News from The Buffalo News - 05/29/2010
Rome museum aims at avant-garde
ROME -- A huge museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by its ancient monuments and Baroque fountains.
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News from ABC News - 05/28/2010
Rome Makes Room for Modern Art
The city known for its ancient monuments and baroque churches finally has two new contemporary art galleries worthy of the name, both designed by foreign women. The MAXXI gallery in Rome will open its futuristic doors to the public Sunday. The Museum of Art for the XXIst century is one of a few ultra-modern buildings to find a place in Rome, where modern architecture has often been met with ...
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News from PRI Public Radio International - 05/28/2010
Modern art comes to Italy
Italy constructs its artistic future with a new modern art museum, the Maxxi, which opens this weekend in Rome.
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News from British Vogue - 05/28/2010
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News from People's Daily - 05/27/2010
Rome in global spotlight for MAXXI contemporary arts museum opening
The National Museum of XXI Century Arts - MAXXI - opened here on Thursday with a glamorous ceremony attracting global attention and featuring famous architect Zaha Hadid, designer of the building. The entire world was looking forward to the event after more than 10 years of preparation and building works. A crowd of viewers and institutional authorities packed the inside hall of the MAXXI ...
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News from Art Daily - 05/27/2010
Contemporary Art Museum Designed by Iraqi-Born Architect Zaha Hadid Opens in Rome
A creation of Italian sculptor Gino De Dominis is seen at the Maxxi, Italy's first national museum of contemporary art designed by Zaha Hadid, in Rome May 27,2010. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini.
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News from CBC.ca - 05/27/2010
Rome's new contemporary art museum set to open
Rome's MAXXI museum, featuring contemporary art and architecture, has finally opened after a five-year delay, kicking off three days of events Thursday that will culminate in the official public opening on Sunday.
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News from Reuters via Yahoo! News - 05/27/2010
"Silvery boa" museum brings contemporary art to Rome
It took Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid 11 years, 150 million euros and six Italian culture ministers to build Rome's first state museum for contemporary art -- one of the few futuristic spaces to rise in the ancient city.
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News from EARTHtimes.org - 05/27/2010
Rome to open doors of its Maxxi contemporary art museum
Rome - Along with the spectacular ancient ruins that mark its landscape, Rome features elaborate Baroque palaces, churches and fountains, but this weekend the city is to finally showcase an imposing new structure purposely built to house contempora...
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News from Straits Times - 05/27/2010
Maxxi museum to open
ROME - A HUGE museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens its doors in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by its ancient monuments and Baroque fountains. The Maxxi museum designed by Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid is the latest and most ambitious project to try to refresh the Italian capital's image of a decadent city bent on its glorious past.
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News from Fox News - 05/27/2010
New contemporary art and architecture museum to open in Rome
ROME (AP) — A huge museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens its doors in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by its ancient monuments and...
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News from AP via Yahoo! News - 05/27/2010
Contemporary art museum to open in Rome
A huge museum for contemporary arts and architecture opens its doors in Rome this weekend in a bid to draw avant-garde art lovers to a city defined by its ancient monuments and Baroque fountains.
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News from Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 05/27/2010
Major construction projects in Libya
(Reuters) - Oil exporter Libya is making up for years of stagnation by spending billions of dollars on construction projects, creating lucrative opportunities for contractors bold enough to risk Libya's unpredictable business climate.
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News from New York Times - 05/25/2010
Standing Proudly, in Foam Shoes
The Crocs store in SoHo is strictly for export; it might as well be duty-free.
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News from New York Times - 05/24/2010
Standing Proudly, in Foam Shoes
The Crocs store in SoHo is strictly for export; it might as well be duty-free.
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News from Deutsche Welle - 05/23/2010
Traditional Rome changes course with first modern art museum
Rome is stepping outside its ancient walls into art's future. The MAXXI, the country's first national museum dedicated to contemporary art, opens at the end of May. It was designed by star Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.
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News from Art Daily - 05/20/2010
2010 Royal Institute of British Architects Award Winners Announced
Skypad Teenage Cancer Trust Unit, Cardiff, orms Architecture Design © James Brittain. LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2010 RIBA Awards.
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News from The Art Newspaper - 05/20/2010
International news in brief May 2010
Terrorists death masks cause a stir in Esslingen. The recent display of the death masks ...
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News from BBC News - 05/20/2010
In pictures: RIBA awards 2010
Pictures of the buildings, homes, bridges and installations named in the 2010 RIBA awards for excellence in architecture.
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News from BBC News - 05/20/2010
In pictures
Buildings honoured at the 2010 RIBA awards
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