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...current Prints and Privileges: Regulating the Print in Sixteenth Century Italy show at the Fogg is not one to be raced through. It requires concentration. You have to be, unlike me, willing to read all of the fine print. My first time visiting the exhibit, I walked through the hallway and one room a bit confused. I could not ascertain what the thread was that linked these varied Renaissance prints together. I was totally oblivious to the point being made...
...have described the historical aspect of the prints in order to illustrate the dearth of the exhibit. That is to say, the appeal of this exhibit is not the quality of the prints as artistic creations, but within the context they were created and the meaning they had for the time period. To call most of these prints "superb works of art" would be the same as placing the Marlboro Man ads in the upper regions of artistic greatness. The two, after all, were displayed in similar places. We do not proclaim a political cartoon a masterpiece; rather...
Venture out to the Museum of Fine Arts exhibit, "Monet in the 20th Century" today through December 27 for a glimpse of the artist's later creations. Water-lilies and landscapes abound in this collection of paintings and murals, as well as Impressionism. Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Wednesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., $10, $8 for seniors and students...
...already experiencing sensory overload from the hoards of Princess Di Barbie Dolls and made for TV movies soon to invade your tube with thrice-regurgitated versions of the Paris accident...no? ...really?...then you might be one of the millions planning to pay homage at "Dresses for Humanity: An Exhibition of the Dresses of Diana, Princess of Wales." The American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Mass is the lucky host of Di's famous garments which are projected to generate $100 million in donations for various chartities spanning the globe. The exhibit runs through Jan. 1st. Tickets...
VINCENT VAN GOGH Crowds pack D.C.'s National Museum of Art to see exhibit of his masterpieces...