Drawings from a sketchbook belonging to the portrait painter John Partridge (1789-1872) will be shown for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery open through 13 March 2011. The sketchbook, from Partridge’s tour of [Read More]
The International Slavery Museum has coordinated the establishment of a new initiative called the Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM). The federation enables museums who deal with sensitive and controversial subjects such as transatlantic [Read More]
For more than 30 years Guillermo Kuitca has forged a distinctive path as an artist, creating visually compelling works that reflect his intense and often ambivalent relationship to his primary medium: painting. “Guillermo Kuitca: Everything, [Read More]
PROVIDENCE, RI — On September 24, The RISD Museum will reveal its latest major renovation and reinstallation: the ancient, medieval, and early Renaissance galleries. These spaces, located in the 1926 Radeke Building, have been fully [Read More]
Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 3:00 p.m. – “Strings of the Black Sea: A Celebration of Lutes & Fiddles from Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, and Turkey” Presented in collaboration with the Center for Traditional Music and [Read More]
If artist Aaron Kramer could have it his way, there would be no waste! “Trash is the failure of imagination,” is his philosophy while he embraces commonly discarded objects as his inspiration. Open through September [Read More]
To celebrate its 2-year anniversary HawaiiGaga.com is giving away 15 pairs of Bishop Museum tickets through an online contest. The contest asks participants to explore HawaiiGaga.com to uncover the answers to a series of trivia [Read More]
One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds (Aperture, August 2010), photographs by Dave Anderson, essay by Chris Rose, is a powerful portrait of post-Katrina New Orleans as seen through the prism of a single city [Read More]
The British Museum will be hosting the Antiques Roadshow in a special event on Thursday 2 September, 09.0 16.30 in the Museum Forecourt, Free entry, just drop in. Bring along your family heirlooms and household [Read More]
Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have created the first frozen bank for Hawaiian corals in an attempt to protect them from [Read More]
The Museum has embarked on an exciting journey that will bring the joys of nature and science to millions of people. The new Perot Museum of Nature and Science in downtown Dallas will inspire all [Read More]
“Americans Now,” drawn from the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, features portraits of outstanding individuals in the realms of science, business, government and the arts. The exhibition opens Aug. 20 and will be on view through [Read More]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts celebrates its tenth year and continues to gain prominence as a major center for art exhibitions with the 2011 Ingram Gallery exhibition schedule that includes the Frist-organized Vishnu: [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg presents Transcending Vision: American Impressionism 1870–1940 From the Bank of America Collection, open August 28, 2010–January 9, 2011. This exhibition features stunning American Impressionist paintings and is bracketed [Read More]
NEWPORT BEACH, CA – The Orange County Museum of Art announced the artists participating in the upcoming 2010 California Biennial. The Biennial exhibitions are a cornerstone of OCMA’s program and highly anticipated by art enthusiasts [Read More]
Brooklyn, NY – Beginning Wednesday, October 6, the Brooklyn Museum will open to the public eight additional hours a week, including remaining open until 10 p.m. every Thursday and Friday. When the new schedule goes [Read More]
The Kathryn, a Chesapeake Bay skipjack built at Crisfield, Maryland in 1901, was launched back in the waters on August 18, 2010 after two weeks of maintenance work at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) [Read More]
The State Museum of Pennsylvania has again been accredited by the American Association of Museums, or AAM, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, or PHMC, announced today. Accreditation is the highest national recognition for a [Read More]