Following a £12m refurbishment, The Bowes Museum brings a global name to the Barnard Castle treasure house this autumn with the opening of Damien Hirst: Print Maker. Open through Sun 27 Feb 2011. This world [Read More]
The Phillips Collection presents a lecture by sculptor Antony Gormley on Tues., Nov. 9 at 6:30 p.m. Prominent British sculptor Antony Gormley is best known for iron sculptures cast from his own body and placed [Read More]
The Lucky Few, a documentary about the USS Kirk’s heroic rescue of more than 30,000 North Vietnamese in the tumultuous days of 1975 following the fall of Saigon, will premiere at the Smithsonian’s National Museum [Read More]
Museo Amparo presents a variety of works from one of the most influential artists of the 20th century: Annette Messager. The exhibition, open through anuary 10, 2011, which originated at MARCO in Monterrey, displays her [Read More]
The Museum Folkwang presents Taking the train through Europe. Poster on luxurious travel around 1900 On 5 June, 1883, the Train Express d’Orient (Paris-Constantinople) was the first completely luxury train which also had sleeping and [Read More]
First Week of Excavation Reveals Exceptionally-Preserved Ice Age Ecosystem Denver Museum of Nature & Science excavation crews discovered two additional Ice Age mammal species at a fossil dig site at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, [Read More]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grants Will Expand Educational Access and Broaden Museum Representation The Smithsonian Institution has received $50 million in grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support three new programs: [Read More]
Tourcoing Fine Arts Museum celebrates the 100th birthday of Eugène Leroy by presenting 150 masterpieces from public and private collections from around the world. Open through 31 March 2011. Thanks to the exceptional donation made [Read More]
The Museum Folkwang presents Ideal Landscapes and Reality. 19th Century Drawings and Aquarelles, open 6.11.2010 – 16.1.2011. Apart from Expressionist graphic works and contemporary works, 19th century drawings and printed graphic works forms a third [Read More]
The Lost City Museum will host a guest lecture by Christine S. Vanpool, Assistant Professor from the University of Missouri, on Sunday November 7th 2010 at 6 p.m. VanPool will discuss how modern Puebloan potters [Read More]
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the appointment of Robert W. Lasher as the museum’s deputy director, external relations, a newly created position. Starting on November 1, 2010, Lasher will supervise a [Read More]
Speed, precision, and danger are key elements of the exhibition VantagePoint IX – Janet Biggs: Going to Extremes, on view 5 November 2010 – 29 May 2011 at the Mint Museum Uptown. From a kayaker [Read More]
The Museo del Prado presents Rubens, open 5 November 2010 to 23 January 2011. The Museo del Prado is concluding its 2010 exhibition programme with an exhibition devoted to its collection of works by Peter [Read More]
The National Museum of American Jewish History will celebrate the opening of its new national destination museum on Independence Mall with a Grand Opening Weekend, Nov. 12-14, headlined by entertainers Bette Midler and Jerry Seinfeld [Read More]
The Sharjah Art Foundation announces the recipients of its 2010 Production Program Grants, with funds totaling up to 300,000 USD to be awarded toward the realization of proposed projects. The recipients, selected by a jury [Read More]
The Bradman Museum will be closed from Monday 8 November, reopening on Monday 29 November. The museum is closed for renovations due to the opening of The International Cricket Hall of Fame. The Bradman Museum [Read More]
The Farnsworth Art Museum presents an exhibition of work by Louise Nevelson, open though December 31, 2010. Louise Nevelson is rightly recognized as one of America’s most important sculptors of the twentieth century and one [Read More]
The Museum of Modern Art and Cinecittà Luce, Rome, present the cinematic oeuvre of Bernardo Bertolucci, with all new prints, December 15, 2010, through January 12, 2011. One of the most revered living masters of [Read More]