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Kresge says name your price and price your name
City Pulse
February 16, 2005
By John Stegmaier

The fundraising endeavor for the quadruple expansion of MSU’s Kresge Art Museum has been under way for over two years now and the museum will gladly agree to inscribe your name just about anywhere in the new facility. Provided, of course, that you make a sizable donation.

“A lot of naming opportunities are still available, ranging from as low as $5,000 to over $1 million,” said Mark Terman, director of development for the College of Arts and Letters’ Special Projects.

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Kresge's secret art treasures
Museum tucks away most of its collection due to space constraints
Noise
September 8, 2004
By Carla Kucinski


April Kingsley is the curator for Kresge Art Museum. Behind her is Kenneth Noland's "Bell" from 1959, which, because of its size, is too large to place in storage.
photo by Jeremy Herliczek | NOISE

Curator April Kingsley stands in the center of Kresge Art Museum's 20th century gallery, a 700-square foot area that is not much larger than Kingsley's former New York City apartment. The space highlights about a dozen or so works from the museum's permanent collection: a still life with eggs -- a museum favorite by contemporary artist, William Bailey; an 8-by-8 foot abstract piece by Kenneth Noland; and a sculpture of twisted steel, wire and plastic by installation artist Judy Pfaff.

....But neither of these works are on display and haven't been for a while. They sit in Kresge's dark basement alongside a portion of the more than 7,000 works in the collection. The reason is simple: there is no space for them.

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Kresge Showcases Baroque Pursuits of Pleasure
The Greater Lansing Business Monthly
1/20/2004
By Julie Thomson

Thirty-five exceptional Old Master paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts will travel to the Lansing area on January 14. This landmark exhibition, Pursuits and Pleasures: Baroque Painting from the Detroit Institute of Arts, opening at Kresge Art Museum, features renowned Dutch, Flemish, French, Italian and British paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. This exhibition is the largest loan of European Old Master paintings from the Detroit Institute of Arts to tour Michigan.

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Kresge Art Museum adds artistic gems to its collection
Booth Newspapers