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  St. Louis museum won't return Egypt mask - Boston.com
The authorities claim the mask was probably stolen before it was obtained by the art museum in 1998.
Louis Museum officials said that specific record only brings up more questions because the mask was not recorded as being moved as other items were in the register.
The museum bought the mask from an art dealer in the United States in 1998 for about $500,000, only after checking with authorities and the international Art Loss Register to see if the item was stolen.
www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2006/05/12/museum_refuses_to_return_mummy_mask   (482 words)

  
 Canku Ota - April 17, 2004 - Art of the Osage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Art of the Osage, organized by the Saint Louis Art Museum, is the first major exhibition to explore the art and culture of the American Indian people known as the Osage.
The Saint Louis Art Museum presents Art of the Osage in a year celebrating the bicentennials of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition as well as the centennial of the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis.
The works of art come from public and private collections in the United States and Europe and were selected according to the highest aesthetic standards with the guidance and support of the Osage community.
www.turtletrack.org /Issues04/Co04172004/CO_04172004_OsageArt.htm   (2419 words)

  
 Saint Louis University Museum of Art | Saint Louis University
The museum also displays selections from more than 2,000 pieces of family memorabilia and fine art donated to the University by the late Marion Rumsey Cartier, daughter of Pierre Cartier, founder of the internationally renowned Cartier Jewelers.
The Saint Louis University Museum of Art (SLUMA) originally was built in 1900 as the home of the St.
The building was used by a succession of companies over the years, until the University purchased the building in 1992 from Saint Louis University alumnus, Francis E. O'Donnell Jr., M.D. The building was the home of the SLU Graduate School and the School of Public Health and was known as O'Donnell Hall.
www.slu.edu /the_arts/sluma/slumahistory.html   (648 words)

  
 The Saint Louis Art Museum - 1904: Art at the Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Art was also on display, most prominently in Cass Gilbert’s Palace of Fine Arts, the building that now houses the Saint Louis Art Museum.
The exhibition 1904: Art at the Fair brings together for the first time since the close of the Fair nearly 100 years ago a group of original prints, drawings, and photographs by artists represented at the Fair.
Although most of the art on view at the 1904 World’s Fair was returned to its owners after the Fair ended, a number of works entered the Museum’s collection.
www.slam.org /exhibits/1904.html   (382 words)

  
 Saint Louis Art Museum - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Saint Louis Art Museum, The, oldest publicly supported museum in the United States, with collections ranging from ancient to contemporary, located in...
The renowned Saint Louis Art Museum has a major collection representing many of the world’s cultures.
Louis (city) : colleges and universities in the area: Washington University, School of Art
encarta.msn.com /Saint_Louis_Art_Museum.html   (200 words)

  
 St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis University Museum of Art Fact Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Museum also displays more than 2,000 pieces of family memorabilia and fine art donated to the University by the late Marion Rumsey Cartier, daughter of Pierre Cartier, the internationally renowned jeweler.
The Museum's mission is also to be a venue for exhibitions of work by students, faculty, staff, alumni, benefactors and friends of the University.
SIGNIFICANCE: The Saint Louis University Museum of Art brings together in one place the Museum's multi-faceted collections of art and artifacts providing a place for the display of art and artifacts that are relevant to the Jesuit philosophy.
www.explorestlouis.com /factSheets/fact_sluMA.asp?PageType=4   (1355 words)

  
 St. Louis, MO - Saint Louis Art Museum Fact Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes, and European and American art of the late 19th century and 20th century, with particular strength in German painting.
HISTORY: The Saint Louis Art Museum, designed by architect Cass Gilbert as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1904 World's Fair and completed in 1903, was unique among the fair buildings.
The Saint Louis Art Museum became the first major U. art museum to be municipally funded when residents passed the Art Museum Tax in 1907.
www.explorestlouis.com /factSheets/fact_artMuseum.asp?PageType=2   (672 words)

  
 Egypt demands return of mummy mask - Science - MSNBC.com
Officials with the museum are evaluating documents from the council that seek to prove that the mask from around 1307-1196 B.C., could have been stolen from an Egyptian Museum storage room.
He said that the museum has a money-back guarantee with the dealer, if the mask has to be returned to Egypt.
The Saint Louis Art Museum's strongest piece of evidence that the item was not stolen is a letter from a Swiss collector included in the mask's provenance, an account of the item's history.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12598537   (685 words)

  
 St. Louis Gateway Arts -- Arts Group -- arts, entertainment, culture, concerts, film, music, theatre, dance
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive art museums containing more than 30,000 works of art.
Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes, and European and American art of the late 19th and 20th century, with particular strength in 20th century German painting.
Exhibition Lecture — “New Ireland: Art of the Sout
gatewayarts.net /group.asp?id=11   (956 words)

  
 Saint Louis Art Museum Unveils Renovated Early European Galleries | Art Knowledge News
Organized by Judith Mann, curator of Early European art at the Saint Louis Art Museum, the new layout presents works of art from the medieval period through the 18th century in a way that better explains how the works relate to their respective periods, original locations, and original functions.
Conservators at the Museum completed much of the work, but a few objects required special care from institutions such as the Cloisters Museum in New York, where conservators were better equipped to deal with unique challenges.
Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes and European and American art of the late 19th and 20th centuries, with particular strengths in 20th century German art.
www.artknowledgenews.com /Saint_Louis_Art_Museum-exhibit.html   (454 words)

  
 Art Saint Louis
Art Saint Louis is a not-for-profit visual arts co-op gallery, organization and advocate exhibiting work by established and emerging artists from the St. Louis region.
Art Saint Louis is a registered not-for-profit organization with the State of Missouri and has Federal 501 (c)(3) status.
Art Saint Louis is a member of the Saint Louis Gallery Association, Arts & Education Council, Critical Mass, St. Louis Mid-Sized Arts Cooperative, Missouri Citizens for the Arts, and Metropolis.
www.artstlouis.org   (2053 words)

  
 St. Louis Art Galleries
Louis Front Page presents a resource of Art Galleries and Museums in the greater metropolitan St. Louis area.
The historic installation is the Park's first ever temporary art exhibit and represents a partnership between William Shearburn, St. Louis' Forest Park and Bernar Venet to bring acclaimed art to Forest Park.
The St. Louis Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Saint Louis area.
www.slfp.com /ArtGalleries.htm   (926 words)

  
 French Culture | art: Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
art: Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard
The Saint Louis Art Museum's exhibition, Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard, features about 70 paintings and works on paper by Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries, Charles Angrand, Louis Anquetin, Emile Bernard, Paul Gauguin, Camille and Lucien Pissarro, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
This exhibition is curated by Cornelia Homburg, curator of Modern Art at The Saint Louis Art Museum.
www.frenchculture.org /art/events/vangoghslam.html   (417 words)

  
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The founders of the Saint Louis Art Museum intended to build collections that would be global in scope; to show the region’s citizens broad and significant examples of fine and applied arts from all places and all periods – including the present.
Their mission was to create a distinctive museum that would embrace contemporary art and include in its holdings the art of cultures that many art museums deferred to ethnographic institutions.
Educational programs at the Saint Louis Art Museum are designed to appeal to the widest possible audience, and assume many different formats to target a full range of receptivity, knowledge, and experience.
www.rmn.fr /frame/frame-gb/02musees/saintlouis-gb.html   (469 words)

  
 Contemporary - Pulitzer
Museum of Art and Archaeology - University of Missouri-Columbia
We have a multitude of events in the near future, including the next chamber concerts with the Saint Louis Symphony, new student events, the Grand Center Arts Opening, a symposium, and right around the corner, a new exhibition.
Recently I was fortunate enough to be an intern in modern and contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago.
www.contemporary-pulitzer.blogs.com   (2299 words)

  
 Saint Louis Art Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the leading art museums in the country.
The oldest publicly supported art museum in the country, it consistently ranks first nationwide in per capita educational service to its community.
Highlights include art of the Renaissance, masterpieces of Impressionism, American and European art, Asian art, period rooms, and world-renowned collections of pre-Columbian and German Expressionist art.
www.tfaoi.com /newsm1/n1m323.htm   (241 words)

  
 Saint Louis Art Museum - Saint Louis Forest Park
Standing atop Art Hill, it is the "crown" jewel" of the 1,370-acre park.
The Grand Basin is the lake at the foot of Art Hill and served as the focal point of the 1904 World's Fair.
The Saint Louis Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Saint Louis area.
www.slfp.com /ForestParkAM.htm   (227 words)

  
 Art Museum Network News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
SAINT LOUIS, MO, (amnnews.com) — The Board of Commissioners of the Saint Louis Art Museum today announced the appointment of noted British architect David Chipperfield to design an expansion of its historic facility in Forest Park.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive art museums, housing more than 30,000 works of art.
The current expansion and the intensive five-year planning sequence that underlies it were envisioned in the Art Museum’s 2000 Strategic Plan, which was developed with significant community input.
www.amnnews.com /press.jsp?id=2769   (481 words)

  
 Disputed 3,200 Year Old Burial Mask at St.Louis Art Museum | Art Knowledge News
St.Louis, Mo – The Saint Louis Art Museum defended its ownership of a 3,200-year-old Egyptian Ka Nefer mummy mask in its collection and called upon the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities to provide conclusive documentation or cease his unsubstantiated accusations about the mask's provenance.
In 1998, the Saint Louis Art Museum purchased the mummy mask from Phoenix Ancient Art in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period.
www.artknowledgenews.com /St._Louis_Art_Museum-defends-ownership-of-Ka_Nefer-mummy_mask.html   (482 words)

  
 Art Museum Network News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
SAINT LOUIS, MO, (amnnews.com) — The Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlotte Eyerman as Curator of Modern Art, filling the position after an extensive international search.
At the Getty, she is co-curator of "Courbet and the Modern Landscape," an international loan exhibition opening at the Getty on February 21st, 2006, and co-author of the accompanying catalogue.
A specialist in 19th-century French art, Eyerman is the author of numerous articles and essays on 19th- and 20th-century art, including the exhibition catalogue, "Old Masters, Impressionists, and Moderns: French Masterworks from the State Pushkin Museum, Moscow," presented at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2002.
www.amnnews.com /press.jsp?id=2834   (585 words)

  
 ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUMS | AAAM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Founded in 1879 as the Saint Louis Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum was relocated to Forest Park from its downtown home after the 1904 World’s Fair.
After the Saint Louis Art Museum, travel through the luscious scenery of Forest Park to the History Museum of the Missouri Historical Society and explore the history of our great state.
Experience the arts and humanities content that comprise the Museum's unique interpretive presentation of African Americans with Missouri connections who made significant contributions to the freedom and advancement of African Americans and the development of the United States.
www.blackmuseums.org /Conf2004/SpecialEvents.htm   (763 words)

  
 Riverfront Times | riverfronttimes.com | Saint Louis Art Museum | Midtown/West End | St. Louis
Louis' public museum lives by its credo, "Dedicated to art and free to all" with free admission to special exhibits, live music, tours and activities courtesy of Ford Motor Company on Fridays.
The finest works in the museum's collection of Asian art, including some new pieces that have never been displayed, are now on view.
These hands-on art activities, held in the Sculpture Hall or the Grigg Gallery (216), are designed to engage budding artists of all ages.
listings.riverfronttimes.com /gyrobase/Events/Results?location=oid:10712   (142 words)

  
 Artcom Museums Tour: Saint Louis Art Museum
The Saint Louis Art Museum was conceived on the model of the Victoria and Albert, global in scope to show the region's citizens significant examples of fine and applied arts from all periods and places, yet firmly committed to the art of the present.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is a comprehensive museum with collections ranging from ancient to contemporary.
The Museum retains its enthusiasm for the art of the present, continuing its historical tilt to the modern.
www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/sz/63110-13.htm   (441 words)

  
 Saint Louis Art Museum: Calendar
In celebration of the reopening of the Early European Galleries, the Saint Louis Art Museum is pleased to screen four films by European master, Jean Renoir.
American sculptor Tara Donovan, whose work will be on view as part of the Currents series of contemporary art exhibitions, discusses her work and her interest in the hierarchical organizations that govern the evolution in the growth of biological structures.
Louis Society, and is funded by The Arthur and Helen Baer Foundation.
www.stlouis.art.museum /index.aspx?id=3   (1910 words)

  
 Saint Louis Art Fair - Sponsors
The Saint Louis Art Fair is the result of an impressive partnership among business and cultural leaders in our community.
Art Fair and its programs benefits the quality of our event, and the quality of life in our community.
Donations to the Saint Louis Art Fair are tax-deductable as charitable contributions.
www.saintlouisartfair.com /Sponsors.htm   (191 words)

  
 Art Museum Network News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
SAINT LOUIS, MO, (amnnews.com) — The Saint Louis Art Museum announces a free lecture celebrating the career of internationally renowned artist Willem de Kooning on Tuesday, October 25 at 7 pm.
Stevens, an art critic for New York magazine, and Swan, a writer for Time and a former senior arts editor at Newsweek, dedicated 10 years of research to the 732-page biography that resulted in a masterful portrait of de Kooning, who was one of the most influential artists of his time.
Admission to the Saint Louis Art Museum is free to all every day; featured exhibition admission is free on Fridays.
www.amnnews.com /press.jsp?id=2775   (502 words)

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