PHOENIX, AZ.- And the Land Grew Quiet: New Work by Matthew Moore, a contemporary art exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum, is the first museum show focused on the work of Arizona-based artist Matthew Moore (b. 1976). Moore has exhibited nationally and has…
Next Generation: Selections by artists from the ’30 Americans’ collection on view at Contemporary Wing
WASHINGTON, DC.- What do artists Nina Chanel Abney, Nick Cave, Rashid Johnson, Rodney McMillian, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Shinique Smith, Henry Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, and Carrie Mae Weems have in common? They are all widel…
Linda Pace Foundation announces a new three-screen video installation by Isaac Julien
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The Linda Pace Foundation announces the presentation of a special three-screen edition of TEN THOUSAND WAVES by Isaac Julien. The work was co-commissioned by the Foundation in 2009, and its presentation continues the organization’…
San Diego Museum of Art unravels the truth and mystery behind the Japanese kimono
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The San Diego Museum of Art expands its collection of Asian works of art on view with the addition of a traveling collection of fashionable textiles, Dyeing Elegance: Asian Modernism and the Art of Kūboku and Hisako Takaku. In th…
Saint Louis Art Museum presents An Orchestrated Vision: The Theatre of Contemporary Photography
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the February 19, 2012 opening of An Orchestrated Vision: The Theater of Contemporary Photography, a compelling survey of contemporary photographers, many presented in St. Louis for the first time. …
Smithsonian removes ruby slippers from display to prepare for new home in "American Stories" exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC.- The famous Ruby Slippers Judy Garland wore in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz are showing their age and need to be removed from display in February in order to prepare them for a new exhibition called “American Stories,” o…
Mapping India: The history & culture of India is revealed through its maps in Dr. Lahiri’s new book
ETTEN-LEUR.- It began five hundred years ago when the very first modern maps of India were drafted. Travellers, wanderers, explorers and traders came overland from the West and carried hack tales about the India of their perception. The first maps of I…
Future of motion pictures headed quickly toward an all-digital format played only on pricey new equipment
BUFFALO (AP).- The license plate on movie projectionist Arnie Herdendorf’s Buick is 35MM MAN, a nod to his work in the booth at the 1925 Palace Theatre, with its velvet-draped stage and chandeliered mezzanine. When he drove recently to a multiplex to w…
First retrospective of Dutch artist Daan van Golden opens at WIELS, Contemporary Art Centre
BRUSSELS.- WIELS presents the first retrospective of Dutch artist Daan van Golden (b. 1936, works and lives in Schiedam) in Belgium. The exhibition Apperception presents the various facets of his work, through a selection of major works and others whic…
Vancouver Art Gallery celebrates the sixties with Lights Out! Canadian Painting from the 1960s
VANCOUVER, BC.- It was the era of turning on, tuning in, and dropping out. A time of tumult and creativity. The sixties shook up politics, social mores, and culture – and ushered in an era of great creativity in Canadian painting. Opening at the V…