100 years of art celebrated in Greenwich
'Tea in the Arbor,' a 1911 oil painting by American artist Elmer Livingston MacRae (1875-1953), will be among the works featured in the new exhibit 'Coming Full Circle: The Greenwich Art Society Celebrates 100 at the Bruce Museum. Read more on Danbury News Times
Stunning Images Of American Injustice
San Leandro Museum hosts Topaz artist's show. Local museum displays art of Japanese Americans forcibly interred during World War II Where would we go, by Thomas Ryosaku Matsuok. Courtesy of the Exhibit "Topaz Artists In Internment, Their Visual Work … Read more on Patch.com
Oklahoma City Museum of Art partnering in Doodle 4 Google contest
BY BRANDY MCDONNELL bmcdonnell@opubco.com Comments Keara Candalisa, 8, imitates the style of Jackson Pollock on Saturday, June 4, 2011, at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's weekly Drop-In Art event. On Feb. 25, the museum will host a special Doodle 4 … Read more on NewsOK.com
African American Women in Art Exhibit Opens
His works have appeared in exhibitions at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, the Howard University Blackburn Gallery in Washington, DC, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta, the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles, … Read more on UC Riverside
In conjunction with the exhibition Alexis Rockman: A Fable for Tomorrow, the American Art Museum presents a lecture series that places the science of climate change within a cultural context. The series invites leading environmental scientists to discuss the problems our planet faces, while experts in cultural fields consider how art can heighten awareness of these issues. Contemporary artist Alexis Rockman launches the series with a talk about his artistic influences and the impact humans have on our planet. Visit the online exhibition at americanart.si.edu rockman More information about the Exhibition at americanart.si.edu
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Some of the most relevant masterpieces of the (Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires have been exhibited in other museums around the world, such as the Fundación La Caixa in Madrid & the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo in Brazil.
Photographer John Gossage finds moments of grace and elegance in even the most mundane places. Join the artist and curator of photography Toby Jurovics for a conversation about The Pond and its role in the history of American landscape photography. Video Rating: 5 / 5
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—————————- Cruel Portrait of Brooklyn Museum Director Displayed in Staten Island Borough Hall
On the phone this morning, Molinaro told the Voice that "I think it's a beautiful piece of art. I've known Scott for a long time, he's a nationally known artist." As for whether he agrees with the painting's, um, statement: "I agree with the painting … Read more on Village Voice (blog)
At 100, a Painter Has a New York First
Scholars have noted this cowboy confidence in his work, pieces of which are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. “I have worked on few artists who has such an … Read more on Wall Street Journal (blog)
Pacific Standard Time makes a bid for LA in art history
"With something like this, you're not going to be able to forget about LA again," said Kellie Jones, a Columbia University professor who has organized a survey of LA-made African American art for the Hammer Museum as part of PST. … Read more on Los Angeles Times
Allen Memorial Art Museum director leaving for Cornell after seven years
A specialist in old master drawings and prints and British and American art, Wiles was responsible for acquisitions of works by artists ranging from Rembrandt van Rijn to Sol LeWitt and led many grant-funded projects. She also co-authored the museum's… Read more on Chronicle-Telegram
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The museum ‘Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires’ or MALBA (Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires) is a non-profitmaking institution and cultural centre.
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Ceiling – American Art Museum – 268/365, 6/22/10
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Ceiling in the atrium of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Museum of Latin American Art Long Beach, California Artists from Mexico peru Argentina Colombia Brazil Havana Cuba Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Puerto Rico Chile El Salvador Panama Nicaragua Dominic Republic Video Rating: 4 / 5
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The chief curator at the Portland Museum of Art has accepted a new position as director of the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Thomas Denenberg, who is deputy director, chief curator and William E. and Helen E. Thon Curator of American Art at Portland's … Read more on Press Herald
Welcome to the Smithsonian. This orientation video outlines some of the most exciting exhibits in this Smithsonian museum. Created for students, the video also illustrates a few museum dos and don’ts. Learn More: americanart.si.edu
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—————————- Quilts at the American Folk Art Museum – Review
A radiant exhibition of quilts at the American Folk Art Museum, which is soon to decamp from its building on West 53rd Street, is a kind of elegy to the museum’s potential. Read more on New York Times
Models as Muse merges the past and the present by creating a dialogue between the Addison Gallery’s famed model ship collection and contemporary artists who have been invited to create new work that responds to, engages with, or is inspired by these remarkable objects and their captivating presence. The exhibition features the works of Roderick Buchanan, Christine Hiebert, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, and David Opdyke. This episode features interviews with Christine Hiebert, and Allison Kemmerer, the Addison Gallery’s Curator of Photography and of Art After 1950. Video Rating: 0 / 5
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The nation’s largest American art museum will create a new education center that will open in spring 2012. Read more on NBC Washington
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