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George Clooney’s Monuments Men in Real Life Featured at The Met

Keith GirardFebruary 11, 2014

James J. Rorimer, one of art experts portrayed in George Clooney’s film “The Monuments Men,” will be featured in a new Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, highlighting his historic role saving priceless artworks during World War II. Rorimer became director of the Museum after the war. The film, starring Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and John Goodman, is about museum directors, curators and art historians who go to war in search of plundered Nazi loot. ...

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C.F. Martin, Father of ‘American’ Guitar, Featured at Met Museum

Keith GirardJanuary 10, 2014

C. F. Martin, an 18th Century German immigrant has as much to do with rock and roll as Chuck Berry and The Beatles. He invented the guitar as it’s known today and his works, tracing the instrument’s development over more than 200 years, make up a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ...

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Eugene Delacroix Defaced Liberty Raises Security Issues Anew

Keith GirardFebruary 8, 2013

Eugene Delacroix’s homage to the French Revolution, entitled “Liberty Leading the People” has been defaced by a “9/11 truther,” raising questions once again about museum security and public access to priceless works of art. The 29-year-old woman used an indelible maker to write “AE911″ on the 1830 painting, one of the best known symbols of the 18th century Gallic upheaval....

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Guggenheim Eyes Helsinki to Expand Global Presence

Keith GirardJanuary 19, 2012

The Guggenheim Museum in New York wants to expand its global footprint with a dramatic $178 million museum on the waterfront in Helsinki, Finland. It would join facilities in Italy, Spain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates....

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Douglas Druick Gets Top Job at Chicago Art Institute

Keith GirardAugust 27, 2011

Douglas Druick, a curator at The Art Institute of Chicago, was named president of the prestigious facility after serving as interim president following the departure of James Cuno in June....

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