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BARCELONA.- It is now 75 years since the inauguration of the Museu d’Art de Catalunya, and the MNAC is celebrating it by bringing together 75 masterpieces of Catalan art belonging to private collections, Catalan, European and American museums, ...
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Art Museums, Art News | 12.2.09 | No Comments

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BRUEHL.- “A cult film director from Los Angeles presenting his fine art works for the first time in a German museum. You cannot miss that!”, emphasizes Dr. Achim Sommer, director of the museum and co-curator of the exhibition “David Lynch ...
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Art Museums | 12.1.09 | No Comments

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“Bad painting” as a phenomenon
Vienna, Austria - The Museum of Modern Art in Vienna shows “Bad painting” is the critique of painting expressed with its own most essential means: Many of the most important painters of the 20th centu...
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Art Museums | 08.30.08 | No Comments

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Painting in nature, rather than in the studio
HOUSTON, TX.- Inspired by the possibilities of painting in nature, rather than in the studio, artists traveled to the rugged Forest of Fontainebleau near Paris from the early 1820s to the mid-1870s for...
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Art Museums | 07.21.08 | No Comments

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New perspectives on Hadrian's life
LONDON - The British Museum presents Hadrian: Empire and Conflict, on view through October 26, 2008. The Roman Emperor Hadrian (117 to 138 AD) is best known for his passion for Greek culture, interest in ar...
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Art Museums | 07.20.08 | 3 Comments

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Burglars quickly grabbed exactly what they wanted
BALSTA, SWEDEN - Two Warhol's and three Roy Lichtenstein's were stolen from the Abergs Museum. Carina Aberg, an official at the Abergs Museum, stated to Art Daily, “Early this morning, the 18...
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Art Museums | 07.20.08 | No Comments

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Over 330,000 Chinese visitors
SHANGHAI.- Less than one month before the Olympic Games begin in Beijing, the famous discus thrower and more than a hundred sculptures and porcelains from ancient Greece have visited China, where thanks to a tem...
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Art Museums | 07.18.08 | 1 Comment