vernissage

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I was in Venice for the vernissage, which takes place a few days before the official opening.

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  • It's just that this particularly wonderful nipple vernissage, taken on the red carpet of an after party at the White House Correspondent's Dinner, is particularly unexpected because everyone else has at least tried to tone it down a leetle tiny beet.
  • Störk Galerie vous convie au vernissage de la prochaine exposition de —  Yulblog - Yulblog est une liste de carnetistes Montréalais et un endroit où s'informer des activitées tenues en personne.
  • The vernissage will take place on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 at 5: 30 p.m. at THE SOURCE on the second level above Urban Superior. —  Frank151
  • I was in Venice for the vernissage, which takes place a few days before the official opening. —  Cool Hunting
  • The abundance of unusually available VIP cards that started to circulate a few weeks before the Armory week foreshadowed what was to come: a slow fair with dealers putting the best face, few red dots in sight - now with the pretext that they are not anymore in vogue-and a rather enjoyable Armory vernissage on Wednesday night where art could be seen at a more leisurely pace. —  Museum Blogs
 

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  1. French, from vernis, varnish, from Old French; see varnish.
 

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