By: Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, KY (AP).- Just a short stroll from the famous track at Churchill Downs, where he rode to four victories in the Kentucky Derby, some of Bill Shoemaker’s most treasured items are on display for racing fan…
Ashmolean Museum Presents New Exhibition of Groundbreaking Archaeology
OXFORD- In the first major archaeological exhibition in the new temporary exhibition galleries, the Ashmolean Museum showcases over five hundred treasures made of gold, silver and bronze, recently found in the royal burial tombs and the palace of Aegae…
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Launches Newly Redesigned Website
BOSTON, MA.- The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum announced the launch of a newly designed exploratory website. In addition to structural and navigational improvements, the museum’s new site aims to engage online visitors with meaningful exploratio…
Florida’s Charles Hosmer Morse Museum Showcases Tiffany Glass Works
ORLANDO, FL ( REUTERS) .- The last major art works from the estate of American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany will go on permanent display for the first time in February at Florida’s Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art. A new 6,000-square-foot g…
New York State Museum Exhibits Works by Leading Printmaker Frank C. Eckmair
ALBANY, NY.- The first exhibition of its kind — “The Landscape of Memory: Prints by Frank C. Eckmair” — on view at the New York State Museum showcases the works of one of the nation’s most accomplished printmakers. Open until September…
RISD Museum Showcases the Human Figure in Show About the Use of the Artist’s Model Through Time
PROVIDENCE, RI.- Since ancient times, models have been an essential tool for all artists depicting the human figure. This November, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art opens a fascinating exhibition on the role of the artist’s model, d…
19th Century Dutch and Belgian Paintings from the Rademakers Collection at the Hermitage
ST. PETERSBURG.- The exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum showcases 70 works from the collection of Jef Rademakers, one of the largest private collections of nineteenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in Europe. Today it includes over 100 pictu…
Amon Carter Museum Showcases a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition
FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age of…
Amon Carter Museum Showcases a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition
FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age of…
Botanical Illustration Exhibition Highlights the Art Behind Conservation
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new traveling exhibition, “Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World,” will open at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History Aug. 14. The exhibition, a collaborative effort between the Am…