Virtuoso Life - March/April 2009 - (Page 28) PASSPORT STRIP SHOW Bold Looks Flat-Out Impressive In 1609 Galileo Galilei constructed the first telescopes strong enough to observe the sky, proving that, contrary to popular belief, all heavenly bodies don’t revolve around Earth. Now, for the first time, one of only two extant Galileo telescopes will make the transatlantic voyage from Florence for Galileo, the Medici and the Age of Astronomy at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia April 4 through September 7. fi.edu. HEAVENLY SIGHT Pop art goes big in Vegas at the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art. Classic Contemporary: Lichtenstein Warhol & Friends rounds up graphic works from the 1960s and 1970s by Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol Sol LeWitt and others through September 7. bellagio.com. Ellsworth Kelly s Red Blue Green one of many masterworks at the Bellagio Hotel s new exhibit. FACE OF THE NATION Shepard Fairey s Obama poster became almost as much of a cultural phenomenon as the president himself. Now Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand is polling well at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art. The Los Angeles street artist’s first solo museum show runs through August 16 and includes more than 200 pieces along with new public artwork throughout the city. Want to pick up a piece of Fairey for yourself? Saks Fifth Avenue (saksfifthavenue.com) tapped him to design its spring shopping totes complete with his communistpropaganda flair. icaboston.org Power to the petals: Shepard Fairey s Guns and Roses. 28 VIRTUOSO LIFE (ELLSWORTH KELLY) PABLO MASON (FAIREY) COURTESY OF CHLOE GORDON, (YOSEMITE) COLBY BROKVIST FAIREY TALE
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