The New Museum presents Gustav Metzger: Historic Photographs. On view from May 19–July 3, 2011. “Gustav Metzger: Historic Photographs” is the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of the influential eighty-five-year-old artist and [Read More]
The New Museum Presents Apichatpong Weerasethaku:l Primitive. On view from May 19–July 3, 2011. “Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Primitive” is the first New York exhibition devoted to the work of the internationally acclaimed Thai artist and filmmaker [Read More]
The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn on view through August 7, 2011. Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE) is the first solo exhibition of [Read More]
The Knoxville Museum of Art presents Anne Wilson: Local Industry, on view May 13 – August 7, 2011. This is the first public exhibition of the Local Industry, produced in 2010 by 2,100 volunteers alongside [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a portrait of Bill and Melinda Gates by Jon Friedman that will be installed in the museum’s “Recent Acquisitions” exhibition May 17. The painting will be on view when [Read More]
Tyhe Bellevue Arts Museum presents Michael Cooper: A Sculptural Odyssey, 1968 – 2011, exhibition on view uly 12 – October 9, 2011. Michael Cooper transforms commonplace objects into fantastical, thought-provoking vehicles. Pistol-packing tricycles and curiously [Read More]
From Saturday, May 28, through Thursday, June 2, 2011, the artist Jonathan VanDyke will perform The Long Glance, a work in which he will stand and contemplate Jackson Pollock’s seminal work Convergence, 1952, for forty [Read More]
From burned, carved and stained gourds, gemstones and silver jewelry, bronze and clay sculptures, to photography, Jana Ward’s art displays the repeating patterns of life in the Southwest during her exhibit entitled “Patterns,” at the [Read More]
Every July thousands of people visit Tolpuddle to celebrate trade unionism and to remember the sacrifice made by the six farm workers of the village. This year the Tolpuddle Martyrs’ Festival and Rally 2011 is [Read More]
US$200,000 GRANT PART OF AMERICAN EXPRESS-WMF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM INITIATIVE World Monuments Fund (WMF), American Express, and the Corporación Nacional Forestal de Chile (CONAF) celebrated the completion of a sustainable visitor reception center on Easter Island [Read More]
Patricia Cain’s work on the Riverside Transport Museum brilliantly captures a singular moment of the build: uniquely documenting the geometric complexity and structural integrity of the museum’s design – ZAHA HADID As Glasgow’s new transport [Read More]
The Oshkosh Public Museum announcess MuggleFest, a month-long Harry Potter celebration on display July 1 to 31. The bewitching event celebrates the release of the final Harry Potter movie and (magically) transforms the museum into [Read More]
The Mingei International Museum presents In Their Own Words – Classic and Contemporary Native American Art, on view through Sep 5, 2011. The classic art of the indigenous peoples of North America is as diverse [Read More]
The Museum of the San Ramon Valley announces a special exhibit from May 14 to July 16, 2011, featuring the Centennial of California woman suffrage. It will focus on local women’s lives and provide programs [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg presents The Human Touch: Contemporary Art from the RBC Wealth Management Collection, on view May 14-September 4. Throughout history artists have depicted the human form. They have decorated [Read More]
The Art Gallery of South Australia will mount its largest exhibition ever this year – an Australian-exclusive survey, straight from London’s internationally acclaimed Saatchi Gallery. Exhibition open 30 July – 23 October 2011 . Art [Read More]
“The Art of Disegno: Italian Prints and Drawings from the Georgia Museum of Art” will be on view at the Georgia Museum of Art from May 14 to Aug. 7. The exhibition features 53 works [Read More]
The Georgia Museum of Art will present an artist’s talk with Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir, in celebration of Women’s History Month on March 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium. [Read More]