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A wall relief inscription, discovered at the temple of Soleb, is displayed at the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum on September 19, 2019. A team of French diggers has restored three Sudanese artefacts, including a 3,500-year-old wall relief, and handed them to the African country's national museum, a French archaeologist said. For decades international archaeologists have worked extensively in Sudan, proving that the northeast African country has its own wealth of ancient relics and was not merely a satellite of neighbouring Egypt. Ebrahim HAMID / AFP.
KHARTOUM (AFP).- A team of French diggers has restored three Sudanese artefacts, including a 3,500-year-old wall relief, and handed them to the African country's national museum on Thursday, a French archaeologist said. The three artefacts were discovered at separate archaeological sites in recent years in Sudan and were restored by a French team of experts. The items are a wall painting of an ancient Kandaka Nubian queen, a Meroite stela and a wall relief inscription believed to be almost 3,500 years old. "The idea is to give back to the museum the most important archaeological pieces discovered and restored," said Marc Maillot, director of the French archaeological unit deployed in Sudan. The wall painting was found at El-Hassa site, the stela discovered at Sedeinga and the relief at the temple of Soleb, where French diggers along with Sudanese counterparts have conducted extensive archaeological work for several years. On Thursday the three artefacts were handed over to ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day The 1960s was a defining decade for James Rosenquist (1933 - 2017), propelling one of the most revered and influential American artists of his generation to the centre of art-world attention. The first UK exhibition in over thirty years with an in-depth focus on this pivotal decade, James Rosenquist: Visualising the Sixties is on view at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London until 9 November 2019. Photo: Ben Westoby
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 | | Selfies banned at Dutch museum's Nazi design expo | | Thieves nab 2-million-euro haul from vaunted French chateau | | Christie's to auction Marilyn Monroe photos and Hasselblad camera used by Douglas Kirkland | 
A man looks at a Nazi flag as he visits the exhibition "Design of the Third Reich" at the Design Museum Den Bosch in 's-Hertogenbosch, on September 17, 2019. Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP.
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH (AFP).- A Dutch museum has banned visitors from taking photos at a controversial exhibition of designs from Hitler's Nazi regime to stop them being "interpreted the wrong way". The crowds at the Design Museum in Den Bosch -- which has been sold out since "Design in the Third Reich" opened earlier this month -- look like those at any other museum, but with two important exceptions. Firstly, there is the extraordinary backdrop -- 277 articles ranging from a 1940s Volkswagen Beetle to statues of Hitler's favourite sculptor Arno Breker, propaganda posters and films by Nazi director Leni Riefenstahl. And secondly, the tell-tale lack of the smartphones that are normally ubiquitous at any tourist attraction or place of interest anywhere in the world. The exhibition's opening prompted protest from left-wing and anti-fascist groups who said they feared it could ... More | | 
The Vaux-le-Vicomte palace, set amid sumptuous gardens about 50 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of Paris, has been owned by the same family since 1875. AFP Photo/STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN.
The owners of a 17th-century French palace said to be the model for Versailles were tied up as their opulent home was ransacked Thursday by robbers who fled with a haul worth two million euros ($2.2 million), police said. The Vaux-le-Vicomte chateau, set amid sumptuous gardens about 50 kilometres (30 miles) southeast of Paris, has been owned by the same family since 1875. A police source said six hooded but unarmed robbers found neckties belonging to Patrice de Vogue, 90, to tie up him and his wife Cristina, 78, in their lodging on the grounds of the palace. The thieves targeted a safe and stole emeralds and other items, but did not attempt to make off with the chateau's works of art. The couple was not injured during the robbery, which occurred shortly before dawn, according to prosecutors in the nearby city of Melun. "The owners are doing fine and the chateau remains ... More | | 
Douglas Kirkland (b. 1934), Marilyn Monroe (Overhead), 1961.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christies announces the auction of the 1959 Hasselblad 500C camera (no. 36980) used by celebrated Hollywood photographer Douglas Kirkland (b. 1934) for his legendary 1961 Look Magazine photoshoot of Marilyn Monroe. The camera is being offered together with two magazine backs, two Carl Zeiss lenses, and two 40x60 in. limited-edition archival prints of Monroe taken during the shoot. The two photographs, Marilyn (Overhead) and Marilyn (Hugging Pillow), were taken at the pinnacle of Monroes fame and less than one year before her tragic death; they remain among the last professional images taken of the star. This seven-piece lot will be offered in The Exceptional Sale on October 29, 2019, and is estimated at $200,000 and $300,000 USD. This fabled photo session with Monroe, which took place in Beverly Hills on a Friday evening in November 1961, is remembered with an almost mythical sensibility. It still lives on as one of the ... More |
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| | Groninger Museum acquires Dale Chihuly Grand Stairwell Installation | | Hindman to host two fine art auctions on September 26 | | Fondazione Prada opens "Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures" | 
Dale Chihuly, Grand Stairwell Installation, 2018, 23 x 64 ½ x 2, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands. Photo: Scott Mitchell Leen © Chihuly Studio. All Rights Reserved.
GRONINGEN.- The Groninger Museum has acquired an important work by American glass artist Dale Chihuly, thanks to the generous support of donors including the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Mondriaan Fund. Presenting my solo exhibition, CHIHULY, at the Groninger Museum was a major honor. Not only was it my largest exhibition ever in a European museum and an opportunity to share my work with an entirely new audience, but the institutions aesthetic itself is so inspiring. I love its colorful and interesting spaces the result of an architectural collaboration led by Alessandro Mendini and Im pleased to know that my Grand Stairwell Installation will have a permanent home in this space that I so admire. Dale Chihuly The Groninger Museum hosted Dale Chihulys largest major European exhibition in winter 2018/19. Deemed bold by the daily national newspaper NRC, ... More | | 
Willem de Kooning, Quatre Lithographies, 1986 (one shown above) lithographs each signed, dated and numbered XXIV/L in pencil, each 28 1/4 x 24 3/4 inches. Estimate: $80,000 - $120,000.
CHICAGO, IL.- This September, Hindman will host two fine art auctions on September 26: Post War and Contemporary Art and Prints and Multiples. The sales will offer a strong selection of paintings, drawings, photographs, prints and sculptures including highlights from the Estate of Billie Ross, Estate of Charles S. Ackerman, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the Collection of George M. Irwin and the Collection of Virginia John. Both sales will be open for public viewing from September 19 25 in the Chicago gallery space (1338 W. Lake St). Hindman will present 120 premier examples of Post War and Contemporary Art on September 26 at 10 a.m. CST. The sale is particularly well represented with works by artists from the Hairy Who?, Chicago Imagists and Monster Roster with highlights by Jim Nutt, Karl Wirsum, Gladys Nilsson, Art Green, Ed Paschke and Leon Golub. Jim Nutts Plume from 1989 ... More | | 
Installation view of Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures at Fondazione Prada.
MILAN.- Fondazione Prada presents Il sarcofago di Spitzmaus e altri tesori(Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures), an exhibition project conceived by Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf, at its Milan venue from 20 September 2019 to 13 January 2020. Organized in collaboration with the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the exhibition features 538 artworks and objects selected by film director Wes Anderson (b. Houston, 1969) and illustrator, designer and writer Juman Malouf (b. Beirut, 1975) from 12 collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (the Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection, the Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Picture Gallery, the Museum of Ethnology, the Theatre Museum, the Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, the Imperial Armoury, the Imperial Carriage Museum, the Kunstkammer, the Coin Collection, the Library, and the Collections of Ambras Castle) and from 11 departments of the Naturhi ... More |
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| | Exhibition features a selection of Peter Hujar's black-and-white portraits acquired by Richard Avedon in the 1970s | | Kunsthaus Zurich presents sculptures and works on paper from the Hubert Looser Collection | | Dia Art Foundation announces free admission in NYC and Dia:Chelsea 2020 inaugural program | 
Peter Hujar, Ann Wilson, 1975 (detail). Vintage gelatin silver print image, 14 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches paper, 19 x 15 3/4 inches. No. 128329 © The Peter Hujar Archive; courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- For the public opening of 540 West 25th Street, Pace and Pace/ MacGill are presenting Peter Hujar: Master Class. Featuring a selection of Hujars black-and-white portraits acquired by Richard Avedon in the 1970s, the exhibition examines the photographers idiomatic approach to portraiture that treated each photograph as a stand-alone object, capable of evoking complex emotions and expressions. The influence of Avedons acclaimed Master Class, a weekly seminar taught by Avedon and art director Marvin Israel at Avedons New York City studio and in which Hujar was enrolled in 1967, is also being examined through scholarly research. The Master Class included visiting speakers such as Diane Arbus and Lucas Samaras, and opened doors for a number of young photographers. Avedon and Hujar remained friends following the workshops close and, over time, Avedon acquired ... More | | 
Richard Tuttle, One Red Orange Sway, 1986. Mixed media, 52 x 26 x 7.5 cm. Hubert Looser Collection, © 2019 Richard Tuttle, courtesy Pace Gallery.
ZURICH.- The exhibition shows 110 works of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Arte Povera and Minimal Art, and includes some surprising positions from Pop Art and Classical Modernism. This exploration of the play of lines and textures on the surface of the drawing paper brings audiences closer to the sculptures presence in space. One of the earliest and most significant works in the Looser Collection is a large-format drawing by Arshile Gorky. Born in the Ottoman Empire, Gorky was compelled to emigrate to the US in 1920 and thereafter became particularly involved with Surrealism. The key work in the Looser Collection is arguably one of the most important drawings from the 1930s held in Switzerland. In it, Gorky uniquely depicts a combination of figural and abstract-biomorphic elements. While inspired by Picassos research, he also seems to anticipate elements of an abstraction that would not come to prominence in the US until much later, through ... More | | 
Dia:Chelsea, exterior view of West 22nd Street, New York City. Courtesy Architecture Research Office / Dia Art Foundation.
NEW YORK, NY.- Dia Art Foundation announced today that it will offer free admission across its five existing New York City sites starting September 2020 to coincide with the reopening of Dia:Chelsea. Free admission will extend to all six sites when the new Dia:SoHo space opens in Fall 2022. Fostering increased accessibility and engagement, the initiative advances Dias founding mission to provide audiences with opportunities for meaningful and durational experiences with art. This move also builds on the nonprofits long history of embracing free admission at its permanent artist sites throughout the city, including Walter De Marias renowned The New York Earth Room (1977) and The Broken Kilometer (1979) in SoHo; Joseph Beuyss 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks), inaugurated at Documenta in 1982 and now on view in Chelsea; and Max Neuhauss sound installation Times Square (1977) in Midtown, all of which have been free to the public s ... More |
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| | Giant art project transforms East German housing blocks | | October is antique advertising month at Morphy's | | Blanton Museum of Art appoints new Latin American Curator | 
Artists from the urban art collective "Freiraumgalerie" Danilo Halle (L) and Philipp Eichhorn work on a giant mural on a residential building owned by the HWG housing company in Halle on August 22, 2019. John MACDOUGALL / AFP.
HALLE (SAALE) (AFP).- An enduring reminder of the communist era, the vast, concrete "Plattenbau" tower blocks that surround cities in eastern Germany are usually considered eyesores rather than works of art. Yet, a new urban culture project in the city of Halle, 170 kilometres (around 100 miles) southwest of Berlin, hopes to promote social cohesion by transforming architectural sins into monumental masterpieces. By brightening up the grey blocks made of prefabricated concrete slabs and often associated with poverty and tensions, artists aim to get people who don't normally interact talking. Adorning the side of one block, a three-dimensional mural in vivid colour depicts an astronaut descending from a satellite-like spaceship via a wooden ladder held by two men far below him. In the background is a clear blue sky, giving the illusion that the walls have ... More | | 
Marathon Gasoline die-cut porcelain sign, graded 9.0 and 8.9+ on each of its two sides respectively, 48 x 59½in. Est. $12,000-$18,000. Image courtesy of Morphy Auctions.
DENVER, PA.- Sensational examples of antique advertising from early enamel signs and gas pump globes to 19th-century soft drink rarities are currently on view at Morphy Auctions Pennsylvania gallery. The colorful array of signage filling walls and showcases at the spacious venue offers visitors a preview of whats coming in Morphys October Antique Advertising series featuring top-notch petroliana and the incomparable John and Charlotte Yarbrough Coca-Cola Collection. The Oct. 5-7 Automobilia & Petroliana sale offers 1,771 outstanding lots, while the October 17 Yarbrough Coca-Cola auction contains 465 prized lots from one of Americas most admired soda pop collections. As long as there is a fascination for motorcars, there will be collectors of automobilia and gas and oil-related advertising. Morphys is the ultimate pit stop for the finest, earliest examples from this genre. On Day 1 of ... More | | 
She was previously the Shawn and Joe Lampe Curator of Latin American Art at Phoenix Art Museum. Photo: Courtesy of Blanton Museum of Art.
AUSTIN, TX.- The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the appointment of Vanessa Davidson as its new curator of Latin American art. She was previously the Shawn and Joe Lampe Curator of Latin American Art at Phoenix Art Museum. Davidson succeeds Beverly Adams, who was named the Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Modern Art this spring. We are delighted to name Vanessa Davidson the new curator of Latin American art at the Blanton, said director Simone Wicha. A leading curator in the field, Vanessa brings a broad view of Latin American art histories, as well as an excellent record of exhibitions, scholarship, and publications to the Blanton. Building from the museums enduring leadership in the field, as curator of Latin American art Vanessa will continue to explore underexamined narratives, create dialogues between past and present, and shape ... More |
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 Historic New England President and CEO Carl R. Nold retiringBOSTON, MASS.- Carl R. Nold, president and chief executive officer of Historic New England, announced that he will retire in spring 2020 after seventeen years of service. Nold is only the sixth leader in the organizations 109-year history. Carls tenure has been one of growth and transformation, said David Martland, chair of the Historic New England board of trustees. With great skill and energy, he has led Historic New England into the twenty-first century and prepared the organization for continued success. It is with deep gratitude that the board of trustees thanks Carl for his leadership and contributions to Historic New England and the history museum field. Under Nolds leadership, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities rebranded to Historic New England in 2004, laying the groundwork for expanded access to its world-class buildings, ... More Exhibition of new work by Fernando Bryce on view at Alexander and BoninNEW YORK, NY.- Alexander and Bonin is presenting The Decade Review, an exhibition of new work by Fernando Bryce that chronicles the intellectual, political and cultural currents of the 1970s. Fernando Bryces drawings systematically re-examine the way historical events are represented in media and cultural production. Bryce describes his work as mimetic analysis, which involves culling archives for advertisements, newspaper articles, propaganda pamphlets, comics, and other print materials relating to specific political developments. He then reproduces these original documents in ink on standard paper formats. By bringing the archive into the present, Bryce goes beyond a simple portrait of the past and makes us question the way that history is narrated. Installed across the main gallery is the eponymous work, an assemblage of 110 meticulously reproduced ... More South African star soars in 'La Traviata' for social media agePARIS (AFP).- South African opera singer Pretty Yende, who has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last years, has hit new heights in a Paris production of "La Traviata" where the heroine is a social media influencer destroyed by the same society that propelled her to fame. In the new Paris Opera version of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece, the heroine Violetta is an internet celebrity like Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, with her own brand of perfume and millions of followers. Yet her fame turns to despair and solitude as she is forced to abandon her love for Alfredo -- and the smiling emoji faces turn to tears. Greeted with a standing ovation on opening night, the 34-year-old Yende, who was born in the small South African town of Piet Retief, conquered the vocal demands of Violetta in the first time she has taken on the emblematic role. But she also proved an inspired ... More Gus Van Sant, filmmaker and painter, shows his watercolors in New YorkNEW YORK (AFP).- Renowned filmmaker Gus Van Sant has worked in cinema for more than four decades, but has never set aside his parallel interest in painting, a passion of his youth. Nine recent canvases by the director known for films such as "Elephant," "My Own Private Idaho" and "Good Will Hunting" are now on show at the Vito Schnabel gallery in Greenwich Village until November 1, Van Sant's first solo exhibition in New York. These watercolors on linen measuring 6.5 feet (two meters) high are almost all untitled and find a main character of sorts in a sketch of a nude man, who appears to float amid a dreamlike landscape with blending colors, waves of cars and at times one of Los Angeles' most known monuments, Griffith Observatory. A resident of Los Angeles since the end of the 1970s, Vant Sant said he drew inspiration from "years of living ... More Hostler Burrows announces new gallery in Los AngelesNEW YORK, NY.- Hostler Burrows announced the opening of a second gallery space in Los Angeles in October 2019. Located at 6819 Melrose Avenue in a Hollywood neighborhood that is home to a number of notable design and art galleries, the spacious West Coast outpost is an ideal venue to present Hostler Burrows distinctive program of contemporary and vintage work. Designed by architect Linda Taalman, the 3,000-square-foot-gallery features an open main space, with an additional project room in which a dynamic program of solo presentations and special exhibitions will take place. The building was constructed in 1928, during the same era of growth that saw the completion of City Hall and the Chinese Theater, and it has a rich history within the design scene. "We are always exploring new opportunities to broaden the audience for our contemporary ... More Solo exhibition by New York-based artist Leslie Hewitt on view at PerrotinNEW YORK, NY.- Perrotin New York is presenting Reading Room, a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Leslie Hewitt, on view through October 26, 2019. For this exhibition, Hewitt introduces new bodies of work, including a series of photo-sculptures, wall interventions and steel objects, as well as a conceptual reframing of the gallerys adjacent bookstore. The exhibitions title Reading Room is a nod to one of the central theses of Hewitts practice, which works to disrupt and complicate entrenched readings of images and art objects as fixed or static, exposing a web or at times a knot of overlapping interpretations. For more than fifteen years, Hewitt has explored the relationship between image, text and object, but also the influence of repetition, meter and perspective as an extension of photographys aesthetic power. Hewitt composes simple shifts ... More Katherine D. Alcauskas named as Chazen Museum of Art Chief CuratorMADISON, WIS.- Katherine D. Alcauskas has been named to a new position, Chief Curator, at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of WisconsinMadison. She will begin her tenure on Sept. 23, and will be tasked with shaping the research, acquisition, management, display and interpretation of the museums unique permanent collection. She will also oversee an active exhibitions program that includes both traveling and in-house curated projects of all sizes. We are thrilled that Ms. Alcauskas is joining the Chazen curatorial team, said Amy Gilman, director of the Chazen. Her experience as a curator and leader in both large collecting institutions and academic galleries positions her perfectly to help develop our curatorial strategy. As we explore what it means to be a university museum in the 21st century, searching for new and innovative ways to showcase ... More Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk appointed Curator and Mediator of Inuit Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsMONTREAL.- The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts announced that Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk is joining its team as Curator and Mediator of Inuit Art. This eminent figure in the Inuit community will collaborate on all the Museum's projects to enrich its collection of Inuit art and enhance its many initiatives in Montreal, in Canada and in Northern communities. In this new position, Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk will support the numerous upcoming exhibitions and acquisitions of Inuit art as well as the reorganization of the Museum's collection of Inuit art, one of the most prestigious in Canada. She will also oversee the development of a number of educational, cultural and community activities aimed at raising awareness of Inuit art and culture among a broader audience. In addition, Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk will foster closer relationships between the MMFA ... More Winners of ING Unseen Talent Award 2019 announcedAMSTERDAM.- ING and Unseen announced that Karolina Wojtas (1996, PL) has won the ING Unseen Talent Award 2019 for her series We Cant Live - Without Each Other. She will receive a 10,000 project production fund. Kevin Osepa (1994, CW), selected via online voting, is the winner of the Public Prize and will be commissioned to create new work for the ING Collection. The ING Unseen Talent Award, a joint initiative of Unseen and ING, was founded to offer an international stage for outstanding European photographic talent. ING aims to make creativity and art accessible to a wider audience and, simultaneously, boost the contemporary art world. During the opening of Unseen Amsterdam on 19 September 2019, Kathy Ryan (Director of Photography, The New York Times Magazine) announced the winner of the Jury Prize. Isabel Fernandez ... More Music is at the forefront of annual UK Koestler exhibitionLONDON.- Each year Koestler Arts, the UKs best-known prison arts charity looks for a different approach to curate the annual UK Koestler exhibition at Southbank Centre. This year, Koestler Arts wanted a curator who could take entrants stories far beyond the page. Another Me is the 12th exhibition produced by Koestler Arts in partnership with Londons Southbank Centre, taking place from 19 September 3 November 2019. This year, the exhibition has been curated by award-winning musician Soweto Kinch, one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in both the British jazz and hip-hop scenes. Jazz musician Soweto Kinch visited Koestler Arts, on the grounds of Wormwood Scrubs prison in July this year, and methodically worked his way through 7,610 submissions to this years Koestler Awards from across the UK and by UK prisoners ... More Melbourne artist Jahnne Pasco-White wins the $50,000 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting PrizeBENDIGO.- Jahnne Pasco-Whites messmates1 has won the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize, Bendigo Art Gallerys biennial $50,000 acquisitive award for Australian artists. messmates 1 is part of a body of work comprising 11 overlapping panels, presented for exhibition in Melbourne earlier this year. The artist explores notions of waste, renewal and regeneration as she incorporates old clothes and other collected detritus into the work and overpaints in bright and earthy tones. In making the selection, the judges, who included Tansy Curtin, (Curatorial Manager, Bendigo Art Gallery), Tracy Cooper-Lavery (Director of HOTA, Queensland) and Roslyn Feeney (representing the Guy family) noted: Pasco-Whites visceral work pushes the limits of the medium itself; its raw, layered and vibrant with an incredible surface texture and palette. It is emblematic of the artists life and current prac ... More Ben Brown Fine Arts opens an exhibition of works by New York-based artist José ParláHONG KONG.- Ben Brown Fine Arts Hong Kong is presenting Textures of Memory, an ambitious exhibition of works by New York-based artist José Parlá. Curated by Dieter Buchhart, Textures of Memory is presented across two venues in conjunction with Hong Kong Contemporary Art (HOCA) Foundation and offers the Hong Kong audience a comprehensive insight into Parlá's output ranging from urban art to his abstract palimpsest paintings. In the gallery, Textures of Memory features a series of new abstract paintings and sculptural pieces drawing on key and recurring themes in Parlá's practice including the urban space, human markings and calligraphy. Informed by his recurring visits to Hong Kong over the years, the title refers to the physical impressions left around the city by time and evokes the dense maze of paints and textures which allude to the cityscape. ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, MEDIA DE HB CORPUSCULAR September 20, 1941. Dale Chihuly (born September 20, 1941, Tacoma, Washington, is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. In this image: Dale Chihuly sits in front of a wall featuring his drawings in the cafe during a preview of the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit at the Seattle Center in Seattle. The new, permanent 1.5 acre exhibit is located near the base of the Space Needle. It looks at the career of Chihuly and features an eight-gallery exhibition hall, conservatory and garden as well as a cafe with a selection of Chihuly's collections of vintage accordions, radios, clocks and other mid-century memorabilia.
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