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Flights of Folly.(art museums become entertainment, expansion and expense)(Statistical Data Included)
At the Venetian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, it's an amazingly short walk from slot machines to Cezanne. Built right into opposite sides of the Venetian are two Guggenheim museums, both designed by avant-garde Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and neither yet a year old. The bigger one, a huge box filled since opening day with "The Art of the Motorcycle" (that is, a lot of snazzy motorcycles) is the Guggenheim Las Vegas, while the smaller one is the Guggenheim Hermitage (an offshoot of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia). It's been showing some stellar Picassos and Renoirs. "When I walk from the quiet jewel box of the Hermitage into the 'jingle-jingle' of the slots, ...
- Real Fine-Art Museums Offer Depth amid Dazzle of Las Vegas.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) September 23, 2002 700+ words
...Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas. I'm walking corridors parqueted with...art critic Robert Hughes pointed out, Las Vegas is a city where "art" is still likely...into the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas to see 20 impressionist and early modern...
- Larger-Than-Life Attractions Greet Las Vegas Visitors at Every Turn.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 25, 2002 700+ words
...home in this desert town. Las Vegas is constantly evolving...Today, the emphasis in Las Vegas is on the grand life, with fine art museums, celebrity-chef restaurants...Luxor. I hadn't been to Las Vegas since a stop as a wide...
- Real fine-art museums are settling into gambling-and-glitter capital.(The...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Haas, Jane Glenn October 7, 2002 700+ words
LAS VEGAS _ This is a true story. I'm in the...Resort-Hotel-Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas. I'm walking corridors parqueted with...art critic Robert Hughes pointed out, Las Vegas is a city where "art" is still likely...
- Real fine-art museums are settling into gambling-and-glitter capital.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 17, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Jane Glenn Haas LAS VEGAS _ This is a true story. I'm in...Hotel-Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas. I'm walking corridors parqueted...critic Robert Hughes pointed out, Las Vegas is a city where "art" is still...
- Art on the strip. (various artists, various venues, Las Vegas, Nevada)
- Magazine article from: Art in America Tager, Alisa February 1, 1997 700+ words
...artists live and work in Las Vegas, it's tricky for a...art world, artists in Las Vegas must seek new ways of...contemporary art@ there are no art museums (contemporary or otherwise...the heart of downtown Las Vegas, A nonprofit, artist...
- OPINION: Indian Casinos Can Take Lessons from Las Vegas Strip.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 8, 2003 700+ words
...their neighborhoods. The Las Vegas Strip shows the power...Versailles, at the Paris Las Vegas casino of course. To...have all set up notable art museums (with pricey admission...full in one stroll down Las Vegas Boulevard. Still, some...
- The Economics of Art Museums.
- Magazine article from: Southern Economic Journal Waits, C. Richard July 1, 1993 700+ words
...subjects of finances, economic history of art museums, tax policy, government policy (2...general overview of the economics of art museums. The intent is to share these experiences...that a certain view of the economics of art museums was common to all participants. Art...
- Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums.
- Magazine article from: Afterimage Ames, Kenneth L. November 1, 1996 700+ words
...involved with the evolving critique of art museums. She helped write the legendary "anti...two articles for Artforum exploring art museums as ritual structures. This book extends...thesis of Civilizing Rituals is that art museums are not only buildings and collections...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flights of Folly.(art museums become entertainment, expansion and...