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Detective work and diplomacy bring Nelson Mandela artwork to London
In the week in which Nelson Mandela visits Britain, sketches attributed to him are going back on sale after a gallery owner spent 19 months on a quest to prove that the artwork was genuine.
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Golden Library hosting exhibit of Southwestern art
The Walker/Whitethorne families have an art show on exhibit this summer in the Runnel’s Art Gallery and the foyer at Eastern New Mexico University’s Golden Library.
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Football frenzy
by Amber Rokyta - Football frenzy has once again bitten the local residents of Calhoun County. Texas Football founder Dave Campbell was at Bill Harvey's Red Humming Bird Photography office signing autographs on this year's copy. Why was he here?
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The Orchard Purchases TVT Records' Assets
Digital music and entertainment company The Orchard has acquired the assets of TVT Records . The Orchard was chosen as the winning bidder in a bankruptcy auction held in New York City on Thursday, June 19. The Orchard will assume control of TVT's catalog, artist contracts and distribution infrastructure.
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Philadelphia Art Museum appoints interim CEO
(AP:PHILADELPHIA) The Philadelphia Museum of Art named an interim chief executive officer following the death of the previous CEO.
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Billboard.com -- Bruce Springsteen Extends Summer Tour
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have added seven dates to their summer itinerary, which will conclude Aug. 30 with a show in Milwaukee for Harley Davidson's 105th anniversary festival.
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Getty Images shareholders approve $2B sale
Shareholders say Getty Images Inc. can go ahead with its plan to sell itself to private equity group Hellman & Friedman of San Francisco. After taking a beating from Wall Street for two years, Getty Images, the leading provider of stock photography and video,...
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Philadelphia Art Museum names 2 to interim posts
In the wake of the unexpected death June 1 of Philadelphia Museum of Art director Anne d'Harnoncourt, two long-time museum staffers have been named to interim positions.
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Summer days
For kids, summertime is the season of dreams. It’s the season of silly songs, new friends and the only time of the year where some of them feel they can truly be who — or what — they want to be. And, for many, it’s the season of summer camps. Today’s camp themes can be as flashy as the video games kids so like to play: design your own outfit, create a sculpture, discover the stars, even learn ...
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SouthPeak Games Announces New $10,000 X-Blades Art Contest
The best Ayumi designs will also be published in the exclusive X-Blades Art Book.
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Philadelphia Art Museum appoints interim CEO
The Philadelphia Museum of Art named an interim chief executive officer following the death of the previous CEO.
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Amateur footage of Monroe, Gable to be sold
Behind-the-scenes footage of Hollywood legends Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable on the set of their 1960 film “The Misfits” could sell for up to $100,000 at an upcoming auction.
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Galleries insist its portrait of prince is Charlie
The National Galleries of Scotland yesterday emphatically rejected claims that one of its paintings, a por- trait of Bonnie Prince Charlie, is in fact a depiction of his brother.
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Artist Talk & Slide Presentation: Sue Miller, Painter
The Cape Ann Museum, in collaboration with Rocky Neck Art Colony & seARTS, will present a talk and slide presentation by Sue Miller on Sunday, June 22, at 3 p.m. in the Folly Cove Auditorium at the museum. This event is free and open to the public.
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Oliver Balf exhibit opens at Cape Ann Museum
The Cape Ann Museum presents an exhibit of paintings by longtime Rockport artist Oliver Balf. Selected pieces, representing 60 years of painting on Cape Ann, will be on view from June 20 through Sept. 14.
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Beach girl a bikini pioneer
THE Herald photograph of young women in swimming costumes skittering down a South Curl Curl dune captured an almost forgotten summer's day long ago.And when it reappeared in the newspaper 61 years later on April 21 as the front-cover shot of Picture Perfect: 100 years of Herald Photography , memories came flooding back for the bunch of grandmothers now scattered around NSW.One of them, Joy ...
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Get Your Solstice On!
Some people like to celebrate the Summer Solstice with bonfires and pagan rituals. Others might prefer an evening picnic. Whatever your inclination, there are a bunch of activities this weekend to commemorate the longest day and shortest night of the year on June 21. Most of them are even free! The Socrates Sculpture Garden in LIC is hosting a free festival on Saturday, complete with a ...
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Event Guide: Cambridge Solar Collector Performance
WHAT: Solar Collector — A solar powered, web-connected, interactive sculpture WHERE: 100 Maple Grove Road, Cambridge, Ontario (Google map) WHEN: Saturday, June 21, 8:30PM If you are in the mood for a summer solstice party with a technological twist on Saturday night, head to the lawn of the Waterloo Regional Operations Centre in Cambridge and see the command [...]
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Museum of Humanities Opens
The Museum of Humanities opens at Joongang High School in Jongno, central Seoul, on Friday.
donga.com |
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Music festival to feature young, promising musicians
THE WOODLANDS - More than 100 musicians in conjunction with the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival will perform at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion tonight.
The Conroe Courier |
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Arts panel learns from Columbia's experience
The key to bolstering public art is not to compete with local arts organizations, but to support them, said Marie Nau Hunter, manager of the Columbia Office of Cultural Affairs.
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Getty shareholders approve private equity buyout
(AP:SEATTLE) Getty Images Inc. said its shareholders voted in favor of a $2.1 billion buyout by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC, the leading seller of stock photography and video footage said Friday.
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Gila college students will exhibit art at arboretum
Some promising student artists from Gila County will be featured in a multi-media exhibit in the Boyce Thompson Arboretum visitor center during July and August.
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DISPATCH FROM MARYLAND Considering the Confounding State of Nonfiction: Spike Lee and Alex Gibney at Silverdocs
The truth is out there, but only certain people know where to find it. In downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, that's the driving sentiment behind AFI Silverdocs , a healthy alternative to the industry festivities currently unfolding on the other coast at the Los Angeles Film Festival . Now in its fifth year, the calmest of the AFI-branded gatherings hosts a refreshingly specific program of ...
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Levee gaps put nation's treasures in Washington at risk under worst-case scenario
Gaps deliberately left in a Depression-era levee could allow as much as 10 feet of water to rush over much of downtown, inundating Smithsonian museums holding precious art and American icons, and spreading to the base of Capitol Hill. That's a scenario federal officials creating new flood hazard maps for the city foresee if the levee gaps are not corrected — and soon.
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