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No Jackpot For Fine Art.(International Edition; Las Vegas)(closure of the Las Vegas Museum of Art)(Brief article)

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| April 20, 2009 | Friess, Steve | COPYRIGHT 2009 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Steve Friess

Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. A decade ago, Sin City was full of brio about becoming an art-tourism destination. But with the closure of the Las Vegas Museum of Art in February, the desert hot spot is now the biggest U.S. city without a public art museum. This blow follows hotelier Steve Wynn's conversion of his much-hyped gallery into a Rolex shop, and the closing of a Guggenheim outpost at the Venetian. "We were just wrong," says art critic Dave Hickey, who moved to Vegas in the 1990s, anticipating a cultural shift.

The LVMA had its problems. Located about 10 miles west of the Strip, the museum ...

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