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1990 Cincinnati jury acquits art gallery of obsentity (Mappelthorpe photos)

1982 Samuel Morses "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000

1975 Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50

1974 Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000

1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery

1963 "Mona Lisa," on loan, unveiled in America's National Gallery of Art

1961 Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54

1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)

1946 Neil MacGregor, director, British National Gallery

1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens

1941 National Gallery of Art opens in Washington D.C.

1937 National Gallery of Art established by Congress

1935 W P A Federal Art Project Gallery opens in New York City

1934 J. Carter Brown, Providence Rhode Island, art director, Washington National Gallery

1934 Duncan Thompson, keeper, Scottish National Portrait Gallery

1927 Michael Levey, director, British National Gallery

1926 Ronald Alley, art gallery manager, Tate Gallery

1924 Rod Serling, born in Syracuse, New York, writer/host, Twilight Zone, Night Gallery

1907 Paul Mellon, U.S., oil magnate/president, Washington National Gallery of Art

1897 Tate Gallery opens in England

1859 Scottish National Gallery opens in Edinburgh

1819 Henry Tate, English sugar producer Tate Gallery


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