diversions museums ~ exhibitions
atlanta, ga
high museum of art
Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement,
1956-1968, through Oct. 5; After 1968: Contemporary Artists
and the Civil Rights Legacy, through Oct. 5; Medieval and
Renaissance Treasures, Sep. 13-Jan. 4, 2009. 1280 Peachtree
Street, Atlanta, GA 404.733.4444 high.org
barcelona, spain museu d'art contemporani de barcelona
Nancy Spero: Dissidances, through Sep. 28. Plaça dels Àngels,
1, Barcelona, Spain + 34 93 412 08 10 macba.es
canberra, australia national gallery of australia
Treescape, through Aug. 30; Richard Larter, a retrospective,
through Sep. 14; Picture Paradise: The First Century of Asia-
Pacific Photography, 1840s-1940s, through Nov. 9. Parkes
Place, Parkes, Australia + 61 2 6240 6411 nga.gov.au
chicago, il art institute of chicago
A Mind at Play, through Sept. 7; Collecting for Chicago: Prints,
Drawings and Patronage, through Sept. 14; New Light on
Old Masters: Research on Northern european and Spanish
Paintings before 1600 in the Art Institute, through Sept. 14;
Benin—Kinds and Rituals: Court Arts from Nigeria, through
Sep. 21; Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography
of Paris, Sep. 10-Jan. 4, 2009. 111 South Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, IL 312.443.3600 artic.edu/aic
chicago, il
museum of contemporary art
Jeff Koons, through Sep. 21. 220 east Chicago Avenue,
Chicago, IL 312.280.2660 mcachicago.org
cincinnati, oh
taft museum of art
Views from the Uffizi: Painting the Italian Landscape, through
Oct. 12. 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 513.241.0343
taftmuseum.org
copenhagen, denmark danish museum of art and design
Nikoline Liv Andersen, Aug. 8-Sep. 21; Kunstforeningen, Aug.
8-Sep. 21; Jorgen Hovelskov, Sep. 5-Oct. 26; 7-er stole, Sep.
12-Oct. 26. Bedgade 68, Copenhagen, Denmark + 33 18 56
56 kunstindustrimuseet.dk
detroit, mi
detroit institute of arts
Kenro Izu: Sacred Places, through Oct. 12; The Private World
Art Institute of Chicago
British Museum, London
of India’s Mughal emperors, Aug. 23-Nov. 16. 5200 Woodward
Avenue, Detroit, MI 313.833.1454 dia.org
london, england
british museum
Icons of Revolution: Mao badges then and now, through
Sep. 14; The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock,
through Sep. 7; China Landscape: Kew at the British Museum,
through Oct. 27; Hadrian: empire and Conflict, through Oct.
26. Great Russell Street, London, england + 44 (0) 20 7323
