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Artist goes off the grid
Photo by Nikolaj Lasbo. Photo by Nikolaj Lasbo. New solar panels mounted atop the Henry Art Gallery’s entrance are being used to power artist Matthew Day Jackson’s sculpture “I Like America and America Likes Me.”
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Owner Leaves Painting Worth $40K At Goodwill
A painting dropped off at a Goodwill store recently sold at an auction for more than $40,000.
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Antony Gormley is to blame for all this
Bloinggg! Workers assembling the 60m “Aspire” sculpture in Nottingham were following the traditional engineering practice of whacking recalcitrant bolts with a dirty great hammer. Bloinggg! Watching the monument rear upwards earlier this week, spectators were supposed to feel inspired. Bloinggg!
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Owner Leaves Painting Worth $40K At Goodwill
A painting dropped off at a Goodwill store recently sold at an auction for more than $40,000.
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Samsung: Putting Dragons And Trucks Together At Last [Novelties]
newVideoPlayer("/Samsung-Dragon.flv", 494, 371,""); What do a dragon sculpture on the back of a truck made to look like it's always staring you down and a cell phone have in common? Yeah, nothing,...
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Owner Leaves Painting Worth $40K At Goodwill
A painting dropped off at a Goodwill store recently sold at an auction for more than $40,000.
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Emissions drive for company cars
Firms are under pressure to buy greener cars and an exhibition of fleet vehicles is a chance to test their wares.
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival opens on Mall
WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of artists, scientists and visitors from three wildly different cultures _ Texas, NASA and the isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan _ converged Wednesday at the...
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Owner Leaves Painting Worth $40K At Goodwill
A painting dropped off at a Goodwill store recently sold at an auction for more than $40,000.
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James Gandolfini Auctions "Sopranos" Costume Wardrobe for Charity
The Sopranos star's wardrobe sells for much more than anticipated.
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LAFF 08: Spaced Invasion USA – A Conversation With Edgar Wright
Wright reflects on the series that preceded Shaun. June 25, 2008 - On Tuesday, June 24, 2008, Edgar Wright appeared at the Los Angeles Film Festival for a special event celebrating the DVD release of the British TV series Spaced . While the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz director didn't discuss details about his upcoming projects like Ant Man , he fielded questions from the capacity crowd and ...
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Kids Celebrate The Mets
The Queens Chronicle and the New York Mets recently held an art contest for kids in Queens on the theme “Kids Celebrate the Mets.” The three top winners recently visited the Queens Chronicle and proudly displayed their art work to Queens Chronicle Publisher Mark Weidler, left.
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The soul of the samurai on show
Referred to as the soul of the samurai, the Japanese sword is a wonderful blend of elegance and power, artistry and craft. A careful examination of swords and their accouterments reveals exquisitely designed works of craftsmanship. The exhibit "Celebrated Swords of the Seikado Collection: Embracing the Spirit of the Samurai," at the Seikado Bunko Art Museum, is an excellent opportunity to take ...
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Few grab the reins that government set free
Rarely has a law with such potentially far-reaching consequences been greeted with such indifference and, apparently, had so little effect. A 2003 amendment to the Local Autonomy Law, which delineates local governments' authority, gave them the right to outsource the administration of their sports facilities, art and history museums and libraries. Not only that, but the law guaranteed for the ...
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How Carlo Zauli changed the course of contemporary Japanese ceramics
Change can be one of the most difficult words for traditional craftsmen to hear. For hundreds of years the city of Faenza has been Italy's most famous ceramic center — so much so that "faience" earthenware is synonymous with ceramics around the world. From the time of the Renaissance to the mid-20th century, maiolica (majolica in English), the fine low-fire ceramic ware of Faenza, was the sole ...
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Monet painting sells for record USD 80.5 M
LONDON - A Monet water-lily painting sold for 41 M pounds (USD 80.5 M) on Tuesday, doubling the previous auction record for the artist and ensuring London’s key art market season got off to a flying start.
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India art week at auction houses
London, June 25: India in transition appears to be the theme of works by contemporary Indian artists, especially Subodh Gupta from Bihar, which are due to be sold at auction at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s in London.
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Bountiful natural beauty at the Main Gallery
Foster City artists show mixed-media works in Redwood City
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art Till June 26 at Samokal Art Gallery, Gol Park; #98362 76110; 4 pm - 8 pm:
The 36th group exhibition of Painters ’80. Participating artists: Alik Das, Amit Chakrabarti, Amitava Dhar, Bhabatosh Sutar, Dipankar Dutta, Debasish Chakraborty, Pradosh Paul, Tarun Dey and Tanmoy Biswas.
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Chamber Made
While most of the Valley’s various symphony orchestras have gone on hiatus for the summer, the monthly Downtown Chamber Series manages to roll on and represent the local classical music scene despite the heat. The latest edition of the series is presented at the Phoenix Art Museum and features ...
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Memories mingle with artifacts as Ritz-Carlton Hotel holds auction
MONTREAL - Anyone looking for former prime minister Brian Mulroney poking through the lots up for auction at the famous Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Wednesday would have been disappointed.
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The "Masters of Illusion" exhibit challenges your perceptions at Tempe Center for the Arts
Whether you realize it or not, your day is a minefield of perception pitfalls. It starts with that first glance in the mirror, when your nose looks like a flamingo beak and that pimple looks like Mount Vesuvius. On the drive to work you wonder if that asshole cut you off or if you just weren't payin ...
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Come into the Light
School may be out for summer, but Gallery 210 on the University of Missouri-St. Louis campus (1 University Drive at Natural Bridge Road; 314-516-5976 or gallery210.umsl.edu) is trying to keep your head — or, at least, your eyes — in the game. It's hosting Contemporary Chinese Painting fr ...
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Drawn to Art
Drawing doesn't have the cache of painting, but for purists, viewing an artist's drawings is the equivalent of seeing the naked technique of creation. It all begins with the drawing, and all is revealed in the lines. The Immediate Touch: German, Swiss and Austrian Drawings from Saint Louis Collectio ...
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Plans for head sculpture on show
Plans for a huge 20m (65.6ft) sculpture of a girl's head on a former Merseyside colliery, have gone on display.
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