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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/09AA" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/09AA">
  <Name>&quot;Folk Art Revealed&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/FC8AFCCD">
    <Name>American Folk Art Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>45 W 53rd St., New York, NY 10019</Address>
    <Phone>212-977-7170</Phone>
    <Fax>212-977-8134</Fax>
    <Access>Between 5th and 6th Ave. Subway: E/V to 5th Avenue or B/D/F/V to 49th Street.</Access>
    <Area areaId="midtown">Midtown</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 19:30</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[&quot;Folk Art Revealed,&quot; opened on November 16, 2004. The exhibition explores the nature of folk art through four themes applied to a diverse range of artwork from the museum's rich and extensive holdings, many of which have never before been on view.  These four perspectives: symbolism, utility, individuality, and community-- infuse all of folk art and speak to essential aspects of both traditional and unconventional expressions. Spanning the 18th century to the present, the works selected by curators Stacy C. Hollander and Brooke Davis Anderson, invite a deeper understanding of folk art and its role in people's lives.

[Image: Unknown &quot;New York&quot; (1848) Oil on wood panel 34 x 57 x 1 3/8 in. Courtesy of American Folk Art Museum, promised gift of Ralph Esmerian]]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Adults $9, Students and Seniors $7, Children under 12, Members, Friday after 5.30pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/3359" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/3359">
  <Name>&quot;American Identities: A New Look&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
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  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[This major installation of more than three hundred fifty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's premier collection of American art integrates a vast array of fine and decorative arts (silver, furniture, ceramics, and textiles) ranging in date from the colonial period to the present. For the first time, major objects from these exceptional collections are joined by selections from the Museum's important holdings of Native American and Spanish colonial art. The galleries are organized according to a set of eight innovative themes, through which visitors can explore historical moments and crucial ideas in American visual culture over the course of nearly three hundred years.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/4A49" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/4A49">
  <Name>&quot;Arts of Asia and the Islamic World&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
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  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[The Asian and Islamic Art galleries provide a survey of the full range of Asian and Islamic art in the Brooklyn Museum, which houses one of America's foremost collections. It presents more than one hundred masterpieces from these extraordinary holdings, representing China, Korea, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and the Himalayas, and the Islamic world.]]></Description>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/57EA" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/57EA">
  <Name>&quot;Visible Storage ▪ Study Center&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Description><![CDATA[The last phase in the creation of the Luce Center for American Art concludes with the opening of the 5,000 square-foot Visible Storage ▪ Study Center. The dense display of objects in the Visible Storage ▪ Study Center offers you an inside look at how museums work and provides a glimpse of the breadth and scope of the Brooklyn Museum's extensive American collections. As huge as the Museum's building is, just a small fraction of the permanent collections can be displayed in its limited exhibition gallery space. Whereas only about 350 works are on view in the adjacent American Identities exhibition, this facility gives open access to some 2,000 of the many thousands of American objects held in storage, which are now available for viewing and research by students, scholars, and the general public.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/5D0B" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/5D0B">
  <Name>&quot;The Arts of Africa&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
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    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Over 250 works spanning more than 2,500 years represent art from the African continent in the Museum's first-floor galleries. Additional related art from ancient Egypt and Islamic North Africa can be found in the second- and third-floor galleries. The art on view in the first-floor galleries ranges from ancient Nubian pottery and sculpture, Berber jewelry, and West African masks to East African beadwork, Ethiopian processional crosses, and a contemporary ceramic vessel by the Kenya-born artist Magdalene Odondo. The main focus of the African collections is on sculpture from West and Central Africa.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/A59B" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/A59B">
  <Name>&quot;The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Media>3D: Other</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The Dinner Party, an important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, is presented as the centerpiece around which the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is organized. The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged on a triangular table with a total of thirty-nine place settings, each commemorating an important woman from history. The settings consist of embroidered runners, gold chalices and utensils, and china-painted porcelain plates with raised central motifs that are based on vulvar and butterfly forms and rendered in styles appropriate to the individual women being honored. The names of another 999 women are inscribed in gold on the white tile floor below the triangular table. This permanent installation is enhanced by rotating biographical gallery shows relating to the 1,038 women honored at the table. Pharaohs, Queens, and Goddesses is the first such exhibition.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/A758" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/A758">
  <Name>Gallery for the Art of Native North America</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/2F6CEBC1">
    <Name>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028</Address>
    <Phone>212-570-3951</Phone>
    <Fax>212-472-2764</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 82nd St.  Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 21:00, saturdays closinghour 21:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Open on some holiday Mondays.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The Museum’s renovated gallery devoted to Native North American art display approximately 90 works made by numerous American peoples. Ranging from the beautifully shaped stone tools known as bannerstones of several millennia B.C. to a mid-1970s tobacco bag, the objects illustrate a wide variety of cultural background, artistic style, and functional purpose, all qualities inherent in the art of the peoples of the large North American continent. Works include wood sculpture from the Northwest Coast of North America, ivory carvings from the Arctic, wearing blankets from the Southwest, and objects of hide from the Great Plains. ]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Donations: Adults $25, Seniors $17, Students $12, Members and Children Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2009/840B" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2009/840B">
  <Name>&quot;Voces y Visiones&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/437D176A">
    <Name>El Museo del Barrio</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1230 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029</Address>
    <Phone>212-831-7272</Phone>
    <Fax>212-831-7927</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 104th St., Subway: 4/5/6 to 86th Street or 96th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>wednesdays closinghour 21:00, sundays openinghour 13:00, sundays closinghour 17:00</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Media>2D: Graphics</Media>
  <Media>2D: Photography</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[The premiere exhibition in our new Carmen Ana Unanue Permanent Collection Galleries celebrates El Museo's 40th anniversary. Over 100 works created by a cross-section of Latino, Caribbean, and Latin American artists trace the museum's history and the artistic contributions and milestones that have been part of El Museo's four decades. Highlighting the strengths of the collections, this installation ranges from artifacts of the ancient Taíno people and their legacy to traditional objects, postwar and contemporary art, including graphics, photography and mixed media installations.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Donations: Adults $9, Seniors and Students $5, Members, Children under 12 and on Wednesdays Seniors Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2009/91C9" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2009/91C9">
  <Name>&quot;Small Wonders from the American Collections&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>2D: Drawing</Media>
  <Media>2D: Prints</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[This special exhibition celebrates a major new installation in the Luce Center for American Art: Visible Storage ▪ Study Center that gives the public access to more than 350 additional objects from the Museum’s collections. Since its opening in January 2005, the Luce Visible Storage ▪ Study Center has housed approximately 2,100 objects in two types of storage units: vitrined cases and paintings screens. The facility also contains forty-two drawers for storage. Beginning in mid-October and in stages over subsequent months, they will be filled with works from the Museum’s renowned American holdings and opened to the public. Once the drawers are full, the number of objects on view in visible storage will rise to 2,500—an increase of almost 20 percent.

The drawers’ contents will encompass a variety of objects from the Americas—including art of the United States as well as of the indigenous and colonial peoples of North and South America—and dating from the pre-Columbian period to the present day. Although the works range widely in terms of medium, date, function, and geographical origin, they do share a diminutive scale and suitability for flat storage. Among the objects that will be installed in the drawers are: American and Hopi ceramic tiles; Mexican pottery stamps; jewelry and other ornaments from Native and South American cultures; Modernist jewelry; silverplated flatware and serving pieces; Spanish Colonial devotional objects; American portrait and mourning miniatures; commemorative medals; and embroidery. As in other sections of the Luce Visible Storage ▪ Study Center, objects in the drawers are densely installed to maximize the available space and are grouped by type, medium, or culture. Visitors can learn more about the works by using one of the nearby computer kiosks in the facility, or by accessing the Luce database online. To obtain a list of a drawer’s entire contents, use the Map feature and select numbers 41 through 47.

Held in conjunction with the drawers installation, Small Wonders from the American Collections features an eclectic selection of seventy works of art on the walls and in the display cases above the drawers. This exhibition both highlights objects that will be installed in the drawers and reveals a diversity of cultural traditions and artistic practices that constitute American art. A variety of jewelry and objects of personal adornment—although produced by different peoples—function similarly to signify information about the wearer’s identity. Flatware, pins, and other silver items on display reflect a broad array of forms, styles, and uses for this valuable metal. Ceramic tiles made contemporaneously by Native and non-Native Americans provide an interesting cross-cultural comparison with respect to the decoration and marketing of these wares.

[Image: Unknown Artist &quot;Fan&quot; (1822–31) Ivory sticks and painted paper mount. ]]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/3456" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/3456">
  <Name>&quot;Selections from the Permanent Collection&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/627129FA">
    <Name>Neue Galerie</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1048 5th Ave., New York, NY 10028</Address>
    <Phone>212-628-6200</Phone>
    <Fax>212-628-8824</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 86th St.  Subway: 4/5/6 to 86th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="1" wed="1" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>2D: Graphics</Media>
  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[“Selections from the Permanent Collection” features highlights from the Neue Galerie’s superb holdings of German and Austrian fine and decorative arts from the first half of the twentieth century. It incorporates a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and decorative arts. Though the exhibition is ongoing, the installation is updated regularly.
[Image: Gustav Klimt “Adele Bloch-Bauer” (1907) Oil, silver, and gold on canvas 140 x 140 cm.]]]></Description>
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  <Karma>4.24908</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults $15, Students and Seniors $10</Price>
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  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>0</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>1</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
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  <Latitude>40.781447</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.9605</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/BD5E" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/BD5E">
  <Name>Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/2F6CEBC1">
    <Name>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028</Address>
    <Phone>212-570-3951</Phone>
    <Fax>212-472-2764</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 82nd St.  Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 21:00, saturdays closinghour 21:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Open on some holiday Mondays.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[This installation presents approximately forty highlights from the Museum's extensive permanent collection of rare and exquisitely decorated armor, weapons, and equestrian equipment from Tibet and related areas of Mongolia and China, dating from the eighth to the twentieth century. Included are several recent acquisitions that have never before been exhibited or published.
[Image: Tibetan, and possibly Bhutanese and Nepalese cavalry armor (18th-19th century) Iron, gold, copper alloy, wood, leather, and textile]]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested Donations: Adults $25, Seniors $17, Students $12, Members and Children Free</Price>
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  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
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  <PermanentEvent>1</PermanentEvent>
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  <Latitude>40.779</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.962342</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/F7DF" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/F7DF">
  <Name>&quot;From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Fashion</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Inspired by surrealism, biomorphicism, and primitivism, Art Smith’s jewelry is dynamic in its size and form. Although sometimes massive in scale, his jewelry remains lightweight and wearable. The jewelry dates from the late 1940s to the 1970s and includes his most famous pieces, such as a “Patina” necklace inspired by the mobiles of Alexander Calder; a “Lava” bracelet, or cuff, that extends over the entire lower arm in undulating and overlapping forms; and a massive ring with three semi-precious stones that stretches over three fingers. 
[Image: Model wearing Art Smith’s “Modern Cuff” Bracelet, circa 1948]]]></Description>
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  <Image src="http://www.nyartbeat.com/media/event/2010/F7DF-170" width="170" />
  <Karma>0.807799</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
  <DateStart>0000-00-00</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
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  <Latitude>40.671525</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.962556</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/1796" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/1796">
  <Name>&quot;Small Spirits: Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/85B7E2A7">
    <Name>The National Museum of the American Indian (George Gustav Heye Center)</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004</Address>
    <Phone>212-514-3700</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Adjacent to NE corner of Battery Park. Subway: 4/5 to Bowling Green, 1 to South Ferry, R/W to Whitehall Street, M/J/Z to Broad Street.</Access>
    <Area areaId="lower_manhattan">Lower Manhattan</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Closed on December 25. The Museum Stores are open every day from 10 am to 5 pm.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Over 90 dolls from throughout the Western hemisphere, most from the 19th century through the present day, reflect different communities and traditions of Native peoples. Included are dolls dressed in everyday Cherokee clothing of the 1930s, made by Berdina and Richard G. Crowe (Eastern Band of Cherokee); a ceramic storyteller doll by Helen Cordero (Cochiti Pueblo), a form invented by the artist that is widely continued today; and a wooden doll by noted carver Frank Allabush (Makah). Also included are the traditional &quot;no-face&quot; cornhusk doll of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) cultures, Seminole dolls in brightly colored patchwork clothing and elaborate Plains dolls in traditional regalia.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0</Karma>
  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-03-05</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-07-19</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>161</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
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  <Latitude>40.704489</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-74.014136</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/48BE" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/48BE">
  <Name>&quot;Red and Black Chinese Lacquer, 13th–16th Century&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/2F6CEBC1">
    <Name>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028</Address>
    <Phone>212-570-3951</Phone>
    <Fax>212-472-2764</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 82nd St.  Subway: 6 to 77th Street or 4/5/6 to 86th Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 21:00, saturdays closinghour 21:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Open on some holiday Mondays.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Lacquer, made from the resin of a family of trees (Rhus verniciflua) native to East Asia, is an amazing material. When tapped from the tree, it is white or light gray and has a consistency similar to that of molasses. When exposed to oxygen and humidity, lacquer polymerizes, or hardens, into a natural plastic that is resistant to water, certain acids, and heat, rendering it an ideal protective covering for objects made of wood and, occasionally, metal.

Produced largely in the south, lacquer has been used in China since at least the sixth century B.C. on serving vessels, boxes, and other containers. When mixed with pigments, particularly red (cinnabar) and black (carbon), lacquer is also used for painting. Historical records indicate that Chinese lacquer was imported into the area near present-day Samarkand as early as the twelfth century, and it is documented in Japanese collections as early as the fourteenth. Lacquers served as diplomatic gifts and luxurious trade goods, and they have been an integral part of the Japanese tea ceremony for centuries.

Organized in celebration of three spectacular gifts to the Museum, this small exhibition explores techniques and themes in Chinese lacquer from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, a high point in the development of this uniquely Asian artistic tradition. Some works illustrate the carved-lacquer technique, in which multiple layers of lacquer—as many as two hundred—are incised deeply with lush geometric or figural patterns, or scenes of figures in landscapes. Other objects demonstrate related techniques whereby shallower incisions are inlaid with gold, pigment, or minute pieces of mother-of-pearl to create equally ornate surface decoration.

Lacquerware shares the rich visual language found in ceramics, textiles, and paintings, including figural scenes based on Chinese literature and history; mythical creatures such as dragons and phoenixes; birds and other animals; and flowers and plants. Most of these motifs are imbued with meanings, usually auspicious, derived from longstanding cultural traditions. For example, the peony alludes to spring and denotes wealth, while the chrysanthemum symbolizes autumn and longevity. Both flowers frequently are grouped with others, generally lotus and plum, to define the four seasons. Other motifs, such as the Asian flycatcher (shoudainiao), a bird seen often in early carved lacquers, can serve as rebuses emblematic of good wishes. In this instance, shoudainiao can be a proxy for the notion of enduring generations, for the first character of its name, shou, is a homonym for longevity; the second, dai, for generations.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Suggested Donations: Adults $25, Seniors $17, Students $12, Members and Children Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-09-07</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-04-15</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
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  <Latitude>40.779</Latitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/8870" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/8870">
  <Name>&quot;The Mummy Chamber&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Other</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[This installation of more than 170 objects from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-famous holdings of ancient Egyptian material explores the complex rituals related to the practice of mummification and the Egyptian belief that the body must be preserved in order to ensure eternal life. On view are the mummy of the priest Thothirdes; the mummy of Hor, encased in an elaborately painted cartonnage; and a nearly twenty-five-foot-long Book of the Dead scroll. Also in the installation are canopic jars, used to store the vital organs of mummies, as well as several shabties, small figurines placed in tombs, each of which was assigned to work magically for the deceased in the afterlife. The installation includes related objects, among them stelae, reliefs, gold earrings, amulets, ritual statuettes, coffins, and mummy boards.

[Image: &quot;Coffin and Mummy Board of Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet.&quot; Egypt, from Thebes. Third Intermediate Period, circa 1070–945 B.C.E. Wood, painted, 76 3/8 x 21 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (194 x 55 x 32 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.2a–c]]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
  <DateStart>0000-00-00</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
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  <Latitude>40.671525</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.962556</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/B812" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/B812">
  <Name>&quot;19th-Century Modern&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8F478E4D">
    <Name>Brooklyn Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238</Address>
    <Phone>718-638-5000</Phone>
    <Fax>718-501-6136</Fax>
    <Access>Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum</Access>
    <Area areaId="dumbo_brooklyn">DUMBO, other Brooklyn</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>thursdays closinghour 22:00,</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Fashion</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Featuring more than forty items from the Brooklyn Museum’s collection of American and European decorative arts, 19th-Century Modern will focus on the emergence of Modernism, a design aesthetic based in part on the machine as a source of artistic inspiration. To many, “modern design” suggests the simple lines, abstract decoration, and machine-based methods and materials that gained widespread popularity in the twentieth century. The objects in this installation demonstrate that the development of modern industrial design and the emergence of a taste for abstraction began much earlier. In addition to differences in objects’ appearance, this period marked important modifications in how objects were produced and marketed. The works included illustrate the development of the modern industrial world and of an appreciation for simple decoration based either on geometry or organic curves.

The installation will feature objects dating from the early nineteenth century, when the trend toward Modernism began, to the twentieth century. The items on view include furniture by John Henry Belter, Duncan Phyfe, the Thonet Brothers, Samuel Gragg, Bradley &amp; Hubbard, and George Hunzinger; silver objects by Tiffany &amp; Company, Gorham Manufacturing, and Napier (in particular designs by Christopher Dresser and Elsa Tannhardt); and a five-piece French clock garniture manufactured by Guilmet.

[Image: Guilmet Cie (active 1861–1910). Five-Piece Clock Garniture, circa 1885. Silvered bronze, 9 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcus S. Friedlander, by exchange, 2009.49.1-5]]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Suggested Contributions: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-09-02</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-04-01</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>52</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>wgs84</Datum>
  <Latitude>40.671525</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.962556</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/F308" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/F308">
  <Name>&quot;Mongol Visions: Winged Horses and Shamanic Skies&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/F027B9B1">
    <Name>Tibet House</Name>
    <Type>Cultural Center</Type>
    <Address>22 W 15th St. New York, NY 10011</Address>
    <Phone>212-807-0563</Phone>
    <Fax>212-807-0565.</Fax>
    <Access>Between 5th and 6th Ave. Subway: F/L/V to 6th Ave.and 14th St. or 4/5/6/L/N/Q/R/W to Union Square.</Access>
    <Area areaId="flatiron_gramercy">Flatiron, Gramercy</Area>
    <OpeningHour>12:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="1" sun="1" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>2D: Calligraphy</Media>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[For more than two thousand years the Mongols have dominated the center of the Silk Road. Here, under the guidance of the great Khaans like Genghis and Kublai, the ancient traditions of shamanism and Indo-Tibetan Buddhism merged into a profound stream. The vast influence of Mongolia on Euro-Asian civilization is only now being fully appreciated. Tibet House is delighted to join in the celebration of this inspiring and magical legacy by hosting an exhibition with six of Mongolia’s greatest award-winning young artists whose works bring together the integrity of tradition and the creative impulse of the contemporary aesthetic.

These celebrated artists include Gankhuyag Natsag, whose paintings, statues and traditional lama dance masks have shown in more than a dozen cities around the world; D. Soyolmaa, renowned for bringing the clarity and precision of traditional Buddhist art into a contemporary ambiance; T. Nurmaa, famed for her ability to capture on canvas the radiance and raw intensity of the Mongolian spirit; D. Bulgantuya, an acclaimed artist who has received rave reviews in Sofia, Budapest, Warsaw, Kiev, and Vienna; and Ts. Bolor, especially known for her “aesthetics of the feminine.” 

Please join us for the opening reception. Robert Thurman, Glenn Mullin and several of the artists will be present in this celebration of their works.

]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0.690789</Karma>
  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-12-01</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-02-15</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
 <Party type="1" date="2011-12-01" start="18:00:00" end="20:00:00">Opening Reception</Party>
 <DaysBeforeEnd>6</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
  <Datum>wgs84</Datum>
  <Latitude>40.737083</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.993736</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2012/2E1B" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2012/2E1B">
  <Name>&quot;Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/3F82DA9B">
    <Name>China Institute</Name>
    <Type>Cultural Center</Type>
    <Address>125 E 65th St., New York, NY 10021</Address>
    <Phone>212-744-8181</Phone>
    <Fax>212-628-4159</Fax>
    <Access>Between Park Ave. and Lexington Ave.  Subway: 6 to 68th Street or F to Lexington Ave-63rd Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>tuesdays closinghour 20:00, thursdays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Closed between exhibition</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[A new exhibition at China Institute Gallery will explore how theater and art intersected in the realm of the Chinese afterlife.

Since the 1950s and as recently as a few years ago, hundreds of brick tombs from the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) have been excavated in Shanxi province, located in the north central region of China. The exhibition presents more than 80 beautifully sculpted objects revealing a passion for theater and opera in this region during the Jin dynasty. One of the highlights, a re-creation of a newly excavated tomb, will enable visitors to see how thoughtfully prepared art patrons were for the afterlife.

he ancient Chinese believed in an afterlife and imagined they would have needs similar to those they’d had in their lives on earth. Not only were the nobles buried in elaborate tombs filled with household goods, but the tomb décor in Shanxi province, like that of many tombs found in China, featured numerous references to entertainment.
 
Famed for their brick carving, artists in Shanxi developed sophisticated techniques, creating lively sculptural images in the grey bricks, some of them painted with vibrant colors. The most intriguing of the dozens of intricate and dramatic brick carvings found in tombs dating back to the Song dynasty (960-1127) are those depicting theatrical performances.. The carvings serve as evidence of the popularity of the theater in ancient Shanxi, said to be the cradle of Chinese opera and drama, and illustrate two kinds of popular entertainment: Za Ju, formal performances of written plays; and San Qu, performances related to village festivals.
 
Notes Willow Weilan Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery, “The role of theater was crucial to ancient Chinese life in Shanxi. Not only was it an important form of entertainment, but it enlightened people’s lives, providing a moral education. One of the most important aspects of the Chinese value system developed by Confucius is filial piety, respect for parents and ancestors, which provided many story lines in ancient theater.”
 
The most recent discovery of Chinese brick carvings occurred in July 2009, during the renovation of a staff residence for a chemical company in Jishan county in Shanxi province. When construction workers hit a brick wall while digging, they called the local museum. An excavation ensued, revealing an ancient tomb from the Jin dynasty (1115-1234) decorated with magnificent painted brick carvings surrounding one raised coffin bed that contained a couple of skeletons. Assembled for the first time above ground, the reconstructed tomb presented in Theater, Life, and the Afterlife will include 43 of these carved bricks. Adorned with floral motifs, strongman guardians, and the faces and figures of auspicious animals – all carved in brick and painted with colored pigments – the tomb is considered a treasured gem of ancient Chinese art.
 
Among the performances depicted by carvings is the story of the Eight Immortals, who were considered to be actual people with special capabilities not unlike today’s superheroes. These seven men and one woman were the subjects of countless theatrical performances, stories, and poems.
 
Considered one of the most famous of the eight, Lü Dongbin, an actual historical figure, was a well-known Taoist master at the end of the Tang dynasty. Worshipped as a deity, he appears in many legends. Lü was said to have had a youthful look when he was more than a hundred years old – and had such a quick pace that he could travel hundreds of Chinese miles (known as li, about 1,640 feet) in a single moment.
 
Tieguai Li, another of the eight, represents the most dramatic story of reaching immortality: his body was accidentally cremated when it was still in spiritual transience. Thus, Li had to inhabit the body of a homeless man who had just died of starvation. Fortunately, Laozi, the founder of Taoism, provided him with magical medicines, and he was able to care not only for himself but also for the poor , traveling to help them with a gourd full of medicine on his back.
 
Another fascinating story told by the bricks concerns Meng Zong who was worried about his ill mother who craved bamboo shoots in winter. Meng wandered the bamboo forest, discouraged by the impossibility of the request. However, filial piety moved heaven and earth, and bamboo shoots miraculously emerged from a crack in the ground. Meng brought them home and cooked them in a soup for his mother, who subsequently recovered from her illness.
 
Under the direction of Willow Weilan Hai Chang, Director, China Institute Gallery, Theater, Life, and the Afterlife: Tomb Décor of the Jin Dynasty from Shanxi is curated by Shi Jinming, Director, Shanxi Museum, China. This exhibition is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation and China Institute Friends of the Gallery.

[Image: Tomb, Jin dynasty (1115–1234), L. 2.8 m; W. 2m Unearthed at a chemical company, Jishan county, Shanxi province Courtesy of Shanxi Museum]]]></Description>
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  <Name>&quot;Beauty in All Things: Japanese Art and Design&quot; Exhibition</Name>
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    <Name>Museum of Arts &amp; Design</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019</Address>
    <Phone>212-299-7777</Phone>
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    <Access>At 58th St. and 8th Ave.  Subway: B/C/D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle</Access>
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  <Description><![CDATA[In Japan, beauty can be found in objects from the most refined to the most humble, often with standards very different from those in the Western world. Drawn largely from the MAD collection, &quot;Beauty in All Things&quot; features contemporary Japanese artists and designers who create innovative works within these ideals of beauty. Some push traditional techniques and materials in new directions, and others experiment with new technologies and materials within the context of historical practice.   In this exhibition, specific works are highlighted that exemplify Japanese concepts of beauty, including shizen, wabi sabi, and datsuzoku.   The term shizen implies a reverence for the beauty found in nature, a recurring theme in Japanese art.

[Image: Kyohei Fujita &quot;Untitled (Box)&quot; (1995) glass, silver, gold leaf, silver leaf 5.5 x 4.75 x 4.75 in.]]]></Description>
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  <Name>&quot;Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a Heritage&quot; Exhibition</Name>
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    <Name>The Ukrainian Museum</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>222 E 6th St., New York, NY 10003</Address>
    <Phone>212-228-0110</Phone>
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    <Access>Between 2nd and 3rd Ave. Subway: 6 to Astor Place, W/R to 8th St. or F/V to 2nd Ave. and Houston St.</Access>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Ukrainian Kilims: Journey of a Heritage, an exhibition of selected kilims from The Ukrainian Museum's permanent collection, will open to the public on February 12, 2012. More than 30 prized examples from the collection, the oldest kilim dating back to the late 18th century and others from the early 20th century, reveal the range and richness of colors and motifs used in the weaving of kilims. The exhibition will remain on display until October 21.

&quot;Kilim weaving has been practiced by Ukrainians for more than a thousand years,&quot; said Lubow Wolynetz, the Museum's curator of folk arts. &quot;Some of the kilims that are on display had survived war and the destructive Soviet occupation of Ukraine. They were transported across borders by Ukrainian refugees determined to preserve their cultural legacy. Left in our care after the arduous journey from Ukraine to this country, we are proud to present them as part of our growing collection of traditional textiles.&quot;

The flat tapestry rugs, woven on vertical or horizontal looms to produce stylized floral ornamentation or geometric patterns respectively, are made with naturally dyed wool, which yields rich, soft hues and adds to the beauty and warmth of the traditional Ukrainian kilim.

Spinning and weaving tools dating back to the Trypillian age (ca. 5000-2000 BC) have been found on the territory of today's right-bank Ukraine. The earliest known account documenting Ukrainian kilim weaving is a 10th century chronicle by the Arabian traveler, Ahmed Ibn Faldan, who wrote about a funeral kilim and the woman responsible for its production. References in other chronicles describing both the ritualistic and everyday usage of kilims by the princes of Kyivan Rus continue into the 12th century. By the 15th century, the importance of the kilim was indisputable, as detailed descriptions of kilims identified among the property holdings of Ukrainian aristocrats often included color, ornamentation, quality, size, and values, as well as their uses – as wall decor, table or bench covers, floor covering, and as important components of brides' dowry chests.

Stimulated by Western European demand, kilim production in Ukraine boomed from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Weaving guilds were formed. Workshops staffed by serf labor supplied private estates and manufactured kilims for the trade. Even monasteries took part in kilim production. Once an object coveted by the nobility, by the 19th century the kilim became a universal ornamental item in the average home. Kilims were being routinely produced on looms in Ukrainian villages as adornment for home interiors, highly-prized dowry chest items, and essential funeral textiles. By the end of the 19th century, however, the abolition of serfdom and rise of industrialization led to a significant decline in Ukraine's kilim industry, the socioeconomic effects negatively impacting village kilim weaving as well.

Around the turn of the 20th century, Ukrainian scholars and art lovers started developing an interest in folk art. Workshops reappeared and folk art schools were established. Students of weaving learned the art by copying antique kilims in private collections and museums, many of which have been since destroyed, thus preserving the designs and techniques. Artists such as Mykola Butovych, Sviatoslav Hordynskyi, Robert Lisovsky, Petro Cholodny, Jr., and Olena Kulchytska built reputations as kilim designers in the 20th century, and created several of the designs for original pieces that are included in this exhibition.]]></Description>
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  <Name>Greg Sholette &quot;Fifteen Islands for Robert Moses&quot;</Name>
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    <Name>Queens Museum of Art</Name>
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    <Address>Queens Museum of Art, Meridian Rd., Flushing, NY 11368</Address>
    <Phone>718-592-9700</Phone>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Fifteen Islands for Robert Moses is a site-specific art infiltration into the Panorama of the City of New York, which was built for the 1964 World’s Fair by urban planner Robert Moses and is now a centerpiece of the Queens Museum of Art. Artist and theorist Greg Sholette made and placed new islands about the Panorama’s waterways, where they exist as silent, post-9/11 observers of the City’s past, present, and future. Modeled in the same style as the Panorama, each island represents Sholette’s interpretation of a question he posed to a group of other artists and art theorists: “If you could add an island to New York City, what would that new landmass be like?” Touching on issues from environmental and economic justice to the overflowing archives of human memory and immigrant’s rights, the new fantasy islands interrupt the familiar geography of the Panorama, subtly haunting a favorite destination for students, tourists, and urban planners. Surrounding the Panorama is a series of posters about the project’s participating collaborators: Hana Shams Ahmed, Brett Bloom, Larry Bogad, Marc Fischer, Aaron Gach/Center for Tactical Magic, Libertad Guerra, Dara Greenwald, Marisa Jahn, Karl Lorac/Themm!, Ann Messner, Ted Purves, Rasha Salti, Dread Scott and Jenny Polak, Jeffrey Skoller, and Nato Thompson. ]]></Description>
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  <Name>&quot;Banquet for America&quot; Exhibition</Name>
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    <Name>Flux Factory </Name>
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    <Address>39-31 29th Street, Queens, NY 11101</Address>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Flux Factory announces Banquet for America, an experimental utopian village centered around a banquet table. Our artist-built town-within-a-gallery will be complete with a theater, specialized shops, and more; come experience a village equipped with bakers, jewelers, barbers, puppeteers, and smørrebrød-makers! Artists will inhabit the space for the duration of the show, eating and living with each other in the structures made from reclaimed materials within gallery. We have a dynamic group of performance and conceptual artists, and the experience will shift and grow as the show goes on.

Banquet for America will include four special event nights: an opening reception with Jean Barberis &amp; Mark Krawczuk on February 3rd; Flux Thursday on February 9th; a cabaret and puppet show night on February 11th; and, to close, A Bacchanalian Banquet with Giustina Surbone on February 12th.

Participating artists: Adam Ende; Adrian Owen, Ian Montgomery, &amp; Jason Eppink; Alison Ward; Andy Ralph; Angela Washko; Georgia Muenster; Giustina Surbone; Hector Canonge; Jean Barberis &amp; Mark Krawczuk; Jesper Aabille; Kerry Cox; LuLu LoLo; Stephanie Avery; and Veronica Dougherty. Curated by Alison Ward and Georgia Muenster.]]></Description>
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  <Name>Kurt Tong &quot;In Case It Rains in Heaven&quot;</Name>
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    <Name>Jen Bekman Gallery</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>6 Spring St., New York, NY 10012</Address>
    <Phone>212-219-0166</Phone>
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    <Access>Between Elizabeth St. and Bowery.  Subway: 6 to Spring Street, N/R to Prince St., F/V to 2nd Avenue, B/D/F/Q to Broadway/Lafayette or J/M to Bowery</Access>
    <Area areaId="lower_east_side">Lower East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>12:00:00</OpeningHour>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Traditionally, many Chinese believe that when a person dies, he leaves with no earthly possessions and it's up to their descendants to provide for them in their afterlife until reincarnation.

Joss paper, made from coarse bamboo paper, is burnt as offerings for the dead.  Depending on the region, Joss paper is decorated with seals, stamps, silver or gold paint.  These are often folded into the shape of gold or silver ingots.

Plain Joss paper is offered to newly deceased spirits and spirits of the unknown.  Silver is given to ancestral spirits as well as spirits of local deities.  Gold spirit money is given to higher gods such as the Jade Emperor.  Some believe that the money will enable their ancestors to live lavishly in the afterlife.  Others believe that the money is used to bribe the guards and the Black Judge of the afterlife in order to escape early.  More contemporary varieties of Joss paper include Hell Bank Notes and paper credit cards.

In the last 50 years, more and more elaborate items have been made out of paper as offerings for the dead.  Cars, servants and houses were common sights at funerals.  As consumer culture takes over in China, Joss products have become more and more outrageous.  While this practice is officially banned in China, it has always been tolerated.

Some see the offerings as compensations for what a person never had during his lifetime.  Many consider the items as a reflection of the values of the living of our society.

In 2006, it was reported that paper prostitutes, viagra, condoms, ecstacy and gambling equipment were found outside of cemeteries.  This lead to a crack down of the more extreme products.  

The images in this series reflect some of the products currently available to burn for the dead.

All items were burnt as offerings to my ancestors.]]></Description>
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