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10 hrs ago | CultureMap

Big change at MFAH: Rich Kinder elected new chairman of renowned museum's board

It comes as no surprise to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston observers that today the board of trustees unanimously elected Rich Kinder, a life trustee, as its new chairman.

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19 hrs ago | Channelnewsasia.com

Installation by renowed artist Lee Mingwei to open at Peranakan Museum

Visitors to the Peranakan Museum will soon have a smashing time -- with a new installation by internationally renowned artist Lee Mingwei.

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Related Topix: Arts, Yale University, Taiwan, World News

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Art Daily

Michaan's Auctions Fine Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts and Jewelry sale a success

Michaan's Auctions series of fine sales for the year 2013 began with an offering of American and European furniture and decorative arts, fine arts and jewelry.

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Related Topix: Watches, Dallas, TX

BiZBash Event Style News

Boston Gala Gets Global Inspiration

At the Unicef Children's Champion Award Dinner on June 10, guests partook in a family-style celebration at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts .

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Greenville News

Boston's 'Masterpieces of Landscape' opens at Greenville museum

The famed American artists of the Hudson River School created far more than mere pretty paintings of landscapes.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, Boston Travel, Arts, Painting

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Farmington Daily Times

Farmington Museum features local artists in Handmade Fine Arts Show

As Farmington Museum director Bart Wilsey was preparing for the Adventure in the Arts exhibit -- a show that will feature famous artists such as Andy Warhol -- he started to wonder how the museum could showcase local artists at the same time.

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Related Topix: Arts, Farmington, NM, Painting, Albuquerque, NM

Art Daily

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts opens exhibition of works by American artist Dale Chihuly

From June 8 to October 20, 2013 the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents the artwork of the incomparable American artist Dale Chihuly.

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Related Topix: Arts, Life, Hobbies, Crafts

WHIO

Springs museum showcases the works of Bunnell

For instance, "Contrasts" is one of his early pieces from 1928. Pikes Peak looms largely in the background, in hues of purple and green, and in the foreground, a row of houses decorates the spacious fields.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting, Colorado Springs, CO, Travel

St. Petersburg Times

St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts undergoing renovation

Gone soon will be the drab linen wall coverings and stained carpets that muted the beauty of the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.

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Related Topix: Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Fri Jun 14, 2013

The London Free Press

Art, people combine to light up downtown

Artists Jennifer Martin, Peter Lebel and James Kirkpatrick hang out in Kirkpatrick's loft while they plan what they'll do at the Vanity House site during London's Nuit Blanche.

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Related Topix: Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Canada, Arts, Cinema

St. Petersburg Times

Last chance to see Pearlstein exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts

If you haven't seen "Philip Pearlstein's People, Places, Things" at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, go very soon.

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Related Topix: Arts, St. Petersburg, FL

Knoxville News Sentinel

15th annual Lavender Festival set for Saturday in OR

It's a celebration of herbs, it's in its 15th year, and it's in the original heart of this formerly secret city.

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Related Topix: Arts, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Home Gardening, Home, Oak Ridge, TN, Sports

This Is Leicestershire

Ian unveils his timeless art in park

A group of new sculptures has been unveiled at a Charnwood beauty spot as part of a project to help budding artists bloom.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

SeacoastOnline

York County Coast Star calendar of events

A vintage poster for "The General" , a silent comedy/drama starring Buster Keaton and set during the Civil War.

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Related Topix: York County, ME, War Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, The General, Buster Keaton, Arts, Ogunquit, ME, Kennebunk, ME

The Day

Ukrainian life in academic paintings by Kornylo Ustyianovych

Kornylo Ustyianovych, son of a Galician priest, Ukrainian Russophile writer and public figure, one of the founders and leaders of the "Enlightenment" society Mykola Ustyianovych, was born on September 22, 1839 in the village of Vovche near Lviv.

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Russia Beyond the Headlines

Major Pre-Raphaelite exhibition opens in Moscow

The Pre-Raphaelites exhibition "Victorian Avant-Garde" at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts includes paintings from the Tate Gallery in London and works from private collections in in Britain and the United States.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Austin Chronicle

Day Trips

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , exhibit, "Faking it: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop" debunks the adage that "the camera never lies," but supports the idea that "a picture is worth a thousand words."

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Related Topix: Arts, Photography, Brady, TX

Art Daily

Bill Traylor's iconic works of art go on view at American Folk Art Museum in New York

Drawings by self-taught artist Bill Traylor, one of the most iconic 20th century American artists, are on view at the American Folk Art Museum , 2 Lincoln Square in New York City, from June 11 through September 22, 2013.

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Related Topix: us Travel, North America Travel, Travel, New York City Travel, Arts, Alabama

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Bay Guardian

Dede Wilsey re-elected prez of Fine Arts Museums board with little fanfare

At a quarterly meeting on June 6, Diane "Dede" Wilsey was summarily re-elected as president of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco .

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Related Topix: Arts, San Francisco, CA, Photography

The Reporter

Tom Lidtke to retire from Museum of Wisconsin Art

Serving in an emeritus capacity since November 2012, Lidtke's last official day at the museum was Friday, June 7. As executive director since 1982, Lidtke led the museum through changes in its 51-year history, including the launch of the $9.3-million-capital project that led to the recent opening of the new museum building located on Veterans ... (more)

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, West Bend, WI, Arts, Milwaukee, WI