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Wednesday 7 September 2011Richard Bell show opens at Tufts University
The first travelling exhibition in the United States dedicated to the multi-layered work of Aboriginal artist and activist Richard Bell, one of Australia's leading and most controversial artists, opens at Tufts University, September 8, 2011. Continue reading
Tuesday 6 September 2011The Frick Collection celebrates new book on Fragonard
In celebration of the September release of Fragonard's Progress of Love at The Frick Collection, the Frick will host a free public lecture and book-signing.
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Wednesday 20 July 2011President Hoover's Favorite Marshmallow Sweet Potatoes
"Use potatoes extensively!" - an unusual way to prepare the "Staff of Life " taken from Potato Possibilities, ca. 1917-20, Records of the U.S. Food Administration, reproduced in Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives Continue reading
Thursday 14 July 2011How 19th-century America reimagined the future
The Great American Hall of Wonders, opening July 15 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., is highlighted in the "What's On " guide in The Art Newspaper this month. Continue reading
Tuesday 12 July 2011New recipe for this week
Why not try this traditional New Orleans Shrimp Gumbo? Taken from Eating with Uncle Sam this is from the New Orleans City Guide issued by the Records of the Work Projects Administration in 1983. Continue reading
Tuesday 28 June 2011This week's recipe for July the Fourth
Why not celebrate Independence Day with President Eisenhower's favourite apple pie, taken from Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives. Filled with 150 historical and modern-day recipes, and heavily illustrated with documents and photographs from the National Archives, this fascinating new book accompanies the National Archives exhibition "What's Cooking......Continue reading
Monday 27 June 2011Great American Hall of Wonders opens July 15
The Great American Hall of Wonders opens July 15, 2011 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., running until January 8, 2012
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Friday 17 June 2011This weekend's recipe
Just in time for the weekend, here is an easy breakfast recipe for President Kennedy's favourite waffles, which appears in Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives. The book is filled with 150 historical and modern-day recipes, and is heavily illustrated with documents and photographs from the National Archives. It accompanies the National Archives exhibition......Continue reading
Friday 20 May 2011Author of Thomas Gainsborough book wins award
Benedict Leca has been awarded first place by the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) in the category "outstanding article, essay or extended catalogue entry" for his essay "A Favourite among the Demireps", in the newly published volume Thomas Gainsborough and the Modern Woman. Continue reading
Friday 20 May 2011To Live Forever moves to Nevada
On tour from the Brooklyn Museum, the exhibition To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum is moving to the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, June 11, 2011 - September 4, 2011.
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