Word: exhibitions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contributions to quantum physics by raising questions that are still playing a pivotal role in the modern development of the theory. Shortly after devising general relativity, he showed that photons have momentum, and he came up with a quantum theory of radiation explaining that all subatomic particles, including electrons, exhibit characteristics of both wave and particle...
...last the one-sided concept of modern art has been breached, with news that an exhibit of Norman Rockwell's representational work [ART, Dec. 6] will appear at New York City's Guggenheim Museum, the stronghold of "nonobjective art." I suspect that for a short while we will experience some fireworks between the opposing sides of the contemporary art scene. I suggest that museums have two curators, each expressing one side of the polarized modern-art controversy. They could compete by means of the artworks each chooses and engage in lively debates. Only then will people have an opportunity...
...preparation for a possible apocalypse, Houghton Library is currently running an exhibit called "TEOTWAWKI: Futuristic Visions in Houghton's Collections...
According to exhibit curator Karen Nipps, senior rare book cataloguer in Houghton, she planned this exhibit at the last minute due to an opening in the exhibit calendar...
...which conveys an excitement and a curiosity that makes these paintings successful. To see this experimental quality combined with the facility of an artist who really knows how to paint, how to exploit her medium and make oil paint do things you never thought it could do, makes this exhibit relevant, important and pleasurable to behold...