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By Microsoft Travel For MSN

The reason Roanoke, a city in Virginia, is renowned as the "Magic City" and where visitors absolutely must view the Mill Mountain Star, is because it is home to this landmark. The second-largest illuminated handmade star in the entire globe, it is also known as the Roanoke Star. In addition to this, the city has a number of museums and galleries where visitors may view stunning creations by regional artists.

By Hannah Edgar for ART news

It takes days, if not weeks, to absorb the more than 1.5 million pieces in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But let's face it, most tourists only have a short amount of time to spend exploring it, and much of that valuable time can be wasted just figuring out where they are.

In order to make the most of your trip, whether the Met is your first stop in the morning or your last after a long day of travel, you definitely need a little assistance. In light of this, we've put up a list of the exhibits you absolutely must see. Some are among the most popular exhibits in the museum, but we've also included a lot of lesser-known treasures that were hand-selected by a Met expert and are frequently overshadowed by more well-known pieces nearby.

For Ellen Noël Art Museum

The inherent textures and patterns of the Texas environment, as well as the dramatic contrast in the decay that things left behind provide it, are what artists Morgan Page and Dustin Rice aim to convey. In an effort to present distinct stories from the same locales, they have journeyed hundreds of kilometers to photograph these areas. One artist has made an effort to depict the size of Texas and how it may appear in relation to its own terrain. The second artist has made an effort to weave tales of individual emotion, forgotten presence, and absence within and around the existing architecture.

By Libby Hanssen for KCUR

Do you want to learn something new about our area? Here are some of Kansas City's best-kept secrets that locals like you have recommended.

The Creative Adventure newsletter from KCUR was where this tale first appeared. You may sign up to receive articles like this every Tuesday in your inbox.

Kansas Citians were recently invited by KCUR to share their favorite local secrets.

By Thomas Humphrey For Vineyard Gazette

In the year that would have been Stan Murphy's 100th birthday, the Island is seeing a revival of his career. Mr. Murphy's depictions of the local populace on Martha's Vineyard and his evocative Island vistas demonstrated their enduring appeal at the 100-year career retrospective of his work hosted at the Martha's Vineyard Museum this year.

For KCUR

The Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio transports you back in time to the site where Benton lived, worked, and passed away. It is a hidden gem of Kansas City's historic Roanoke area.

For Big Blend Radio

Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975), a regionalist painter, lithographer, and muralist who studied modern art trends in Europe and spent years in New York City—where he became the first artist to have his image appear on the cover of Time Magazine—returned to Missouri and left his mark there by creating murals all over the State and inspiring a new generation of artists through his teaching.

By Radio Friends with Paul Pepper

The State Historical Society of Missouri's curator of art collections, JOAN STACK, will be our host for the morning of Pearl Harbor Day. She takes us behind the scenes of three famous sculptures on exhibit permanently at the Center for Missouri Studies in Columbia that depict the "horrors" of World War II by renowned artist Thomas Hart Benton.

For MSN

The reason Roanoke, a city in Virginia, is renowned as the "Magic City" and where visitors absolutely must view the Mill Mountain Star, is because it is home to this landmark. The second-largest illuminated handmade star in the entire globe, it is also known as the Roanoke Star. In addition to this, the city has a number of museums and galleries where visitors may view stunning creations by regional artists.

There are some breathtaking sites in Roanoke that you simply must see! places like Smith Mountain Lake, Roanoke City Market, Science Museum of Western Virginia, and many more. For more information, keep reading.

For The Joplin Globe

The Harry M. Cornell Arts and Entertainment Complex's grand opening featured everything: performances, displays, and food trucks.

On Saturday, hundreds of visitors flocked to downtown Joplin to take it all in and check out the complex that had been constructed on the space that had been used as Memorial Hall's parking lot on Seventh Street between Joplin and Wall avenues.

For Washington Time Herald

JOPLIN, Mo. — One of the first exhibits at the brand-new Harry M. Cornell Arts and Entertainment Complex opening this weekend is a display of 91 Thomas Hart Benton lithographs that have never been exhibited as a complete collection.

For The Joplin Globe

When the Harry M. Cornell Arts and Entertainment Complex opens to the public on Saturday at Seventh Street and Joplin Avenue, one of the first exhibits there will be a display of 91 Thomas Hart Benton lithographs that have never been exhibited as a complete collection.

For ARTnews

On Wednesday night, Christie's anticipated sale of works gathered by the late computer tycoon and Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen brought in a total of $1.5 billion including fees, kicking off the fall auction season in New York.

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With masterworks that break records and represent 500 years of artistic creativity, the Paul G. Allen collection surpasses all previous records to become the most valuable private collection ever.

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Auction history was made on Wednesday night in a crowded, electrifying saleroom at Christie's New York: 60 incredible works of art once owned by late billionaire Paul Allen amassed a staggering US$1.5 billion, making it the most expensive single-owner art collection ever sold at auction - and the two-day sale is still in its early stages. The total estimate for the second sale, though, is significantly smaller.