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Mexican architect Frida Escobedo, who at 38 was the youngest architect to design the Serpentine Pavilion in 2018, has been selected to design the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new $500 million modern and contemporary art wing. the museum announced on Sunday. “This is a very large order,” museum director Max …

Michael Anderson was out of town on March 16, 2002, when the The Oklahoma City Museum of Art has opened its new home downtown to the public. But as the CEO of the museumhe knows how monumental this move was. “It was completely transformative. The Oklahoma City Museum of Art …

Other displays held books. I stopped in front of an illustration to look at pieces of meat being cooked over high heat in a 16th-century rotisserie; in the photo beside, Italian men were seated at a banquet table, eating. These sketches adorn the cover of one of the oldest cookbooks …

On her first day working for the Jacksonville Area Museum and the MacMurray Foundation, McKenna Servis discovered an original signature of one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century. “I was given a MacMurray student’s collection to process, and that included her weekly letters to her parents,” Servis …

A new mural at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art wrapped around all four walls of the building shines a light on a fictional black warrior queen and the unrecorded histories of black Americans in the West. The mural, titled “Calafia Was Here,” by Erin LeAnn Mitchell, is the …

Belinda Weiss de Campbell is the new director of the William McKinley Birthplace Museum in Niles. She previously worked for the Arms Family Museum in Youngstown Weiss is a history buff and teaches at Kent State University, Campbell resident Belinda Weiss, who spent many years at …

With Winner at the helm, the museum is building new spaces — but also a more engaging way to tell the story of scientific discovery. CLEVELAND— “A boss is someone who boldly chooses her own direction. She gets things done, she often deviates from the conventional path and blazes her …

The 21c Museum Hotel Chicago has announced the launch of its new on-site exhibit, Pop Stars! Popular culture and contemporary art, whose opening is scheduled for Monday, March 21. The multimedia exhibition illuminates the intersection of fame, commerce, technology and media, including notable works by Nick Cave, Brendan Fernandes, Titus …

“The first people on this Earth were born in Africa, that’s why it’s important for them to acquire this background,” she said. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – “At the top is Harriet Tubman, she wasn’t happy to be free herself, she went back South 19 times,” Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum director …

It’s not every day that European Renaissance artwork arrives at State College. Until May 8, the Palmer Museum of Art will display a collection of works by German printmaker Albrecht Dürer in its second-floor special exhibitions gallery. “Engraving in the Age of Dürer” features some of the artist’s most influential …

OWENSBORO, Ky. Peggy Welsh says getting involved in her community as a volunteer was taught to her and her siblings growing up in Louisville. This commitment to the community has stayed with her over the years. Welsh volunteers at the Owensboro Museum of Science and History in downtown Owensboro, focusing …

CHARLOTTE — Amy Tribble returns to The Mint as the new Director of Corporate Relations and Advancement Operations. Tribble began her career at the Mint Museum in the mid-1980s as a guide and tour coordinator. She has built a career in development and fundraising, most recently serving as Director of …

Click to enlarge Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi, Italy by John Ferguson Weir, 1902, oil on canvas. Iit looks like something that only extremely art-loving locals know, but Spokane has a free art museum. Located on the shore of Lake Arthur, on the edge of campus, Gonzaga University’s Jundt Art …

For 19 years, the Northwest Montana Historical Society’s John White Lecture Series has been a local highlight of the winter season, promising a list of engaging and insightful discussions. This year, the popular series will be available as in-person and digital presentations. Here’s a look at what’s on the agenda …

Natural History Museum zoologist HAS BEEN fired for believing in Loch Ness monster, recently released documents reveal Dr Denys Tucker lost his job at the Natural History Museum for believing in the Loch Ness monster His career came to an abrupt end at age 39 when he was fired for …

The Museum of the Cherokee Indian (MCI) extends its leadership with the appointment of two new directors. Evan Mathis has joined the Museum as Director of Collections and Exhibitions to manage the care, safety and security of MCI’s paper and object collections and to assist with planning, design and implementation. …

The Chronicle Bongani Ndlovu, columnistTOURISTS have been denied access to the Zimbabwe Natural History Museum in Bulawayo after Zesa cut power to the facility three weeks ago for a debt of $ 700,000. Museum director Dr Moira Fitzpatrick said debt has piled up over the course of a year and …

Clarksville, Tennessee – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block with large gallery spaces filled with art, science and history. Some of the events in December at the Museum are Familiar: Le Petit Voyage: Little Works of …

An unknown Oxfordshire soldier killed in the Great War has now identified a descendant of the poet William Wordsworth. The remains of an unidentified WWI officer were first discovered in northern France in 2013 and reburied in 2015 as an unknown officer of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Volunteers …

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens has fun family events planned for the weekend to celebrate. JACKSONVILLE, Florida – The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is one of the largest art museums in Northeast Florida. This week they are celebrating 60 years of service to the community and …

Science Museum Group (SMG) board members Jo Foster and Hannah Fry have resigned due to the organization’s new sponsorship deal with Adani Green Energy, an Indian conglomerate with significant interests in the coal industry. Foster, director of the Institute for Research in Schools, and Fry, a mathematician well known for …

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The Flaten Art Museum exhibit features original works by nationally renowned artists Interdisciplinary artist Pamela Council in Times Square in New York City, where “A Fountain for Survivors” was recently unveiled. When New York’s iconic Times Square recently unveiled its very first fountain, national media like the New York Times …

A burglar confessed to a shattering raid on the Newmarket Horseracing Museum that saw thieves run away with the Ascot gold vase and the 1907 Chesterfield Cup. James Sheen, 37, also pleaded guilty to planning explosions and raids on ATMs across the Home Counties. They included robberies targeting cash machines …

A The stoneware dish on display in the British Museum which was previously considered Korean has been identified as the “rarest of all Chinese Imperial ceramics.” The green-glazed artifact was originally thought to be of Korean origin, but it is actually one of less than 100 surviving examples of Ru …

The UK’s Science Museum has “doubled” its sponsorship of climate exhibitions by fossil fuel companies, activists say, by receiving funding from a subsidiary of the Adani Group. Adani is a conglomerate with significant holdings in coal, the most polluting fossil fuel. The Energy Revolution Gallery, which will open in 2023, …

This article is part of our last Fine Arts & Exhibitions special report, on how artistic institutions help the public to discover new options for the future. DENVER – What if an old art museum could start over, emptying walls, cleaning floors, dismantling everything that hangs from ceilings and resting …

EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (WEAU) – Star Wars: The Nostalgia Awakens is a traveling exhibition by Jarrod Roll. He is a Star Wars enthusiast and museum curator in Onalaska Wisconsin. Roll’s collection traveled to Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin. Now he has made a stop at the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau …

Rising within sight of Broadway, just off Civic Center Park and waiting for visitors, the Martin Building of the Denver Museum of Art has been under renovation since 2017. This month, the museum will rediscover much of its collection and will offer new attractions and exhibits when it reopens to …

In January 2021, the Middlebury College Art Museum embarked on a major overhaul – installing a new organization concept that displays art from the permanent collection by theme rather than region and timeline, as is typical of most European and American museums. With this redesign, along with the implementation of …

When the museum doors close for the night, some people imagine the exhibits come to life and start talking. At the Raynham Hall Education Center and Museum in Oyster Bay, this actually happens during the day. Talkative Portraits is one of the few interactive exhibits featured in museums on Long …