextEnergy, 461 [Read More]
Scientists have confirmed that researchers working at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in 2004 discovered a new dinosaur dating from the Late Triassic period. The dinosaur, now known as Daemonosaurus chauliodous, was found in a [Read More]
The Autry National Center announced that it is the recipient of a $6.6 million grant from California State Parks’ Nature Education Facilities Program. This grant will provide the funding for a major renovation and reinstallation [Read More]
To honour this tremendous milestone, the NGV unveiled an exceptional gift of 173 important Indigenous works of art including three by contemporary artists Vernon Ah Kee, Brook Andrew and Jonathan Jones who were commissioned to [Read More]
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal presents Déjà an exhibition open MAY 26 TO SEPTEMBER 4, 2011. Taking up all of the museum’s galleries, the exhibition comprises more than a hundred major works that rank [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art presents British artist Runa Islam’s new 35mm film Emergence (2011), commissioned for this exhibition, alongside three of her other films selected specifically in relation to the new work: The house [Read More]
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s 2011 “Oceans of Hope” Dream Gala was a “swimming” success! The JDRF organization hosted 600 guests inside and outdoors at the Kemp Auto Museum, and raised close to $1 million [Read More]
The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Cory Arcangel: Pro Tools. Open An acknowledged master of the remix, Cory Arcangel, the 32-year-old Brooklyn-based artist, makes work across a wide range of media, including video games, [Read More]
Stroom Den Haag presents an exhibition of work by Raphael Zarka . On view 29 May–21 August 2011. Opening: Saturday 28 May, 4 pm. Stroom Den Haag presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands [Read More]
View of Matlock by William Marlow has been bought for Buxton Museum and Art Gallery with the help of the Art Fund View of Matlock, Derbyshire by William Marlow (c 1780) depicts a significant moment [Read More]
The Bellarmine Museum of Art at Fairfield University is joining with 1,300 other museums across America to pay tribute to military personnel and their families, by participating in the Blue Star Museums partnership, an initiative [Read More]
The South London Gallery presents an exhibition of work by George Shaw, on view 25 May – 3 July 2011. George Shaw, Scenes from The Passion: The Cop Shop, 1999-2000 Humbrol enamel on board, 43 [Read More]
Leading Spanish and Latin American art historian and New York University Professor Edward J. Sullivan, speaks at the Toledo Museum of Art on June 3. Sullivan has authored more than 25 books and exhibition catalogues [Read More]