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Divine Encounter: Rembrandt’s Abraham and the Angels

Beginning in the late 1630s and increasingly through the 1640s, Rembrandt shifted away from the dynamic movement of his earlier work towards imagery characterized by stillness and calm. These are…

“Making | Breaking: New Arrivals” Explores Emerging Technologies and Techniques

Exhibition Features Recently Acquired Contemporary Works

Pushing the boundaries of materials, making and form, 43 new objects recently acquired by Cooper Hewitt,…

Cincinnati Art Museum receives $11.75 million gift towards art of South Asia, Iran and Afghanistan

A landmark $11.75 million gift to the Cincinnati Art Museum to establish the Alice Bimel Endowment for Asian Art was announced at the museum’s 137th Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the…

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum to Present “Joris Laarman Lab: Design in The Digital Age”

First U.S. Museum Exhibition of Experimental Dutch Designer

Schneider/Erdman Printer’s Proof Collection of Iconic 1980s and ’90s Photographs Acquired by Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard Art Museums have acquired an unparalleled collection of 443 printer’s proof photographs from Gary Schneider and John Erdman, establishing the museums as a primary site for the study,…

The Pursuit of Immortality: Masterpieces from the Scher Collection of Portrait Medals

Over the course of six decades, Stephen K. Scher—a collector, scholar, and curator—has assembled the most comprehensive and significant private collection of portrait medals in the world, part of…

Blockbuster Exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors Opens At Seattle Art Museum

The Seattle Art Museum presents Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors (June 30–September 10, 2017), exploring the contemporary Japanese artist’s 65-year career. Organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and…

Landmark Exhibition Brings to Light Relationships Between Vermeer and his Contemporaries

More than 20 years after the legendary exhibition Johannes Vermeer, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, presents Vermeer and the Masters of…

Channeling Nature by Design

This spring, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Channeling Nature by Design, an exhibition that explores how designers have incorporated inspiration from the natural world into…

The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco present The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll, an…

Harvard’s Philosophy Chamber Collection—Rediscovered and Reunited after Almost Two Centuries

This spring, the Harvard Art Museums will present The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, a special …

Olympic Sculpture Park Debuts New Installation by New York-Based Artist Spencer Finch

SAM’s Olympic Sculpture Park presents Spencer Finch: The Western Mystery (April 1, 2017–March 3, 2019), a site-specific installation for the sculpture park’s PACCAR Pavilion. Composed of 90 glass…

North Carolina Museum of Art Receives $149,500 Matching Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to Complete Conservation Project on Statue of Bacchus

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has received a $149,500 matching grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to complete a multidisciplinary, 10-phase conservation…

17th-Century Japanese Screens From Seattle Art Museum Collection to Undergo Major Conservation

The Seattle Art Museum announced today that an important pair of 17th-century Japanese screens from the collection will undergo major conservation work, thanks to funding from the Bank of America…

Monet: The Early Years
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are pleased to present Monet: The Early Yearsat the Legion of Honor. This will be the first major US exhibition devoted to the initial phase of Claude…