Museums

A Met Installation Heavy on Provocation, Light on Vision

nysun.com     21 hrs ago          

One of the essential aspects of art is that it transcends its subject matter and culture. In an artwork it is not really important what or who is depicted — or if, as in some works of art, no thing is depicted at all. No matter...                    

Hercules Hits the Metropolitan

nysun.com     18 hrs ago          

Pure fortuity has brought two artists named Cornelis into the same gallery of the Metropolitan Museum and into the same column of The New York Sun. They are Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (Haarlem, 1562-1638) and Cornelis van...                    

Maritime 911 charted

sacbee.com     14 hrs ago   12 related          

Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento is celebrating its 30th anniversary at McClellan – but you may not know it unless you drop by its neighbor across the street. Tyler Minter, 9, and his sister, Shelby, 4, of Elverta explore the...                    

Drink History Galore At Museum of the Cocktail

suite101.com     15 hrs ago   1 related          

Exhibits, Seminars and More At New Orleans and New York Locations The cocktail is an American invention and its history is told at the Museum of the American Cocktail's New Orleans and New York locations. New Exhibit Has...                    

Our Town Kearney: Nebraska Museum of Art

kolnkgin.com     22 hrs ago          

This isn't just your normal collection of art. In 1979, the State Legislature unanimously passed a bill that officially declared MONA Nebraska's official visual art collection. If it's produced by a Nebraska artist or has...                    

Aug 21, 2008: The World of Shells at Fernbank Museum of Natural History

yahoo.com     20 hrs ago          

Search for shells in the artful collection found in 'The World of Shells'. As fascinating to casual shell observers as it is to knowledgeable shell collectors, 'The World of Shells' explains how shell material is formed, the...                    

Aug 20, 2008: 19th Century Selections From the Mark & Nancy Peterson at Utah Museum of Fine Arts

yahoo.com     20 hrs ago          

The Mark and Nancy Peterson exhibition is comprised of a selection of extraordinary 19th Century paintings from their private collection that spans 150 years of Utah Art. These paintings were collected over a thirty-year period...                    

Home delivery in New York's MoMA

earthtimes.org     18 hrs ago          

New York - Shoes, furniture and cars have been mass produced on assembly lines for years. Why doesn't the same apply for houses?This question has intrigued several architects, including Walter Gropius, Frank Lloyd Wright and...                    

Hammer Museum Shows First Major U.S. Presentation of Paintings by Tomma Abts

artknowledgenews.com     17 hrs ago          

LOS ANGELES, CA- The first major U.S. solo exhibition of paintings by London-based artist Tomma Abts (born Kiel, Germany, 1967) at the Hammer Museum. The exhibition originated at the New Museum in New York and is organized by...                    

Laban: Joseph Churchward World of Type Exhibition

scoop.co.nz     16 hrs ago          

Speech: New Zealand Government Letterman: Joseph Churchward's World of Type Exhibition Blessing Speech at the blessing ceremony for the Letterman: Joseph Churchward's World of Type Exhibition, Te Papa Museum, Wellington Talofa...