A recently unearthed Michelangelo sketch, considered to be the artist’s first nude, has sold at Christie’s Paris for a record 23 million euros ($24 million). “Michelangelo has decided to make the figure into something that corresponded more to his aesthetic by making him much more robust and monumental, while at the same time keeping the fragility of the figure, who is exposed and shivering” as he awaits baptism,” says Christie’s Old Masters expert Stijn Alsteens.
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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Street Address:
MASS MoCA
87 Marshall Street
North Adams, MA 01247
T 413.662.2111
F 413.663.8548
Mailing Address:
MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way
North Adams, MA 01247
Regular Hours
11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. closed Tuesday
Galleries are closed Thanksgiving Day but are open Friday, November 28 – Sunday November 30 from 10 AM – 5 PM.
Galleries are closed Christmas Day but are open 11 AM – 5 PM December 26 – December 31 (including Tuesday, December 30).
Galleries are closed New Year’s Day, and open 11 AM – 5 PM January 2 – January 5.
Summer Hours (June 26, 2009 through September 9, 2009)
10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. every day
Galleries ARE open July 4 and Labor Day 10 – 6.
Tours (free with gallery admission)
- Through June 27, 2009
- Weekdays: 2:00 p.m.
- Weekends: noon and 3:00 p.m.
- June 27 – September 8
- Weekdays: 11 a.m., 1 , 2, and 4 p.m.
- Weekends: 11 a.m., noon, 1, 2, 3, and 4 p.m.
Kidspace
Saturdays and Sundays: noon–4:00 p.m.
Admission
$15 adults
$10 students
$5 children 6–16
Free for children 5 and under
Free to members.