PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Frick Pittsburgh will welcome spring early this year, with a charming exhibition, Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustration, on view at The Frick Art Museum from February 11 through May 20. The exhibition of 4…
National Air and Space Museum Launches "How Things Fly" Online Exhibition
WASHINGTON, DC.- What makes an airplane fly? How does a spacecraft stay in orbit? Why does a balloon float in the air? These and many other questions are answered in the How Things Fly website, a companion to the physical exhibition at the National Air…
Mint Museum Uptown unveils Surrealism and Beyond: 3 shows. 4 artists. 1 journey
CHARLOTTE, NC.- The Mint Museum will once again break new ground by bringing together three exhibitions comprising the largest and most significant examination of Surrealism and Surrealist-inspired art ever presented in the Southeast. Surrealism and Be…
Dan Graham’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Show: Unrealised Projects for Children and Boutique at Hauser & Wirth Zürich
ZURICH.- Over a period of more than four decades, Dan Graham has developed a diverse practice that refuses to be contained within the confines of contemporary art and instead aligns itself within popular culture. In his exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Zü…
The Hepworth Wakefield presents Heather & Ivan Morrison, Ben Rivers and David Thorpe
WEST YORKSHIRE.- Opening on 11 February and running until 10 June 2012, this will be the first in a regular series of spring exhibitions that explore common concerns and themes in the work of some of the most innovative contemporary artists. Heather an…
The Watermill Center’s Sherry Dobbin joins Times Square Alliance as new Director of Public Art
NEW YORK, NY.- The Times Square Alliance announced that Sherry Dobbin will join as the new Director of Public Art. Dobbin will be responsible for programming Times Square with installations and performance art from artists around the world. Dobbin mos…
A-Cero: Joaquin Torres and Rafael Llamazares at the Valencian Institute for Modern Art
VALENCIA.- Vivir en la arquitectura. A-cero: Joaquín Torres y Rafael Llamazares (Living in Architecture. A-cero: Joaquín Torres and Rafael Llamazares) is the title of a complete exhibition that the IVAM is showing, devoted to the work over the last f…
U.S. Navy Researchers probe 200-year-old shipwreck, the USS Revenge, off Rhode Island
WESTERLY (AP).- For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England’s southern coast. Now, researchers from the U.S. Navy are hoping to confirm what the men who di…
Figurative Painter William Theophilus Brown dies in his apartment in San Francisco at age 92
SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- William Theophilus Brown, a painter who enjoyed success for more than half-a-century and was closely associated with the San Francisco Bay area’s “figurative” movement, has died. He was 92. Brown died Wednesday in his apartment at…
First solo exhibition by New York-based artist Ryan Sullivan opens at Maccarone
NEW YORK, NY.- Maccarone announce the first solo exhibition by New York-based artist Ryan Sullivan. In several large-scale paintings, Sullivan tempers gesture and authorship through an entropic set of actions. The works often invoke topographies, with…