The Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, Connecticut, the oldest and one of the most important university art museums in America, is in the final phase of a renovation and expansion that will transform the visitor experience of both the museum and its esteemed collections.
The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation welcomes Jesús Fuenmayor as CIFO's new Director and Curator. Fuenmayor has been the Director, since 2005, of Periférico Caracas, a contemporary art space in Venezuela, where he organized more than 30 exhibitions.
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum is presenting Maria Thereza Negreiros. Offerings until April 1, 2012.
The Fund of Park Avenue Project, in conjunction with The Park Avenue Malls and the City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation, chose Venezuelan sculptor Rafael Barrios to showcase his monumental work on the legendary Park Avenue.
Under the title The Future: The Long Count Begins Again, the 10th International Symposium on Contemporary Art Theory, SITAC X, stakes a claim to the uncharted territory of the future by bringing together artists, theorists, writers, practitioners of the imagination and other adventurers who frequent the future to come together for three days of conversation, images, debate, proposals, premonitions and prophecies in February 2012.
The International Contemporary Art Fair, ARCOmadrid 2012, which is set to take place from 15-19 February will gather together 158 galleries from more than 30 countries in its General Program, as well as a further 58 galleries selected for its Curated Programs.