ATLANTA,GA.- The High Museum of Art, in collaboration with Talladega College in Alabama, today embarked on a two-year project to restore, research and exhibit Hale Aspacio Woodruff’s renowned Talladega murals. Commissioned in 1938 to both commemor…
James Naismith’s Original Rules of Basket Ball to Be Shown at the Nelson-Atkins
KANSAS CITY, MO.- James Naismith thumbtacked the freshly typed 13 rules for his new game, Basket Ball, to a gymnasium bulletin board in December 1891. Now nearly 120 years later, the public will have a rare chance to see the landmark document that laun…
Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin at the New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Until April 17, 2011, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents a new exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the most significant Japanese Zen master of the past 500 years, Hakuin Ekaku. Organized by NOMA, The Sound of One Han…
Philadelphia Museum of Art Presents Survey of George Inness’s Italian Landscapes
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- A central figure in the history of American 19th-century landscape painting, George Inness (1825–1894) made two sojourns to Italy—the first in 1851 to 1852 and the second from 1870 to 1874—during which he followed in t…
See the Beauty and Charm of The American Impressionists in the Garden at the Taft Museum of Art
CINCINNATI, OH.- Spring begins a bit early in 2011, when The American Impressionists in the Garden opened at the Taft Museum of Art. Bringing together brilliantly colored paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the exhibition features 40 p…
Aspen Art Museum Presents Artist Mark Manders’s Museum-Wide Parallel Occurrences
ASPEN, CO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents the museum-wide exhibition Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments. Co-organized with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles—where it was on view from through January 2, 2011—the exhibition …
Barnes Foundation Move Opponents Go Back to Court
PHILADELPHIA (AP).- Opponents of a plan to move The Barnes Foundation’s legendary art collection to Philadelphia are asking a judge to reopen the case. The Friends of the Barnes Foundation want to halt the Barnes’ move from suburban Lower Merion. In…
Aspen Art Museum Presents Artist Mark Manders’s Museum-Wide Parallel Occurrences
ASPEN, COLORADO.- The Aspen Art Museum presents the museum-wide exhibition Mark Manders: Parallel Occurrences/Documented Assignments. Co-organized with the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles—where it was on view from through January 2, 2011—the exhib…
International Survey of Experimental Film, Video and New Media at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
By: Patrick Clancy
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The diverse group of performance video artworks presented in InsideOut collectively inscribes varying intensities of psychological and provocative effects within and on individual physical bodies as sites of sensual…
Deep Impressions: Willie Cole Works on Paper at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
MEMPHIS, TN.- On Friday, February 11, the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art opened an exhibition of 31 prints, drawings, and photographs by internationally recognized and award-winning artist Willie Cole. Organized by Patterson Sims, Deep Impressions: Willi…