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Bogus Barnes Foundation: Fake Galleries, Phony Populism (VIDEO)

Lee Rosenbaum | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Matisse, Philadelphia, Art, Billie Tsien, Albert Barnes, Barnes Foundation, Derek Gillman, Tod Williams, Van Gogh, Museum, Video, Arts News

He famously had no patience for pretentiousness, privilege or elitism. He also famously despised Philadelphia, now home to his collection.

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Virtual Orchestra Puts You On The Conductor's Stand

AP | RAPHAEL SATTER | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Microsoft Kinect, National Museum Month, Universe of Sound Installation, Virtual Orchestra, Universe of Sound, Universe of Sound Science Museum, London Science Museum, Museum, Video, Culture News

LONDON — A London museum is putting the conductor's baton in visitors' hands, allowing guests to direct a virtual orchestra using three-dimensio...

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Museum Yanks Masturbation Video

Tony Phillips | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Yves St-Onge, Weird News, Ottawa, Weird Canada, Museum, Sex Exhibit Ottawa, Canada, Masturbation, Euphemisms, Chris Hansen, Weird News News

It seems that in Canada, where the new thaw quickens the letting down of pantaloons and the lifting of full many a bustle, the youth remain woefully under-informed about the glory and abundant possibility of their burgeoning sexuality.

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Mario Bellini on His Latest Projects (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Architect, Mario Bellini, Cassina, Italian, Fiat, Lighting, Car Design, Lancia, Compasso D'oro, Contemporary, Islamic Art, Designer, crane.tv, Exhibition, Furniture, New York, Architecture, Vitra, Moma, Rudy Ricciotti, Flo, Pei, Tokyo, Cour Visconti, Brionvega, Louvre, B&b Italia, Yamaha, Japan, Erco, Olivetti, Museum, Video, Arts News

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Bound in Wonderland

Kim Alexandriuk | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Lacma, Frida Kahlo, Women, Museum, Gertrude Abercrombie, Exhibit, Rosa Rolanda, Dorothea Tanning, Art, Surrealism, Los Angeles, In Wonderland, Leonora Carrington, Los Angeles News

This week marks the end of the In Wonderland exhibit at LACMA, a three-month-long journey into the subconscious of female surrealist artists.

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Not to Be Missed Japanese Paintings at the National Gallery of Art

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 04.30.2012

One of Japan's most celebrated cultural treasures, "Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings" by Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800) is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington through April 29.

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WATCH: Why Denver's A Great Destination This Summer

Erin Harper | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Slidepollajax, Colorado, United States, 16th Street Mall, Denver, Arts and Entertainment, Atlanta, El Anatsui, Yves Saint Laurent, Museum, Denver Art Museum, Slidefreestyle, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, History Colorado Center, Video, Travel News

With nearly 300 new restaurants, the addition of a history center, a new museum and more, this summer it will be easy for the city to attract visitors from across the U.S. and abroad.

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Where To Dine Healthy In Johnson City, Texas

Carolyn Scott | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Vegan Options, Sightseeing, Travel, Dining, Lyndon B Johnson, Gluten Free, Johnson City, Vegetarian Options, Texas, Healthy Options, Museum, Foodie Travel, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Just an hour or so northwest of San Antonio, located in the beautiful rolling hill country, Johnson City is the small town that president Lyndon Baines Johnson grew up in.

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PHOTOS: 8 Surprising 'Inside-Out' Attractions

Conde Nast Traveler | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Outdoor, America, World, Activities, Rainforest, Park, Travel, Skydiving, Mountain, Skiing, Desert, Attractions, Theme Park, Indoor, Snow, Vacation, Museum, Slidepollajax, Conde Nast Traveler, Family, Active Travel, Adventure Travel, Travel News

Ray Bradbury once wrote about an indoor dreamworld, the sun dome -- a giant spa and cafeteria centered around one giant, burning star. These attractions are similar -- and actually exist.

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Touring Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum

Matt Gibson | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: History, Technology, Museum, Slidepollajax, Silicon Valley, California, California Travel, Travel News

The CHM, in Mountain View, California, is a beautifully curated facility with artifacts tracing the history of the devices that have made Silicon Valley famous.

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Photography South Of The Border

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Photography, Video, Paul Strand, Sfmoma, San Francisco Museum, Mexico, Mexican Photography, Sfmoma Museum, Slidepollajax, Edward Weston, Museum, Mexican Art, Arts News

For SFMOMA's latest exhibition, the institution is going down south, centering on Mexico's captivating essence in the realm of photography. The vast s...

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Musing About Muses (Part 1)

Irene Tanner | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Apollo, Muses, Homer, Rowlings, Terpsichore, Music, Poetry, Song, Mythology, Intuition, Dance, Olympians, Shakespeare, Museum, Wisdom, Healthy Living News

Do you realize that we all have an intuitive muse available to us? All we have to do is extend an invitation.

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New Mob Museum Opens: Should You Pay Admission or Break In?

Malcolm Kushner | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Mafia, Museum, Gangster, Las Vegas, Mob, Organized Crime, Mobsters, Mob Museum, Mob Museum Las Vegas, Las Vegas Mob Museum, Weird News News

What child won't cherish the memory of a photo of him or herself strapped into an electric chair?

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TALK NERDY TO ME: Dinosaurs In Our Midst?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Video, Dinosaur Birth, Archaeopteryx, Plesiosaur, Paleontology, Talk Nerdy to Me, Extinction, Bird, Science, Luis Chiappe, Cara Santa Maria, Dinosaur, Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County, Museum, Science News

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Singapore Art Museum Spotlights Local Artists and Global Collectors (VIDEOS)

VernissageTV | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Art, Singapore, Contemporary Art, Artists, Museum, Art Collectors, Emerging Artists, Li Hui, Art News, Lee Yong Baek, Takashi Murakami, Art Scene, Asia, Video, Arts News

The Singapore Art Museum currently presents two exhibitions that complement each other well. One shows contemporary Asian art from private collections around the world, the other has its focus on the young generation of artists living and working in Singapore.

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French Design from the 1940s to Today at The Wolfsonian, Miami Beach (VIDEO)

VernissageTV | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Miami Beach, Exhibition, Design Museum, Philippe Starck, Roger Tallon, Design, French, Designers, Wolfsonian, Museum, Interview, Video, Arts News

Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity is the title of an exhibition at The Wolfsonian-FIU design museum in Miami Beach that has a look at French design from the 1940s to today.

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Caravaggio: A Renaissance Badass In Fort Worth

Tom Rhodes | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Texas, Caravaggio, Fort Worth, Museums, US Destinations, Renaissance, Renaissance Art, Museum, Travel Blogs, Destinations, Travel News

"Sacrifice of Isaac" depicts Abraham about to prove his devotion to God by slitting the throat of his son Isaac when a winged angel steps in to intervene.

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PHOTOS: The Strangest Museum You'll Ever See (NSFW)

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Museum of Itinerant Art, Basel, Switzerland, Art Basel, Body Art, Itima, Basel-Switzerland, Body Paint, Museum, Experimental Museum, Nsfw, Arts News

Many people, some who don't love art and even some who do, cannot stand museums. Boring, stuffy, pretentious, outdated... the institution of the museu...

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Are Museums Contributing To Global Warming?

The Observer | Vanessa Thorpe | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Museum, Global Warming, Temperature, Arts News

Galleries and museums are guilty of boosting global warming and paying too much for heating and air conditioning, according to Tate galleries director...

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Art Works (And Is Celebrated at The White House)

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: President, White House, Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, Leaders, Washington, Writer, Arts, First Lady, World, National Endowment for the Humanities, America, California, Philanthropy, Boards, Museums. Maine, Michelle Obama, National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, Museum, Education, Artist, Scholar, Washington DC, Massachusetts, United States, Texas, Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, Georgia, Country, Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Mentors, Conneticut, Arts News

On Wednesday, November 2, I enjoyed an uplifting ceremony at the White House celebrating the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards - the...

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Art Restitution, By Force

AP | By GARY FINEOUT | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Art Restitution, Nazi, Museums, Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue, Florida Museum, Romano, Restitution, Florida, Painting, Museum, Arts News

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- U.S. authorities on Friday seized a nearly 500-year-old Italian painting that has been on display at a Florida museum, saying it ...

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Marc-Olivier Wahler Inspires Palais de Tokyo (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Exhibition, Art, Contemporary, Marc Olivier Wahler, Anne Lacaton, French, Artists, Gallery, Museum, Experimental, Jean Philippe Vassal, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, Urban, Creative, Video, Arts News

It is a "space for production, reflection and today's challenging art, but with a structure that is pro-active and flexible."

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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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Clyfford Still: The Greatest Abstract Expressionist?

online.wsj.com | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Art, Abstract Art, Clyfford Still Museum, Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionism, Denver-Colorado, Museum, Clyfford Still, Dean Sobel, Denver, Arts News

Not many museum directors have the opportunity Dean Sobel has—which is nothing short of the chance to rewrite a chapter of American art history. ...

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Architects Mutiny On Jerusalem Museum Of Tolerance

Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Tel Aviv, Islam, Museum Architecture, Jerusalem, Simon Wiesenthal, Frank Gehry, Muslim Cemetery, Architecture of Museums, Chyutin Architects, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Architecture, Grave Site, Museum of Tolerance, Israel, Muslim, Museum, Arts News

The Simon Wiesenthal Center's new Museum of Tolerance building in Jerusalem has hit yet another snag in its impending construction, this time with its...

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