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Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" goes back on display this week for the first time since it was stolen four years ago but has suffered permanent damage, museum officials said Wednesday. Masked gunmen stole the work and another Munch masterpiece, "Madonna," in a brazen daylight raid on the...
PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Source: NASA HQ - Comments WASHINGTON -- A traveling art exhibition featuring 73 works by some of America's leading artists has been organized by the Smithsonian Institution to honor NASA's 50th birthday. "NASA | ART 50 Years of Exploration"...
Museo Alameda Presents 'Mexico at the Museo' Museo Alameda Presents 'Mexico at the Museo'SAN ANTONIOTX-MUSEO-ALAMEDA SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Museo Alameda ' the nation's largest Latino museum and first formal Smithsonian affiliate ' announces the creation of 'Mexico at the Museo,' a...
Officials at the Science Museum of Minnesota expected a crush of calls today from people wanting to get tickets for its summer exhibit, "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination." And they got them. Ticket sales for the traveling show featuring 80 costumes, models, and props from all six "Star...
Architects Scott Johnson FAIA and William H. Fain, Jr. FAIA will receive the Gold Medal -- the highest honor presented to individuals and given by the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles (AIA/LA) for their design contributions to the profession of architecture.
Rob Tornoe is the award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Press of Atlantic City and the New York Observer's PoliticsNJ. A member of The American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and a grad of the prestigious Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Rob distributes his political...
Every two years, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City mounts an exhibition of new art made in the U.S. The show aims to survey contemporary art's newest trends and methods. Not surprisingly, given its influence on young artists and art markets, the result is often controversial....
WASHINGTON (AFP) - More than 200 ancient artifacts from Afghanistan, many of which were believed lost to posterity as the country was rocked by decades of war, this week begin a tour of US museums with an exhibition at Washington's National Gallery. "The artifacts that we have gathered for this...
After 35 years of service in directors’ offices in museums across the country, including nearly a decade of visionary leadership at the Dallas Museum of Art , Director John R. Lane is retiring at the end of May 2008. During his tenure at the Dallas Museum of Art, Dr. Lane has invigorated the...
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Tuesday lamented the fact that the Chai museum, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, is not yet fully playing the role for which it was designed, which is to preserve the history of the national liberation struggle.
