Art Preview: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Presents Worldwide...
René Magritte, the consummate surrealist painter, faced a question of conviction at the age of forty-four, as Europe was overwhelmed by the horrors of World War II. Already in possession of his classic...
View ArticleArt Preview: SFMOMA Announces 2018 Exhibition and Programming Schedule
SFMOMA to Debut Major Vija Celmins and René Magritte Exhibitions in 2018 The Train: RFK’s Last Journey, Susan Meiselas, John Akomfrah and Alexander Calder Among the Highlights of SFMOMA’s Ambitious...
View ArticleSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art Presents West Coast Exclusive of Robert...
Major Retrospective Includes Vast Array of Work from the Boundary-Breaking Artist’s Six-Decade Career Robert Rauschenberg: Erasing the Rules, November 18, 2017–March 25, 2018 A fuse was lit in the 1953...
View ArticleThe Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces Schedule of Spring and Summer 2018...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the schedule of its upcoming spring and summer seasons. Highlights of the upcoming 2018 exhibition season are: Before/On/After: William Wegman and...
View ArticleAmerican Gothic, Wood’s Best Known Painting, To Travel To The Whitney Museum...
The Whitney To Present Grant Wood: American Gothic And Other Fables The upcoming Grant Wood retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art will reassess the career of an artist whose most famous...
View ArticleThe Whitney To Host A Variety Of Performances And Programs With Artists And...
mecca vazie andrews and the MOVEMENT: [title] Saturday, February 3, 2018. 4 pm An immersive performance in dialogue with the work of Laura Owens, mecca vazie andrews and the MOVEMENT’s [title] combines...
View ArticleSmithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture...
Original copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment are on display in the “Slavery and Freedom” exhibition on Concourse One of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American...
View ArticleNewseum to Host Program on March 23 Featuring Student Journalists From...
The Eagle Eye Journalists Will Be in Washington, D.C., to Attend the “March for Our Lives” Rally the Following Day Today, the Newseum announced that student journalists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Museum of Art to Renovate and Update Chinese Galleries
Six Galleries to Close on April 11, 2018, Reopening in Early 2019 The Philadelphia Museum of Art will soon begin the first comprehensive renovation and reinstallation of its galleries of Chinese art in...
View ArticleThe Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Presents “The Science Behind Pixar”
New Exhibit Unveils The Technology Behind Some Of The Most Beloved Animated Films Discover the science and technology behind “Toy Story,” “A Bug’s Life,” “Finding Nemo,” and more timeless Pixar films...
View ArticleNew-York Historical Society To Showcase Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” On...
“Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms” On View May 25 – September 2, 2018 A new major exhibition exploring the evolution of Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms from a series of illustrations into a...
View ArticleNew-York Historical Society To Explore “Fashion, Feathers, And The Rise Of...
“Feathers: Fashion and the Fight for Wildlife” On View April 6 – July 15, 2018 Unidentified maker. Accessory set, including muff and tippet, 1880–99, United States Herring Gulls, feathers, silk....
View Article“Visitors to Versailles (1682–1789)” Comes to The Metropolitan Museum of Art,...
The Palace of Versailles has attracted travelers since it was transformed under the direction of the Sun King, Louis XIV (1638–1715), from a simple hunting lodge into one of the most magnificent public...
View Article‘Painted In Mexico’ And Celebrated Around The World
The vitality and inventiveness of artists in 18th-century New Spain (Mexico) is the focus of the exhibition Painted in Mexico, 1700–1790: Pinxit Mexici, opening April 24 (and running through July 22,...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Museum of Art to Present New Work by Rachel Rose
Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents a New Work by Rachel Rose, On View May 2 through August 18, 2018 Rose is the Inaugural Recipient of The Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media Grant The...
View ArticleJohn A. Farrell To Be Awarded New-York Historical Society’s 2018 Barbara And...
$50,000 Prize and Title of American Historian Laureate to Be Presented at Weekend with History Friday, April 13, 2018 Pam Schafler, chair of New-York Historical Society’s Board of Trustees, and Dr....
View ArticleThe Whitney Announces Spring Public Programs
This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents a series of talks, performances, and workshops in conjunction with its exhibitions Between the Waters, Grant Wood: American Gothic and Other...
View Article“Diane Arbus: A box of ten photographs” Opens April 6 at the Smithsonian...
Exhibition Examines A Rare Portfolio Presented In Its Entirety For The First Time Diane Arbus (1923—1971) was one of the most original and influential artists of the 20th century. “Diane Arbus: A box...
View Article“No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man” Opens March 30 at Smithsonian...
Exhibition Brings Large-Scale Installations From Famed Desert Gathering to Washington Cutting-edge artwork created at Burning Man, the annual desert gathering that is one of the most influential events...
View ArticleNew Exhibition Explores Lost And Censured Murals Of Los Angeles That Exposed...
“¡Murales Rebeldes! L.A. Chicana/o Murals under Siege” provides a historical backdrop to issues of social justice that continue to plague California and the nation today Murals became an essential...
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