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News From Monday, June 28, 2010
8:43:06 PM London's Science Museum Refreshes Identity
Design Taxi - NYC,USA

The Science Museum in London have on 24 June unveiled a new identity and logo, designed by London-based design studio johnson banks. ... [more]

7:47:13 PM Chinese modernist painter Wu Guanzhong dies at 90
The Associated Press

Wu Keyu said that was why his father insisted on donating his best works to public museums instead of selling them. In 2008, Wu Guanzhong donated 113 oil ... [more]

6:32:33 PM Museum receives pre-Nazi swastika quilt
United Press International

GREELEY, Colo., June 28 (UPI) -- The organization behind a Colorado town's museums said a recently donated swastika-covered quilt was made around 1900, ... [more]

5:36:05 PM Police seize stolen Caravaggio, make arrests
The Associated Press

BERLIN — A Caravaggio painting stolen from a museum in Ukraine two years ago was recovered by police as four men tried to sell it in Berlin, official said ... [more]

4:06:39 PM Close Examination: Fakes, mistakes and discoveries at the National Gallery,
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK

Telegraph.co.uk It is a riposte to the mistaken belief that museums have anything to gain by hiding the true status of the art they own. As the downgrading in this show of ... [more]

3:01:58 PM BP's Tate sponsorship a 'stain' on the arts
Environmental Data Interactive - UK

A leading professional organisation for people working in the sustainable water industry is demanding museums and galleries turn their back on BP's millions ... [more]

1:52:58 PM Chris Brown's Michael Jackson Tribute; Seattle Art Museum Downsizes; El
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA

Wall Street Journal (blog) [Speakeasy] Seattle Museum Money Problems: In an effort to get out of the red, the Seattle Art Museum has announced plans to shutter for two weeks and ... [more]

12:36:27 PM Detroit museum set to sell Custer battle flag
Palladium-Item - Richmond,IN,USA

Rose Fowler Riedel sold the flag to what then was the Detroit Museum of Art in June 1895 for $54 -- $50 came from a board member and $4 was raised in a .... [more]

10:26:19 AM Museums must appeal to the heart
Guardian - UK

Britain's great museums and galleries are booming. Visitor numbers are substantially up. The received wisdom is that, strapped for cash as many of us feel, ... [more]

8:37:03 AM Forrest Dunn leaves museum with a bang
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA

Dunn, who served as museum director for almost 12 years, retires Wednesday. He was honored Sunday during a party for more than 100 by Friends of the Museum. ... [more]

7:18:49 AM Swastika quilt donated to Greeley Museums is quirk of history
Denver Post

By Monte Whaley Erin Quinn, Greeley Museums manager, talks about a swastika quilt that a Briggsdale family donated late last year. The quilt was made around ... [more]

5:17:43 AM Stuhr Museum offers fee admission to active military
Grand Island Independent - Grand Island,NE,USA

Stuhr Museum has joined the Blue Star Museums program, which offers free admission to all active-duty military personnel and their families now through ... [more]

4:53:59 AM Decades of Art by Women at the Long Beach Museum of Art
Art Daily - Eastport,Maine,USA

The Long Beach Museum of Art is presenting the grand finale of its 60th Anniversary celebration with A Light in the Shadow – Decades of Art by Women. ... [more]

1:35:47 AM Wu Guanzhong, Chinese Artist, Dies at 90
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

He donated dozens of paintings to the Hong Kong Museum of Art, adding to a collection of previous gifts. In a last gesture Friday, he added five more ink ... [more]



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