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Home   Dutch Cityscapes Exhibition Premieres to U.S. Audiences at the National Gallery of Art Daniel Vosmaer (Dutch, active 1650 - 1666), Delft from an Imaginary Loggia, 1663; oil on canvas, 90.5 x 113 cm (35 5/8 x 44 1/2 in.) Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft. WASHINGTON, DC.- Visitors will travel back in time to Dutch cities of the 17th century during Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes of the Golden Age, on view February 1 through May 3, 2009, in the West Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition of 48 paintings and 23 maps, atlases, and illustrated ...More Delaware Art Museum Presents Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London, an exhibition of 60 of the most important paintings from the Victorian period, encompassing the full range of subject matter and style, on view February 1, 2009 – April 12, 2009. The paintings ...More Miroslaw Balka to Undertake Next Commission in The Unilever Series at Tate Modern LONDON.- Tate and Unilever announced that the Polish artist Miroslaw Balka will undertake the tenth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern (13 October 2009 – 5 April 2010)....More National Gallery of Victoria to Open Major John Brack Retrospective in April MELBOURNE.- Opening 24 April, the National Gallery of Victoria will present a major retrospective of the work of John Brack, the first in more than twenty years. This exhibition will survey John Brack’s complete career, incorporating over 150 ...More Guggenheim's Carol Stringari Wins CAA/Heritage Preservation Award NEW YORK, NY.- On January 13, 2009, the College Art Association named Carol Stringari, Chief Conservator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, winner of its annual CAA/Heritage Preservation Award for...More Victoria & Albert Museum Announces New International Art Prize LONDON.- The V&A announced a new £25,000 international art prize for contemporary artists and designers inspired by Islamic traditions of craft and design....More Jean Dubuffet: A Life at Double Time on View at the Langen Foundation NEUSS.- "There’s no art without drunkenness," remarked Jean Dubuffet about his art, in which both the materials and the styles are subject to constant change. The son of a wine dealer, already after gaining his school leaving certificate he started studying painting, but then found his way into his father’s vocation. Only in 1942, at the age of 41, did he turn thoroughly to art and become ...More First Major One-man Show of the Work of Eduardo Sourrouille in a Museum VITORIA GASTEIZ.- Artium, Basque Centre-Museum of Contemporary Art, presents the exhibition Villa Edur. Eduardo Sourrouille (North Gallery, from January 17 to April 19), an intimate self-portrait of this Basque artist based on more than 170 photographs taken in recent years. Sourrouille (Basauri, Bizkaia, ...More Rising Tide: Film and Video Works from the MCA Collection to Open at Museum of Contemporary Art SAN DIEGO, CA.- On February 22, 2009, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego will open Rising Tide: Film and Video Works from the MCA Collection, Sydney at its downtown Jacobs Building location. The exhibition--drawn from the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney--will feature film and video ...More Kunsthal Rotterdam Presents a Poetic Recreation on Female Fashion From the Past Two Centuries ROTTERDAM.- In the design gallery Kunsthal Rotterdam presents the installation Icon Dressed by the Danish-Dutch artist Annette Meyer, a poetic recreation of fourteen silhouettes based on female fashion from the past two centuries. On various mannequins, whose posture, hair-do and make-up further intensify the female ...More Statement from Michael Rush, Director of the Rose Art Museum, Regarding the Impending Closing of the Museum WALTHAM, MA.- As Director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University I want to express to you, the Rose Art Museum community, my shock and horror at the university's decision to close the Rose Art Museum. As a member of the Brandeis community I feel shame and deep regret over the ...More Highest National Recognition for Birmingham Museum of Art BIRMINGHAM, AL.- The Birmingham Museum of Art has again achieved accreditation, the highest national recognition for a museum, by the American Association of Museums (AAM). Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, governments, funders, outside agencies, and the museum-going ...More Smithsonian Selects Six Architectural Firms to Participate in Design Competition for New Museum WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian has announced the selection of six firms who will participate in a two-month design competition that will determine which one firm is asked to submit a formal proposal for the design of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum is scheduled to be ...More African-Americans in Baseball is the Subject of Exhibition at The New York Public Library NEW YORK, NY.- Through colorful freestanding panels featuring photographs of teams and players; and original documents and artifacts from the collections of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and other institutions across the U.S., Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience examines the challenges faced by African-American baseball players as they...More New Rembrandt Peale Portrait in Focus Show at the Walters Art Museum in March BALTIMORE, MD.- In celebration of a recent gift to the museum by a Maryland family, the Walters Art Museum presents the focus show, Rembrandt Peale's Portrait of John Meer: A New Addition to the American Art Collection, on the work of painter Rembrandt Peale (1778–1860). The donated, undated painting, Portrait of John ...More Architectural Historian and Museum Curator Bruce Ambler Boucher Appointed Director of the U. of Virginia Art Museum CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.- Bruce Ambler Boucher, who has divided his career between education, scholarship and museum administration, will become the director of the University of Virginia Art Museum on March 1. He currently is the curator of European sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago, a position he ...More Saint Louis Art Museum Appoints New Exhibition Designer SEATTLE, WA.- The Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip C. Atkinson as Exhibition and Installation Designer. Atkinson was previously a lighting and exhibition designer with George Sexton ...More Cantor Arts Center Offers Free Admission STANFORD, CA.- Jane Stanford's legacy continues at the Cantor Arts Center on the Stanford University campus: With free admission to the public, the Center remains one of the few Bay Area arts institutions to offer such universal access, even in difficult economic times....More The Getty Brings Art to Life with Lively Storytelling Sessions this Spring LOS ANGELES, CA.- Museums are traditionally quiet places, where people speak in hushed and reverent tones. But during Family Storytelling, the gallery rings with laughter, song, and excited voices as children and adults alike sit cross-legged on brightly colored pillows, engaging in a lively, intimate way with the great masterpieces in front of them. ...More American Art on Postage Stamps: Telling the Story of a Nation WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum's award-winning Web site Arago presents another featured collection titled "American Art on Postage Stamps: Telling the Story of a Nation," which can be viewed at ...More