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...Even since 1998, Harvard museums have found it difficult to display modern and contemporary art. Both Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums Thomas W. Lentz and HUAM spokesperson Daron Manoogian cite the previous lack of suitable spaces for contemporary art as the main reason behind this difficulty. The new building across the river promises to resolve the problem of ill-suited facilities...
...Based on the pieces on display, the artists appear to be proponents of the motto “Modernization without Westernization,” exploring new techniques and styles from foreign cultures within the context of the classical Chinese foundation. Many of the points of divergence are so subtle that some previous knowledge of Chinese landscape art is necessary, though the labels go a long way towards helping those who lack this expertise...
...Reader is about the size of a trade paperback, though thinner, and instead of a liquid-crystal display, its 6-in. screen uses E-Ink technology. Each of its finely packed pixels can be white or black but they don't shimmer or emit any light, so the experience is eerily like looking at paper, high in contrast and relaxing on the eye. The tradeoff is that E-Ink can't yet refresh fast enough to show video, and even scrolling or zooming is a complicated business, but that's not the purpose of the Reader. Even without a backlight...
...masterminds, the shows are a way to feature high fashion in a place that’s sorely lacking it, display outfits from across the pond, and even get a rise out of the audience. To others, though, the shows boil down to one word: entertainment...
...special allure for American expatriate writers, artists and composers. But throughout the late 19th century, a particularly high concentration of great American painters - including Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler and Mary Cassatt - passed through the City of Light. From Oct. 24-Jan. 18, their labors will be on display in "Americans in Paris, 1860-1900" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The 100 oil paintings by 37 mostly Impressionist painters have already wowed crowds and critics in both London and Boston. The exhibit ranges from portraits to cityscapes to glimpses into the studio life. Cassatt...