From 6 May to 5 June 2011, artist Yang Jiechang will show three works under the title of Stranger than Paradise. With this exhibition, the artist uses the figure of the animal, the landscape and [Read More]
SEATTLE – Guy Norris, senior editor of Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine and the author of “Boeing 787 Dreamliner,” will present an insider’s story behind Boeing’s newest airliner during a lecture at 7 p.m. [Read More]
Peter Galassi, The Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, will retire from that position in July, it was announced today by MoMA’s Director, Glenn [Read More]
Exhibition showcases hidden Venetian treasures from Isabella Gardner’s rare books collection From May 3 to June 19, visitors to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are invited to take a closer look at seven Venetian manuscripts [Read More]
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology announce the selection of the 2011 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography. Following an international search, the Gardner Fellowship committee awarded the Fellowship to Miki Kratsman, a prize-winning Argentinean-born [Read More]
The Blanton Museum presents About Face: Portraiture as Subject, open April 30 – September 4, 2011. About Face: Portraiture as Subject, a unique exhibition organized by The Blanton, features 40 portraits in diverse mediums from [Read More]
The Baltimore Museum of Art’s Board of Trustees announced its selection of the Maryland-based architecture firm Ziger/Snead to work with the Museum on its ambitious $24 million capital renovation. The decision follows a comprehensive year-long [Read More]
The Tyler Museum of Art presents a selection of oil paintings by Sedrick Huckaby, a Texas artist who uses thick, impasto paint to create his shape-shifting quilt murals, evocative of tradition, family and his own [Read More]
The Kresge Art Museum presents Hiraki Sawa: Other Dwellings a seminal single-channel works of this young Japanese-born artist whose videos have placed him at the forefront of a new generation of video artists. Sawa’s videos [Read More]
Mirror Image: Women Portraying Women an exhibition on view May 1–November 27, 2011, in the new North Carolina Gallery of the NCMA’s East Building. Featuring works from the NCMA’s permanent collection as well as loans, [Read More]
The Kemper Museum presents Acquisitions in Context an exhibition of work by Eric Forstmann, on view April 29–August 14, 2011. Admission to the Museum is free. Reminiscent of Edward Hopper’s works of isolation, Eric Forstmann [Read More]
The New Bedford Whaling Museum is to host Scrimshaw Weekend 2011 on May 13, 2011 – 2nd annual Schrimshaw Antiques Show and Swap-Meet, May 14, 201 – Lectures, Cocktail Reception, Banquet and Consignment Auction and [Read More]
The exhibition Art in Cameroon: Sculptural Dialogues highlights two iconic works in the Neuberger Museum’s African art collection from the Cameroon Grassfields: an expressive nineteenth-century carved Bangwa figure in wood attributed to a master carver [Read More]
Florida Institute of Technology announced Friday that it will open formal discussions with the Brevard Art Museum (BAM) Board of Trustees to merge museum operations with the university. “The Florida Tech Board of Trustees has [Read More]
New exhibition highlights through art and photography the history and impact of aviation, from the first hot air balloon ride to space exploration The fantasies and realities of flight and space exploration, as depicted through [Read More]
On May 1, 2011, the Autry celebrates Earth Day with a museum-wide festival designed to inspire simple changes for a healthier planet. Drawing on Native cultures and traditions, this family-friendly event includes local environmental groups, [Read More]
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum announced that Alyson Baker has been selected as its next director. Baker will assume the directorship of The Aldrich on July 5, 2011, following an eleven-year term as executive director [Read More]
The Legacy Museum of African American History has celebrated it’s 10th anniversary. From its opening in 2000, Legacy has collected, preserved, documented and interpreted the history and culture of Central Virginia’s African America. For it’s [Read More]