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Out of the approximately 55,000 objects at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 45,000 of them are prints and works on paper. The same is true of many other regional art museums, which tend to specialize in collecting works in so-called minor art media. But prints have their charm, as a lovely if slightly overstuffed exhibition here reveals. ''From Here to the Horizon: American Landscape Prints From Whistler to Celmins'' pulls from the museum's collection a century's worth of sweeping panoramic vistas. There are 72 works, selected by Marilyn Symmes, the museum's curator of works on paper. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on "The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection," a array of paintings, sculptures and works on paper once owned by the Manhattan-based art dealer Pierre Matisse and his wife Maria-Gaetana, at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Personal background of Matisse; Collection of his father's works, Henri Matisse; Popularity of Matisse's art; Main attraction of the show.

The article focuses on the trends and activities of various art institutions in the U.S. in 2012. It says that Metropolitan Museum of Art (MoMA) remains silent over its plans for the Whitney's Breuer Building. It discusses various art shows in 2012 including shows featuring the works of Richard Artschwager and Yayoi Kusama at the Whitney Museum, the "Joseph Albers in America: Painting on Paper" exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum, and the "Tokyo 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde" show at MoMA.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington closed a major exhibition on Wednesday because the museum's new climate control equipment was malfunctioning, causing the humidity in three galleries to fluctuate, The Washington Post reported. The show, ''Turner to Cezanne: Masterpieces From the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales,'' opened Jan. 30 and had been scheduled to run until April 25. New air handling equipment was installed as part of an $11.5 million restoration of the Corcoran's roof and skylight system, which was completed last month. (The museum previously closed for the renovation for seven weeks in early 2009.) A spokeswoman for the museum, Kristin Guiter, said the humidity levels at no point fluctuated outside the acceptable range defined in the museum's contract with the American Federation of Arts, which organized the show with the National Museum Wales. ''The art was not actually at risk,'' Ms. Guiter said, but ''we proactively opted to shut the show.'' The exhibition, of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings and works on paper from the collection of two sisters, Gwendoline and Margaret Davies, had been well reviewed. Most had never been shown in the United States before. Ms. Guiter said the museum expected to replace the faulty equipment before July, when a show of Chuck Close prints is scheduled to open in the galleries. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Focuses on African American artist Howardena Pindell's "Works on Paper 1968-2004," at the Sragow Gallery. Works by Pindell; Highlights of the exhibition; Major attractions.

Reports on the events scheduled at different museums to commemorate the Black History Month in the U.S. Screening of the documentary films "The Art of Romare Bearden" and "Bearden Plays Bearden" at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio; Workshops offered at the African American Museum and Library in Oakland, California; Presentation of the exhibition "Sharing the Chores: Works on Paper by Jonathan Green" at the Hartsville Museum in Hartsville, South Carolina.