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]
The Georgia Museum of Art presents Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art on view through MARCH 28, 2011. The Georgia Museum of Art Seventy-two works by 67 black artists [Read More]
The Erwin Wurm exhibition, Misconceivable, open 11 March–13 June 2011, immediately brings smiles to people’s faces. Employing humour and wit, Wurm turns the world on its head, questioning our conventional understanding of objects and concepts. [Read More]
The Speed Art Museum presents Impressionist Landscapes: Monet to Sargent on view through May 22. Alfred Sisley, Hilly Path, Ville d’Avray, 1879. Oil on canvas. Museum purchase, by exchange, and Gift of the Charter Collectors. [Read More]
‘There, I Fixed It’ stands for an attitude, a way of looking at materials and problems that is at the same time bold and unexpected. These problems can be small and trivial, but also large [Read More]