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Blockbuster times for art museums
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Southern California had never seen such a cultural phenomenon. Last May, in the closing days of its exhibition Van Gogh's Van Goghs, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art became the first American museum ever to stay open around the clock. During a continuous 63-hour marathon, almost 50,000 people filed past the touring masterpieces from Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, contributing to a grand total of 821,004 visitors during the show's four-month run. "What was a really pleasant surprise was that...
