TACOMA, WA.- Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows, a mid-career survey of the artist’s work organized by the Museum of Glass, opened at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City over the weekend. It will remain on view …
Unprecedented Collection of 182 Ferocious Prehistoric Shark Teeth for Sale in Dallas
DALLAS, TX (AP).- An unprecedented collection of 182 ferocious prehistoric shark teeth, assembled on gaping jaws large enough to swallow several humans whole, is set to be auctioned in Texas. The teeth are those of the ancient Megalodon, a massive kill…
First Dinosaur Fossil, a Long-Necked, Plant-Eating Sauropod, Discovered in Angola
JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it’s a new creature, heralding a research renaissance in a country slowly emerging from decades of war. A paper published Wednesday in the Annals…
Compelling New Pictures of Familiar Territories by Wolfgang Tillmans at Regen Projects
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects presents an exhibition of new work by German artist Wolfgang Tillmans. For his sixth solo exhibition at the gallery, Tillmans presents compelling new pictures of his familiar territories (London, Berlin, and New York) i…
The Whitney Presents a Mid-Career Retrospective of Groundbreaking New York Artist
NEW YORK. N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the pas…
The Whitney Presents a Mid-Career Retrospective of Groundbreaking New York Artist
NEW YORK. N.Y.- This spring, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Glenn Ligon (b. 1960), widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American artists to have emerged in the pas…
Comprehensive Survey of Women as Protagonists at Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza
MADRID.- The Museo Thyssen‐Bornemisza and Fundación Caja Madrid present Heroines, a comprehensive survey of the depiction of women as the protagonists of key roles and as manifestations of the gender identity crisis in western art. The exhibitio…
New Visitors Center for US Anthem’s Birthplace
By: Sarah Brumfield, Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP).- After decades of making do with a small, outdated visitor center, the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is getting new space and an update for the 21st century, just in time for t…
Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon Opens Exhibition of Manuel Baptista’s Work
By: João Pinharanda
LISBON.- The present exhibition is a rare historical opportunity: it reveals to us unknown parts of the artist’s work (projects created from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, but never built until now). A concentration on paint…
Special Exhibition on 20 Years of Science, Media and Mysteries Surrounding the Iceman in Bozen
BOZEN.- On 19 September 2011 the Iceman celebrates 20 years of his second life. People all over the world watched on in amazement two decades ago as the intact body of a man from the Copper Age, along with his clothing and equipment, was recovered from…