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Jewelry by Kenneth Jay Lane at Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach)

Fabulous Fakes: Jewelry by Kenneth Jay Lane
Norton Museum of Art
February 3 – May 1, 2011
Catch a rare glimpse of the work of Kenneth Jay Lane, the major American maker and designer of costume jewelry who continues to lead the industry. Lane, a stalwart of the fashion world, is widely credited with making costume jewelry as glamorous as million-dollar baubles. Hundreds of his creations – the likes of which have been worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Nancy Reagan, Diana Vreeland, Britney Spears and countless other women from every walk of life – are featured.

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Egytpian Treasures at Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach)

To Live Forever: Egytpian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
Norton Museum of Art
February 12 – May 8, 2011
Encompassing more than one hundred objects drawn from the Brooklyn Museum’s world-renowned holdings of ancient Egyptian art, including some of the greatest masterworks of the Egyptian artistic heritage, To Live Forever: Egytpian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum explores the Egyptians’ beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife; the process of mummification; the conduct of a funeral; and the different types of tombs—answering questions at the core of the public’s fascination with ancient Egypt.

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Norton’s Monet in Major Exhibition at the Grand Palais, Paris

The Norton Museum of Art is pleased to announce its participation in the first major exhibition of Claude Monet’s work in over 30 years, taking place at the Grand Palais in Paris from September 22, 2010 to January 24, 2011. The extensive exhibition will display over 200 paintings from international museums, including the Norton’s revered Monet, The Moreno Gardens at Bordighera.

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Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait at Norton Museum of Art (West Palm Beach, USA)

Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Norton Museum of Art
September 4, 2010 – February 8, 2011
The present Self-Portrait is one of the very last of no fewer than 36 which Van Gogh executed between his arrival in Paris and his suicide at the asylum in Saint-Rémy in July 1890. It seems to have been executed in a single sitting without later retouching. Van Gogh depicted himself at work, dressed in an artist’s smock with a palette and brushes in hand; he looks over his left shoulder (as if at the viewer) with an aspect of intense seriousness and self-scrutiny.

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