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Courthouse Collection
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Article provides details concerning the opening of the Jackson County Museum of Art, located within the historic Truman Courthouse in Independence, Missouri. Some of the items on display, 27 paintings by George Caleb Bingham, are described. Ken McClain, the art collector who owns many of the works on display is interviewed. The museum's organization is discussed.
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2013-09-07
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Newspaper Article
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He Wants You to Think
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Profile of Kansas City artist Peter Cowdin, known to the arts community as A. Bitterman. The author writes that Bitterman was trained as a printmaker, moved to Kansas City in 1988 where he took a hiatus from making art, and decided to apply to the Avenue of the Arts in 2006. The controversies surrounding Bitterman's works are summarized, including: positioning a Wal-Mart sign against the Nelson Atkins Museum of Fine Art's Bloch Building, his proposal to attach a paper mache banana to the side of the Folly Theater, his billboard depicting himself aiming a gun at The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park, and others. Bitterman is interviewed and discusses his works and future artistic endeavors.
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2014-03-16
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Newspaper Article
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A Tiny Renoir Began Impressive Obsession
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Description
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Article spotlighting the personal collection of French Impressionist paintings of Henry and Marion Bloch. For the last 35 years the Blochs have acquired works from such artists as Manet, Monet, Renior and Degas. Thirty of their paintings will be featured in an exhibit at the new Bloch Buidling of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art titled: "Manet to Matisse: Impressionist Masters From the Marion and Henry Bloch Collection."
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2007-06-03
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Newspaper Article
