Two exhibitions now on view at the American Folk Art Museum in New York includes more than 100 drawings and paintings by self-taught Alabama artist Bill Traylor (c. 1954-1949). Traylor was born into slavery; years after emancipation, near the end of his life, he created iconic works of art, characterized […]
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), New York will present Body & Soul: New International Ceramics, an exhibition featuring the work of 24 international ceramic artists addressing critical social and political issues through figurative sculpture. By way of clay, the figure becomes a catalyst for exploring the impact of […]
Exhibition Location: Joyce and Robert Menschel Hall for Modern Photography Since the birth of photography in 1839, artists have used the medium to explore subjects close to home—the quotidian, intimate, and overlooked aspects of everyday existence. Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969, an exhibition of 40 works at […]
June 20-August 4, 2013 Gallery 404, Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art The Cyrus Cylinder—a 2,600-year-old inscribed clay document from Babylon in ancient Iraq and one of the most famous surviving icons from the ancient world—is the centerpiece of the traveling exhibition The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: Charting a […]
Stockbridge, MA, June 17, 2013—Norman Rockwell Museum announces the conservation and return to its American Illustration Collection of 28 rare drawings on paper by renowned anatomy and figure-drawing teacher and illustrator George Bridgman (1864-1943). The damaged drawings were taken to Williamstown Art Conservation Center (WACC) in nearby Williamstown, MA, where […]
From August 17th-18th, 2013, thousands of world-renowned Native American artists, visitors, and collectors will come together to celebrate the 92nd annual Santa Fe Indian Market. The Santa Fe Indian Market showcases stunning works of art in all varieties of media, along with elegant events and parties that allow collectors to […]
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has selected Applied Minds, an interdisciplinary company based in Los Angeles, as the winner of its Grand Salon design competition. The proposed new concept for the Renwick Gallery’s Grand Salon is part of a forthcoming major renovation of the Renwick Gallery, home of the museum’s […]
The Rosenbach Museum & Library is proud to host an iconic new exhibition as part of its annual Bloomsday celebration. Thy Father’s Spirit: A Bloomsday Exhibition of Contemporary Art and Literary Manuscripts will feature pages from James Joyce’s original Ulysses manuscript—which is part of The Rosenbach collection—in addition to a […]