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...An audio guide compounds the blurring of life and art — switching freely from the novel to Pamuk’s own narration as curator....
...The Aspen Art Museum is unusual as US museums go: it does not have a collection....
...wavered from his commitment to art....
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...She and her staff, she says, are constantly balancing “the stewardship of a carefully maintained historical house museum full of authentic Alcott belongings” with the “joy and vitality visitors bring every...
...a work of art while preserving my own fantasy of it....
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...They set up workshops that executed accomplished surfaces at Westminster Cathedral, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Science Museum (when you are next there, make a note to look down)....
...It follows the private, interactive Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) that opened last year in nearby Bengaluru, India’s silicon valley....
...Sir Charlie Mayfield, former chair of the John Lewis Partnership and a trustee of the British Museum, said he was grateful for BP’s support, adding that the extensive modernisation was “essential” for the...
...Her advocacy continues today in the form of Pearl S Buck International, which supports humanitarian aid projects around the world and operates the museum....
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...New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art summons the period’s abundance and creative frenzy in The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, a generous, even overwhelming show, that combines exuberant...
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