The Polar Museum in Cambridge is in the running for the Art Fund Prize 2011, the UK’s largest arts prize. It is among ten museums to be long listed for the prestigious £100,000 award, including [Read More]
Eva Hesse Spectres 1960, an exhibition of rarely seen paintings by the artist Eva Hesse (1936–1970), will be presented in the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art beginning September 16, 2011 through [Read More]
Nina Simon, nationally renowned museum consultant and exhibit-design expert, is the new Executive Director of the Museum of Art & History (MAH) at the McPherson Center in Santa Cruz. After an extensive nationwide search, with [Read More]
George Washington’s home, Historic Mount Vernon, broke ground at a special ceremony on April 14 for a new $47 million presidential library. The groundbreaking program featured remarks by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, an [Read More]
Alte Pinakothek in Munich presents Cranach in Bavaria on view 14.04.2011 – 17.07.2011. To mark the Alte Pinakothek’s jubilee year, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen has gathered 30 works from its large and far-flung holdings of paintings [Read More]
The Menil Collection presents Upside Down: Arctic Realities, on view April 15–July 17, 2011. Powerful forces combine in UPSIDE DOWN: ARCTIC REALTIES, an exhibition and museum-going experience at the Menil. Rare and rarely exhibited examples [Read More]
The Deutsche Bank presents the “Artist of the Year” 2011 Yto Barrada: Riffs 15 April–19 June 2011. Riffs is the first large-scale exhibition in Germany of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, [Read More]
The Bonnefantenmuseum presents Rik Meijers / Jeroen van Bergen, on view 17 April– 3 July 2011. The aim of this duo presentation is to emphasize the differences in work, vision and method of working between [Read More]
The Anchorage Museum presents Sailing for Salmon The Early Years of Commercial Fishing in Alaska’s Bristol Bay on view through Oct. 2, 2011. Through historical photographs and eyewitness recollections, this exhibition unravels the history of [Read More]
The American Museum of Natural History announces The World’s Largest Dinosaurs an exhibition on view from April 16, 2011. This exciting exhibition features cutting-edge research on super-sized sauropods—including the giant Mamenchisaurus, one of the largest [Read More]
Program teaches incarcerated adults new ways of coping, potentially reduces recidivism The Aspen Art Museum (AAM) has partnered with Pitkin County Jail to create arts education programming for incarcerated adults. Since its inception in 2007, [Read More]
The Oregon History Museum presents Soccer City, USA: The Portland Timbers and the NASL Years, 1975-1982. On view April 15, – September 4, 2011. This spring, Oregon launches a new era in sports history with [Read More]
The Jean Brusselmans exhibition opened on 9th April in Mu.ZEE in Ostend. The exhibition runs until 4th September 2011. Jean Brusselmans is the first major solo exhibition in over 30 years’ time, organised by Mu.ZEE [Read More]
The Philbrook presents Precious Possessions: The Art of the Portrait Miniature on view April 10 – July 3, 2011. Philbrook’s Starr collection of portrait miniatures forms the basis for this focused look at the rarified [Read More]
The William King Museum presents Paper Forest: An Instalation by Travis Graves and Jackson Martin. Open April 22, Earth Day! through September 25, 2011. Opening Reception: Wednesday, April 28 Members & Friends, 5-6 pm, Public [Read More]
The Farmington Museum presents Hawkinson Exhibit on view through August 20. This this unique exhibit of gas and oil memorabilia, includes signs, cans, pumps, and even a few toys. The Farmington Museum at Gateway Parkis [Read More]
The prize winners for the BP Portrait Award 2011 will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on 14 June 2011. The four shortlisted artists for the BP Portrait Award 2011 are: Ian Cumberland (16.03.83) for [Read More]
New York’s First Museum Will Welcome the Public with Its First Permanent Installation, Innovative History Museum for Children, Trailblazing Special Exhibition, Premier Restaurant and More Throwing wide its doors as never before, the New-York Historical [Read More]