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Gallery Night to provide splash of fall color
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The autumn Gallery Night is almost upon us, and with it a suitably
colorful galaxy of bright new shows. A flurry of free public
receptions is set for Friday at art sites around town.
Sponsored by the Milwaukee Art Dealers Association, the East Town
Association and the Milwaukee Art Museum, the festivities begin with
a lecture at the art museum by Dean Sobel.
Sobel will talk about "The Last Show of the Century: A History of
the 20th Century Through Its Art." His 5:45 p.m. ...
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Art museum drew 2.3% more visitors in 1998
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; The Milwaukee Art Museum has toted up its attendance figures for 1998 and, despite complications arising from its ongoing expansion project, the results are distinctly upbeat. Overall attendance increased by 2.3%, with "nearly 375,000 people experiencing MAM during 1998," said museum spokeswoman
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Cincinnati Art Museum Announces New Director; Internationally KnownMuseum Director, Author, Educator Tapped as Art Museum's 8th Director
U.S. Newswire
; CINCINNATI, Aug. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Cincinnati Art Museum announced today the appointment of Aaron Betsky as director. The Art Museum selected Betsky, currently director of the world's largest architecture museum, from a field of several dozen national and international candidates. Betsky is
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Art museum curator Sobel leaving for Colorado post
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; Dean Sobel, chief curator and curator of contemporary art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, has resigned to accept a post as director of the Aspen Art Museum in Colorado. Sobel, 39, joined the Milwaukee Art Museum's curatorial staff in 1987, after receiving a master's degree in art history from the
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'Leothon' to end art museum's most popular show
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; 'Leothon' to end art museum's most popular show Wednesday, November 20, 2002 More than 125,000 people have seen "Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland," which concludes its run Sunday at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The separate-admission attraction is the most popular show in the history of
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Art museum gets some rare treasures
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... expanded museum, including the Quadracci Pavilion and Burke brise soleil, are to have separate openings later next year. The news of the acquisitions follows the art museum's announcement this month of a donation of 446 German Expressionist prints valued ...
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