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King Tut blockbuster is New York bound -- but not to the Met
Culture MonsterIs New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art suffering from Tut envy? Since opening at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on June 16, 2005, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," the second coming of bling from the...... -
Sarah Jessica Parker's art-themed reality show to kick off June 9
Culture MonsterIt looks like Sarah Jessica Parker will be having a busy summer, with two major screen projects scheduled to open within several days of each other. The actress will star in "Sex and the City 2," which opens on May...... -
Playwrights on Writing: Rajiv Joseph
Culture MonsterThree years ago I was sitting in a room in New York with some actors, a director, and a young Iraqi woman named Wassan who was going over an early draft of my play âBengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zooâ...... -
New York offers a wealth of fun for budget travelers
Special to The Los Angeles TimesNew York On Park Avenue, begonias are blooming in hues matching the blur of passing taxicabs. At Bryant Park, the white tents of Fashion Week have been tucked away, and grass now shines on the lawn. And throughout the city, hotels and restaurants are...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Midtown, Foods and Beverages, Empire State Building, Transportation Industry
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Lawsuit over Murakami-Louis Vuitton prints
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA luxury boutique in the middle of an art exhibition was supposed to be controversial -- but not a legal matter. The temporary retail space allowed in October by the Museum of Contemporary Art has become the center of litigation, though. A class action...Tags: Arts, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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American Values, L.A. readers
As the Los Angeles Times editorial board wraps up its series on American Values in the 2008 presidential campaign, we've asked readers for their own endorsements and ideas on the campaign. The readers' response, ranging from calls for experience and...Tags: John McCain, Primaries, Weather, Career and Workplace, Human Rights
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Feather art will move delicately into the spotlight at 2009 Mexico City exhibit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterONE of the most dazzling tidbits in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's big show "The Arts in Latin America 1492-1820" is enshrined in a gallery devoted to silver. A richly ornamented chalice made in Mexico City around 1575 and given to the museum by...Tags: Mexico, Weather, Arts, Culture, Italy
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Brooklyn, baby
Hartford Courant Staff WriterRegular visitors to New York should bypass the tried-and-true of Manhattan for the city streets less traveled. Just a hop, skip and a borough away lies Brooklyn, ripe for its own exploration. (PHOTOS INCLUDED) Regular visitors to New York should bypass...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Restaurants, Arts, John F. Kennedy, Central Park
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Why this actor's art shouldn't be at LACMA
Times Art CriticI'm no fan of public art museums exhibiting private collections. The negatives so far outweigh the positives that such shows hurt, rather than help, a museum's mission. The latest example is "Los Angelenos/Chicano Painters of L.A.: Selections From the...Tags: Arts, Jasper Johns, National or Ethnic Minorities, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Book
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At Paris' Pompidou Center, the year of the women
Imagine a museum that boasts the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. Now imagine that an intrepid female curator puts all the men's work in storage and fills the permanent collection galleries with a new version of 20th and...Tags: Arts, Culture, Colleges and Universities, Carnegie Museum of Art, Helen Frankenthaler
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Transparent Government
If you've always yearned to say "Little Rock" in the same breath as "London, Paris and Bilbao," now's the time. The William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Center and Park is to open next month, but critics are already calling it one for the...Tags: Yasser Arafat, B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, Bill Clinton, Michael Jordan
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Viewing a trove of antiquities in Libya
Times Staff WriterVisit ancient Roman and Greek ruins on a 12-day tour of northern Libya beginning Jan. 14. It will be led by John Rude, an English professor at East Los Angeles College. Rude's company, Vision Tours, is partnering with Issayan Travel, based in Benghazi,...Tags: Cruises, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Jack London, Tourism and Leisure, Holiday Vacations
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