The Malloy administration's
extraordinary efforts to increase the
number of charter schools and privatize even more
of the state's public education system took a giant leap forward at the last State
Board of Education meeting.
Washington, DC — At its January 2016
Board of Trustees meeting, the National Gallery
of Art acquired a
number of works including an
extraordinary painting by Dutch master Frans van Mieris (1635 — 1681), an early portrait by Alex Katz (b. 1927)
of his wife, Ada, a remarkable trompe l'oeil painting by an unknown 17th - century Dutch artist, and a deluxe - format artist's book with 80 woodcuts by Joan Miró (1893 — 1983).