At its quarterly meeting on October 26, 2010, the Board of Trustees of the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia voted unanimously to deaccession thirteen paintings by the British artist Walter Greaves (1846-1930). Deaccessioning is [Read More]
Haus der Kunst announced the appointment of Okwui Enwezor as the next director of Haus der Kunst. Enwezor will take up the position in October 2011. He will succeed Chris Dercon, the outgoing director who [Read More]
Since its arrival in the museum over 70 years ago, a bust of Sam Houston sculpted by Gutzon Borglum has languished in storage at the San Jacinto Museum of History. Created as either an object [Read More]
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum announce the implementation of a new curatorial programming schedule that will exclusively present seasons of simultaneous solo artist exhibitions, all linked by one common theme. This new program will debut [Read More]
A rediscovered painting by Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606– 1669), on loan at the Toledo Museum of Art, will be displayed for several months beginning January 28 in Gallery 24. The artist painted [Read More]
The Marco Island Historical Museum presents Florida’s Lost Tribes an Exhibit of 46 paintings depicting Calusa Indians. On view from January 20, 2011. Museum Events: Presentation by the artist, Ted Morris 5:00 p.m. Rose History [Read More]
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art presents The Treasury: The Splendor of Liturgical Objects on view through February 24, 2011. Churches and abbeys, which served as centers of monastic life during the Middle Ages (1000–1500), sprang [Read More]
Walker Exhibition The Spectacular of Vernacular Features Artists Who Utilize Craft, Incorporate Folklore, and Revel in Roadside Kitsch In an era of virtual neighborhoods and fast-paced Internet communication, the Walker Art Center exhibition The Spectacular [Read More]
The Baroque World of Fernando Botero comes to the Toledo Museum of Art March 19–June 12, 2011. Toledo is the final stop and the only venue in the Midwest where the exhibition is being shown. [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art presents Travelers Through Ancient Lands on view through February 6, 2011. Nineteenth century imagery of Northern Africa—primarily Egypt—and the Middle East will be on display in the Works on Paper [Read More]
MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna presents Matthew Day Jackson: In Search of… the first solo show hosted by a European museum of the work of leading American emerging artist Matthew Day Jackson. On [Read More]
The Toledo Museum of Art has purchased the dramatic work in glass entitled Iago’s Mirror by artist Fred Wilson. The large, ornate work in black Murano glass has been installed in Gallery 5 of the [Read More]
The Worcester Art Museum presents Place as Idea on view through February 13, 2011. Place as Idea explores the idea of place as a vehicle for visualizing time, displacement, memory, and fantasy in works by [Read More]
The Walker Art Center presents Kronos Quartet X 2: Two Distinctly Different Programs Showcasing Fearless Musical Exploration. “Boisterously breaking down nearly every conceivable genre barrier that ever existed for the string quartet, this audacious ensemble [Read More]
The State Museum of Contemporary Art presents The Cosmos of the Russian Avant-Garde: Art and Space Exploration, 1900-1930 on view through 27 March 2011. The Costakis Collection of the State Museum of Contemporary Art is [Read More]
Thinktank is 10! And throughout 2011 the museum will be celebrating its birthday with a whole host of fun events and activities. From explosive science demonstrations to Wallace and Gromit inspired invention sessions, Thinktank has [Read More]
The Worcester Art Museum presents Édouard Manet’s The Dead Toreador on view through March 31, 2011. The National Gallery has generously agreed to loan to WAM one of its French masterpieces, Édouard Manet’s The Dead [Read More]
The Lyme Regis Museum Presents Industrial Lyme – an Unexpected History on view from 10am till 4pm everyday from 22nd February to 6th March 2011 at the Malthouse in Mill Lane and is free entry [Read More]