On View in First U.S. Exhibition Devoted to Artist’s Composite Heads, September 19, 2010 through January 9, 2011 The National Gallery of Art has acquired the Four Seasons in One Head (c. 1590), a rare [Read More]
The Porter County Museum of History reopens on September 18. The building has been restored and features new and reorganized exhibitions. About the Porter County Museum The Historical Society’s collection was compiled largely due in [Read More]
The Board of Trustees announce the appointment of Dr. Michael W. Schantz as the Heckscher Museum of Art’s new Executive Director effective November 1. Michael has more than 25 years of experience as the Director [Read More]
The Museum of Idaho will present Decoding DaVinci, open September 24 – December 4 2010. Decoding DaVinci steps into the mind and examines the remarkable life of the artist, sculptor, architect, and engineer Leonardo da [Read More]
The Hess Heritage Museum in Ashton, Idaho has closed. Prime Time Auctions will offer the entire collection at auction. Items to be sold include: Aviation, Tractors, Classic Cars, Antique Furniture, Military, Clothing – Rare Collection, [Read More]
The Morris Museum of Art presents Wolf Kahn Pastels exhibition, open through November 7, 2010. Widely considered one of America’s finest landscape painters and a master of pastel, Wolf Kahn is undeniably a brilliant colorist. [Read More]
Two Special Recognition winners also selected Artists will be honored at an awards ceremony and reception Thursday, October 21, at 6 pm in the Plestcheeff Auditorium at the Seattle Art Museum. SEATTLE – The Betty [Read More]
The Morgan Library & Museum and The New York Public Library, which hold two of the world’s great collections of manuscripts, rare books, letters, and other items related to the life of Mark Twain (1835–1910), [Read More]
Restoration will continue for aircraft in new homes SEATTLE – The Museum of Flight will move three iconic airplanes in its collection from their long-time restoration home at Boeing’s Plant 2 on Saturday, September 18. [Read More]
Rotation Features the World’s Earliest Polychrome Woodblock Prints Kansas City, MO – Visitors to the Chinese painting galleries at The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art will see rarely viewed 17th-century Chinese woodblock prints that are [Read More]
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has appointed E. Carmen Ramos as its curator for Latino art. Ramos will be responsible for acquiring artworks for the museum’s permanent collection and producing a major exhibition and catalog [Read More]
Nearly 100 loaned works on view, first time on public display Cosmopolitan Routes: Houston Collects Latin American Art celebrates the ten-year anniversary of the Latin American art department at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [Read More]
The Wallraf-Richartz Museum presents Do or Die – The Human Condition in Painting and Photography Teutloff Photo + Video Collection meets Wallraf, open 17 Sept 2010 – 9 Jan 2011. Helmut Newton & Ingres, Nan [Read More]
The Wallraf-Richartz Museum presents Drawn by Light. Camille Corot and his ‘Cliché-Verre’ Experiments, open through 24 October 2010. Literally meaning “glass picture”, cliché-verre was a popular method between 1850 and 1870 – not least among [Read More]
Jersey City Museum (JCM) is working in conjunction with the Jersey City Cultural Affairs Office and Victory Arts Project to curate the second annual Beacon Art Fair, open October 2 – 3, 2010. Continuing with [Read More]
The British Library today launches its 2020 Vision, which sets out the UK national library’s priorities and aspirations for the next decade. The vision highlights what are likely to be the key trends and opportunities [Read More]
The Mulvane Art Museum invited Patrick Dougherty to design and build a site specific sculpture during November 2-20, 2009, on the Museum’s grounds on the campus of Washburn University. Dougherty, from Chapel Hill, NC, is [Read More]
On Saturday, September 18, 2010 from 9:00 -3:00 p.m. in the DCM parking lot at 301 North Washington Street in Naperville, DCM volunteers will be washing cars, playing with children at the Museum’s outdoor water [Read More]