The biggest exhibitions of 2021
While last year was a disaster for exhibition programming around the world, museums and curators have not been idle and there are plenty of ambitious exhibitions due to open this year (virus-related lockdowns notwithstanding). Below you will find some of the must-see shows of 2021, from the Rijksmuseum’s examination of the slave trade and a reassessment of the Roman arch-villain Nero, to landmark retrospectives for Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Sophie Taeuber-Arp and Jasper Johns. Many exhibitions will be subject to Covid-19 restrictions please check on the respective museum website before visiting Enslaved man working on the fields (around 1850) by an unknown artist
Eagle staff report
Holly Rees, who served in World War II and was active in the Bryan-College Station community, died Monday at 94.
Rees was a hall of fame member of the Bryan Rotary Club. He also was a member of American Legion Post 159 for 15 years, involved with the Boy Scouts and taught Sunday school, among other community endeavors.
Rees was born in Prescott Ariz., on Jan. 21, 1926. He enlisted in the Army in June 1944, three days after graduating high school. He spent 12 weeks training in California â three short of the requirement of 15. On May 11, 1945, Rees arrived with the Company I, 184th Infantry of the 7th Infantry Division to fight in the Battle of Okinawa, which was the last and largest Pacific island battle of the war. For 32 days, Rees and other Americans and Allies fought Japanese soldiers at close range along Okinawaâs east coast.