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Storm King Art Center Announces Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration

Maya Lin - "Storm King Wavefield", 2007-2008. Earth and grass, 240,000 square feet (11 acre site) Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY Photograph by Jerry L. Thompson.

MOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- Storm King Art Center,
widely
recognized as one of the world’s greatest sculpture parks, celebrates
its
fiftieth anniversary with a diversity of offerings throughout its 2010
and 2011
seasons. Highlights include 5+5: New Perspectives, a special exhibition
comprising twelve new and recent works, which will be loaned and sited
in Storm
King’s expansive landscape by ten artists.
Six of the
sculptures were
specially created for the occasion. Inside the museum building, Storm
King
presents The View from Here: Storm King at Fifty, an exhibition that
explores
many aspects of Storm King’s rich and varied history. Among other
anniversary
events are a gala dinner and auction at Sotheby’s in New York City, and a

variety of programs.