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Song of a Reformed Headhunter (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The lure was at least double. I had never visited El Museo del Barrio on upper Fifth Avenue and I did not know much about art in the Americas. The museum has just reopened after a modest makeover. I did not like the plasticky colors in its lobby and shop, both of which imitated the corporate look of better funded boutique museums. The lobby, shop and cafe space could have been given over to the art....
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NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
After a $28 million renovation, El Museo del Barrio will reopen Saturday with a free open house to debut its 10,000 square feet of new space filled with Latino art with a very strong connection to the New York City experience. “It’s a long tme coming, but we finally look like a museum,” Tony Bechara, the chairman of the board of trustees of El Museo, said Wednesday during a media...
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yawn (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
went to the angels of anarchy exhibition thursday last. thought it was very good. an all female show aiming to prove surrealism was far more than just an all-boys club. there were a lot of big names (frida kahlo and lee miller) but, also, loads of artists who i'd never heard of - and who impressed me greatly: penny slinger; leonora carrington; emila medkova and valentine penrose. slinger, in particular,...
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US Official Tabloid Gossip (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
An avid collector of art who describes her penchant for buying pieces as her "sin", Madonna obviously couldn’t let a visit to Madrid pass by without venturing into the city's famous Museo del Prado gallery. In a sign of their increasing closeness, the queen of pop was accompanied by boyfriend Jesus Luz as she relaxed after wowing fans in the Spanish capital on her Sweet and Sticky tour...
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ArtsBeat (Free subscription) | 05/21/2009
Albright-Knox Art Gallery curator Holly E. Hughes tells the curious tale of how "Self Portrait with Monkey," a 1938 painting by Frida Kahlo, came into the gallery's collection. The portrait, which was recently put on view after an extended absence, is part of the exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray," on view (at least when the gallery reopens next Wednesday)...
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Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Nickolas Muray, 1892-1965, American (b. Hungary), Frida with Olmeca Figurine, Coyoacán 1939, Carbon process print. Courtesy of the collection of the Nickolas Muray Archives. Tour Development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri.BUFFALO, NY.- An exhibition of photographs of the acclaimed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo taken by her friend and lover, the internationally renowned...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 01/31/2009
The new Whitechapel Gallery is due to open in eight weeks time, and a very fine thing it is too. Re-energised by the gallery's original remit to bring great art to the people of east London, the Whitechapel is intent on reasserting itself as the centre of one of the most vibrant artistic communities in Europe.
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