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Chihuly Museum and Garden moving along
ABJ Seattle Glass Online &bull Yesterday
Seattle National Public Radio's Megan Walker is reporting this morning that the Chihuly project at Seattle Center awaits approval by the City Council and the Mayor. If approved it will begin construction in the fall. Concerns by one city council… Full Story »
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Is The Barnes Really So Dependent On Admissions Income?
ArtsJournal &bull Mar 9, 2010
Is The Barnes Really So Dependent On Admissions Income? Christopher Knight: "A 2006 news report showed that, on average, member institutions of the Assn. of Art Museum Directors, the nation's leading professional organization, earn an average of five percent of… Full Story »
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Dallas, Fort Worth Tussle Over Cultural Bragging Rights
ArtsJournal &bull Mar 2, 2010
Dallas, Fort Worth Tussle Over Cultural Bragging Rights"There's a showdown brewing in Texas: between the neighboring cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. They're not fighting over land, or water, or oil or gas rights; they're fighting for cultural supremacy. Who's… Full Story »
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Chinese sculpture
MAeX Artblog &bull Feb 25, 2010Visited Univ. of Miami's Lowe Museum. They have a great collection of Chinese, and Precolombian art. Their collection of textiles is unmatched in S. Florida. Full Story »
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International Artists Residencies exhibition at Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism
ArtBistro.com &bull Feb 25, 2010
AIR/HMC, Balatonfured/Budapest, International Artists Residencies exhibition at Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism August 3 - September 13When Beata Szechy's founded the Hungarian Multicultural Center in 1990, her goals were fostering culture, personal connections, and art related exchanges. At the beginning mostly American artists participated at the residencies. Now artists from all over from the world come to work here for few weeks and exhibit their art. This particular exhibition is unusual,… Full Story »
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Impressionist & Modern Art: Netherlands Museum Discovers a Van Gogh
ARTINFO.com &bull Feb 25, 2010ZWOLLE, NetherlandsWhen Dirk Hannema, the founder of the Fundatie museum purchased a small oil on canvas of a windmill from a Parisian art dealer for around $1,000 in 1975, he was convinced that he had happened upon a treasure, a… Full Story »
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Today In Predictable News: Attendance Up At Free Venues
ArtsJournal &bull Feb 25, 2010
The Association of Leading Visitor Attractions reports rises last year "at free venues such as the National Gallery (up 9% with 4.78m visitors) and the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich (up 15% to 2.37m). Alva said the increases came as… Full Story »
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Italy's Venice Pavilion, MaXXi Entrusted To Anti-Modernist
ArtsJournal &bull Feb 25, 2010
"The appointment of Vittorio Sgarbi, the celebrity art critic and polemicist, as curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale and supervisor of acquisitions at Rome's new MaXXi museum of 21st-century art is dividing the Italian art world,… Full Story »
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Impressionist & Modern Art: Netherlands Museum Discovers an Odd Van Gogh
ARTINFO.com &bull Feb 25, 2010ZWOLLE, NetherlandsWhen Dirk Hannema, the founder of the Fundatie museum, purchased a small oil on canvas of a windmill from a Parisian art dealer for around $1,000 in 1975, he was convinced that he had happened upon a treasure: a… Full Story »
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Openings: Shepard Fairey - "Supply & Demand" @ Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center (Day 1)
Arrested Motion &bull Feb 25, 2010As Shepard Faireys retrospective museum show Supply and Demand landed in Cincinnati this past week for the final stop of the tour, AM was on hand to take part in all of the opening festivities! The fun kicked off Thursday… Full Story »
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Preview: The 2010 Whitney Biennial
Arrested Motion &bull Feb 24, 2010Art critic Charlie Finch just posted on artnet one of the first reviews of the 2010 Whitney Biennial, which officially opens tomorrow. As each Biennial is an attempt to take the pulse of contemporary art in America, it is usually… Full Story »
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Appendix: Shepard Fairey Auctions a Portrait Sitting
ARTINFO.com &bull Feb 24, 2010Niki de Saint PhalleShepard FaireyThis Is Not Outsider ArtShepard Fairey May Switch Lawyers, Court RulesFaireys Lawyers Say Theyre Still on His CaseShepard Fairey Admits to Lying in Obama Poster CaseNEA Official Resigns Over Politicization ChargesBerlin Wall to Fall Again, This… Full Story »
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Galleries: In New York: Opening this Weekend
ARTINFO.com &bull Feb 24, 2010One has to sympathize with New York gallerists this week: with the Whitney Biennial opening, little attention is being paid to events elsewhere in the city. Thats a shame because there is an impressive selection of shows opening, from a museum-ready look at the birth of color photography to new exhibitions from promising young names. Here are five… Full Story »
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Wangechi Mutu: Collage
Daily Art Fixx &bull Feb 24, 2010
Her figures become satirical mutilations. Mutu examines how ideology is very much tied to corporeal form. Mutu's figures are equally repulsive and attractive. From corruption and violence, Mutu creates a glamorous beauty. Mutus work is in the permanent collections of… Full Story »
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DC Museum Aims To Alter Area With Public Sculpture
ArtsJournal &bull Feb 24, 2010
The National Museum of Women in the Arts hopes its New York Avenue Sculpture Project "will bring some much-needed zing to its sector of downtown and spark interest in the 23-year-old museum. ... All the artists will be women, and… Full Story »
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Museums: SFMOMA Reaches Land Agreement with San Francisco
ARTINFO.com &bull Feb 23, 2010SAN FRANCISCOThe San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts (SFMOMA) expansion plans won an extra boost yesterday. San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the city has agreed to hand over an abandoned fire station on Howard Street in exchange for… Full Story »
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The Rubells Plan Private D.C. Museum
ArtBistro.com &bull Feb 23, 2010
Washington, D.C.-Art collectors Mera and Don Rubell, who have made a name for themselves as promoters of cutting-edge work with their private museum in Miami, have now announced that they will open a new contemporary art center in D.C. Functioning… Full Story »
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SFMOMA Makes Deal To Get Land For Expansion
ArtsJournal &bull Feb 23, 2010
"Under the agreement..., the city will give SFMOMA the existing fire station on Howard Street. In exchange, the museum will build the city a state-of-the-art fire station on Folsom Street, a deal that essentially translates to a $10 million gift… Full Story »
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Gardner Museum Had A Strong Financial Finish To 2009
ArtsJournal &bull Feb 23, 2010
"The renowned art museum in Boston's Fenway neighborhood said its investment portfolio closed out the year valued at $161.6 million -- some 53 percent higher than at the end of June, the close of its last fiscal year."... Full Story »
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Design & Architecture: In Japan, Ornaments from the Avant Garde
ARTINFO.com &bull Feb 23, 2010For an insiders look at Japans rising contemporary art stars, its hard to do better than the MOT Annual show at Tokyos Museum of Contemporary Art. Established in 1999, the show has placed a yearly spotlight on emerging talent through themed exhibitions that explore aspects of contemporary life. The latest version, up through April 11 and featuring work by 10 young artists grouped under the rubric of Neo-Ornamentalism from Japanese Contemporary… Full Story »
