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News From Saturday, July 02, 2011
11:12:33 PM Helmut Newton Exhibit Set to Open
ABC News - United States

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston said in a news release that "Helmut Newton: White Women, Sleepless Nights, Big Nudes" is the first large-scale US exhibition of Newton's work. The exhibit takes its name from the titles of the first three books: "Whit [more]

11:12:33 PM Interior design: Sale on museum-approved goods at MoMa Design Store
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

By Kimberly L. Jackson/The Star-Ledger MoMA Design Store, the Museum of Modern Art's showcase of uncommon goods for home, gifts, accessories and more is having a summer sale. Starting July 7, the MoMA Design Store will offer an additional 10 percent  [more]

11:12:33 PM M Shed Bristol Museum / LAB Architecture Studio
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA

By Megan Jett | July 2, 2011 6:23 PM EDT The new Museum of Bristol, M-Shed, is positioned on the waterfront adjacent to the city's commercial centre and emerging cultural and leisure facilities. M-Shed completes the regeneration of the city's histori [more]

9:11:12 PM Museum project may be a mix-up
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition) - Atlanta,GA,USA

By Johnny Edwards The project ranks high on north Fulton leaders' gripe list — a $5 million museum at Fulton County Airport-Charlie Brown Field honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, the World War II black fighter squadron, which has no direct tie to the ... [more]

8:53:12 PM Bike parking near downtown museums?
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA

I walked my bike all around the whole plaza area from Mission Street around the Contemporary Jewish and Folk Art Museums and up and down Yerba Buena Lane--no bike racks anywhere! Here's a guy who looks like he was wondering the same thing. ... [more]

7:24:12 PM Helmut Newton exhibit set to open Sunday
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA

The exhibit opening Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston includes all of the photographs from his first three books. More than 200 photographs from the books will be on display through Sept. 25. The museum said in a news release that "Helmut .. [more]

6:12:19 PM Gulfquest maritime museum site plagued by flooding (Photo gallery)
The Birmingham News - al.com - Birmingham,AL,USA

By Robert McClendon, Press-Register Enlarge Mike Kittrell Construction of the future GulfQuest maritime museum, which could cost upward of $52 million, continues Friday, June 24, 2011, in downtown Mobile, Alabama. James Adams of Hoar Program Manageme [more]

5:16:52 PM 'Thomas' the T. rex ready for his closeup at Natural History Museum
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

The 34-foot-tall Tyrannosaurus rex stands lethal and massive at the new Dinosaur Hall of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, jagged teeth bared into a snarl. He looks ready to swoop over and swallow you whole. But behind this gigantic . [more]

3:33:58 PM Museum of Mathematics Coming to NY Next Year
NY Convergence

Glen Whitney is opening his Museum of Mathematics, or “MoMath,” in NY next year, hoping to help people discover a love and understanding of mathematics. He told The New York Times, “We want to expose the breadth and the beauty of mathematics. ... [more]

2:43:31 PM “Pieces of History”: Quilts as History, Folk Art & More at Montclair ...
April

By Carol Selman | Email the author | 9:00am Hand pieced and sewn quilts burst onto the art scene in a big way at the legendary 1971 Whitney Museum of Art exhibit “Abstract Design in American Quilts.” No one has ever thought about historic quilts as . [more]

2:43:31 PM Remembering the first from Wisconsin to spill blood during the Civil War
Wisconsin State Journal

Evan Usher, a UW-Madison student and intern at the Wisconsin Veterans' Museum, explores an interactive history of the Civil War at the museum's new Civil War exhibit that opens Saturday. Falling Waters today is a community in northern West Virginia.  [more]

1:44:19 PM Vatican Returns to Profit but Donations Down
ABC News - United States

The separately administered Vatican city state also turned a euro21.04 million ($30.6 million) profit, thanks primarily to booming ticket sales at the Vatican Museums. But donations from individuals worldwide, the so-called Peter's Pence, ... [more]

9:40:39 AM The Tangier museum offers unique look at island
Delaware Coast Press - Rehoboth Beach,DE,USA

TANGIER -- Artist Debra Howard arrived on Tangier in August on her 44-foot-long sailboat with the goal to complete one painting of the island each day for a year in her new position as the Tangier History Museum's artist-in residence. ... [more]

9:40:39 AM Arab museum offers tales of young Arabs since 9/11
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA

AP A weekend reception at Dearborn's Arab American National Museum kicks off a monthlong exhibit featuring stories and photos by middle school students chronicling life as the 10th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks approaches. ... [more]

8:59:06 AM Colorado fossil diggers at Snowmass site pack up bones so dam can be built
Denver Post

Many of the fossils will remain in Denver, but some could travel to other museums for temporary exhibits. The entire project, including some public-outreach efforts and the construction of a small museum in Snowmass Village, will cost about $1 millio [more]

8:23:31 AM Funding cut prompts layoffs at museum
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA

By Pierre Bertrand As the result of a $448000, or 25 percent, cut in state funding, eight people will be laid off from the museum, which specializes in exploring Texas' history from pre-history to modern day. Institutions relying on state funding ... [more]

6:02:37 AM The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)
E-Flux - New York,NY,USA

The Museum of Contemporary Art is pleased to announce Los Angeles Urban Rangers as the summer 2011 participants in Engagement Party, MOCA's program presenting new works by innovative Southern California–based artist collectives. ... [more]

5:08:41 AM Barnes art collection nears final days at old home
Reuters - NY,USA

Workmen are still busy constructing the Barnes' new, modern building in an area of Philadelphia known as Center City that is home to government offices, shops, museums and open-air spaces modeled after the Champs-Elysees in Paris. ... [more]

3:43:11 AM Signs of life in Chicago's tourism industry this summer
Chicago Sun-Times

“We could have easily stayed another week, (because) we didn't get to any of the museums, parks, (or) observation decks that we'd like to see,” said Joel Fuller, “but we'll just have to save those for the next trip.” [more]

2:25:29 AM A Welcome Mat? Not Always
New York Times - New York,NY,USA

THRONGS Visitors to the Ellis Island museum arriving by ferry. It's a feel-good trip for most people, a chance for a picture with the Giant Lady From France, maybe a little research in the family history center at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. [more]

2:09:15 AM A museum curator's job isn't easy
DL-Online - Detroit Lakes,MN,USA

The curator's basic problem: How do you pull together pieces of junk in a way that tells a story easily understood by the thousands of schoolchildren and tourists from around the world who pour through the museums each day? Once you've decided which  [more]

1:19:57 AM 'Soul Train' artifacts at Smithsonian's Museum of African American History
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

The event celebrating a donation of artifacts from the popular 1970s-era TV show to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture had, appropriately, turned into a dance party. A man in brown dress socks and white Converse [more]



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