Sentences with phrase «american encyclopedic museums»

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When museums first truly came to the United States, it was part of an American effort to claim a seat at the table of Western civilization by brandishing collections of antiquities and masterpieces (the Met, our first world - class institution, was meant to be encyclopedic like its cousins the Louvre and the British Museum).

Still, the DIA's African - American program has been stuck in neutral — despite the advantages of housing the General Motors Center for African American Art, a curator devoted to the discipline and being the only encyclopedic museum in America to have permanent collection galleries devoted to African - American art.

Massimiliano Gioni introduced the choice of theme evoking the Italo - American self - taught artist Marino Auriti who «on November 16, 1955 filed a design with the US Patent office depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge, bringing together the greatest discoveries of the human race, from the wheel to the satellite.

Its fine antiquities collection notwithstanding, SAMA, which is rich in Latin American and Asian art, must be the least Eurocentric encyclopedic museum I've ever visited.

While not as extensive as the American art collections in other Texas encyclopedic museums, SAMA's American holdings are remarkably strong for a collection that, until now, has grown on an ad hoc basis.

Like many other American museums founded in the same period, the Nelson - Atkins is an encyclopedic art museum whose collections spans a period of over 4000 years, from ancient to contemporary art.

Group exhibitions include Walter Benjamin: Exilic Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (2016); do it, various international venues (2013 - ongoing); Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom (2014); the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th Venice Biennale, Italy (2013); and Empire State: New York Art Now, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy (2013).

The title The Encyclopedic Palace (Il Palazzo Enciclopedico) refers to a project by Italo - American self - taught artist Marino Auriti who in 1955 filed a design with the US Patent office depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge.

The Dallas Museum of Art, established in 1903, has an encyclopedic collection of more than 26,000 works spanning 5,000 years of history and representing all media with renowned strengths in the arts of the ancient Americas, Africa, Indonesia, and South Asia; European and American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts; and American and international contemporary art.

The title was chosen by curator Massimiliano Gioni, who presented this year's theme by evoking the Italo - American self - taught artist Marino Auriti who «on November 16, 1955 filed a design with the US Patent office depicting his Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace), an imaginary museum that was meant to house all worldly knowledge, bringing together the greatest discoveries of the human race, from the wheel to the satellite.

Thus far, the American museums of the future are the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, with its new paradigm of private / public collaboration, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, whose new facility, if it gets built, promises to rethink the behemoth of the encyclopedic mMuseum of Modern Art, with its new paradigm of private / public collaboration, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, whose new facility, if it gets built, promises to rethink the behemoth of the encyclopedic mMuseum of Art, whose new facility, if it gets built, promises to rethink the behemoth of the encyclopedic museummuseum.

«Like all encyclopedic museums, the Brooklyn Museum has to divide its attention between balancing its costly obligation to care for, present and pay for artworks and experiences across 5,000 years of history and snagging the attention of price - and time - conscious smartphone users,» said Maxwell L. Anderson, who has served as director of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Indianapolis Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

«The collection provides an encyclopedic survey of the major artists and movements of the last 50 years, with an emphasis on Conceptual Art and artists worldwide,» said Douglas Hyland, director of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut and co-curator of a recent exhibition of works from the collection.

In addition to showings at various galleries and art fairs in the past, Von Bruenchenhein's work has been showcased in numerous museum exhibitions, including the above - mentioned solo survey at the American Folk Art Museum in 2010 - 11; «Alternative Guide to the Universe,» at the Hayward Gallery in London in 2013, and «The Encyclopedic Palace,» the main, international group exhibition at the 2013 Venice Biemuseum exhibitions, including the above - mentioned solo survey at the American Folk Art Museum in 2010 - 11; «Alternative Guide to the Universe,» at the Hayward Gallery in London in 2013, and «The Encyclopedic Palace,» the main, international group exhibition at the 2013 Venice BieMuseum in 2010 - 11; «Alternative Guide to the Universe,» at the Hayward Gallery in London in 2013, and «The Encyclopedic Palace,» the main, international group exhibition at the 2013 Venice Biennale.

2013 Alternative Guide to the Universe, Hayward Gallery, London, UK The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Great and Mighty Things: Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Women's Studies, American Folk Art Museum, New York, NY