Pierre Soulages is one of the world’s foremost abstract painters of recent decades. On the occasion of his 90th birthday he is being honoured by a retrospective in the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Starting on [Read More]
The Currier Museum of Art presents The Secret Life of Art: Mysteries of the Museum Revealed, an exploration of the life of an art museum, open through anuary 9, 2011. The exhibition gives a glimpse [Read More]
Scheduled Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-133 Monday, Nov 1, Noon-2 p.m., William M. Allen Theater Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to launch on its last flight, the next-to-the-last scheduled launch in the space [Read More]
The Amon Carter Museum of American Art Board of Trustees announces today the retirement of Dr. Ron Tyler as director of the museum. Tyler will serve as director until April 1, 2011; the board and [Read More]
Oct. 7 “Astronomy Day” event with telescopes, family programs, planetarium SEATTLE – Special programs and family activities are all looking up to the deep sky on Oct. 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. Local astronomy [Read More]
Annual event one of the largest sales of airline memorabilia Pilot’s wings, timetables, postcards, china and more–if it has an airline logo on it, chances are it can be found at the Annual Airline Collectibles [Read More]
The Plains Art Museum presents a debut exhibition of a series of works entitled VORE by Andrea Carlson, open through January 16, 2011. This exhibition offers audiences the opportunity to view 16 large works in [Read More]
The Plains Art Museum, accredited by the American Association of Museums, presents an exciting set of exhibitions, programs and classes. Through April, 2011 in the Fred J. Donath Memorial Gallery: The White Album: The Beatles [Read More]
MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the coveted £20,000 RIBA Stirling Prize 2010, in association with The Architects Journal and Benchmark. The presentation of the [Read More]
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago presents Luc Tuymans Retrospective, open through January 9, 2011. Luc Tuymans (Belgian, b. 1958) is considered one of the most significant European painters of his generation and he [Read More]
Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum, and Frank-Peter Arndt, Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG, today announced a long-term collaboration that will span six years of program activities, [Read More]
Screen legend’s personal collection of performance clothes spans her six-decade career and features never-before-exhibited costumes from stage, screen and television After a series of sold-out pre-opening events and the 25 Years of Dazzle gala celebrating [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Eye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection, open through January 2, 2011. Eye for the Sensual: Selections from the Resnick Collection presents a selection [Read More]
Natural History Lecture Series is on the second Wednesday night of each month except December. Area nature centers and naturalists show slide programs and talk on various natural history subjects. The program runs between 30-45 [Read More]
Musical Performances, Lecture, and Guided Tours for the Public Celebrate Opening Day On October 30, The Morgan Library & Museum’s landmark McKim building will reopen to the public following the completion of the most extensive [Read More]
The Frick Art & Historical Center will present Storied Past: French Drawings from the Blanton Museum of Art, on view from February 5, 2011 to April 17, 2011. This exhibition presents about 70 drawings made [Read More]
The Frick Art & Historical Center is to present For my best beloved Sister Mia: An Album of Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, open through October 23, 2010–January 2, 2011. Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879) is [Read More]
Dickson Mounds Museum will feature the Edgar Allan Poe classic Fall of the House of Usher movie Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the museum’s auditorium as part of THE BIG READ celebration. [Read More]