The exhibition Altered and Adorned: Using Renaissance Prints in Daily Life—on view April 30 through July 10, 2011, at the Art Institute of Chicago—takes a long overdue look at these well-handled works, demonstrating how their [Read More]
The Vero Beach Museum of Art presents Impressions: Selections from the Manoogian Collection, on view through May 22, 2011. This exhibition brings together a group of 14 paintings, some of which are old friends that [Read More]
Black Tears is a ten-year survey of one of Mexico’s leading artists, Betsabeé Romero. On view April 30, 2011 – August 14, 2011. Self-described as a “mechanic artist,” Romero draws on Pre-Columbian iconography, colonial imagery, [Read More]
The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) announces its Spring Open Studios, a four-day exhibition of international contemporary art. The 36 artists, artist collectives and curators from 25 countries currently in residence at ISCP will [Read More]
The Clinton Birthplace 1st Home Museum has opened in Hope, Arkansas. The home is designated as a national park site.. President Bill Clinton’s 1st Home Museum and the adjacent Clinton History Exhibit Center have recently [Read More]
The Spellman Museum of Stamps and Postal History is presenting a royal wedding stamp exhibit, with both current stamps honoring this month’s royal wedding couple and stamps issued for the ceremony of Princess Diana and [Read More]
Museum of the Moving Image will present a weekend-long series, Tales from the New Chinese Cinema, from April 29 through May 1, comprised of six feature films and two short works that showcase some of [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, with seven exhibitions, many of which draw heavily on the permanent collection. These rotating presentations, which mark [Read More]
Seattle Art Museum’s (SAM) recent exhibition, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris, generated an estimated $66 million in economic impact for Washington State, of which $58 million was generated in King County, according [Read More]
The Government of France will award Richard Rand a Chevalier in its Ordre des Arts et Lettres during a ceremony today at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Rand is the Robert and Martha [Read More]
AOL is pleased to present Seven on Seven, a conference that brings together leading figures from the fields of art and technology around the creation of new ideas. Set to take place on May 14, [Read More]
SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain / Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam hosts ARTISTS IN PUBLIC # 3 Interfering With Reality: Mike Bonnano (The Yes Men) and Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas on Friday May 27 [Read More]
Moderna Museet in Stockholm presents an exhibition of work by Klara Lidén, on view 4 May–9 October 2011. Public exhibition opening—everyone welcome! Stockholm, Friday, 13 May, 6–8 pm. Moderna Museet is the first museum in [Read More]
Museum Invites Visitors to See the IMAX film Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World for Free With the Purchase of a Ticket to any Special Exhibition or Space Show New York, NY – One [Read More]
The Walker Art Center’s Adventures in New Puppetry series closes with Improbable’s The Devil and Mister Punch (a work-in-progress), Thursday-Saturday, May 19–21, in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater. In this Walker-commissioned new work, Punch [Read More]
The Maryport Maritime Museum re-opened on the Easter holiday weekend. The museum is being run by volunteers who would be interested in hearing from anyone who might want to help, after Allerdale Council decided that [Read More]
The Porsche Museum announces special exhibitions for 2011. The Porsche Museum 25 Years of Porsche Exclusive – 1 March until 1 May, 2011 For the past 25 years, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, [Read More]
The design of China Comic and Animation Museum opened on Thursday evening in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, reports Xinhuanet. The museum is designed by MVRDV, an international architecture and urban design company, [Read More]