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Museum Celebrates – The North Carolina Museum
of Art recently opened a new 127,000-square-foot building, a beautiful home for
the permanent collection with dramatically expanded exhibition space
highlighted by galleries with daylight. The exterior is surrounded by
exquisite outdoor gardens showcasing large-scale sculpture, and dozens of new
art acquisitions are on view for the first time. The 164-acre campus is now the
nation’s largest art museum park, with walking paths, bike trails, ecological
projects conceived with artists and site-specific commissioned works of art in
a rolling green landscape.
Laureates Announced – Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa,
partners in the architectural firm SANAA, have been chosen as the 2010
Laureates of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The formal ceremony for what has
come to be known throughout the world as architecture’s highest honor will be
held on May 17 on historic Ellis Island in NY. At that time a $100,000 grant
and bronze medallions will be bestowed on the two architects.
Postal News – Four cowboy legends of the silver screen are
now honored on first-class stamps and stamped postal cards: William S. Hart,
Tom Mix, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. The dedication ceremony took place at the
National Cowboy & Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK. The artwork was created by stamp
artist Robert Rodriguez of Los Angeles, CA.
Summer Hours Announced – Dia:Beacon, which is lit almost
entirely by natural light, changes its public hours to coincide with seasonal
changes in daylight. The world’s largest contemporary art museum will be open
Thurs. – Mon. from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. through October 11.
Milestones Reached – Sculptor and painter David Slivka
has died at the age of 95 in Manhattan. He was one of the last remaining
members of the first generation of American Abstract Expressionist artists.
See more at www.davidslivka.com.
Legendary comic book artist and editor Dick Giordano has died in Florida at
age 77. He worked his pencil and ink magic for a variety of publishers
including Charlton Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dell, American Comics,
Valiant, Treasure Chest and Junior Life. See more at
www.dickgiordano.com.
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