In front of a crowd of museum trustees and art world VIPs, New York City mayor Bill De Blasio and architect Renzo Piano joined Obama in officially opening the new Whitney for business.
In a video by Sarah Gregg Millman, filmed at the American Museum of Natural History, we see the artist repeatedly singing the first line of a Christmas carol, "Come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant," to a skeletal Tyrannosaurus, though her serenade to the once-sovereign reptile goes all but unnoticed by the crowds of museum visitors.
If you've spent any significant amount of time on the internet, you've probably seen it: a three-minute clip of Ono, clad in all black, standing in front of a microphone at New York's Museum of Modern Art and screaming a series of violent, guttural noises while a crowd of perplexed museum-goers look on.
This royal arrival was greeted with enthusiasm by a small crowd of schoolchildren and museum staff although it's another royal arrival they were all talking about.
If tired of museums and crowds, 24 hours in Barga, with its twisting lanes, artistic residents and incredible views, will refresh your soul.
It satisfies two big present cravings: that of museums to attract crowds, and that of at least some in those crowds for good art.
Today, the flagship London store has 17 restaurants, bars and cafes; uses provocative window displays to gather crowds; and is a frequent sponsor of museums and supporter of artists.
He would become famous and controversial for building an international network of museums and organizing crowd-pleasing shows like "The Art of the Motorcycle". For now, Krens needed a No. 2. He called Govan, then a graduate student at the University of California at San Diego, and offered him a job.
As art lovers crowd into museums and galleries, many of the world's great paintings and sculptures are hidden away in private collections - rarely seen or admired except by the owners and their guests.
On Sunday, an overflow crowd of 800 crammed into the museum's Rubin Auditorium, with additional chairs set out in the stately Beaux-Arts Court.
