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Vienna's Albertina Museum, home to landmark Impressionist works by Monet and Renoir, will start removing 950,000 artworks from its leaking underground depot following some of Austria's heaviest downpours in 50 yearsFunding body accounts drained as former Dutch art fund finance chief vanishes
Such was his reputation as an honest and committed employee that while police considered the disbelief expressed by his colleagues, Kahmann gained enough time to take flight, apparently accompanied by his wife and childrenTexas Museum to Open Display of 500 Cowboy Hats
The hats are labelled with the former owner's names, and some also bear the name of the ranch where the cowboy workedScapbooks from Hell
The banal subjects depicted by these photos do not make them special – it is their context that elevates them, that makes them hauntingMystic Seaport Staff Shrinks With Layoffs
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The British Museum is hosting an exhibition that looks at how this less well-known tradition has developed over the past 400 years - and also features special commissions from current artistsThe Parthenon in colour
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Montana Museum of Art & Culture has new curator Posted on July 6 (Missoulian)
MISSOULA - Brandon Reintjes has been named the new curator of the Montana Museum of Art & Culture at the University of Montana.Journey Museum receives funding for planetarium programming (Rapid City Journal)
A retired doctor, businessman and amateur astronomer's gift will help bring a new view of the stars to visitors to The Journey Museum in Rapid City.Peninsula museum revisits 'Crab Orchard Cemetery" (Contra Costa Times)
Jo Hanson's 'Crab Orchard Cemetery' exhibition, from 1974, gets a new look at the Peninsula Art MuseumMeghan McCain Crashes New Museum Party (In Jumpsuit!) (The New York Observer)
On Tuesday, June 30, a tall young woman in what looked like an off-the-shoulder slinky jumpsuit drifted into a party at the New Museum celebrating "The Generation: Younger Than Jesus," the triennial exhibit featuring 50 international artists under the age of 33 that ended on Sunday, July 5. Other guests thought she was "nice" and "pretty" and "friendly." Then someone pointed out that the ...Meghan McCain Visits New Museum Party (The New York Observer)
On Tuesday, June 30, a young woman in what looked like an off-the-shoulder slinky black jumpsuit and tall patent leather heels drifted into a party at the New Museum celebrating "The Generation: Younger Than Jesus," the triennial exhibit featuring 50 international artists under the age of 33 that ended on Sunday, July 5. Other guests thought she was "nice" and "pretty" and "friendly." Then ...Bukit Kepong Museum move pushed to 10MP (The New Straits Times)
THE plan to relocate the Bukit Kepong Museum in the Ninth Malaysia Plan has to be pushed to the 10th Malaysia Plan period although allocation for the project has been approved.Wilkins shares ‘worst day’ at Night for the Museum (Minden Press-Herald)
Dr. William Wilkins will share “The Worst Day in the Life of an Eleven Year-Old Boy, Seventy-Six Years Later” at the Dorcheat Historical Museum’s seventh 2009 Night for the Museum.Big Museum, Big Promises: Mass MoCA’s Economic Impact (WBUR Boston)
The Mass Museum of Contemporary Art in the Berkshires is celebrating its 10th anniversay. In the first of two reports this week on the impact of Mass MOCA in the last decade, WBUR's Andrea Shea examines the museum's financial effect on the town.Bass Museum lets kids make creations of their own (Miami Herald)
A caterpillar fit for a king captured the imagination of Liv Schanchner at the Bass Museum of Art one recent Sunday. Liv, 5, squatted with her mother to discover the intricate, doily-like design of Wim Delvoye's laser-cut Caterpillar scale model number 5.Watch Michael Jackson memorial at Wright Museum (Detroit Free Press)
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit plans to show a broadcast of the public memorial for Michael Jackson Tuesday in Los Angeles. There is no admission charge; seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.Photos
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