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...Harvard Art Museum announced the successful completion of its campaign to raise money for permanently funding its department of American Art on Friday...
...raising $10.5 million, the museum surpassed its original goal by $500,000, museum officials said in a press release...
Stebbins has served as the head curator of American art at the University since its inception in 2002. In the past eight years, Stebbins has acquired 96 new pieces for the museum, including notable works by Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O’Keefe, Joseph Stella, and Arthur Dove...
Arts and Crafts. The Museum of Arts & Design, formerly known as the American Craft Museum, has found a new home on Columbus Circle in New York City. The museum has 250 pieces in its permanent collection - everything from Arts and Crafts furniture to teapots and 1940s jewelry. The museum's first temporary exhibition, Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, features a jacket made out of dog tags and a dress made out of rubber gloves. If it all sounds a little mad to you, at least check out the building, designed by Portland, Ore.-based architect Brad Cloepfil. 2 Columbus Circle...
...According to Las Vegas Sands' original proposal, the project, which is scheduled to open late next year, would include 2,500 hotel rooms, 1.2 million square feet of convention and exhibition space, an art and science museum, various theatrical venues, as well as a trio of linked marina-facing botanical gardens. Using the iconic structure as its main attraction, Singapore - which in September hosted the first Formula One Grand Prix race to be held at night - aims to double tourism arrivals to 17 million annually and triple its tourism receipts. "There is no doubt in my mind the Singapore government...