Museums
WHAT: “Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Art and Design, 1848 – 1900”WHEN: February 17 – May 19WHERE: The National Gallery of Art, 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.WHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: The National Gallery of Art is currently showing the...
Earlier this month, in one of her last acts before abdicating, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands reopened Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, which had been closed for a decade-long, $487-million renovation. Though the museum’s prized possession, Rembrandt’s “The Night...
As usual, the Brooklyn Artists Ball was a good time. The highlight — also as usual — was the custom table dressings from a crew of invited artists, providing arty conversation starters for attendees at the 16 long tables in the museum’s vast ballroom. There...
Visitors tour large-scale inflatable sculptures during a preview of the exhibition "Inflation!" at the site of an upcoming park in the West Kowloon cultural district in Hong Kong. The works include "Complex Pile" by American artist Paul...
LONDON — Liberate Tate — one of the leading groups protesting against Tate’s controversial sponsorship deal with oil giant BP — was making waves on the third anniversary of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.Yesterday afternoon, at around 3 p.m. UK time...
WHAT: “Art in the Street: European Posters”WHEN: December 15, 2012 – July 21, 2013WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington AvenueWHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s “Art in the Street:...
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA — On this Earth Day, Blouin ARTINFO pays a visit to a museum that uses art and creativity to highlight the history of the world and those who explored and mapped it. We spoke with Richard Cloward, Director of the Map...
The relationship between art and its architectural space can be tenuous. Traditionally, galleries prefer the white cube, where flat blank walls serve as a compliant canvas for displaying artwork. Planning exhibitions in historic buildings such as the Upper...
WHAT: Photography and the American Civil WarWHEN: April 2 – September 2WHERE: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 100 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New YorkWHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: Those who didn't get enough of Abraham Lincoln from Steven Spielberg's recent film...
DALLAS — “Hello. You can definitely take a picture if you want.”That’s how a security guard named Gary Mathis greeted this reporter on a recent visit to the design galleries at the Dallas Museum of Art. Before long, he was directing my attention to a chair...
