Kandinsky at the Guggenheim

September 18, 2009- January 10, 2010 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Kandinsky at the Guggenheim is the most comprehensive exhibit of the paintings of the founder of Abstraction ever put together. Drawing from the three museums with the richest store of Kandinsky paintings; the Lenbachhaus in Munich, the Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Guggenheim in New York, the 95 paintings assembled represent the most important large format works of Kandinsky’s career. This is a once and a life time opportunity to see, under one roof, the full development of Kandinsky as both the pioneer and main theorist of abstraction.

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Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

May 20, 2009 Through August 16, 2009 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City
Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will be the only stop in America for this comprehensive exhibit featuring 70 paintings, 19 drawings and 64 archival items from Francis Bacon’s dismantled studio. According to the Artprice, Francis Bacon now ranks third after Picasso and Warhol in auction turnover rankings. Highly sought after by collectors, Francis Bacon’s paintings break records at auction.

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King Tut at the De Young Museum San Francisco

On November 26, 1922, Lord Carnarvon stood behind Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter as he peered into the tomb of the unknown Pharaoh Tutankhamun. According to Howard Carter himself, he was struck dumb with amazement and unable to speak, strange animals, statues and gold, everywhere the glint of gold, finally Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer asked Carter, “Do you see anything?” to which Carter replied, “Yes, wonderful things.” Now you can view these same wonderful things belonging to King Tut at the de Young Museum in the exhibit, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs June 27, 2009 through March 28, 2010.

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Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities at the Norton Museum of Art

January 24- May 3, 2009 Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities
Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities at the Norton Museum of Art brings together two iconic American artists famous for there visions of the west. Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams met in 1929 at the famous salon of Mabel Dodge Lujan in Taos, New Mexico and continued a sometimes tumultuous friendship until their deaths in the 1980’s. Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities bring together 40 Georgia O’Keefe paintings and 54 Ansel Adams photographs.

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The Portuguese Water Dog

Portuguese Water Dogs, PWD, or Porties, once faced extinction with only 25 known dogs. Today, this breed is as popular as ever. Recent notoriety has come with the choice of a Portuguese Water Dog as a possible resident in Obama’s Whitehouse. This loveable breed has found fame at the sideof Senator Ted Kennedy and in his children’s book, My Senator and Me featuring Senator Kennedy’s Portuguese Water Dog, Splash. It is believed the Portuguese Water Dog existed in pre-Christian times, there were severe penalties for anyone who killed a water dog during this period . The first written evidence of the Portuguese Water Dog according to the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America, is the description left by a monk writing in 1297 about a dying Irish sailor brought out of the sea by a Portuguese Water Dog.

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Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice is the first major exhibit focusing on the artistic rivalry of the three great painters of 16th century Venice. Venice was one of the largest and and richest cities in Europe in the 16th century, this great wealth led to a steady demand for paintings which sowed the seeds of innovation and competition amongst the great renaissance artists of Venice. Although Titian was 40 years of age when Veronese was born, four decades of artistic achievement overlap between the artists, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese. The exhibit, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice, group paintings by these artists according to format, style and subject mater. The juxtaposition of these paintings demonstrates how these artists were influenced by one another and how they used their paintings as critiques.

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King Tut at the Dallas Museum of Art

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs Through May 17, 2009 Dallas Museum of Art
On November 26, 1922, Lord Carnarvon stood behind Archaeologist and Egyptologist Howard Carter as he peered into the tomb of the unknown Pharaoh Tutankhamun. According to Howard Carter himself, he wasKing Tut at the Dallas Museum of Art
Neigborhood: Downtown and Deep Ellum
Dallas, TX 75201
United States of Americastruck dumb with amazement and unable to speak, strange animals, statues and gold, everywhere the glint of gold, finally Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer asked Carter, “Do you see anything?” to which Carter replied, “Yes, wonderful things.” Now you can view these same wonderful things belonging to King Tut at the Dallas Museum of Art exhibit, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs through May 17, 2009.

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Warhol Live at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh

Andy Warhol Museum, Warhol Live Exhibit June10th to September 15th 2009
Imagine yourself stepping into the hushed and hallowed halls of the Andy Warhol Museum and hearing ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ over loud speakers. You look around to make sure you are in the right plWARHOL LIVE at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Neigborhood: Northside, Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
United States of Americaace and are not hearing things, when you spot Elvis, on the wall, you see Elvis Presley with his pistol drawn, Welcome to WARHOL LIVE, a new exhibition opening at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh on June 10th 2009

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Sumo Wrestler Scandal: Smoking Weed More Widespread Than Initially Thought

Sumo wrestling is Japan’s most ancient and revered sport, a sport rooted in religious purification rituals according to a report by Associated Press. The tradition-bound sport of Sumo wrestling recently introduced drug testing and so far, four Sumo wrestlers have been charged with smoking weed. Smoking weed is becoming more common place in drug free Japan despite a stiff five year jail sentence for possession reports the Associated Press. Imagine the outrage of USA swimming when golden boy Michael Phelps was caught, bong in hand, smoking weed for the entire world to see. The Japan Sumo Association is now contending with four of its athletes charged with smoking weed in a country that believes to stain the heart of Sumo is to stain the heart of Japan itself AP reports.

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The Melungeon People of America: Mysterious Heritage

Abe Lincoln, Tom Hanks, Elvis Presley Share Mysterious DNA
President Abe Lincoln, Actress Ava Gardner, Actor Tom Hanks, Actress Heather Locklear, Singer Elvis Presley and Comedian Steve Martin chances are you know who some of the luminaries on the list are, but did you know they all share a mysterious ancestry known as Melungeons? The identity, ancestry and origin of the Melungeons is a controversial subject. The Melungeons make up about 50,000 of the 22 million people living in the mountainous region of the eastern seaboard, most of them in the Appalachian region where Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky meet, according to a report in Wired magazine.

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