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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The magic and splendor of Walt Disney Animation Studios, from the opulence of Beauty and the Beast to the stylized forests of Sleeping Beauty, now have their very own exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The new...

Cincinnati Art Museum

A new exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum features works of art famous not only for its artists, but also for the story and history that brought them together.  The art museum’s newest exhibit,...

Seattle Art Museum

A new exhibition at Seattle Art Museum offers a unique perspective on one of history’s most famous painters. Monet at Étretat focuses on two brief periods in Claude Monet’s epic career, when he visited the...

Museum of Contemporary Art

As of July 1, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) will finally reopen to the public. While many LA museums have been up and running again since April, MOCA only reopened half of their...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

From the 1920s to the 1950s, women transformed the art—and industry—of photography. A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art shows exactly how these pioneering photographers did that. “The New Woman Behind the...

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is launching a group exhibition this month in the Arlene Schnitzer Gallery featuring artwork generated by recipients of the museum’s Black Lives Artist Grant Program awards. Focusing on...

Kentucky Museum

Whitework: Women Stitching Identity, exhibited at the Kentucky Museum, combines American history with quilts, an art that was typically overlooked during the late 18th to mid 19th centuries. The exhibit will be open until Nov....

Oceanside Museum of Art

What a difference a pandemic makes. For a collective of women artists who in 2019 began planning a group exhibition of their new works, it changed almost everything.  Julia C R Gray of Twenty...

Figge Art Museum

Artist Lesley Dill, a renowned New York-based artist, brings historical and literary figures from America’s past to life in a new exhibition curated by the Figge Art Museum, Davenport. “Lesley Dill, Wilderness: Light Sizzles...

The National Quilt Museum

A new exhibit at Paducah’s National Quilt Museum is aimed at provoking reflection on the tough times that the world has been through with COVID-19, bringing together pandemic-related pieces created since last March to...

Gilcrease Museum

A new exhibit at the Gilcrease Museum lets visitors ask virtual versions of living Tulsa Race Massacre survivors about their experiences. StoryFile and the Terence Crutcher Foundation present “The Legacy of Survival,” which uses...

Baltimore Museum of Art

The Baltimore Museum of Art presented the first U.S. exhibit in over 35 years dedicated to Spanish artist Juan Gris on Monday. With more than 40 paintings and collages, The Still Lifes of Juan...

Art Museum of Eastern Idaho

A new exhibit at the Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls shows the beauty and possibilities that can be found in everyday objects that have been discarded. The exhibit, “Sayaka Ganz: Reclaimed...

Sarasota Art Museum

The Sarasota Art Museum is bringing conversations about race to the forefront with a new exhibit opening on May 29. “Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott” will showcase 50 total works from Robert...

Weisman Art Museum

The Weisman Art Museum has installed a new outdoor art installation, “Just Yesterday,” that highlights racial injustice in recent U.S. history. The 60-foot wraparound mural will be on display along the exterior façade of...

Norton Museum of Art

The Norton Museum of Art is kicking off summer with a burst of programming and a return to a six-day schedule as society begins emerging from lockdown.  Starting June 1, the museum will be open six...