The DOGON exhibition, on view 04/05/11 – 07/24/11, presents Dogon culture and art history from the 10th century until today through more than 330 exceptional pieces from international collections and presented together for the first [Read More]
Kunsthalle Wien presents an exhibition of work by Clifton Childree on view now through March 16, 2011 . Man only plays when in the full meaning of the word he is a man, and he [Read More]
This pair of screenings presents the UK premiere of Knut Åsdam’s two new films, Abyss (2010), shot in East London, and Tripoli (2010), in addition to a selection of earlier works. One of Norway’s foremost [Read More]
Malmö Konsthall presents WALEAD BESHTY – a diagram of forces on view 19 February – 1 May 2011. Walead Beshtys works remind us how important it is to appreciate the transitory nature of daily life, [Read More]
Fondazione Galleria Civica of Trento presents an exhibition of work by Roman Ondák. Eclipse is the first solo exhibition in an Italian public institution of the Slovak artist Roman Ondák (Zilina, Slovakia, 1966). This exhibition [Read More]
For Projects 94: Henrik Olesen, on view February 9 through May 23, 2011, The Museum of Modern Art presents new works by Berlin-based artist Henrik Olesen (Danish, b. 1967) made specifically for this presentation. Olesen’s [Read More]
A contemporary jazz concert to benefit research and patient services at Scripps Cancer Center is set for Friday, March 11 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. aboard the USS Midway Museum, alongside Navy Pier in [Read More]
Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger is donating casts of the Australopithecus sediba to the National Museum of Natural History. The casts of these skeletons—which include two complete copies for public display and two copies for the Human [Read More]
Event displays hundreds of models from realistic planes to fantastic spaceships The annual NorthWest Scale Modelers Show returns to The Museum of Flight Feb. 19 and 20 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It is [Read More]
Cézanne’s Card Players, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning February 9, 2011, will unite works from the famous series by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), bringing together a majority of the related paintings, oil [Read More]
The Nanaimo Museum presents Literary Luminaries on February 26, 2011. As part of National Heritage week the Nanaimo Museum once again is hosting twelve local authors with a range of writing styles. They will speak [Read More]
A generous donation was received in January by the Nanaimo Museum from the Jim Pattison Foundation. The cheque for $10 000 will be very valuable to us for future gallery and exhibit development. Mr. Pattison [Read More]
The 2011 installment of the Utah Museum of Natural History’s “The Nature of Things” lecture series will emphasize solution-based insight on climate change featuring the President of the Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp, as the [Read More]
Mirror to Discovery: The 200-inch Disk and the Hale Reflecting Telescope at Palomar, an exhibit on view at the Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass through October 30, 2011, tells the story [Read More]
Until April 17, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) presents 19th-Century British Photographs from the NGC, a fascinating exhibition of some of the national collection’s key holdings, including some that have rarely been shown. The [Read More]
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA) will host it’s 60th Annual Art Fair on June 3-4, 2011 in Bronson Park. Open Friday, June 3, noon-7 pm – Saturday, June 4, 9 am-4 pm. Hosted by [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired the Van Halen “Frank 2” guitar played and made famous by Eddie Van Halen through a partnership donation with Fender Musical Instruments. It was made [Read More]
The Maine State Museum in Augusta marks the 300th anniversary of one of Maine’s most storied nautical disasters with a new exhibit of objects recovered from the underwater wreck site of the British merchant ship, [Read More]