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Museum to Close--The Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago will close in October 2004 after a series of six exhibits on early American modernism that will culminate in its final show, "Chicago Modern, the Pursuit of the New." However, 50 of the museum's most important paintings and a number of works on paper by artists such a John Singer Sargent, George Bellows, Arthur Dove and James McNeill Whistler will be on long-term loan to the Art Institute of Chicago.

New Director Named--Anne Litle Poulet has been named Director of The Frick Collection in New York City, effective Oct. 1. Curator Emerita of the MFA Boston, she will be responsible for the overall vision of the Collection, which includes the Frick Art Reference Library.

NEA Survey Results In--According to the National Endowment for the Arts 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, almost 4 percent of adults in the U.S. (81 million people) attended at least one arts activity during the year, an increase of 5 million from the previous poll conducted in 1992. About one-fourth of adults visited an art museum or gallery, 40 percent reported personally performing or creating art, and about five percent took an arts-related class. See www.nea.gov for more info.

WTC Memorial Competition Entries Set Record--The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. has announced that 5,200 submissions have been received from 62 nations and 49 states for the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition, a record for an open design competition of its kind. The Memorial will honor the victims of the 1993 bombing of the WTC and the 9/11 attacks. A final design will be selected this fall. The LMDC has also announced a collaboration of architects to design the world's tallest building at the WTC site: Freedom Tower.

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