The Studio Museum provides the most interesting historical fare, including a wonderful pair of 1816 portraits of Haitian princes by the British painter Richard Evans.

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The five initial MOMA frescoes are uneven in quality, having been made in six weeks of around-the-clock toil in an improvised studio at the museum.

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That changed in September when Ms. Watson, who is 31, "came out" as an artist by participating in "GO, " an open-studio weekend organized by the Brooklyn Museum, during which artists of every level across the borough welcomed the public into their work spaces.

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If the application is successful, the project would see Ipswich Museum, Ipswich Art School, New Wolsey Studio and the High Street Exhibition Gallery redeveloped and rebranded as one venue.

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It had recently been renovated by interior designer Studio Sofield with countertops made with the same marble found in the Museum of Modern Art's garden.

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And for those who can't wait, an exhibition entitled " Van Gogh Up Close" opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in February, while the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is currently focusing on Van Gogh's studio practice.

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The museum is also home to a rotating collection of contemporary Italian and international artists, and working studio spaces.

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The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria is housed in a building that was part of a 1920s film studio that made silent and early sound films.

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