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France honors Frick Director Ian Wardropper with the Medal of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters
On Monday, June 10, Ian Wardropper, Director of The Frick Collection, received the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in a private ceremony held during a reception at the museum. Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, officiated at the ceremony. Show More Summary
Cheekwood presents acclaimed artist Bruce Munro for second-ever U.S. exhibit
Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art is presenting internationally acclaimed British artist Bruce Munro?s LIGHT, a site-specific exhibition of breathtaking, large-scale outdoor lighting installations and indoor sculptures, from May 24 through November 10, 2013. Show More Summary
Captivating exhibition at Milwaukee Art Museum explores identity in contemporary America
Continuing its yearlong celebration honoring American art and artists, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents 30 Americans, showcasing the work of thirty-one contemporary African American artists who tackle issues around race, religion, gender, sexuality, and cultural identity. Show More Summary
Photos: MoMA's 1941 Exhibit That Introduced The World To Eames
These photos were all taken in September of 1941, during the Museum of Modern Art's Organic Design in Home Furnishings exhibition, which had just opened and ran through November of that year. [ more › ]
Emma Roberts Promotes Vans Before Aunt Julia Roberts Shops Theodore Man!
Emma Roberts dons a little black dress while attending the Vans Custom Culture event held at The Whitney Museum of American Art on Tuesday (June 11) in New York City. Earlier in the day, the 22-year-old actress was spotted waving to the cameras while promoting her new flick We’re the Millers on New York Live [...]
The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Joyce Pensato
This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features Joyce Pensato. The Santa Monica Museum of Art is currently showing “I Killed Kenny,” a survey of Pensato’s work. Curated by Jeffrey Uslip, the exhibition will be on view through August 17.
This is Pensato’s first solo museum show. She’s been the focus of a three-person show at the [...]
NAP Southern Issue (#106) Sneak Peek
The New American Paintings, Southern Issue, #106, is expected to hit newsstands across the US sometime in the next few weeks. Miranda Lash, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, juried the competition. Publisher Steven Zevitas notes in his Editor’s Note, “Miranda has made quite a splasjh in New Orleans since her arrival in […]
How objects get to Museums
The repatriation of the two 10th century Khmer statues by the Metropolitan Museum of Art has led to some comments from India (Neha Paliwal, 'How objects get to museums' The Indian Express Jun 03 2013).Public museums are wonderful spaces because they allow us to see and imagine things and societies that most of us will never get to witness firsthand. Show More Summary
Mexico: Art for the People: Exhibition of works on Paper from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art collection opens
In accord with the revolutionary legacy of Mexican printmaking, traditionally used as a political tool in the struggle for social justice, most of the prints in the exhibition allude to distinctive historical and ideological aspects, in the local Mexican and international contexts, and to the formation of Mexican identity. Show More Summary
Bill Traylor's iconic works of art go on view at American Folk Art Museum
Drawings by self-taught artist Bill Traylor, one of the most iconic 20th century American artists, are on view at the American Folk Art Museum, 2 Lincoln Square (across the street from Lincoln Center) in New York City, from June 11 through September 22, 2013. Show More Summary
Portland Art Museum only U.S. venue to present exhibition featuring the acclaimed Embacher Collection of bicycles
Portland has been dubbed ?the vanguard of American cycling? making the Portland Art Museum the ideal venue to host an exhibition exploring iconic bicycle design and celebrating bike culture. Drawn from the collection of Vienna-basedShow More Summary
The Shining at LACMA
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000
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Description: THE SHINING screens after HOUR OF THE WOLF, as part of the “Kubrick and Company” series, which takes during the final weeks of the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition at LACMA.
1980/color/145 min./DCP | Scr: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson; [...]
Public Art Installation Stolen Following Pride Parade
Last fall, in the wake of a major theft of art works from the Kunsthal museum in the Netherlands, news sources… Read More
Hour of the Wolf at LACMA
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000
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Description: Ingmar Berman’s art house horror screens film prior to THE SHINING, as part of the “Kubrick and Company” series, which takes place during the final weeks of the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition at LACMA.
1968/b&w/90 min./35mm | Scr/dir: [...]
A Clockwork Orange at LACMA
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000
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Description: 1971/color/137 min./DCP | Scr/dir: Stanley Kubrick; w / Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael...Show More Summary
Privilege at LACMA
Location: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 (323) 857-6000
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Description: 1967/color/103 min./35mm | Scr: Peter Watkins, Norman Bogner; dir: Peter Watkins; w/ Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London
In an England of the near-future, mop-topped heartthrob Steven Shorter returns from a US tour to adoring crowds and [...]
20 Stunning Pieces of Russian Imperial Art in Washington
A museum nestled in Washington's Rock Creek Park houses a huge collection of Russian imperial art that may be the most impressive in the United States. Here are 20 stunning pieces from the former estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, once one of the wealthiest women in America.
'Stickets' Review - An Elegant, Enchanting Puzzler
Stickets [$2.99] is a piece of art, and wouldn't look out of place hanging in a modern art museum, right between a Piet Mondrian and "Bored Kid Playing Tetris, Oil on Canvas." Developer Wanderlands has created a striking, spare work, a mix of intellect and aesthetics. And, like, it's really, really fun. It's a single-player [...]
Steve Jobs' NeXTcube on display
The Cartoon Art Museum held its annual NeXTEVNT fundraiser on Monday and one of the stars of the show was Steve Jobs' personal NeXTcube that was there on loan from Pixar. Photos of the NeXTcube on display were shot by Dave Hamilton of The Mac Observer. Show More Summary
In awe of Mark di Suvero at Crissy Field
From along Lincoln Blvd., a hundred feet above Crissy Field, the eight sculptures look like Mark di Suvero tiddly-winks. They were installed here by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the first of numerous shows the museum is launching beyond its walls while it’s closed for expansion until 2016. The di Suveros remain on [...]