Early 19th century settlers in Louisville quenched their thirst at their own risk. In 1860, Louisville Water Company (LWC) was founded and helped to virtually wipe out cases of typhoid and cholera caused by drinking [Read More]
Guercino’s King David (1651) will come to the National Gallery to join Guercino’s The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto (1651) on display from November 5 2010 until November 21 2010. This will be the first [Read More]
The New York City Police Museum has opened a permanent multi media exhibit that chronicles the extraordinary role the NYPD played in response to September 11, 2001. Through exclusive on-camera interviews, striking photographs, and numerous [Read More]
Alec Soth to Sign Copies of his Exhibition Catalogue From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America November 11 in the Walker Shop In conjunction with Alec Soth’s first major U.S. survey exhibition, currently on view [Read More]
California Center for the Arts Artist in Residence Week, November 9 – 14, 2010, free with Museum admission. Watch firsthand as artists respond to the changes made by Museum patrons during Action/Reaction. All four artists [Read More]
The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum presents Patricia Patterson : Here and There (February 12–July 4, 2011), a landmark retrospective exhibition, filling the entire 9,000 square feet of Center Museum. The exhibition will [Read More]
The archive of David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), author of “Infinite Jest” (1996), “The Broom of the System” (1987), “Girl with Curious Hair” (1989) and numerous collections of stories and essays, is now open at the [Read More]
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of writer and actor Spalding Gray (1941-2004). Spanning more than 40 years, the archive [Read More]
Mudam Luxembourg presents six exhibitions illustrating the diversity of approaches and media that go to make up contemporary art. Attila Csörgö leads us into a universe of scientific exploration, providing a comprehensive overview of his [Read More]
The first-ever museum exhibition on perfume as an art form will premiere at the Museum of Arts and Design in November 2011. Organized by MAD and curated by Chandler Burr, the scent critic for The [Read More]
New Acquisitions of Paintings, Rebecca Gratz by Thomas Sully & Joseph Gratz by George Peter Alexander Healy, to hang alongside other Gratz family portraits PHILADELPHIA – The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia announces the [Read More]
The award‐winning exhibition showcases the life and humanitarian work of one of the 20th century’s most remarkable women, Diana, Princess of Wales. The exhibition’s nine galleries will feature more than 150 personal objects including her [Read More]
The Japanese American National Museum presents American Tapestry: 25 Stories from the Collection, open November 10, 2010 through April 17, 2010. A set of marbles found in the barren desert. The candid diary of a [Read More]
Carnegie Museum of Natural History has announced its redesigned Web site, accessible at www.carnegiemnh.org One of the major goals of the site was to better share information about the museum’s world-renown research and scientists. Visitors [Read More]
USC Fisher Museum presents Kucha and the Silk Road a one-day symposium exploring the cave temples of Kucha, which rank among some of the most significant monuments along the Silk Road. Located in what is [Read More]
Los Angeles- USC Fisher Museum of Art is pleased to announce its re-Accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM). Of the many art museums in the CITY OF Los Angeles, Fisher Museum of Art [Read More]
Marking twenty years since the Gulf War 1990 – 1991, Imperial War Museum North in Manchester presents a small but powerful display of photographs taken by renowned artist John Keane. Accompanied by quotes from an [Read More]
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History has announced its upcoming exhibition schedule for 2011–2014. Life: A Journey Through Time Through January 9, 2011 Frans Lanting’s epic photographic project Life: A Journey Through Time interprets the [Read More]