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Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter attend the Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit:''A Tribute to Tim Burton''
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Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen attend the Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit:''A Tribute to Tim Burton'' at the Museum of Modern Art
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Ashley Greene attends the Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit:''A Tribute to Tim Burton'' at the Museum of Modern Art
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Italy collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers
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Fri Nov 20, 2009 12:17pm EST
ROME (Reuters) - An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum announced on Friday.
The body parts, along with another finger and a vertebrae, were cut from Galileo's corpse by scientists and historians during a burial ceremony held 95 years after his death in 1642.
Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti, a science historian who cut away the parts and wrote about the ceremony, "confessed he had found it hard to resist the temptation to take away the skull which had housed such extraordinary genius," the museum said.
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Museum Exhibitions in November
I found this great article in the New York Times about exhibitions this month and thought that I would share it with you! Don't worry, they're not all in New York, they're all over the country. Although, it's a great excuse for a road trip!Hatshepsut, the Queen that ruled Egypt as a man
Source: National Geographic magazine Visit the National Geographic Photo Gallery to see the amazing images that accompanied this article. ~~~~~~~~~~ The King Herself What motivated Hatshepsut to rule ancient Egypt as a man while her stepson stood in the shadows? Her mummy, and her true story, have come to light.Imagine a Midwest where the arts are compromised. What kind of a life is that?
I don't know how to BOLD this...basically this is about the importance of the arts in financially insecure times like these...especially how it pertains to the middle of our country. Chicago Tribune by Chris Jones These are strange times for the arts in the Midwest. In Ohio, the Cleveland Orchestra is cutting concerts.Top Vacations Spots in America:Round 1:Couple 5:Chicago or Washington DC
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Between the year of its incorporation (1833) and the year of the Great Fire (1871), Chicago ballooned from 300 to 300,000 people. From the ashes of the fire, a New Chicago arose, shaking off its pioneer planks. Indeed, artists and architects converged on post-fire Chicago, creating a phalanx of modern design and sweeping decorative elements.
NY museums fight to keep 2 Picassos
NEW YORK - The Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation asked a court Friday to declare them the rightful owners of two Picasso paintings that a Jewish scholar claims were the rightful property of a relative persecuted in Nazi Germany. The two institutions said they took the step to fend off an expected lawsuit from Julius H.
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