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Richard Koshalek, Smithsonian Hirshhorn head with L.A. ties, quits

Richard Koshalek spent 16 years as director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. He was president of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena for 10. His stint as running the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., it was announced Thursday, will end in its fifth year.

Interview: Artist Theaster Gates Discusses His New MCA Exhibit

As one of Chicago's brightest stars in the international art community, Theaster Gates' current exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art opened last weekend to great anticipation. [ more › ]

Gérard Rancinan exhibits at Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum

3 days agoArts : Artdaily

Born in the Bordeaux region, Gérard Rancinan travels the globe, bearing first hand witness to events of historical importance. With his imperious need to express himself, he delivers startling images of the contemporary world filtered through an ever-evolving aesthetic prism. Show More Summary

Get into Chicago museums for free

Feel like a field trip? Just in time for a three day weekend, Google has announced users of its Field Trip app can snag free admission to The Adler Planetarium, The Field Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. The free...Show More Summary

Theaster Gates creates a new large-scale installation for Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art

6 days agoArts : Artdaily

13th Ballad, an installation by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, is an extension of the artist?s 12 Ballads for Huguenot House, which was co-produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago for dOCUMENTA (13), the international art exhibition in Kassel, Germany. Show More Summary

Chicago Conceptual Abstraction, 1986-1995 on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

6 days agoArts : Artdaily

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago presents the latest installment of the ongoing exhibition series featuring iconic works from the MCA Collection, MCA: DNA Chicago Conceptual Abstraction, 1986-1995, organized by MCA Curator Lynne Warren and on view May 18 to September 29, 2013. Show More Summary

Columbia Museum of Art announces contemporary exhibition by South Carolina based artist

6 days agoArts : Artdaily

The Columbia Museum of Art organizes and presents the first retrospective exhibition of the art of Steven Naifeh. Found in Translation: The Art of Steven Naifeh opened on Friday, May 17 and remains on view through Sunday, September 1, 2013. Show More Summary

Paul Klein: Chicago Art; Migration, Transformation, Absence, Presence & a Damn Good List

There are perks to having a press pass; like getting to preview exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art with a small group, several curators,...

Thames Estuary airport plans prompt new contemporary art exhibition at Museum of London Docklands

last weekArts : Artdaily

A new art exhibition which explores the outer limits of the River Thames in painting, film and photography and printmaking opened at the Museum of London Docklands on Friday 17 May. Estuary, which was conceived in light of recent airport proposals in the Thames Estuary, allows visitors to see how the zone has been depicted in contemporary art. Show More Summary

MOCA architecture show opening pushed back to June 16

The Museum of Contemporary Art released a statement Friday saying it has moved back the opening date of its show about contemporary Los Angeles architecture, part of the Getty's "Pacific Standard Time Presents" initiative, by two weeks, to June 16.

Dominic Molon named RISD Museum's Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art

last weekArts : Artdaily

John W. Smith, Director of the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, announces today the appointment of Dominic Molon as Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art, concluding a nationwide search. In his new role, Molon is...Show More Summary

"Out of Tradition: Contemporary Decorative and Applied Art" on view at The Ukrainian Museum

last weekArts : Artdaily

Organized by The Ukrainian Museum, the exhibition Out of Tradition: Contemporary Decorative and Applied Art features the work of 35 contemporary decorative artists of Ukrainian background from Ukraine, the United States, and Canada.Show More Summary

PHOTOS: Guerrilla Art Project Captures Japan's Northeast in Portraits

Photographs of about 400 people collected from Japan's tsunami-devastated northeastern Tohoku region make up an exhibition at Tokyo's Watari Museum of Contemporary Art by French artist JR as part of his "Inside Out" participatory art project.

Report from Detroit: Mike Kelley’s “Mobile Homestead” Opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

last weekArts : Art Fag City

At Friday’s preview, the permanent home for Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead (a formerly vacant lot behind the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit) was behind schedule.

Museum of Modern Art in New York exhibits new acquisitions in photography

last weekArts : Artdaily

The Museum of Modern Art presents XL: 19 New Acquisitions in Photography, featuring a selection of major works?often multipart and serial images?by 19 contemporary artists, from May 10, 2013, to January 6, 2014. The exhibition features...Show More Summary

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia announces new foyer commission by artist Guan Wei

last weekArts : Artdaily

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia announces the 2013 MCA Foyer commission by artist Guan Wei. The first commission for this space was a vibrant abstract work titled Tango (2013) by Sydney-based artist Helen Eager. Guan Wei?s new...Show More Summary

EXPO 1: New York imagines a contemporary art museum dedicated to ecological concerns

2 weeks agoArts : Artdaily

EXPO 1: NEW YORK, AN EXPLORATION OF ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN THE CONTEXT OF 21ST CENTURY ECONOMIC AND SOCIO-POLITICAL INSTABILITY, OPENS AT MoMA PS1, MoMA, AND ROCKAWAY BEACH

Globe Trotting: Berlin's 'Home of the Future' Has Textile Tubs, Mini-Farms

Photos via Studio Aisslinger Berlin-based designer Werner Aisslinger has taken over the city's Haus am Waldsee contemporary art museum, transforming the space into his—far-fetched, sure, but that's the fun of it—vision for the home of the future, complete with a...

INTERN@CAM+PFA

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts offer hands-on internships for recent high school graduates, college students, and graduate students. Each of the two non-profit arts institutions offers its own unique array of departments to which prospective interns may apply. Show More Summary

Come With Us To The Opening Of Estuary At Museum Of London Docklands

2 weeks agoEngland / London : Londonist

If you read our features on Tilbury Fort and the abandoned Maunsell sea forts, you’ll have twigged that we are media partner to the forthcoming exhibition, Estuary, at Museum of London Docklands. This contemporary art exhibition brings together the work of 12 artists who have been inspired by the outer limits of the Thames. Show More Summary

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