The Whitney Museum of American Art opened their latest Biennial on March 20th titled "Even Better Than the Real Thing". Featuring creations from 71 artists and collectives, spanning various mediums and fields, reflecting the changing landscape of American art. The 2024 Biennial marks the 81st edition of the Museum's landmark exhibition series, the longest-running…
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https://youtu.be/1YdHv9yF1vM On April 30, a protest challenging the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) ties with controversial financiers culminated in violent confrontations with reports of injuries from both demonstrators and museum workers. Every Friday from April 9 until June 11, members of a coalition called the International Imagination of Anti-National Anti-Imperialist Feelings (IIAAF) have organized a…
In the early hours of March 18, 1990, two men dressed in police uniforms pushed the buzzer of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Only 81 minutes later, the two thieves walked out of Gardner's museum with $500 million worth of works of art, committing the single largest property theft in the world –…
The two newest upcoming additions to the Smithsonian, The National Museum of the American Latino and the American Museum of Women’s History, will be fantastic strides in the soon-to-be Biden Administration’s slow but assuring work towards widespread cultural education and acceptance. In December 2020, Congress officially approved legislation that will create the two museums, backed…
Forks, knives and a ticket to The Whitney can deliver art that takes it step further a mere feast for the eyes. New York artist Darren Bader’s edible sculptures take the form of everything good for you on a pedestal. The Whitney’s eighth floor gallery will display a selection of fruits and vegetables from January…
On July 20, 1969, the whole world watched as humankind made its first steps on the moon. It was at this moment in image history that began the expansion of human vision, photography and videography. As we're coming up to the half century mark of exploring Earth’s celestial neighbor, museums and institutions across the globe…
Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street New York, NY 10014 Opens May 1st, 2015 The new Whitney Museum of American Art will open its new building to the public on May 1st, 2015. The opening marks a celebration and homecoming for the preeminent institution devoted to art of the United States. Designed by…
TERESITA FERNANDEZ: AS ABOVE SO BELOW May 24, 2014 - April 5, 2015 MASS MoCA 87 Marshall Street, North Adams, MA 01247 Opening May 24, The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art will present a special exhibition featuring New York artist Teresita Fernandez. The artist's largest solo exhibition to date, 'As Above So Below,' combines graphite…
MADE IN MEXICO: THE REBOZO IN ART, CULTURE, AND FASHION June 6 – August 30 2014 Fashion and Textile Museum 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF Opening June 6, The Fashion and Textile Museum London will present the first-ever exhibition on the rebozo – the classic Mexican shawl made famous in 20th century culture…
The Guggenheim Museum hosted the 2014 Guggenheim Young Collectors Party on Thursday, February 27 to benefit the Young Collectors Council (YCC). A 7:30 pm intimate dinner in the Wright restaurant was followed by a celebration in the museum’s rotunda beginning at 9 pm. Funds raised from the evening benefit the Young Collectors Council Art Fund to help purchase…
ANA MENDIETA - SHE GOT LOVE EXHIBITION RUNS JANUARY 30 - MAY 5 Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Piazza Mafalda di Savoia 10098 Rivoli - Torino www.CastelloDiRivoli.org Ana Mendieta. She Got Love, is a large-scale European retrospective devoted to the Cuban-born American artist Ana Mendieta (1948–1985). The exhibition will open on January 30, 2013 in the…
NARI WARD'S AMAZING GRACE AT THE NEW MUSEUM - STUDIO 231 PART OF NYC 1993: EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR. SHOWING UNTIL APRIL 21 Studio 231 - New Museum 231 Bowery New York, NY www.NewMuseum.org Lehmann Maupin is pleased to announce Nari Ward’s inclusion in the New Museum’s forthcoming exhibition NYC 1993: Experimental…