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| Tacoma Art Museum Opens Speaking Parts: Conversations between Works in the Collection |
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Heads of Two Young Girls\The Two Sisters. Oil on canvas. Tacoma Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hilding Lindberg, 1983.1.35
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TACOMA, WA.- Tacoma Art Museum’s new exhibition seeks to answer the question, “How do museums decide which works of art to add to the permanent collection?” Speaking Parts: Conversations between Works in the Collection is organized around Northwest artist Dennis Evans’ mixed-media construction Writing...More
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| Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Presents Major Retrospective of Louise Bourgeois |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will present a major retrospective of the works of Louise Bourgeois from Feb. 26 through May 17. Bourgeois, a leading figure in 20th century art, was born in Paris in 1911 and has lived in New York since 1938. The ...More
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| Naples Museum of Art Shows Olga Hirshhorn's The Mouse House |
NAPLES, FL.- “The Mouse House” is the name lovingly given to the engaging yet diminutive house in Washington D.C., where Olga Hirshhorn spends a part of each summer (Hirshhorn is the widow of Joseph Hirshhorn, founding donor of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, part of the Smithsonian Institution). Formerly the carriage house of a larger residence, the ...More
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| Radiant Ensemble: Jewelry from the Nancy & Gilbert Levine Collection at Toledo Museum of Art |
TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art opened the exhibition Radiant Ensemble: Jewelry from the Nancy & Gilbert Levine Collection, the exhibition showcases one of the most important collections of European jewelry made between 1785 to 1885 and is a promised gift to TMA. The exhibition will be on view
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| Boggs & Partners Architects Selected To Design NSHOF Hall of Fame Building |
ANNAPOLIS, MD.- The National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center announced that Boggs & Partners Architect has been selected to design the National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center to be built at the foot of Prince George Street on Annapolis City Dock. The selection was made after ...More
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| Orlando Museum of Art Presents Therman Statom: Stories of the New World |
ORLANDO, FL.- A major figure in the contemporary Studio-Glass movement, Therman Statom, will create Stories of the New World at the Orlando Museum of Art, which will be showcased January 10, 2009 through May 10, 2009. Stories of the New World will transform 6,000 square feet of the Museum’s galleries into a visually ...More
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| MAda Shell Gallery Raises Money Throwing Shoes at President George Bush |
ASHLAND, OR.- MAda Shell Gallery is a forum to present the delicate balance between Art and Anti-Art. The Gallery exposes collaborative exhibitions revolving around themes and host shows for individual artists including performance, installation, puppetry, and intermedia. The gallery's function is to not only display aesthetically pleasing art but also that which goes beyond ...More
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| Everson to Exhibit Work of Renowned Sculptor Nancy Jurs |
SYRACUSE, NY.- The Everson Museum of Art announced it will host the work of sculptor Nancy Jurs in an exhibition titled 50/50: Nancy Jurs, February 7 – May 3, 2009. This exhibition will utilize the Everson’s landmark I.M. Pei building by displaying Jurs’ work in four main gallery spaces. ...More
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| Edinburgh Art Festival Announces Best Year to Date in 2008 |
EDINBURGH.- The Edinburgh Art Festival had its most successful year to date in 2008 it was announced today. Although only in its 5th year the Festival, which showcases Edinburgh’s celebrated galleries and artists, has quickly become established as a key player in the city’s summer festival period....More
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| Kennington Kids: Raw Urban Exhibition at City Hall in London |
LONDON.- Many young people grow up in difficult and chaotic circumstances, with little self esteem, security or positive role models. Constantly in the news for the wrong reasons, the problem of disaffected youths, street crime and the devastating effect of growing gang culture can feel out of control, to such an extent the Mayor’s office is taking it on as a priority....More
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| ICA in Boston Presents Closer in the Cafe: A Conversation with Lawrence Weschler and Robert Birn |
BOSTON, MA.- The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) presents Closer in the Café: Lawrence Weschler, a conversation between renowned culture writer Lawrence Weschler and writer Robert Birnbaum on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6:30 p.m., in the intimate setting of the ICA’s Water Café. Tickets are $8 general
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| Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Presents A Spoken Word Exhibition |
GATESHEAD.- From Friday 16 January, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents A Spoken Word Exhibition, composed only of verbal artworks. This exhibition will flow throughout the building as the works will be repeated by Baltic staff to the visitor on request. ...More
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| Metropolitan Muswum of Art's Enhanced American Wing Galleries Open May 19 |
NEW YORK, NY.- When The Charles Engelhard Court—the grand, light-filled pavilion that has long served as the formal entrance to The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing—reopens this spring after two years of construction and renovation, the Museum's unparalleled collections of American sculpture, stained ...More
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| National Museum of American History to Display Lincoln Documents from Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will open "America's New Birth of Freedom," an exhibition in its new Albert H. Small Documents Gallery, Jan. 16, 2009. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., has organized the exhibit, ...More
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| The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise Photography Exhibition Opens at the Smithsonian Jan. 30 |
WASHINGTON, DC.- Nearly a century's worth of photographs from the renowned Scurlock Studio form the backbone of a new exhibition designed to celebrate the legacy of a noted family of photographers and to present a vivid portrait of black Washington, D.C., in all its guises—its challenges and its victories, its dignity and its determination....More
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| British Museum to Open Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran |
LONDON.- In February 2009, the British Museum will open the first major exhibition to explore the rule and legacy of Shah 'Abbas, one of the formative figures in the creation of modern Iran. Shah of Iran from 1587 – 1629 AD, he is remembered as one of the country’s most influential kings and a ...More
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| West Virginia Division of Culture and History Posts New Photographs of State Museum Renovation |
CHARLESTON, WV.- The West Virginia Division of Culture and History has added more photographs of the West Virginia State Museum's construction and fabrication on its website so that interested visitors can view the latest progress. The photographs can be accessed at ...More
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| United States Artists to Send Artists to Alaska for Second Annual Artist-in-Residence Program |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The national grant-making and artists' advocacy organization United States Artists (USA) today announced the names of six artists who will travel to Alaska to participate in the second season of its Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program. Launched in 2007 by USA and the Rasmuson Foundation, Alaska AIR is ...More
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| Swiss Theater Company Performs for Families at Wexner Center for the Arts |
COLUMBUS, OH.- Switzerland's Theater Sgaramusch performs the production Wolf Under the Bed—a series of scary stories—January 16–17 as part of the Wexner Center's International Performing Arts Series for Families. Theater Sgaramusch found inspiration for Wolf Under the Bed in 12 scary and funny stories written by ...More
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| Bowdoin College Museum of Art Searching for New Director |
BRUNSWICK, ME.- Bowdoin College has begun the search for a new Director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The position details and application process can be found on the employment web sites of the American Association of Museums and the College Art Association....More
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