Ancient Afghanistan—located at the crossroads of major trade routes, where it attracted invading armies and nomadic migrations—was home to some of the most complex, rich, and original civilizations on the continent of Asia. Opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer, [Read More]
In partnership with the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) presents Prendergast in Italy, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the watercolors, monotypes, and oil paintings by American artist Maurice B. Prendergast. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924) [Read More]
The Indianapolis Museum of Art’s most significant example of Tuscan High Renaissance art will again be on view in the IMA galleries after being held in storage for more than 40 years due to its fragile condition. After a complex conservation treatment [Read More]
Forum Gallery will showcase thirty works new to the gallery in the last year, and will include large and small-scale paintings, dramatic sculpture and important drawings by Forum Gallery roster artists and twentieth century and contemporary masters. Featured artists include: Steven Assael, [Read More]
Works by famed Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo (1899–1991) are currently on view at the Amon Carter Museum in a small exhibition from the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition, titled Rufino Tamayo: Tamarind Lithography Workshop, features 16 prints created by the artist at [Read More]
The work of the distinguished contemporary composer Kevin Volans will be celebrated with two free concerts at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July 2009. The concerts, which also include pieces by a number of younger [Read More]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists From Korea (on view June 28 through September 20, 2009), the first major museum exhibition in the continental United States in almost two decades to focus on [Read More]
The Beacon Fine Arts Gallery will present a preview opening of The American Landscape Exhibition on June 27th beginning at 5 p.m. Reservations are requested for the event that will be held in the gallery at 61 Monmouth Street in Red Bank. [Read More]
This January, DeCordova Sculpture Park + Museum proudly announces the inaugural presentation of The DeCordova Biennial, a new exhibition featuring the work of seventeen New England artists. This exhibition will take over the majority of the Museum, offering visitors a unique opportunity [Read More]
L.S. Lowry’s painting of the village that inspired Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights will go under the hammer on 1st July at Bonhams New Bond Street Sale of 20th Century British Art estimated at up to £180,000. The painting is one of four [Read More]
Michelangelo’s First Painting, a special exhibition beginning June 16 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents The Torment of Saint Anthony, the first known painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti (Florence 1475- Rome 1564), believed to have been created when he was 12 or [Read More]
The large-scale paintings by Ursula Schneider are based on her observations of the Hudson River, the architecture of the Indian Point Energy Center, a n uclear power plant in Buchanan, New York , and the intrusion of industrial barges on the 150%; [Read More]
The Hayward Gallery’s 2009 summer exhibition continues the recent tradition of inviting high profile and up-and-coming artists from around the world to transform the Gallery’s unique outdoor and indoor exhibition spaces. This year, ten artists have been selected to show works that [Read More]
The Beijing 798 Biennale will bring the works of more than 70 artists to China’s capital, focusing on video, photography, installation, performance, audio, site-specific works, and other new art forms. Starting with an opening reception on August 15 and running through September [Read More]