10 February 2012, 10:52 am
Chicago's MCA Debuts 1980s ExhibitABC NewsA new exhibit about the 1980s is opening at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring interpretations of icons like Ronald Reagan, Andy Warhol and Jesse Jackson, along with pieces that reflect on important issues from the decade: drug use, ...a... Read More »
10 February 2012, 10:13 am
Travel ideas for 2012: Culture curryMSN IndiaWith Government Museum & Art Gallery and the Natural History Museum, the Arts Complex in Sector 10 is the city's art hub. Admire the collection of antiques and Indian art, including Gandhara sculptures, Pahari miniature paintings and relics from the .... Read More »
10 February 2012, 3:32 am
ArtLystSan Francisco painter William Theophilus Brown, part of 'figurative movement ...Washington PostThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC, and the MH de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco are among the institutions that exhibit his paintings. He... Read More »
10 February 2012, 12:42 am
AHA! exhibit opens Feb. 9 at New Bedford Whaling MuseumWicked LocalThis provides a fitting occasion for showing highlights, reflecting the broad international and chronological compass of our combined collections,” Dr. Frank said. Dutch Old Master whaling paintings will be represented, along with ... Read More »
9 February 2012, 7:20 pm
Warhol's work with cars on display at museumBeaver County TimesAndy Warhol (whose self-portrait can be seen in the background) hand painted this 1972 BMW M1 as part of the BMW art car collection. Where: The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh. Posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012 1... Read More »
9 February 2012, 4:05 pm
Los Angeles TimesHuntington picks Kevin Salatino to head its art collectionsLos Angeles TimesKevin Salatino, director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick, Maine, was named Thursday as the next director of art collections at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens ... Read More »
9 February 2012, 3:04 pm
New York Times'Testimonios,' Popular Arts at El Museo del BarrioNew York TimesAs permanent collections go, El Museo del Barrio's is on the modest side. The museum's Web site puts the tally of objects it owns at just 6500, a far cry from the Met's nearly two million. But El Museo ... Read More »
9 February 2012, 2:04 pm
New York TimesPaying Another Visit to the Stein SalonNew York TimesTraveling museum exhibitions take on different personalities depending on their location and on the eye of the curator. When “The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde” opens at the Metropolitan Museum of... Read More »
9 February 2012, 1:42 pm
Museum and Gallery Listings for Feb. 10-16New York TimesThis wonderful show of about 100 works from the permanent collection samples all the varieties of artistic expression under the museum's purview, from portraits and quilts by anonymous craftspeople to otherworldly fantasies envisioned by so... Read More »
9 February 2012, 5:04 am
Soigné Parisians, Fit for a Grand CanvasNew York TimesYet the works in the Frick Collection's fashion-conscious “Renoir, Impressionism, and Full-Length Painting” don't at first register as Impressionist. With their traditional portrait format and imposing scale, they seem at odds with t... Read More »
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