The San Antonio-based Mora imbues his subjects with the levity and humor of everyday life of the typical Mexican-American.
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Two strange things occurred in the past week in Picasso world. First, new science has helped to discover the history of the making of a well-known painting. Secondly, a Picasso…
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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced that former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have selected the artists who will paint their portraits for its Portrait Gallery’s…
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Every spring, museum professionals and lawyers get together at a conference called “Legal Issues in Museum Administration,” organized by the American Law Institute and cosponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. This…
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An Overview of the New National Museum of African American History and Culture
by Glasstireby GlasstireEarlier this week, the New York Times published a beautiful article about the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture. The museum, which has been in the works for…
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum is heading a group of 14 museums across the country, The American Art Collaborative (AAC), to build a new humongous online art database, after receiving…
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The Smithsonian recently launched an online beta site called Smithsonian X 3D, with 3D models of more than 20 artifacts from its vast collection. Visitors to the site can now…
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A large sculptural installation by San Antonio/New York artist Franco Mondini-Ruiz has recently been acquired for the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The work…
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Crowdsourcing Museums: Can Big Donors, Curatorial Decisions, and Individual Artists Be Replaced?
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonNo one knew what it was until 2006, but now, everyone is getting in on it, even Texas museums.
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Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan at the Meadows Museum
by Betsy Lewisby Betsy LewisIs it okay to look at stolen objects? Can advanced technology assuage the guilt of looking at stolen objects? How about the guilt of exhibiting them? The University of Chicago…
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Odessa Iron: first Smithsonian loan to Nöel Art Museum unveiled, Tobolowsky’s West Texas art blitz begins!
The Ellen Nöel Art Museum in Odessa, made a Smithsonian affiliate last year, is receiving its first shipment of art from the Washington D.C.-based national museum: Upright Leaf Forms (1957)…
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Lee Rosenbaum’s Culturegrrl blog reports that an unnamed conservative congressman went to bat for the Smithsonian’s right to show A Fire in My Belly by David Wojnarowicz, relieving some of…