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Woman Made Gallery Announces 10th International Exhibition

Each year, to correspond with the celebration of Women's History Month in March, Woman Made hosts a group exhibition of an open theme, juried by a noted representative from the art world. This year, the gallery is thrilled to have visual artist and author, Audrey Niffenegger, select works for the show.

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London Portrait Gallery Presents Portraits From Gap Collection

Born as a small clothes shop on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco in 1969, 'the Gap' expanded to become the number one retail shop in America with over three thousand outlets worldwide. In 1988, the company launched the latest of its advertising campaigns - 'Individuals of Style' - bold black and white photographs of famous faces wearing Gap items, combined with their own clothes to create a portrait of each individual's personal style.

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Woman Made Gallery Presents Works Of ATYL

Pop culture, representations of women and Utopic fantasy coalesce in the work of ATYL. Employing a color palette reminiscent of your favorite jolly rancher, ATYL creates computer generated images that reference the stylistic conventions of popular video games.

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London Portrait Gallery Presents Face Of Fashion

Face of Fashion is a major exhibition focusing on the portraits of five outstanding fashion photographers from Europe and America: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Corinne Day, Steven Klein, Paolo Roversi and Mario Sorrenti. It is the first exhibition of its kind, celebrating the innovation and diversity of current fashion portraiture.

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Mavericks: An Incorrigible History Of Alberta At Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum is putting the final touches on its new $12-million permanent gallery, Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta. Media will get a preview of the gallery on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 and it will open to the public on Saturday, March 24, 2007.

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Masterpieces: European Art From Collection At Corcoran Gallery

The Corcoran Gallery of Art will open Masterpieces: European Art from the Collection, a salon-style installation of masterworks from the Corcoran's permanent collection of European paintings and decorative arts.

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Olga Hirshhorn Collects At Corcoran Gallery

The Corcoran Gallery of Art will open Olga Hirshhorn Collects: Selections from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition of highlights from the extensive collection of Washingtonian Olga Hirshhorn, who has made many generous gifts of art to the Corcoran over the past decade.

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East Of Eden: Gardens In Asian Art

"East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art," on view Feb. 24 through May 13, at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, highlights the rich visual culture of garden imagery in Asia. Drawn primarily from the permanent collections of the Freer and Sackler galleries, some 65 works are incorporated in this exhibition, including hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, folding screens, manuscript paintings, lacquer objects, ceramics and textiles created in South, West and East Asia from the 12th century through the present.

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Expanded Discovery Gallery Opens In March

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is proud to unveil the expanded and relocated CIBC Discovery Gallery on Level 2 of the Philosophers' Walk Building. Starting Saturday, March 10 ,visitors of all ages can engage in an abundance of hands-on activities and real artifacts that bring discovery to life. Venturing through CIBC Discovery Gallery's three main areas, In the Earth, Around the World and Close to Home, visitors of all ages can learn more about the world around them.

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South Australian Museum's New Biodiversity Gallery

The State Government has committed $1.9 million to a new gallery at the SA Museum that will highlight South Australia's unique biodiversity - and track our nation-leading initiatives to manage climate change. A further contribution of $800,000 will also be confirmed from BHP Billiton.

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Paris In Transition: Photographs From National Gallery, Washington

Paris in Transition: Photographs from the National Gallery of Art presents 61 of the Gallery's photographs revealing the transformation of the French capital city and the art of photography from the mid-19th to early 20th century.

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Record-Breaking Attendance For Re-Display

'Manet to Picasso: A Redisplay of Modern Masters from the National Gallery Collection' has become the most popular free display in National Gallery history. 590,433 visitors have enjoyed the Sainsbury Wing installation since it opened on 22 September 2006, beating the previous record of 572,244 visitors to 'London's Monets', back in 1996.

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