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9:44:22 PM Colorado Woman Punches, Urinates Near $30M Painting
FOX News - USA

Carmen Tisch is accused of damaging a painting at the Clyfford Still Museum. The painting, photographed here, is valued between $30 million and $40 million. DENVER – A Colorado woman was arrested after pulling down her pants and punching a $30 millio [more]

8:21:34 PM Pantsless woman punches $30 million painting in Denver museum
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA

Carmen Lucette Tisch, 36, is being charged with criminal mischief in the incident that happened at the Clyfford Still Museum at 3:30 pm on Dec. 29. Damage to the painting - "1957-J-No. 2." - is estimated at $10000. The painting, which is nearly 9 1/2 [more]

8:21:34 PM Museum make science fun
Petaluma Argus Courier

Collette Michaud is founder of the Sonoma County Children's Museum, which operates the Museum-on-the-Go program. The colorful van serves as a traveling museum that brings hands-on exhibits and activities to children around the county. ... [more]

6:38:13 PM Georgia museum receives major collection
Access Atlanta - Atlanta,GA,USA

By Howard Pousner Part-time Atlantans Larry and Brenda Thompson, who have amassed one of the country's major private collections of African-American art, are donating 100 works to the Georgia Museum of Art, with the promise of more in the future, ... [more]

6:38:13 PM Denver woman accused of damaging art
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA

By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Carmen Tisch was charged with criminal mischief for allegedly damaging painting at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver. A drunk Colorado woman punched an iconic $30 million painting and rubbed her bare buttoc [more]

6:38:13 PM New exhibit at Manhattan museum showcases prairie from vantage point of ...
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

A new exhibit at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan showcases the Kansas prairie from the vantage point of the animals that live there. “Tallgrass TV: Sam Easterson's Tribute to the Konza Prairie” features video footage of animals  [more]

6:38:13 PM REDLANDS: Museum sets program on Ice Age horses
InlandSoCal.com

Curator of Paleontology Eric Scott will present a lecture, “Evolution Unearthed: Ice Age Horses of the American West,” at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Sunday at 2 pm The illustrated lecture is included with paid museum admission. . [more]

5:08:48 PM Drunk Woman Arrested In Museum After Dropping Pants And Rubbing Butt On
Mediaite.com

Mediaite You're hanging out, incredibly drunk at 3:30 on a Thursday afternoon when you suddenly get the urge to head over to a new art museum, drop trou, and attempt to urinate on an abstract-expressionist painting worth tens of millions of dollars.  [more]

5:08:48 PM Sliding Section of New Museum's Carsten Höller Adds One More Week
The L Magazine

Just in case you haven't had the chance to take part in the irresistible fun of Carsten Höller's three-story slide that cuts through the Bowery boxes' main galleries, the New Museum announced yesterday that it will keep Experience's second and fourth [more]

4:18:01 PM APNewsBreak: Vegas museum to spotlight mob films
CBS News - USA

(AP) LAS VEGAS — A mob museum slated to open soon in Las Vegas will trace Hollywood's portrayal of mobsters from the birth of the silver screen in a violence-fraught exhibit that organizers said is not intended for children. ... [more]

4:18:01 PM Louvre museum drew in record 8.8 million visitors
The Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — Russians and Chinese came in far greater numbers, but Americans remained the most numerous visitors as the Louvre Museum in Paris racked up record tourist traffic in 2011. Managers at the fabled castle-turned-cultural mecca say the museu [more]

4:18:01 PM Georgia Museum of Art to get major collection
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA

Click here Georgia Museum of Art to get major collection Published: January 5, 2012 10:49 AM By The Associated Press (AP) -- A couple who amassed one of the nation's major private collections of African-American art is donating 100 works to the Georg [more]

3:49:50 PM Aspiring artist "breaks into" museum, displays painting
CBS News - USA

(CBS/AP) WARSAW, Poland - Polish art student Andrzej Sobiepan didn't want to wait decades for his work to appear in museums. So he took matters into his own hands, secretly hanging one of his paintings in a major gallery. Is that how Rembrandt got .. [more]

3:49:50 PM Museum fetes 'The Toughest Town in Texas'
The Gonzales Cannon

The Central Texas Oil Patch Museum pays tribute to Luling's rich cultural heritage in the oil industry and also serves as an informational hub that keeps Davis' legacy alive. Appropriately located at 421 E. Davis in Luling, the museum was founded in  [more]

3:49:50 PM The reintroduction of Clyfford Still
Boulder Weekly

But while the work by Rothko and Pollock scattered to various museums and galleries, Still went on to get a museum of his own — in part because his work merits it and his last will and testament demanded it, and in part because of the devotion and .. [more]

2:12:12 PM Free Admission To Museums This Weekend
Patch.com

If you're a Bank of America cardholder you get free admission to several metro museums on Saturday, Jan. 7, and Sunday, Jan. 8. Trying to figure out what you want to do this weekend that's also free? If you're a Bank of America-Merrill Lynch cardhold [more]

2:12:12 PM San Antonio Museum of Art Opens San Antonio Collects Series with Exhibition
Dallas Art News - Dallas,Texas,USA

Dallas Art News The San Antonio Museum of Art begins its 2012 exhibition calendar with San Antonio Collects: African American Artists – Featuring works from the Harriet and Harmon Kelley and Irene and Leo Edwards Collection. The exhibition, which ope [more]

10:29:02 AM Museum's slate busy for free entry month
Gloucester Daily Times - Gloucester,MA,USA

By Gail McCarthy Staff Writer Every year, Cape Ann Museum, in the heart of Gloucester, opens its doors for a month of free admission to all Cape Ann residents. That month is January, and the schedule = is chock full of programs for the public as well [more]

10:29:02 AM Vegas museum given national designation
MyNews3

We're talking about the museum formerly known as the Atomic Testing Museum. News 3's Krystal Allan was at today's renaming ceremony and fills us in on the name change and what it means for Nevada. The Testing Museum is now called the National Atomic  [more]

8:44:10 AM Police museum takes shape
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

Lt. Roger Spurgeon has worked seven years on plans for an Indianapolis police museum, complete with handcuffs, old uniforms and exhibits on crime prevention. Finally, his dream is taking shape Downtown, at the corner of Pennsylvania and Georgia stree [more]

7:51:02 AM Local museums and cultural attractions offer lots of weekend fun for
Detroit Free Press - Detroit,MI,USA

Detroit Free Press Instead, they visited a different Detroit-area museum or cultural institution every day. On one afternoon, they took the Ford Rouge Factory Tour to watch trucks being built. On another, they sketched in the galleries of the Detroit [more]

7:51:02 AM Corning Museum of Glass heating up winter
Elmira Star-Gazette

Unfortunately, I have nothing to show Ornaments on display at the Corning Museum of Glass. The Corning Museum of Glass has a long list of exhibitions and activities planned to liven up your winter and spring. If you hurry, you can still catch the ... [more]

7:51:02 AM DuSable Museum's 'Spread the Word: The Evolution of Gospel ... '
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

Here's a look at the "Spread the Word: The Evolution of Gospel from Chicago to the World" exhibit at the DuSable Museum, which runs through May 20. A storefront church is set up as the entry into "Spread the Word! The Evolution of Gospel Music from . [more]

7:51:02 AM NY Military Museum artifacts displayed at Capitol
Wall Street Journal - USA

The curators at the New York State Military Museum in Saratoga Springs helped organize the exhibit, which located on the first floor of the Capitol, longtime home to display cases holding hundreds of Civil War battle flags. Additional Civil War banne [more]

7:51:02 AM Anchorage museum announces educational, macabre new exhibit
Alaska Dispatch - Alaska,USA

On Wednesday, the Anchorage Museum announced an exhibit that might seem more at home among the oddities of Ripley's Believe it or Not! instead of an art museum. "Body Worlds Vital," an exhibit that teaches about human anatomy by displaying real human [more]

7:51:02 AM Museum in Closter to feature art of Adlers, Holocaust survivors
NorthJersey.com

CLOSTER — The Belskie Museum of Art & Science is featuring an exhibit with Agnes and David Adler, who rose to prominence in the world of art after surviving the Holocaust in wartime Europe. The couple, who are sculptors, bring a lifetime of shared .. [more]

6:25:13 AM New museum is the cat's meow
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA

It's also the audience that most likely is to cozy up to the Feline Historical Museum, which opened this summer in downtown Alliance. Housed in a stately building that once was a bank, the museum is really about the cat's place in popular culture ... [more]

6:25:13 AM What's on display in museums and galleries
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA

"From the Collections," New York State Museum, 264 Madison Ave., Albany Cost: Free Contact: 474-5877 or http://www.nysm.nysed.gov To celebrate 175 years of adding to the scientific and historical knowledge of New York, the State Museum presents an .. [more]

4:04:50 AM Tel Aviv museum ordered to provide Arabic signs, after damning Haaretz
Ha{;}aretz - Israel

Haaretz Haaretz probe found that only about half of the 10 museums required to provide Arabic captions comply; Culture Minister Livnat says Tel Aviv Museum of Art is th only non-complying museum. By Jonathan Lis Tags: Israeli Arab Israel culture Cult [more]

2:35:10 AM Museum ready for 2012 lecture series
Aiken Standard

The height of their enjoyment was the History Museum tour, done b ... No doubt a Southern Baptist is trying to link bestiality with homosexuals in a Thursday TalkBack. And they say recorded history shows i ... We also want to thank Dr. White for her  [more]

2:35:10 AM "Dorsky Museum: Call for artists for Hudson Valley Artists"
Absolutearts.com - USA

The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art invites artists to submit proposals for its annual exhibition of work by artists from the mid Hudson Valley. This year's exhibition titled "/*Dear Mother Nature: Hudson Valley Artists 2012*/" will be organized by guest [more]

2:35:10 AM Corning Museum of Glass Expanding
WENY-TV - Elmira,NY,USA

“We are moving into the former Steuben factory to create a new and larger space,” says Karol Wight, Executive Director of the Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, Incorporated is putting $64 million dollars into the expansion. ... [more]



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