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...York art collectors Herbert and Dorothy Vogel decided to contribute 50 works of their contemporary art collection to Harvard University Arts Museums (HUAM), according to an announcement last week from the National Gallery in Washington. The contribution is part of “The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States,” an initiative to distribute 2,500 works of contemporary art to 50 selected art institutions throughout the country. The Vogels’ collection includes works of more than 170 contemporary artists. Among the artists whose works will be sent to HUAM are Michael...
...professors are hoping to incorporate three unique teaching techniques, according to Berry. He said they are considering taking students to the Museum of Comparative Biology; hosting evolution debates during section; and asking students to take samples of their own DNA to create a “human family tree...
...military officials - a fact that lead to its nickname of "the minister watch." The very first piece made was strapped upon the wrist of China's then Premier Zhou Enlai, who wore it until his death in 1976. The trusty timepiece is now on display at the National Museum of China at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. In 1964 a special edition of the A623 was released to commemorate the successful testing of China's first nuclear device...
...sculptures"--areas of blank space annotated with short, evocative written descriptions--defied the accepted notions of visual art well before such challenges became common practice among her peers. And when Eugenia Butler did explore physical media, she maintained her dedication to the provocative and at times discomfiting. My Last Museum Piece, her 2003 reprise of an original 1969 work, consisted of a huge, clear plastic ball, its interior smeared with honey and buzzing with captive flies. She suffered a brain hemorrhage...
RHINE RIVER, GERMANY Russian space shuttle Buran 002 to go on display at museum...