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Whitney Museum of American Art. Photo: Flickr user Dom DadaWhitney Museum board debates move downtown
New York Times - April 12th, 2010 03:40
When the cosmetics heir Leonard A. Lauder gave $131 million to the Whitney Museum of American Art two years ago, it was the biggest donation in the institution’s history, and it came with one important stipulation: The Whitney could not sell its popular but cramped home on Madison Avenue in the foreseeable future. Now an expansion plan that involves building a second museum downtown has opened a rift on the museum’s 45-member board...

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Marc Newsom, Lockheed Lounge.
Islamic art is on the block in a series of London auctions this week. Among the highlights, Christie's is offering a circa-1400 Crusader sword with an estimate of ...
Andy Warhol
The new exhibit "Andy Warhol's Quick Pix and Pop Icons," at the Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary's College of California, suggests, there's still much to discover ...
Henri Cartier-Bresson (French, 1908-2004) Juvisy, France. 1938 Gelatin silver print, printed 1947, 9 1/8 x 13 11/16" (23.3 x 34.8 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the photographer © 2010 Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
From portraits of modern artists to scenes of everyday life, "Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century" includes about 300 powerful photographs, the majority on loan from the ...
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Sue Fuller at Susan Teller GallerySUE FULLER: STRING THEORY; CONSTRUCTIONS AND WORKS ON PAPER, 1944--1984
April 2-24, 2010
Susan Teller Gallery
NEW YORK, New York
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Sheep Rug Wool on burlap, 23 ¼ x 38 ¾ inches, Private Collection, Frost DesignNew Exhibition at the Farnsworth: Rug Hooking in Maine and Beyond
Release Date: 09 April 2010
  On Saturday, May 1, the Farnsworth Art Museum, in Rockland, ME, will be opening a new exhibition entitled Rug Hooking in Maine and Beyond. The exhibition is being organized by guest curator Mildred Péladeau, author of Rug Hooking in Maine 1838-1940 and will be on display in the ...

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