Rugs and Ritual in Tibetan Buddhism, an installation dedicated to ritual practice in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, explores the role of the ritual objects that were employed by its practitioners in pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. Exhibition [Read More]
The Bass Museum of Art presents The Nudist Museum by Ellen Harvey, open November 7, 2010. Ellen Harvey’s Nudist Museum uses the Bass Museum’s collection to reveal a wide variety of different historical paradigms of [Read More]
The National World War II Museum will mark November 11, Veterans Day, with a call to ears, not arms. Museum historians and curators are urging young Americans and their parents to reach out to the [Read More]
The Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest On View October 24, 2009 through October 9, 2010 Tacoma Art Museum’s surprising collection of impressionist paintings, works on paper, and sculptures will be exhibited together [Read More]
The National Liberty Museum announces Glass Auction on October 30 as part of the museum’s Glass Now Weekend. The Auction will be held at the same location as last year, the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown at [Read More]
The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents Latin American Art from the Museum Collection, on view through May 1, 2011. Twentieth-century and contemporary Latin American art is international in nature, and its leading figures have [Read More]
The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents an exhibition of work by Valerio Adami, open through January 9, 2011. Valerio Adami (Italian, born in Bologna, 1935- ) is recognized internationally as an important European artist [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced a collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’s Department of Cultural Affairs, toward the day-to-day preservation of the Watts Towers in a one-year agreement. LACMA will [Read More]
The Menil Collection presents Kurt Schwitters: Color and Collage, on view through January 30, 2011. The German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) remains one of the most influential figures of the international avant-garde. In the years [Read More]
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) will celebrate what is considered by many to be the first truly American school of painting – the Hudson River School – with the special exhibition American Scenery: [Read More]
The Art Institute of Chicago opens Richard Hawkins – Third Mind, on view through January 16, 2011 Galleries 182–184, Ryerson Library. Since the early 1990’s, Richard Hawkins has developed an emphatically diverse art practice that [Read More]
The Chrysler Museum of Art announced it will open the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio in 2011. The addition of the Glass Studio enhances the Museum’s stature as one of the top three museums in the [Read More]
National Gallery of Canada (NGC) presents an eexhibition bringing together masterpieces from the artist who has been a vital force in contemporary art in Canada Carl Beam was a vital force in contemporary art in [Read More]
Free Museum admission for U.S. veterans, current U.S. military on Nov. 11 SEATTLE – The Museum recognizes the contributions of America’s veterans at the annual Veterans Day Ceremony. This year’s guest speaker is retired U.S. [Read More]
Kate McGroarty, recently announced as the winner of MSI’s Month at the Museum contest, officially moved into the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 at 10 a.m. Kate was welcomed [Read More]
The Burke Museum presents Weaving Heritage: Textile Masterpieces from the Burke Collection, open Oct. 2, 2010 – Feb. 27, 2011. The Burke Museum, this year celebrating its 125th anniversary, has been collecting international textiles for [Read More]
The Burke Museum will present an exhibition, Salmon in the Trees, open November 2, 2010 – February 13, 2011in The Burke Room. Salmon in the Trees tells the story of the Tongass National Forest in [Read More]
The Kentucky Derby Museum has retired a longtime friend and favorite, former Thoroughbred racehorse Phantom on Tour. Phantom has greeted hundreds of thousands of guests at the Derby Museum since first arriving in March of [Read More]