The Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently discovered color, three-dimensional photographs of the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. The photographs by Frederick Eugene Ives (1856–1937) [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art will acquire two landmark paintings from the 1950s and a group of seven sculptures ranging in date from 1954 to 2005 by Cy Twombly, widely regarded as one of today’s [Read More]
The Huntington Museum of Art will welcome artist Sook Jin Jo as the second of two visiting Walter Gropius Master Artists this winter/spring. An exhibition of work by Sook Jin Jo will be on view [Read More]
The Washington State History Museum presents WRAPPED! The Search for the Essential Mummy, on display through September 11, 2011. Wrapped! The Search for the Essential Mummy takes visitors on a journey into the ancient beliefs [Read More]
The Sitka Historical Society and Museum announced the hiring of Jacqueline E. Fernandez as new Curator of Collections and Exhibits. Ms. Fernandez has an advanced museum studies degree from Tufts University in Massachusetts, and completed [Read More]
Art in the Streets will showcase installations by 50 of the most dynamic artists from the graffiti and street art community, including Fab 5 Freddy (New York), Lee Quiñones (New York), Futura (New York), Margaret [Read More]
The role of large predators, such as wolves and cougars, will be explored in a film and discussion at the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Tuesday, March 15, at 7pm. “Lords of Nature: [Read More]
The Museum of Liverpool will open to the public on Tuesday 19 July 2011. This is a significant date as it is exactly 100 years after the museum’s iconic neighbour the Royal Liver Building opened [Read More]
The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Glenn Ligon: America on view through JUNE 5, 2011. The Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded [Read More]
The Ocean contains more than 99% of the living space on the planet, yet only 3% of it has been explored. Almost every time scientists visit the deep ocean they discover new species. Catch the [Read More]
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) presents Nick Cave: Meet Me at the Center of the Earth on view from March 10, 2011. The exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) features more than 50 wearable [Read More]
Dan Cherry and Nguyen Hong My talk of “My Enemy, My Friend – A Story of Reconciliation from the Vietnam War” SEATTLE – Two Vietnam War fighter pilots who once flew combat against each other, [Read More]
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is pleased to premier The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary [Read More]
A Garden of Earthly Delights awaits at the next Art After Dark at the Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA), featuring a live installation by local artist Rebecca Goodman, on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 7pm [Read More]
The African Art Museum has received a $3 Million contribution from the Ford Foundation. With support through the Ford Foundation’s Supporting Diverse Arts Spaces initiative, the Museum for African Art will complete construction of its [Read More]
The National Portrait Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by Ida Kar Photographs, on view 10 March to 19 June 2011 In 1960 Ida Kar became the first photographer to have a retrospective exhibition at [Read More]
His Excellency, the Former General Secretary of the UN, Kofi Annan, visited the Museum of Islamic Art on Tuesday 1st March 2011 as part of his state visit to Qatar. His Excellency toured the exhibition [Read More]
Under the patronage of Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums Authority, a new exhibition of exquisite photos and panoramic shots of Doha curated by renowned photographer Maher Attar [Read More]