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Timken Museum of Art Presents: Palekh (Icons to Souvenir Boxes to Icons)
- When Ongoing until Sunday, October 4, 2009
- Sunday 1:30pm - 4:30pm
- Tuesday 10:00am - 4:30pm
- Wednesday 10:00am - 4:30pm
- Thursday 10:00am - 4:30pm
- Friday 10:00am - 4:30pm
- Saturday 10:00am - 4:30pm
- Where Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
- Age limit Not available
- Cost Free
In San Diego for its exclusive west coast venue, Palekh: Icons to Souvenir Boxes to Icons, is a major exhibition of works steeped in the rich cultural tradition of the Russian village of Palekh, one of the great icon centers of the 18th and 19th centuries. The show displays traditional icons as well as the folk handicraft of decorated papier-mâché black lacquer boxes. The works are on loan from three organizations in Russia and are complemented by two Palekh icons from the Putnam Foundation collection.
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