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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. - Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails? - Will Rogers (1879-1935), to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo

¶ Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. - G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) http://maguquotes.blogspot.com/

Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. - Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)

ART REVIEW Romantics Shining Clear Light on Daily Existence By ROBERTA SMITH The first thing that distinguishes “Rooms With a View: The Open Window in the 19th Century,” a compact, quietly splendid exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is simply this: Its galleries have been painted a wonderful shade of oyster-grayish white. In the context of the Met, where the walls of special exhibitions tend toward plum, russet or evergreen, this pale, elegant hue is the visual equivalent of smelling salts.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | FEBRUARY 23, 2011 ART An Artist of Dual Allegiances By KAREN WILKIN 'Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene' (1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen.

The (King's) fame riding Pegasus Artist Antoine Coysevox (1640–1720) Description English: The (King's) fame riding Pegasus. Français : La renommée (du roi) chevauchant Pégase. Date 1702 Medium Carrara marble Dimensions Height: 315 cm (124 in). Width: 291 cm (114.6 in). Depth: 128 cm (50.4 in). Current location Louvre Museum Department of Sculptures, Richelieu, loxer ground floor, Cour Marly Accession number MR 1824 Object history English: Commissioned in 1699 for the decoration of the park of Marly, transfered in 1719 to the entrance to the Tuileries Garden, replaced in 1986 by copies Français : Commandé en 1699 pour la décoration du parc de Marly, transféré en 1719 à l'entrée du jardin des Tuileries, remplacées en 1986 par des copies. Credit line From the Tuileries Garden, 1986; restored with the aid of the Pari Mutuel Urbain, 2004-2006 (patron) Source/Photographer Jebulon (2010) Licensing This work is in the public domain in the United States, and those co...