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ART MUSEUMS
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART (1450 El Prado, Balboa Park; 619/232- 7931),
with its striking replica Spanish Renaissance facade, exhibits everything
from Renaissance and contem-porary European and American: paintings to
Indian miniatures and Southeast Asian collections, along ; with six major
traveling shows each year. The courtyard sculpture garden is a great place
to linger with a journal or a sketchbook. For lovers of Russian icons,
TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART (1500 El Prado, Balboa Park; : 619/239-5548), next
door, offers a superb collection, as well as Old Master paintings. The
MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS (1649 El Prado, Balboa Park; 619/238-7559),
across the way, is a world-class museum devoted to photo-graphy. At press
time it was under renovation, ; scheduled to reopen in February 2000.
Expect to see thought-provoking, sometimes-controversial works by world-class
photographers (Mary
Ellen Mark, Edward Weston, and others) as well as la creme of new comers.
The two-story MINGEI INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WORLD i FOLK ART (1439 El
Prado, Balboa Park; 619/239-0033) presents permanent and changing exhibits
of crafts, textiles, and wearable art from around the globe. Also in Balboa
Park is the SPANISH VILLAGE ART CENTER (1770 Village Place, Balboa Park;
619/232-3522), with 35 studio galleries where working artisans show off
their techniques in ceramics, woodcarving, glassblowing, jewelry making,
and other artsy craftsy pursuits. Though small, the downtown annex of
the MUSEUM OF CON-TEMPORARY ART (the main museum is in La Jolla; 1001
Kettner Boulevard, across from the Santa Fe Depot; 858/234-1001) features
changing exhibitions by renowned contemporary artists. ART WALK (619/232-3101),
a weekend event each April, is a self-guided bonanza of
gallery receptions and artists' open houses.
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