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Art Museums in NYC
Avoid the crowds at MoMA and The Met: Three lesser-known art museums in New York City are just as inspiring.
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Art Museums on the Net
Art Museum Web Tour: Highlights and Links
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Best Art Museums in Los Angeles
The best art museums in Los Angeles add class to a luxury vacation. From Greek and Roman antiquities to contemporary art, LA California has a museum to please anyone.
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Giuliani vs. Art Museum, Round Two
The Whitney Museum of American Art, in Manhattan, is embroiled in controversy even before its long-awaited Biennial Show opens.
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Giving to Maine: Elizabeth Noyce
Though Elizabeth Noyce was not born in Maine, her cultural and financial contributions to our State have made a difference in the lives of many Mainers, and aided many Maine organizations.
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Santa Fe Folk Art Museum
.Collections of Russian matryoshka, Polish wycynanki, carved African figures, East Indian textiles and American folk art are among this outstanding museum's acquisitions.
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Spain Art Museums: The Guggenheim Bilbao
Architect Frank Gehry's swirling titanium building is reason enough to come to Bilbao, in Spain's Basque Country.
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The Seattle Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum is actually three museums in one: the downtown museum, one yet to be built on the Seattle waterfront and one on Capitol Hill.
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The Value of Shocking, "Sensational" Art
A report on and critique of the controversy surrounding the collection "Sensations" now being shown at the Brooklyn Museum in New York.
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Baltimore Museums Go Free
The City of Baltimore agreed to subsidize the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Gallery so that admission is free. What better way to offer art to the masses?
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Authorship and the Woman Painter II: Two Case Studies
How the misattributions of the portraits of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes and Dublin-Tornelle exemplify the denial of women's claim to agency in the traditional art historical canon.
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Chinese Earthenware Figurines
In many ancient Chinese tombs, clay figurines and pottery accompanied the dead.
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Cologne - Carnivals & Cathedrals
Cologne is a much underated city in guide books. Germany's oldest city has many attractions for the visitor including its famous cathedral, carnival and comedy festival.
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Cranbrook Academy of Art
Sculpture, gardens and art - it doesn't get any better than this!
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Fondation Cartier
Across the boulevard from Montparnasse Cemetery, cutting-edge art and architecture join forces at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain.
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Minneapolis Museums Among U.S. Finest
Minneapolis won't disappoint travelers who like to spend their vacations visiting museums. Not only are most of the museums first-rate, their contents offer variety.
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The Washington State Art Scene
The arts community in Washington State is alive and well.
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Top Six Cincinnati Attractions
Cincinnati, along the Ohio River in Southwest Ohio, has a character unlike other Ohio cities. The city has unique, walkable neighborhoods, museums, parks, and bridges.
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Art Galleries: Lots and Lots of Art
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First Exhibition of Wright Lightscreens
The traveling exhibition of Wright's lightscreens is a special treat for stained glass artisans.
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Islamic and Arabic Art on the Web
Looking for a virtual journey through museums displaying Islamic Art? Look no further than the web.
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Cartoons on Exhibit in 2004
If you are travelling this year, perhaps you will happen across one of the many cartoon exhibits going on around the United States and beyond. Here are just a few of the many events taking place in 2004:
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Collaboration, Lost Paintings and A Long Divided Mummy
Since a lot of art related events appeared to be happening in Germany right around now, I’d thought I’d take the opportunity to write about it for this month’s article.
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Florence - Italy's Art Capital
An overview of the art and architecture of Florence, Italy. This town is home to the largest collection of Renaissance art and architecture in the world.
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Iceland Insider
For a small country Iceland overflows with natural beauty and history. Often overwhelmed visitors miss many of the nuances surrounding them. Now a guided tour helps all.
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Important Spring Art Days of Denver
This Spring delivers a showcase of artists and important shows that are giving an energized lift to the new art city, Denver, Colorado.
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International Shows for Kiwi Visionary Art
Afficionados and collectors of self-taught art will have an unusual opportunity to view the work of Kiwi and Australian artists, some little-known, early in 2009.
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It Happened in Iphofen - Wine, Beer, and Festivals in Franken
Bavaria is the largest state in Germany. The Northern region, known as Franconia, maintains a distinct and separate identity from the southern areas. One distinction from southern Bavaria is the Franken wine tradition. The Franken Wine Country has great attractions for travelers, including wine festivals. Join me in Iphofen, and see what happened.
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Renaissance Artists of Brescia
Brescia, known in medieval days as Brixia, is a dynamic city in northern Italy. It has a rich artistic heritage that spans ancient times to the Renaissance to today.
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The FBI Investigates...Itself?
Three years after the looting of the Iraqi Museum in Baghdad, the FBI has little to show on their website.
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Trophy Art
Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer sells for a record $135 million dollars. What does this mean for the international art world?
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What is Outsider Art?
How is Outsider Art different from Folk Art? Why is it Important? From prisons, to mental institutions, to rural areas, Outsider artists often live outside the mainstream
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Introduce Yourself
At meetings, conferences, or even in the elevator, people invariably ask what you do. As these examples show, introducing yourself the right way can make a difference.
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Is it all about vibrations?
Reset your internal radio to beauty and abundance, and see new opportunities transform your life for the better.
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Sandwich Heritage Museums and Gardens
Three museums, an antique windmill, plenty of gardens and walking trails all in one place. Ride a carousel that is nearly one hundred years old or sign up for a workshop.
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Sights in Liechtenstein, Europe
Top sights to see in Liechtenstein in Europe include the capital Vaduz with its castle, old town, and museums, as well as beautiful nature including the Rhine and Alps.
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The Ringlings of Sarasota
Inspired by Venice's timeless allure - circus man John Ringling and his wife -created Cà d'Zan along Sarasota Bay. Beauty, whimsey and fun still greet visitors today.
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Cartoons as Art? Of Course!
Do you have any cartoons attached to your refrigerator at home or to your message board at work? These intriguing drawings strike at our hearts, make us think, cry or laugh. That is what art is supposed to do.
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Finding Culture in the Northwoods
He wants to vacation in the Northwoods fishing. She wants a vacation with theater, fine dining, and art museums. Relax; you can both have what you want in Wisconsin.
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First time in Petersburg
A first-glance, general idea of what to expect when visiting St. Petersburg. It is not a travel guide that will mention every famous place in the city, because those travel guides have already been mass-produced and there would be no sense in writing yet another one. In this article is real-life experience and the advice I wish somebody had given me when I was first visiting St. Petersburg.
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A Serial (art) Killer
In which a French artist makes his statement by damaging a piece of famous Dada art created by Marcel Duchamp.
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Grammy Foundation Awards Nearly $600,000 in Grants
The GRAMMY Foundation Grants Program announced today that nearly $600,000 will be distributed to 19 recipients in 2005. This year, funds will be given to preserve recordings of cultural events such as the first 10 years of the Monterey Jazz Festival, as well as collections at the Library of Congress, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Television and Radio, and numerous colleges and universities.
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In Process at the Corcoran
The Willem de Kooning exhibit that has recently opened at the Corcoran Museum of Art offers a unique glimpse into the inner work of the abstract artist.
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WEAVING TECHNIQUE: Craft Graphs For Weaving Patterns
The graphs commonly available for cross stitch and other crafts like knitting and crochet can be used in weaving to create patterns in cloth.
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A Heavy Heist
Thieves lift a two-ton sculpture in the night
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Art Thefts, Big Rewards Pt.1
Who is stealing Rembrandt, Vermeer, and the work of other great artists?
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Beyond Sun and Sea in Nice
The sun and sea draw tourists to the French Riviera, but its unofficial capital, Nice, offers so much more. From museums to the lively flower market, Nice delivers.
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Buy Art for Aesthetics
Many people feel that art can be a great monetary investment. But the reality is that it is very difficult to buy and trade art and make a lot of money.
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Green Museum to Open in SF
San Francisco plans to open a new museum in the fall dedicated exclusively to conservation. Environmental exhibits and future energy practices have people talking.
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N is for Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks
On Sunday, July 11, the groundbreaking event was held to kick-off construction of the new Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks.
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