Word: exhibit
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...past 40 years or so, because of a lengthy series of Supreme Court rulings, the tide has generally favored the separationists. In this nation of spiritual paradoxes, it is legal to hang a picture in a public exhibit of a crucifix submerged in urine, or to utter virtually any conceivable blasphemy in a public place; it is not legal, the federal courts have ruled, to mention God reverently in a classroom, on a football field or at a commencement ceremony as part of a public prayer...
Gaskell's responsibilities include deciding which works to exhibit, ensuring the maintenance of art-work, overseeing the acquisition of new works and supervising research and interpretation, Cuno said...
Ansel Adams: The Early Years answers this critique by showcasing Adams's 1920's and 1930's photographs. Given Adams' later works, many of the ironic and unsettling photographs presented in this exhibit are surprising. At any rate, Ansel Adams: The Early Years succeeds both in demonstrating the evolution of Adams's style and in introducing new perspectives on his other works...
...This exhibit contains other surprises. One finds numerous examples of Adams representing "low" subjects. A series of shipwreck scenes and prints of anchors indicate that these forms received as much attention as the exalted landscapes at this point in Adams's career...
...third feature slated for the first issue will be an examination of the Fogg Art Museum's recent modern art exhibit, which is on display in honor of President Neil Rudenstine and his wife...