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On this day in
1830 Albert Bierstadt, American painter of grandiose scenes of the American West, was born.
1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc Paris, composer and pianist, was born
1986 died Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist, short story writer, and photographer
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The 2006 Opera Festival in the Arena di Verona
Opera - Tuesday, June 27, 2006
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| On Saturday June 24th, the 84th edition of the Opera Festival at the Arena di Verona begun. On this edition: Cavalleria rusticana – Pagliacci, Aida, Carmen, Tosca and Madama Butterfly.
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Lucio Fontana. Venice/New York
Art - Monday, June 26, 2006
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| Two rare series of works by fontana reunited for the first time at the Peggy Guggenheim collection
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From Cranach to Monet, in Madrid
Art - Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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| From 20 June, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum will be opening From Cranach to Monet. Masterpieces from the Pérez Simón Collection, the first public display of this important private Mexican collection. A total of 57 paintings by some of the great names in the history of art – including Cranach, Rubens, Canaletto, Tiepolo, Goya, Corot, Monet, Cézanne, Gauguin, Pissarro, Renoir and Van Gogh – will provide visitors with a synthesis of the most important movements in art history from the 14th to the 19th centuries.
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DADA comes to the MOMA
Art - Sunday, June 18, 2006
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| Dada, on view at The Museum of Modern Art from June 18 to September 11, 2006, is the first major museum exhibition in the United States to focus exclusively on Dada, one of the most influential avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century.
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Art 37 Basel 2006: Meeting Place of the International Art World
Art - Friday, June 16, 2006
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| The 37th edition of Art Basel, the international art show, runs from June 14 through 18, 2006. 290 leading galleries from all continents have been selected for participation by the Art Basel Committee. They will be showing works by over 2,000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
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