John Burningham: An Illustrated Journey
The Fleming Collection
13 September – 22 December 2011
A celebration of the rich and varied career of John Burningham, one of Britain’s most distinguished and best-loved illustrators, is to be held at The Fleming Collection at 13 Berkeley Street, London W1 from 13 September to 22 December 2011.
70 Years of Archie Comics
Cartoon Art Museum
July 16 – December 4, 2011
The Riverdale gang makes its way to San Francisco this summer for an all-new original art exhibition celebrating 70 Years of Archie Comics!
The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to present Creativity Multiplied: Art Teachers of the Christina School District, a unique exhibition that highlights the artistic imagination that inspires professional teaching artists from Delaware’s Christina School District, on view June 25, 2011 – August 21, 2011.
Small Press Spotlight on Thien Pham
Cartoon Art Museum
June 25 – September 18, 2011
Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series
September 24, 2011-January 15, 2012 at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
February 26-May 27, 2012 at the Orange County Museum of Art
June 30-September 23, 2012 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, California, announced final details for the much anticipated exhibition Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series.
The largest commercial art gallery in Australia officially opens its doors in Perth taking Western Australia’s private art scene to a new level.
The Anthony Riding Gallery is the bold new venture of acclaimed WA artist and curator Ben Riding and art collector Andreia Anthony.
The Art Institute of Chicago announces a major acquisition by the museum’s Department of Contemporary Art: Robert Rauschenberg‘s Combine of 1955, Short Circuit.
As part of the Art Gallery of Western Australia’s Great Collections of the World series, AGWA and MoMA will present six world-class exhibitions over three years from June 2012, through a newly formed partnership series.
Günter Grass – Watercolors, drawings, and sculptures from the Würth Collection
Art Forum Würth Capena
13.06.11 – 07.01.12
Art Forum Würth Capena is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by author, painter, sculptor and graphic artist Günter Grass. Born in Danzica on 16 October 1927, Grass is most known to the international public for his literary work including Il tamburo di latta, for which he was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Barrie Cooke
Irish Museum of Modern Art
15 June -18 September 2011
A wide-ranging survey of the work of the distinguished artist Barrie Cooke, organised to mark his 80th birthday, opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) on Wednesday 15 June 2011. Entitled simply Barrie Cooke, the exhibition comprises some 70 paintings and sculptures, from the Sheila-Na-Gig images and the Perspex bone boxes of the 1960s and 1970s to the nudes which have formed a constant mode of expression in his practice. Works are drawn from the Museum’s own significant holding of Cooke’s oeuvre, as well as from public and private collections.
Heavens: Photographs of the Sky & Cosmos
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
June 15 – November 13
Humankind has long been fascinated with the realms above us. For more than 150 years, photographers have looked to the heavens for inspiration and personal expression.
In late August, a towering 53-foot high sculpture of a paintbrush with illuminated bristles created by world-renowned American artist Claes Oldenburg will travel across the country to its permanent home in Philadelphia. The sculpture, titled Paint Torch, will be installed on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts’ (PAFA) new Lenfest Plaza at a daring 60-degree angle, as if in the act of painting. A 6-foot high glob of paint will appear beside it on the ground and the illuminated tip of the brush will light up at night.