Sentences with phrase «lacks permanent gallery»

Although the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's, collection of post-World War II art has grown in recent years, thanks in large part to bequests from life trustee Caroline Wiess Law and Los Angeles real - estate developer Edward R. Broida, the museum still lacks permanent gallery space to showcase it.

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Last week I wandered through the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's American art galleries with two art - world debates in the back of my mind — one a local one about the dearth of work by Houston artists in Houston museums» permanent - collection galleries, the other about the startling lack of diversity at this year's Whitney Biennial.

Adding to the mixed impression, the Latin American - dominant contemporary galleries were anomalously outstanding — the handful of American museums with comparable Latin American holdings lacked permanent displays on that scale — but the Suida - Manning collection of European art left some visitors wondering aloud how lucky the Blanton was to have it.

A more ambitious plan to commemorate the work of the St Ives art colony, which involved the setting up of a permanent exhibition next to the Penwith Gallery, collapsed due to a lack of funds and was closed down in 1980.