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News From Thursday, May 27, 2010
10:07:47 PM Phillips de Pury Wants to Make a Big Splash
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

And museums keep rolling out shows devoted to him because audiences never seem to tire of him. In October the Seattle Art Museum is presenting “Picasso: ... [more]

9:17:02 PM WWII plane in San Diego lake could rise again
The Associated Press

The work could begin within a few weeks with the goal of eventually displaying the plane in the National Naval Aviation Museum in Florida. ... [more]

7:50:16 PM Free museum admission for military
Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA

Beginning Monday, admission to more than 600 museums — including three in Rhode Island — will be free for active members of the military and their ... [more]

6:41:00 PM Another Summer, Another Search for a Museum Director
Washington City Paper - Washington,DC,USA

In the past few years, the District's art museums and organizations have experienced a high rate of turnover for their top jobs, especially at high-profile ... [more]

5:51:57 PM Monster Mash: Rome gets its first contemporary art museum; Corcoran
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Los Angeles Times (blog) Fresh image: The MAXXI contemporary art museum -- designed by Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid -- will open in Rome this weekend as part of Italy's attempt ... [more]

4:47:52 PM The Art Scene
East Hampton Star - East Hampton,NY,USA

He is represented in the permanent collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum. .... [more]

3:59:24 PM "Silvery boa" museum brings contemporary art to Rome
Reuters UK - UK

The coiled, concrete 27000 square metre structure -- dubbed "the silvery boa" -- houses two museums, MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture, as well as spaces for ... [more]

2:21:44 PM New contemporary art and architecture museum to open in
FOX News - USA

AP ROME (AP) — A huge museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by ... [more]

1:34:28 PM Free museum admission for military families
AP Top News at 4:38 pm EDT

CHICAGO - From Memorial Day to Labor Day, 600 museums across the country are offering *free* admission to active-duty military personnel and their families. ... [more]

12:41:50 PM Creationism has a place in our museum
Belfast Telegraph - Belfast,UK

.... is surely right to propose that the creation model of human origins be treated with appropriate respect in the excellently refurbished Ulster Museum. ... [more]

10:22:38 AM Museums' space shuttle race
Straits Times

WASHINGTON - US MUSEUMS are wasting no time in jostling to showcase the three retiring space shuttles after Atlantis touched down on Earth this week, ... [more]

9:50:23 AM Contemporary Art Museum to Open in Rome
ABC News - United States

AP A huge museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens its doors in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by ... [more]

8:50:48 AM Kimbell Art Museum's new pavilion to echo its celebrated home
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA

By SCOTT CANTRELL / The Dallas Morning News That's the task the Kimbell Art Museum gave the renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, whose credits include ... [more]

6:31:34 AM Museums chief slams Northern Ireland 'interference'
Belfast Telegraph - Belfast,UK

A source close to the minister accused museums chiefs of trying to "airbrush" history. But Mark Taylor, director of the Museums Association, said it was not ... [more]

4:56:28 AM Telfair Museums offer free admission to military, families as part of ...
Savannah Morning News

And the collection of 30 images is only one example of myriad works on display in more than 600 museums across the country and - beginning Memorial Day ... [more]

3:26:58 AM HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND GARDENS' JUNE PROGRAMS
Daily News Transcript - Needham,MA,USA

By Maryjean Cannata Heritage Museums and Gardens is located at 67 Grove St., Sandwich. Call 508-888-3300, e-mail info@heritagemuseums.org or visit .... [more]

2:02:34 AM Budget forces Seattle Art Museum to close for 2 weeks next year
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

Seattle Art Museum announced it is closing for two weeks next year, cutting staff and instituting a furlough in an effort to balance its budget. ... [more]

12:58:30 AM Two Architects Have a Meeting of the Minds at a Texas Museum
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

A rendering of the lobby in Renzo Piano's ethereal glass addition to Kimbell Art Museum, a Louis Kahn masterpiece of Modern architecture, in Fort Worth. ... [more]

12:56:21 AM Museums offer free summer admission to military personnel
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

The Health Museum began its program Monday. The complete list of Blue Star Museums is at www.arts.gov. Local museums that already offer free year-round ... [more]



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