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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a preeminent art museum in Manhattan on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The museum's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books, film, and electronic media.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a preeminent art museum in Manhattan on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The museum's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawings, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated books, film, and electronic media.
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Canine's claw-work canvases court criticism
Forum Publishing GroupWinds gusted and buckets of rain showered Hollywood's ArtsPark on a late afternoon in June. But the toppled garbage cans and bolts of lightning didn't stop more than two dozen people and almost half as many canines from crowding a small, outdoor stage...Tags: Culture, David Letterman, Cheddar Cheese, Arts
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Bentley gets a Brazilian: Continental GT by pop artist Romero Britto
Autoblog.comFiled under: Auction Action, Etc., Bentley Bentley Continental GT by Romeo Britto - Click above to enlarge With dozens of exterior paint shades and even more choices for the interior, there's no shortage of color combinations on the Bentley Continental... -
Herman Maril: Baltimore artist painted what he saw
Herman Maril had two worlds, and each provided him what something the other lacked.
The artist, who was born in Baltimore in 1908 and died here in 1986, spent his life painting some of the grittier aspects of the city. Invariably, his astute and...Tags: Libraries and Museums, Tennessee Williams, Edward Hopper, Technology, Mount Washington
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Divine statue and more head to the windows of Bergdorf Goodman
New York is home to the Statue of Liberty, Coney Island, the Empire State Building. And, for the next month at least, the city will adopt a massively fluffy Baltimore-bred pink poodle named Fifi and a 10-foot-tall statue of Divine.
Some 50 pieces from...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Sculpture, Coney Island, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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Scary NY Welcome for French Tourists: Police Chase
Staff WriterFive French tourists got a harrowing start to their New York visit: a wild police chase. As they looked for a ride at the Air France terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday morning, the visitors were lured to a van that was not...Tags: Local Authority, Broadway Theatre, Regional Authority, John Kelly, Air France-KLM
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Ali Akbar Khan dies at 87; sarod player helped bring Indian music to U.S.
Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, the master Indian musician and composer who was a pivotal figure in introducing the music of his homeland to the West, has died. He was 87. The legendary sarod player and teacher died of kidney failure Thursday night at his home...Tags: Classical Music, California, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ravi Shankar, Human Body
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Prefab modules add space without the major renovation
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe situation: Bonnie and Michael Kelly needed extra space for their two kids to do homework and hang out with friends. The problem: If the couple hired an architect to add onto their ultracontemporary home, the construction would have dragged on and the...Tags: Design Within Reach Incorporated, Laguna Beach, Michael Kelly, New York
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David Ireland dies at 78; Bay Area conceptual artist
David Ireland, a conceptual artist whose quiet embrace of life-as-art made him a beloved guru in the Bay Area and a highly admired freethinker in international art circles, has died. He was 78.
Ireland, who had been in failing health over the last few...Tags: David Ireland, United States, Defense, Colleges and Universities, California
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Frederick Hammersley dies at 90; acclaimed painter
Frederick Hammersley, a critically acclaimed painter who rose to fame in 1959 as one of four Los Angeles-based Abstract Classicists and spent the next 50 years bringing an intuitive, personal touch to hard-edge abstraction, has died. He was 90.
The...Tags: Idaho, United States, Trips and Vacations, Defense, Pomona
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Deaths elsewhere
BERNARD L. BARKER, 92 Watergate burglar Bernard Leon Barker, one of the five Watergate burglars whose break-in led to America's biggest political scandal, died Friday in suburban Miami. The Cuban-born former CIA operative, who also participated in...Tags: John McLaughlin, Richard Nixon, National Government, Los Angeles, Government
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News to use
Here are some of the more interesting deals and Web sites that came across our desk this week: - United Airlines frequent fliers need to use only 20,000 of their Mileage Plus miles to fly to Canada this summer if they can snag a seat for their desired...Tags: United States, Florida, Hotels and Accommodations, United Air Lines, Trips and Vacations
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Robert Colescott, 1925-2009: Opinionated African-American painter and art satirist
Tribune NewspapersRobert Colescott, a wildly expressive and fearlessly opinionated painter who skewered racial and sexual stereotypes with hilarious force, has died. He was 83. Mr. Colescott, who had suffered from Parkinsonian syndrome, died June 4 at his home in Tucson,...Tags: History, United States, Libraries and Museums, Delaware, New York
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