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China's Super Rich Get Classy With Private Art Museums

AP | KELVIN CHAN | Posted 05.09.2012

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HONG KONG -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to di...

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Art Basel Miami Beach: Awesome

Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Miami Beach, Miami, Yves Klein, Florida, Art, Art Basel, ARt Exhibition, Art Museum, December, Collins Avenue, Modern Art, South Florida, Miami Around Town, Miami News

"Awesome" is a word I reserve for a few select things I have experienced, including walking on the Great Wall of China and my mom's Reuben sandwiches. Art Basel Miami Beach is also on that list.

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Wal-Mart Has an "Oops" Moment

Al Norman | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Physician Heal Thyself, Medicaid, Accountable Care Organizations, Wal-Mart, Humana, Art Museum, Business News

Before Wal-Mart offers the world an opportunity for a healthier life, the company needs to heed the Biblical dictum "physician heal thyself." Before selling American families a health plan, the Wal-Mart family should focus on improving the health coverage of its own workforce.

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Abu Dhabi To Open Louvre Branch In 2013

AP | By ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Art Museum, Abu Dhabi, Tourism, Louvre, Museum, Paris, United Arab Emirates, Arts News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The Abu Dhabi developer building a vast cultural district in the Emirati capital said Monday a branch of the famed Louv...

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PHOTOS: Curate Your Own Art Exhibition

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Monet, Public Domain, Caravaggio, Rodin, Pissarro, Copyright, Gerome, Online Art, Degas, Baltimore Art Museum, Art Museum, Bronzino, Online Download Museum, Manet, Baltimore Museum, Arts News

In an age where we can use the internet to become DJ's, composers, directors and human encyclopedias, it makes sense we should get a chance to try out...

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SAVED: American Folk Art Museum Gets Bailed Out

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Met, American Folk Art Museum, Folk Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Economic Recession, Ford Foundation, Economic Crisis, Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Moma, New York Art Museum, New York, Folk Art, New York Art, Arts News

The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) has been in dire financial straits in recent months, but the establishment announced this week that it will contin...

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Major Show Tracks Humans' Effects On The Environment

latimes.com | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Photography, Mining, Photograph, Topography, Art Museum, Edward Burtynsky, Nevada Museum of Art, Great Salt Lake, Altered Landscapes, David Maisel, Robert Adams, Michael Light, Lanscapes, Richard Misrach, Utah Art, Arts News

"Anthropocene" is a buzzword that's been bandied about lately by politicians and scientists like some sort of smart weapon. The term describes a new g...

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A Huffington Post Travel Guide To Family Vacations In Myrtle Beach

The Huffington Post | Sidney Logan Echevarria | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Video, Franklin G. Burroughs, Family Travel Guides, Pirate's Voyage, Carolina Safari Jeep Tours, Myrtle Beach Travel, Ripley's Aquarium, Art Museum, Family Kingdom, Simeon B. Chapin, Themed Guides, Travel News

Family vacations in Myrtle Beach can be rewarding experiences or absolute disasters -- it all depends on pretrip homework. To make planning easier, we...

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PHOTOS: Former Seoul Torture Center To Be Turned Into Art Museum

AP/The Huffington Post | By ESTHER HONG | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Kimusa, Military, South Korea, Seoul, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Museums, Architecture, Design, Art Museum, Historic Preservation, Contemporary Art Museum, Army Command Center, Torture, Arts News

SEOUL, South Korea -- For many, the stark structure built by the Japanese and then taken over by South Korea's military is a reminder of a painful col...

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Republicans Back Off Proposal To Sell Iowa's Pollock Mural

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Oharrow, Iowa, Politics, House Appropriations Committee, Pollock Mural, Art, University of Iowa, Art Museum, Abstract Expressionism, Mural, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Jackson Pollock, Iowa House, Scott Raecker, Republicans, Arts News

"The Pollock" is safe. For now anyway. The bill proposed to force the sale of University of Iowa's Jackson Pollock painting, Mural, died on Tuesday b...

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OLYMPICS 2012: London Museums Prepare To Host London Olympics' National Houses

The Art Newspaper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: London Olympics 2012, Art, Somerset House, Casa Brasil, Germany, Brazil, Marble Arch, Docklands Museum, Art Museum, Olympics 2012, Museum, London, Westminster, German Haus, Arts News

LONDON. Museums and heritage sites are leasing out space during the 2012 Olympics for national houses, including the Docklands Museum, Somerset House,...

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