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Thomas Hoving Lecture, Reception & Book Signing

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center

August 2, 2007

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7 p.m. Masterpiece Lecture: The Artful Tommy Thomas Hoving, America’s Culture Scamp, Reveals How He Zig-Zagged His Way Through the Art World Ticket holders get sneak peek at new museum (5-7 p.m.) $45 FAC member; $49 non-member 9 p.m. Thomas Hoving Reception & Book Signing $30 FAC member; $34 non-member Thomas Hoving books available for signing: Art for Dummies Masterpieces: The Curator's Game Tutankhamun Making the Mummies Dance The Artful Tommy One of the most prestigious minds in the art world, Dr. Hoving is a celebrated author, former head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and passionate connoisseur of the arts. As the “inventor” of the blockbuster exhibition King Tut, he has years of experience and insight into the modern museum and will lend his profound knowledge of art to a variety of events celebrating the Fine Arts Center's new museum. On Thursday August 2, Dr. Hoving will share his expertise and appreciation of art through tales of his escapades in the world of international art. “The Artful Tommy: Thomas Hoving, America’s Culture Scamp, Reveals How He Zig-Zagged His Way Through the Art World" promises to be both entertaining and enlightening. Lecture ticket-holders will be able to explore the new museum before the lecture begins, starting at 5 pm. Thomas Hoving joined the Met in 1959, working in the medieval department at The Cloisters until 1965, when he became curator of the department. He left the museum in 1966 to become New York Mayor John V. Lindsay's parks commissioner, but in 1967 returned to the Met as director after the incumbent, James J. Rorimer, died suddenly. Hoving assumed the directorship on March 17, 1967 and presided over a massive expansion and renovation of the museum, successfully adding many important collections to its holdings. Hoving is the author of books on a number of art-related subjects, as well as his memoirs of his time at the Met. His titles include Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Master Pieces: The Curator's Game, False Impressions, Greatest Works of Art of Western Civilization, and Art For Dummies in the "...For Dummies" series. His newest book, The Artful Tommy, will be available during the FAC opening events. "As director of Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1967 to 1977, brash, energetic Hoving transformed a stodgy, elitist institution into a bottom-line-oriented business enterprise, a modernized, expansive museum that actively engages the public." — Publishers Weekly

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  Tickets: Lecture: $45 FAC member; $49 non-member.
  
  Reception & Book Signing: $30 FAC member; $34 non-member

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  August 2, 2007

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  Fine Arts Center Main

  30 West Dale Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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