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In another giant leap for art online, Google has released Art Project, a collaboration with a group of 17 international art museums, including New York's own Metropolitan and Museum of Modern Art, to put their collections online. But this isn't just a rehash of some online slideshow. Museums partici
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For the first time in more than 25 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will display five of its original Autochromes by Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz for one week only — January 25-30, 2011 — as part of the exhibition Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand.
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The Metropolitan is really hitting hard with its new media efforts lately, coming out with an interesting project in conjunction with its Lod mosaic exhibition, as well as a new presentation called “Connections,” an online series of photo slideshows with audio featuring museum staff giving short pre
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A new Roman mosaic on view at the Metropolitan might have been used for an entertaining parlor, but its imagery is anything but peaceful. Excavated in Lod, Israel, the 300 A.D. mosaic is thought to be from the home of a wealthy Roman, installed in a room that would have been used for hosting guests.
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This fall is a great time to be in New York. The always interesting Teri Tynes over at Walking Off the Big Apple has compiled a select (but extensive) list of New York museum shows this fall. There’s a lot to see and do and here are some we’re really looking forward to …
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It’s summer in New York and the focus of the city’s art fans shifts to museums as many stage large tourist-friendly shows and turn up the air conditioning during the sweltering months. Visiting the museums I encounter people — often tourists — who discuss art with refreshingly unfiltered opinions ab
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... Florida's Dail Museum needs money to complete its new building ... a woman fell into a Rose Period Picasso last Friday at the Met and ignited some of the funniest blog comments I've ever read on a New York Times blog (don't worry, both the woman & the Picasso will be fine) ... Toronto's Art Gall