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Wes Anderson's film 'The Phoenician Scheme' features actual masterpieces by artists like Renoir and Magritte, marking a departure from previous films where reproductions were used, emphasizing the film's focus on art and commerce.
The Buffalo AKG Art Museum, formerly known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, is reopening with a newly chronological-ordered collection that includes old favorites and recent acquisitions. The museum will be open to the public from June 16-19, with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting on June 12. The permanent collection includes masterpieces such as Giacomo Balla's "Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash," Salvador Dali's "The Transparent Simulacrum of the Feigned Image," Jackson Pollock's "Convergence," and Ellsworth Kelly's "New York, NY."
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has closed its blockbuster exhibition of paintings by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer, which was hailed as its most successful ever. The exhibition attracted 650,000 visitors from 113 countries during its 16-week run that started in early February. The exhibition included 28 of the 37 paintings generally ascribed to Vermeer, including seven paintings that had never previously been displayed publicly in the Netherlands. Six Vermeer paintings will remain on show in the Rijksmuseum's Gallery of Honor.