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MUSEUMS DISPLAYING STUDENT ART EXHIBITIONS

Several museums are devoted to displaying students’ artwork to motivate talented students to create artworks. Educators work closely with students and teachers to organize and coordinate student art exhibitions.

The exhibition theme must be clearly defined as a way of inspiring the students and ensure that it is aligned with their learning objectives. Communities should have cultural institutions that can bridge the gap to provide students with artistic opportunities. The museums partner with community organizations, schools, and other agencies to present a schedule of students’ art exhibitions.

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THE INDUSTRIAL CHAIR BY MARGARETE KLöBER’S  FOR POLSTERGLEICH

The industrial chair designed by Margarete Klöber is not an ordinary chair.
Created in the 1930s, it’s one of the most famous and sought-after chairs by design lovers.

Margarete Klöber founded Polstergleich, her factory, in 1935 with the idea of bringing comfortable chairs to the offices.

READ ALSO – The Arco lamp

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WORKS BY KLIMT: WHICH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE HOUSED

There are many beautiful and important works by Klimt, but do you know where are they housed?
After my post dedicated to 5 things to know about Klimt, now I’ll make a list of the most beautiful works of the father of the Vienna Secession movement and the museums where you can admire them.
This might be the occasion for you to make a journey to discover the Viennese artist 🙂

Works by Klimt: which the most beautiful are 

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EAMES PLASTIC CHAIR: THE FIRST PLASTIC CHAIR IN HISTORY

There’s a chair on which we’ve sat at least once. If there’s one thing that can never be missing in a doctor’s waiting room or in an office, that’s a Plastic Chair, a 1950s-style chair, with or without arms, and which can be joined laterally with another chair.

The Eames Plastic Chair is the first real plastic chair which was awarded the second prize at the “Low cost” competition organized by the MoMA in 1948, and which since 1950 has been mass-produced (at the end of the post you’ll find the link to Vitra, the current producer).

READ ALSO: The Arco lamp.

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AMBROGIO LORENZETTI ON EXHIBITION IN SIENA

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, even though is considered one of the most important European artists of the 14^th-century, is still less-known to the public, especially as regards his paintings.
There isn’t even a modern and reliable scientific monograph dedicated to Ambrogio Lorenzetti!

The Santa Maria della Scala Museum Complex in Siena will host, from October 22^nd 2017 to January 21^st 2018, an exhibition entitled Ambrogio Lorenzetti, which will offer the chance to try to retrace his artistic production.

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