Posts Tagged ‘museum of art’

Anne D’Harnoncourt, Director And CEO, Dies At 64

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

She had been the leader of the museum since 1982. So many of my friends were in the situation of being dragged to museums as small children. And in that sense I was very lucky, because I sort of assumed that museums were where you always went. This city, the one with the good museum [...]

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Scarlett Johansson’s Engagement Ring.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Scarlett Johansson showed off a new sparkler at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Monday night, hours after she confirmed her engagement to fellow actor Ryan Reynolds. Hey Scarlett–tuck those melons back in the dress. Less is more–less is more!! On his radio show yesterday, Fox News host John Gibson made fun… During [...]

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Cheech Marin

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Recently a folio of limited ediition prints from that series was presented to the El Paso Museum of Art which is currently displaying that series in the downstairs gsllery. This, of course, goes against the grain of much contemporary art criticism and practice, at least in the West. Since the 50s, art has tended to [...]

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Day Trip To Toledo

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

Ohio is home to many great art museums. Perhaps in future editions of ‘Fun things to do in Ohio’ I will feature them, but for now, I bring you, the Toledo Museum of Art. TMA has a pretty cool exhibit going on right now, about the Libbey family and how they started the museum. Two [...]

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