BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Contact Plus Corporation//NONSGML Web Cal Plus //EN TZ:EST VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20100702T050000Z DTEND:20100702T050000Z PRIORITY:0 CLASS:PUBLIC SUMMARY:+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION TRANSP:0 UID:100420355735720085896231176606 URL:http://www.wolfsonian.org LOCATION:Wolfsonian-FIU DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION =0D=0A= =0D=0A= OPENS APRIL 23, 2010 =0D=0A= April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010 =0D=0A= On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection’s core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR