The hotel developer Richard Hedreen is donating more than 200 artworks, and $25 million in seed money, in honor of his wife, Betty, an alumna.
Category: Museums
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Seattle University to Receive $300 Million Art Collection
The hotel developer Richard Hedreen is donating more than 200 artworks, and $25 million in seed money, in honor of his wife, Betty, an alumna.
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Just Try to Find Women in Horology History
In Switzerland, for example, they have long been a large proportion of the industry’s work force. But that hasn’t meant recognition.
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Cuban Artist Ana Mendieta’s Family Fights to Tell Her Story
The Cuban artist Ana Mendieta fell from a window of her 34th-floor apartment in 1985. Her family members have been fighting for control of her legacy ever since.
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What John Singer Sargent Saw
At a retrospective of his portraits in London, where the American expatriate fled after creating a scandal in Paris, clothes offer both armor and self-expression.
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Frieze Los Angeles Opens Amid Attention to Asian Artists
Spurred by population growth and new patron support, artists from China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are getting more recognition from museums and the market.
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5 Presidential Libraries That Offer Culture, History and ‘Labs of Democracy’
With museums, special exhibitions and unique events, presidential libraries across the country are designed as destinations for everyone — not just scholars or academics.
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How a Culture Editor Covers the Kids’ Entertainment Beat
Laurel Graeber, who has covered kids’ entertainment at The Times for nearly three decades, shared her favorite stories and interviews from the beat.
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Bring Art Collection to Brooklyn Museum
Next month, over 100 works by Black art stars from the couple’s collection will travel to the Great Hall for “Giants.”