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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>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 19:30</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <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>
    <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>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Crafts</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Media>3D: Other</Media>
  <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="2008/3738" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/3738">
  <Name>&quot;Neustadt Collection of Tiffany Art&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8049BA8A">
    <Name>Queens Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>Queens Museum of Art, Meridian Rd., Flushing, NY 11368</Address>
    <Phone>718-592-9700</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Ten-minute walk through the park to the Unisphere, where the museum is located. Follow the yellow signs. Subway: 7 to Willets Point/Shea Stadium</Access>
    <Area areaId="queens">Queens</Area>
    <OpeningHour>12:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>saturdays openinghour 12:00, sundays openinghour 12:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Closed Monday &amp; Tuesday With the exception of Learning Programs &amp; Workshops.  Also closed on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Media>3D: Other</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Louis Comfort Tiffany (American, 1848-1933) was one of the foremost decorative artists of his time. His father, Charles Lewis Tiffany, was the co-founder of Tiffany &amp; Company, the luxury retailer best known for fine silver and jewelry. At an early age Tiffany was exposed to superbly-designed and expertly-crafted objets d’art, undoubtedly stimulating his love and appreciation for exceptional objects and setting him on a self-proclaimed “quest for beauty.”

Tiffany began his career as a landscape painter but eventually branched out into interior design and the decorative arts. Over the years he formed a number of companies in both Manhattan and Queens that manufactured leaded-glass windows, lamps, mosaics, glassware, enamels, ceramics, metalwork, furniture, and textiles. These works were available at his Manhattan showroom and in fine retail and jewelry stores throughout the United States and Europe.

Tiffany embarked on the production of lamps in the early 1890s. Although the light bulb was patented in 1879, electricity was not widely available until shortly after the turn of the century and even then only the wealthy could afford it. Tiffany’s earliest lamps, made of blown glass or leaded-glass and bronze, were fueled by kerosene. As electric light became affordable and gained popularity, Tiffany began offering his clients the choice of either oil or electric lamps.

One of the earliest serious collectors of Tiffany lamps, Dr. Neustadt assembled an encyclopedic collection which included desk, reading, library, and floor lamps as well as hanging shades and chandeliers. He also added leaded-glass windows and bronze desk sets to his collection. In 1967, he acquired some 500 crates of sheet and pressed glass made and used by the Tiffany Studios which were left over after the company went bankrupt in the early 1930s.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested donations: Adults $5, Seniors and Children $2.50, Members and Children under 5 Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/4F45" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/4F45">
  <Name>&quot;Tiffany: The Glass&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/8049BA8A">
    <Name>Queens Museum of Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>Queens Museum of Art, Meridian Rd., Flushing, NY 11368</Address>
    <Phone>718-592-9700</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Ten-minute walk through the park to the Unisphere, where the museum is located. Follow the yellow signs. Subway: 7 to Willets Point/Shea Stadium</Access>
    <Area areaId="queens">Queens</Area>
    <OpeningHour>12:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="1" />
    <ScheduleDetails>saturdays openinghour 12:00, sundays openinghour 12:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Closed Monday &amp; Tuesday With the exception of Learning Programs &amp; Workshops.  Also closed on New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.</ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Other</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Tiffany: The Glass, an installation of two windows, eleven lamp shades, and more than two hundred examples of sheet glass, explores some of the remarkable patterns, textures, and colors of opalescent glass used by the Tiffany Studios. This exhibition is the first of its kind and focuses on the beauty and diversity of the material used in the creation of spectacular leaded-glass windows, lamps, and mosaics produced under Louis Comfort Tiffany’s artistic direction.

This display highlights some of the most commonly used types of sheet glass produced at the Tiffany Furnaces in Corona, Queens, as well as glass purchased from commercial glass manufactures. The lamps and windows included in the exhibition demonstrate the ways in which these distinctive materials were used to replicate the details of the natural world.
]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Suggested donations: Adults $5, Seniors and Children $2.50, Members and Children under 5 Free</Price>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/566A" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/566A">
  <Name>The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts</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>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The Wrightsman Galleries have undergone extensive renovations to improve the presentation of the Museum's renowned collection of French furniture and related decorative arts pieces—many of which have a royal provenance. The galleries include a number of important artworks previously not on view, including a mid-seventeenth-century carved ebony cabinet on a stand and a late-eighteenth-century carved and gilded state bed, as well as additional pieces of Sèvres porcelain and gold snuff boxes.]]></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="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>
    <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>3D: Sculpture</Media>
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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/B59D" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/B59D">
  <Name>&quot;Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms&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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  <Description><![CDATA[The Brooklyn Museum's decorative arts collection occupies the fourth floor of the Museum. The focus of the collection is a group of American period rooms ranging in date from the 18th century to the 20th century. Interspersed with the period rooms are galleries that display an outstanding collection of American furniture, silver, pewter, glass, and ceramics. Additional objects from the decorative arts collection are on display in American Identities.  ]]></Description>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2008/F889" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2008/F889">
  <Name>&quot;Gallery Selections&quot;</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/D2F542C2">
    <Name>Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, LLC</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>667 Madison Ave., 24 Fl., New York, NY 10065</Address>
    <Phone>212-813-9797</Phone>
    <Fax>212-813-9876</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 61st St. Subway: N/R/W to 5th Ave., 4/5/6 to 59th St./Lexington Ave. or F to Lexington Ave./63rd St.</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>05:00:00</ClosingHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>sundays openinghour 11:00, sundays closinghour 17:00</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
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  <Description><![CDATA[Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts is pleased to present a selection of its finest and newest acquisitions. The current installation of works in the gallery highlights the modernist landscapes of John Marin and Charles Burchfield, as well as the Ashcan paintings and drawings of William Glackens and Henry Glintenkamp. Exceptional works by such American Masters as George Bellows and Marsden Hartley are also on view, and are just a sampling of the extensive inventory the gallery has to offer. Please click the image to see further information. ]]></Description>
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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>
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  <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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  <Longitude>-73.962556</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/02EB" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/02EB">
  <Name>&quot;The Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture &amp; Slavery in New York&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/D3C8617E">
    <Name>The New-York Historical Society</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023</Address>
    <Phone>212-873-3400</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Between 76th and 77th Street. Subway: B or C to 81st Street.</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>18:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>sundays openinghour 11:00, sundays closinghour 17:45, fridays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Open on selected holiday Mondays and Mondays during special exhibitions for school and adult groups.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[In November 2000, with a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Historical Society opened a state-of-the-art facility for its renowned fine and decorative arts collection. The Luce Center is located on the entire fourth floor in the Historical Society's landmark building on Central Park West. Innovative in its design, the Luce Center safely houses and makes accessible more than 40,000 objects - representing museum collections amassed over 200 years - previously in offsite storage. Paintings, sculpture, furniture, tools for home and trade, Tiffany lamps, textiles, metals, ceramics and glass are displayed in visible storage, offering a unique behind-the-scenes museum experience for the visitor.

Information about this arsenal of Americana is delivered in a variety of ways, ranging from thematic audio tours to interactive computer kiosks and mini-exhibition stations.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>6.04167</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults: $12, Seniors and Educators: $9, Members; Students: $7, Children under 12(accompanied by adults) and on Fridays from 6 pm to 8 pm: Free</Price>
  <DateStart>0000-00-00</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>0</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>1</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
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  <Latitude>40.779428</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.973739</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/7ECF" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/7ECF">
  <Name>&quot;Shaping Modernity: Design 1880–1980&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/AE192502">
    <Name>The Museum of Modern Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>11 W 53rd St., New York, NY 10019</Address>
    <Phone>212-708-9400</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Between 5th Ave. and 6th Ave.  Subway: V/E to 53rd Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="midtown">Midtown</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Summer Hours through Sept. 3: Sunday through Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>2D: Prints</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[The new installation of the Architecture and Design Galleries features a selection of visionary objects, graphics, architectural fragments, and textiles from the Museum’s collection that reveal the attempts of successive generations to shape their experience of living in the modern world. Roughly three hundred works are thematically organized into five installations: Art Nouveau objects and posters  from 1890 to 1914, featuring stunning designs by Hector Guimard, Antoné Gaudi, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh; posters and graphics of the New Typography movement (1927–37) (on view through July 12); works from 1925 to 1940, including a giant railroad-car spring and a billboard for Ford Motors, that focus on the relationship of mind, body, and machine; a survey of the influential Good Design movement (1944–56), including iconic pieces by Marcel Breuer, Charles and Ray Eames, and Hans Wegner; and works from the 1960s  and 1970s that merged the clean and elegant forms of modern design with new materials, colors, and forms, opening up new possibilities for more playful, expendable design.

[Image: Paolo Lomazzi, Donato D'Urbino, and Jonathan De Pas &quot;Blow Inflatable Armchair&quot; (1967) PVC plastic. Manufactured by Zanotta S.p.A., Italy. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the manufacturer.]]]></Description>
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  <Karma>1.32058</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults $25, Seniors $18, Students $14, Children and Members and on Friday 4pm–8pm Free. Film Admission as of September 1, 2011: $12 adults; $10 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D.; $8 full-time students with current I.D. (for admittance to film program</Price>
  <DateStart>0000-00-00</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>0</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>1</PermanentEvent>
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  <Latitude>40.761072</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.977008</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2010/D2E9" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2010/D2E9">
  <Name>&quot;New York Interiors (1690-1906)&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/1C69A591">
    <Name>The Museum of the City of New York</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>1220 5th Ave., New York, NY 10029</Address>
    <Phone>212-534-1672</Phone>
    <Fax>212-423-0758</Fax>
    <Access>Corner of 103rd St.  Subway: 6 to 103rd Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Architecture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[New York Interiors (1690-1906) features elements of New York domestic environments from the late 17th through the early 20th centuries. On display are objects that illuminate aspects of daily life including recreational pursuits and various domestic technologies.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0.568627</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Suggested Admission: Adults $10, Seniors and Students $6, Families $20 (max. 2 adults) Children 12 and under Free</Price>
  <DateStart>0000-00-00</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>0000-00-00</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
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  <PermanentEvent>1</PermanentEvent>
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  <Latitude>40.792389</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.952667</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/9C87" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/9C87">
  <Name>&quot;Highlights from the Modern Design Collection, 1900 to the Present, Part II&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>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Media>3D: Ceramics</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[This installation of modern and contemporary design objects features new acquisitions and other important works from the past century to the present. Highlights include René Lalique's &quot;Swan&quot; necklace of opals and amethysts, a newly acquired chair by Henry Van de Velde, a playfully brilliant room divider by Ettore Sottsass, and a chandelier by the Dutch designer Joris Laarman. Also presented are glass, ceramics, metalwork, drawings, and posters.]]></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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  <Latitude>40.779</Latitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/9E9B" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/9E9B">
  <Name>&quot;Plywood: Material, Process, Form&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/AE192502">
    <Name>The Museum of Modern Art</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>11 W 53rd St., New York, NY 10019</Address>
    <Phone>212-708-9400</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Between 5th Ave. and 6th Ave.  Subway: V/E to 53rd Street</Access>
    <Area areaId="midtown">Midtown</Area>
    <OpeningHour>10:30:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:30:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="0" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>fridays closinghour 20:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>Summer Hours through Sept. 3: Sunday through Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m.–8:30 p.m.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Architecture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[“Plywood,” explained &quot;Popular Science&quot; in 1948, “is a layercake of lumber and glue.” In the history of design, plywood is also an important modern material that has given 20th-century designers of everyday objects, furniture, and even architecture greater flexibility in shaping modern forms at an industrial scale. This installation features examples, drawn from MoMA's collection, of modern designs that take advantage of the formal and aesthetic possibilities offered by plywood, from around 1930 through the 1950s. Archival photographs illuminate the process of design and manufacture in plywood. Iconic furniture by Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, Eero Saarinen, and Arne Jacobsen appear alongside organic platters by Tapio Wirkkala (1951), Sori Yanagi’s Butterfly Stool (1956), an architectural model for a prefabricated house by Marcel Breuer (1943), and experimental designs for plywood in the aeronautics industry.
[Image: Sori Yanagi. Butterfly Stool. 1956. Molded plywood and metal, 15 1/2 x 17 3/8 x 12 1/8&quot; (39.4 x 44.1 x 30.8 cm). Manufactured by Tendo Co., Ltd., Tokyo. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the designer, 1958]]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0.730616</Karma>
  <Price free="0">Adults $25, Seniors $18, Students $14, Children and Members and on Friday 4pm–8pm Free. Film Admission as of September 1, 2011: $12 adults; $10 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D.; $8 full-time students with current I.D. (for admittance to film program</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-02-02</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-02-27</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>18</DaysBeforeEnd>
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  <Longitude>-73.977008</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2011/BC40" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2011/BC40">
  <Name>&quot;Mobilier National&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/E0759F6E">
    <Name>Demisch Danant</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>542 W 22nd St., New York, NY 10011</Address>
    <Phone>212-989-5750</Phone>
    <Fax>212-989-5730</Fax>
    <Access>Between 10th and 11th Ave. Subway: C/E to 23rd Street, A/C/E to 14th Street or L to 8th Avenue.</Access>
    <Area areaId="chelsea_22">Chelsea 22nd</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>17:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="1" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails>saturdays openinghour 12:00, saturdays closinghour 18:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Demisch Danant gallery will unveil the first American exhibition devoted exclusively to the 20th century furniture created under the Mobilier National - an institution of the République française conceived to decorate the official palaces and residences of the Republic and to promote the highest levels of beauty, originality and technical innovation in French decorative arts and design. Mobilier National will present more than 20 rare examples of furniture realized under this extraordinary program between 1964, including Olivier Mourgue’s Montreal Chair and Table (1967), and a selection of Pierre Paulin designs for the Palais de l'Elysée including a rare Bureau de Dame (1981). Also on view will be an important President's Desk (1968) by Henri Lesetre and a Chaise Grains de café (1971) by Francois Xavier and Claude Lalanne.

The exhibition will remain on view through February 2012 at the gallery’s New York space in the West Chelsea arts district of Manhattan.

Dating back to the 17th century, the Mobilier National has been responsible for the decoration of the Republic’s many official government spaces at home and abroad. In 1964, the Atelier de Recherche et Creation (ARC) was created under the Mobilier National to promote a uniquely French contemporary style by engaging and supporting the work of 
French designers and artists. Since the 1960s, the ARC has realized over 500 prototypes for furniture and lighting, including many objects now viewed as icons of modernity. Pierre Paulin and Olivier Mourgue were the first to participate in the Mobilier National’s ARC in the 1960s. They were followed over ensuing decades by such significant figures as Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti, and Martin Szekely in the 1980s, and the Bourroullec brothers Ronan and Erwan in the 1990s. Today, ARC continues to promote extraordinary artistic creativity in France, providing leading designers and new talents alike the resources necessary to experiment with new techniques and materials.

The exhibition at Demisch Danant focuses primarily upon the important commissions that emerged during the ARC’s first years. In 1967 the Mobilier National requested Olivier Mourgue to design the seats and tables for the French Pavilion at Expo ‘67 in Montreal. The organization commissioned Pierre Paulin to furnish the private apartments of President George Pompidou at the Palais de l'Elysée in 1969, and for the Exposition Universal in Osaka in 1970, where Paulin’s now famous Amphis sofa was unveiled. In these cases, the ARC-sponsored prototypes gave way to editions through commercial entities, allowing the vision and talent of French designers to emanate beyond the nation’s borders, influencing design internationally: these curved and softened objects heralded the beginning of a broader cultural design shift away from the more functional, hard-edged and streamlined Modernist aesthetic of the early 1960s, and toward an organicism still powerful today.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>1.25252</Karma>
  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2011-11-08</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-02-11</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  <DaysBeforeEnd>2</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
  <Distance>0</Distance>
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  <Latitude>40.747694</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-74.005878</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2012/4F6D" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2012/4F6D">
  <Name>ANTONIO PIO SARACINO &quot;Second Nature&quot;</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/05427C82">
    <Name>BosiDamjanovic Gallery</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>48 Orchard St., New York, NY 10002</Address>
    <Phone>212-966-5686</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Between Grand and Hester Sts. Subway: F, J/M/Z to Delancey St. or F to East Broadway</Access>
    <Area areaId="lower_east_side">Lower East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>11:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>19:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="0" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Sculpture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Second Nature derives its inspiration from as far back as Greek philosopher Aristotle and makes reference to objects that do not belong in nature but, through habitual use, these ‘foreign’ items become natural within the created human environment. The unadulterated, natural world can fill us with awe and wonder and throughout history has inspired many leading thinkers to investigate and explore the parallel between nature and human design – the root of Antonio’s recent work. In the spirit of this complex relationship, Second Nature intends to create an environment that unites the natural world with spirit and imagination and manifests itself through influential seating and furniture for a brave new world. The exhibition will showcase 10 of Saracino’s unique creations. Antonio Pio Saracino is an Italian-born architect and designer, living and working in New York and Italy.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>0</Karma>
  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2012-02-03</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-03-05</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
 <Party type="1" date="2012-02-02" start="18:00:00" end="20:00:00">Opening Reception</Party>
 <DaysBeforeEnd>25</DaysBeforeEnd>
  <PermanentEvent>0</PermanentEvent>
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  <Latitude>40.716392</Latitude>
  <Longitude>-73.990926</Longitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2012/BED8" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2012/BED8">
  <Name>&quot;RETROspect&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/2F1BADDF">
    <Name>Charles Bank Gallery</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>196 Bowery, New York, NY 10012</Address>
    <Phone>212-219-4095</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>Between Prince and Spring Sts.  Subway: F/V to 2nd Avenue or 4 to Spring Street.</Access>
    <Area areaId="lower_east_side">Lower East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>12:00:00</OpeningHour>
    <ClosingHour>19:00:00</ClosingHour>
    <DaysClosed mon="1" tue="1" wed="0" thu="0" fri="0" sat="0" sun="0" hol="0" />
    <ScheduleDetails></ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
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  <Media>2D: Painting</Media>
  <Media>3D: Installation</Media>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Product</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Charles Bank Gallery presents RETROspect, a pairing of staff selected contemporary artworks with examples of exquisitely painted nineteenth-century woodworking from the collection of Elliott and Grace Snyder. The contemporary collection includes work by Allen Grubesic, Adam Henry, Barnaby Hosking, Eske Kath, Kim Keever, Ryan James MacFarland, Kasper Sonne, and Pär Strömberg. 
 
Elliott and Grace Snyder have been full-time antiques dealers since 1970, and currently exhibit in the most important antiques shows in this country, including the Winter Antiques Show in New York. They are also founding members of the Antiques Dealers’ Association of America, a trade organization dedicated to encouraging the maintenance of high ethical standards in the business of buying and selling antiques.
 
The Snyders specialize in 17th, 18th, and early 19th century American furniture and decorative arts with an emphasis on textiles, painted and/or decorated furniture in original condition, and folk art. Their interest has always been in 'country' interpretations of formal designs in which craftsmen were freer to improvise on prevailing structures. The Snyders always seek out pieces that successfully embody individual imagination.

The six antiques from the Snyder collection were specifically chosen for their hand-painted surfaces that resemble abstract paintings from a more recent period in Art History. As a result, the juxtaposition of these pieces with artworks from the Charles Bank Gallery program offers viewers a fresh perspective on both collections.]]></Description>
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  <Karma>2.61539</Karma>
  <Price free="1">Free</Price>
  <DateStart>2012-01-18</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-02-09</DateEnd>
  <ScheduleNote></ScheduleNote>
 <Party type="1" date="2012-01-18" start="18:00:00" end="21:00:00">Opening Reception</Party>
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  <Latitude>40.721219</Latitude>
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 <Event xml:lang="en" id="2012/C17E" href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2012/C17E">
  <Name>&quot;Hanging Around: Necklaces from MAD's Collection&quot; Exhibition</Name>
  <Venue href="http://www.nyartbeat.com/venue/EB18574C">
    <Name>Museum of Arts &amp; Design</Name>
    <Type>Museum</Type>
    <Address>2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019</Address>
    <Phone>212-299-7777</Phone>
    <Fax></Fax>
    <Access>At 58th St. and 8th Ave.  Subway: B/C/D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle</Access>
    <Area areaId="midtown">Midtown</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>thursdays closinghour 21:00</ScheduleDetails>
    <ScheduleNote>In the Summer opened on Tuesdays.  Check with the venue for details.</ScheduleNote>
  </Venue>
  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Media>3D: Fashion</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[For at least forty thousand years, in virtually all cultures, humans have worn objects of symbolic, decorative, and amuletic value around their necks. Ranging in length from chokers to rope necklaces that hang below the waist, and in form from simple pendants to elaborate sculptural collars and breastplates, necklaces are strategically positioned beneath the face to draw attention to themselves, enhancing the wearer's allure, power, or status and showcasing the maker's artistic skills.

The unique works on display in Hanging Around are from the Museum of Arts and Design's jewelry collection. Dating from the 1960s to the present, these artistic creations encompass conceptual approaches ranging from the decorative to the provocatively political. Some of the necklaces on view feature precious metals and rare gemstones, but others derive their impact from materials as unconventional as pig intestines, gun triggers, mustard seeds, LED lighting, black coral, butterfly wings, phone directories, mirrors and lenses. The fabrication techniques employed by the artists are as different as traditional goldsmithing and cutting-edge digital prototyping.

The Museum of Arts and Design's collection of contemporary jewelry is one of the finest in the world. Established in 1956 with important gifts from generous donors, MAD's jewelry collection continues to grow each year through the acquisition of new and exciting artworks that embody uniqueness in their aesthetic and intellectual ideas along with superior workmanship and the innovative use of materials in their execution.]]></Description>
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  <Price free="0">Adults $15, Students and Seniors $12, Members and Children under 12 Free, Thursdays 6 - 9pm Pay What You Wish</Price>
  <DateStart>2012-01-24</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-05-21</DateEnd>
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  <Name>&quot;The World of Duncan Phyfe&quot; Exhibition</Name>
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    <Name>Hirschl &amp; Adler</Name>
    <Type>Gallery</Type>
    <Address>730 Fifth Avenue, Fl. 4, New York, NY 10019</Address>
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    <Access>Between 56th and 57th Sts. Subway: 4/5/6 to 59th Street, N/R/W to 60th Street, F to 57th Street.</Access>
    <Area areaId="upper_east_side">Upper East Side</Area>
    <OpeningHour>09:30:00</OpeningHour>
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    <ScheduleDetails>saturdays closinghour 16:45</ScheduleDetails>
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  <Media>3D: Furniture</Media>
  <Description><![CDATA[Hirschl &amp; Adler presents &quot;&quot;The World of Duncan Phyfe: the Arts of New York, 1800-1847&quot;.]]></Description>
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  <DateStart>2011-12-15</DateStart>
  <DateEnd>2012-02-17</DateEnd>
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