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...says Maygene Daniels, chief of gallery archives at the National Gallery of Art.Brown’s most well-known exhibitions include “Treasures of Tutankhamen” in 1977, “Treasure Houses of Britain” in 1985, and “Circa 1492: Art in the Age of Exploration,” a 500th anniversary show of Columbus’ 1492 voyage and Brown’s final accomplishment as the Gallery’s director.In organizing these exhibitions, Brown paid acute attention to detail and respected each person’s contribution...
...Warhol's muse. And taking inspiration from his work, Levi's just launched a Warhol Factory X line of ultrapremium jeans, tops and jackets at Barneys and Fred Segal. "Andy's probably clapping his hands somewhere," says photographer David McCabe, who followed Warhol around for an entire year circa 1964. "This is exactly what he planned. He was very calculated...
...photograph from the sleepy suburb of Belmont, Mass., circa 1963 shows two people who would later be famous, although nobody had any idea at the time. One is a tiny baby sitting in his mother's lap. The other is a smiling, tough-looking, pompadoured fellow standing behind her. The baby would grow up to be Sebastian Junger, the mega-selling author of The Perfect Storm, the true story of a fishing boat lost at sea. The smiling guy was a handyman named Albert DeSalvo. History would come to know him as the Boston Strangler...
...million. Founder Paul Budnitz is a bit of a misfit in toyland, but his outsider aesthetic won Kidrobot admirers from the worlds of art, fashion and nightlife. "Paul Budnitz is the Warhol of this generation," says Peter Gatien, a New York nightclub promoter whose new Toronto spot, Circa, will devote an entire floor to Kidrobot's trademark vinyl figure, Dunny. "He's so brilliant, he's scary--in a good way." Just like his toys...
...Hayden Planetarium hosts “Laser Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon.” In this planetarium, stars are heard instead of seen. Laser Floyd gets off to a slow start, when images of cash registers—probably borrowed from clip art circa 1994—spin around the planetarium dome to the strains of “Money.” Just as FM and friends are about to pack up our saltwater taffy and leave, neon lights and spirals fill the dome and attack. The mesmerizing, synchronized patterns pain the eyes...