museummuseumA quarterly newsletter VIEWSVIEWS for small and mid- sized art museums April 2013 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Model for the Lion on the Four Rivers Fountain (detail), c. 1649–50. In “Bernini: Sculpting in Clay” Kimbell Art Museum, TX 1 museumVIEWS AprilIn 2013 this Issue: ThE DIlEmma of SocIal mEDIa Page 3 John Well-Off-Man, Cree Elder. Acrylic on canvas. In “Recent Acquisitions,” ContemporAry or Missoula Art Museum, MT old Master…In or out? Page 4 mISS la la Á la DEgaS: The story of a painting Page 5 Notes from ThE amErIcaN allIaNcE of museumS Page 6 fEaTurES Mickalene Thomas, Lovely Six Foota, 2007. C-print. In “Exposing the Gaze,” newsbriefS Nasher Museum of Art, NC Pages 7-9 spring VIEWS Pages 10-17 Chuck Close, 5C (Self-Portrait), 1979. Five Polaroid Polacolor prints. In “The Polaroid Years,” Loeb Art Center, NY museumVIEWS Editor: Lila Sherman Publisher: Museum Views, Ltd. 2 Peter Cooper Road, New York, NY 10010 Phone: 212.677.3415 FAX: 212.533.5227 Email:
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