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10:12:02 PM It Used To Be That Only White European Males Could Make Art By Kim Eisler
Global Grind

Your favorite museum art collections are in danger of disappearing, too. In fact, art is one of the first things to go during a financial crisis. When universities and museums find themselves in the red, it is entirely legal for them to sell their [more]

9:19:25 PM Smithsonian Museum Will Host Video Game Art Exhibit in 2012
Switched

by Caleb Johnson on February 15, 2011 at 03:00 PM Despite what Roger Ebert has said about video games not being art, The Smithsonian American Art Museum in ... [more]

7:58:30 PM WCMA Partners With Yale University Art Gallery
iBerkshires.com

WCMA is one of six other college museums participating in the project. The loans and associated teaching initiatives are being funded through a grant made ... [more]

6:21:18 PM Faded Sunflowers: Why Van Gogh's Yellows Are Turning Brown
Glob smacked

Walking the halls of one of the world's great art museums, it's easy to regard familiar classic paintings as eternal and unchanging. ... [more]

4:30:08 PM Help Curate The American Art Museum's Video Game Exhibit
DCist.com

Here's something nifty: the Smithsonian American Art Museum is planning on hosting an exhibit devoted to The Art of Video Games, and it needs gamers' help ... [more]

3:47:16 PM Family-friendly museums for half-term
Guardian - UK

You can do any of these and more at Britain's great family-friendly museums. Below is the 20-strong longlist for the annual Guardian Family Friendly Museum ... [more]

1:40:42 PM Delaware North Signs Five-Year Agreement with LeMay – America's Car Museum
Hospitality 1st (press release) - Cape Coral,FL,USA

The 165000-square-foot museum, currently under construction and scheduled to open next year, will house up to 500 diverse vehicles at any given time, ... [more]

12:17:01 PM Sudan: Chairwoman of Qatari Museums Corporation to Arrive in Khartoum
AllAfrica.com - Africa

AllAfrica.com Khartoum — The Chairwoman of the Qatari Museums Corporation, Sheikha Mayassa bint Hammad bin Khalefa Al-Thani, will start Tuesday a three-day visit to ... [more]

11:57:20 AM Memorial for Carnegie today at IMS Hall of Fame Museum
Indianapolis Star - Indianapolis,IN,USA

A public memorial for Tom Carnegie, longtime voice of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is scheduled for 4:30 pm today at the IMS Hall of Fame Museum. .... [more]

10:05:03 AM New American History Museum in the Works
The Georgetown Hoya - Washington,DC,USA

A new museum focusing on national diversity may be added to the Smithsonian Institution in the District. A coalition of 131 organizations, representing over ... [more]

8:08:03 AM Arnot Art Museum ceremony honors work of young artists
Elmira Star-Gazette

Dillon Utter of Vestal Senior High School stands in front of some of his award-winning paintings Sunday at Arnot Art Museum in Elmira. ... [more]

6:05:52 AM Tut brings in loot, and a balancing act
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA

For as long as they've been coming to museums near you, these shows, which are designed to appeal to the masses, have been criticized for emphasizing .... [more]

4:59:10 AM New $2 Million Projector Creates Dazzling Display At Boston Museum
Luxist - Santa Monica,CA,USA

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) Boston's Museum of Science recently spent $9 million upgrading the Charles Hayden planetarium but the most expensive piece of ... [more]

4:06:05 AM President's budget reduces almost all cultural funding
Virginia Adds 49K New Voters in August

By Jacqueline Trescott For the proposed federal budget for fiscal 2012, released Monday, almost all of the agencies and museums that receive government ... [more]

1:39:44 AM Smithsonian gaming exhibit seeking voters
GameSpot - USA

In 2009, the Strong National Museum of Play opened up one of the largest video game museums in the country, offering more than 20000 pieces of memorabilia ... [more]

12:56:50 AM Smithsonian American Art Museum Opens Public Vote On Game-Centered Exhibit
Gamasutra - San Francisco,CA,USA

by Kyle Orland The Smithsonian American Art Museum has invited the public to vote on which examples of video game visuals will be displayed at an upcoming "Art of Video Games" exhibit. A voting web site unveiled today allows registered users to vo [more]



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