The Smithsonian National Museum of American History in D.C. is hosting a special free screening of the classic western “High Noon” (1952) on Thursday, May 30.
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The Museum of Russian Impressionism Celebrates Seekers of Art
14 secret Soviet art collectors and their masterpieces May 11, 2021 Still-life with Guitar, Vladimir Lebedev (1930) from the collection of Iosif Ezrakh Museum of Russian Impressionism
On April 21 the Museum of Russian Impressionism has mounted another exhibition filled with revelations. Called “Seekers of Art,” the show continues the museum’s innovative approach to uncovering the hidden aspects of Soviet life. It tells about a phenomenon that before perestroika was not publicized and in fact was harshly punished: private collections of art, especially painting.
The show displays works from private collections: works by Nikolai Roerich and Konstantin Korovin, Niko Pirosmani and Kazimir Malevich, Robert Falk and Pavel Kuznetsov. But the focus of the show is not the rich art collections on display but the extraordinary collectors. Most of them
Published 10:00 AM The National Portrait Gallery in 2010. The building is currently closed to visitors until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Wally Gobetz via Flickr.
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“This selection of portraits seeks to inspire learning and inquiry through the celebration of women, whose stories are often unsung or missing from the written record,” the opening blurb to the exhibition. The National Portrait Gallery brought Women’s History Month to a close with a special exhibit arranged by Google Arts and Culture celebrating trailblazing American women. Portraits of women, lined up in a slideshow, come and go with a click of a button, sometimes interspersed with headings designating the theme of smaller collections.