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$80 million record for Monet art
LONDON - A water lily painting by Claude Monet sold for more than $80 million Tuesday night, breaking the auction record for the French impressionist artist, Christie's said.
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'Waterfalls' art makes a splash in New York
NEW YORK — Four walls of water cascaded into the East River off Manhattan on Thursday in a public art spectacle that was more than two years in the making.
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Art for the Afterlife; Babylon's Whores, Tower: Berlin Shows
June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Artists working in Paestum about 2,500 years ago probably thought their paintings would only be seen by living human beings for a matter of minutes.
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Weekend options: Festivals, ice cream and vintage clothing
The International Festival of Burnsville embraces cultural diversity through a variety of entertainment. Dance to music by Salsa del Soul or watch Greek and Colombian dancers.
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Weisman exhibit features New Deal art
Seventy-five years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt launched the New Deal. It was a massive federal relief effort intended to improve the economy and provide employment during the Great Depression. A new exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis features art from that program.
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Calendar
Fiesta Latina Hosted by the Coatesville Cultural Society and the International Institute for Theatre Research, a full day festival of Hispanic culture, food and music is scheduled for this Saturday. Coatesville families have become involved in the preparations for the
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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TRIBUTE TO WOMAN SCULPTOR CARVES A LEGACY
IN 1982, renowned sculptor Louise Bour geois became the first woman to re ceive a major retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. Now, at age 96, Bourgeois is having another 15 minutes of fame: A full-career retro opens today at the Guggenheim...
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Louvre art exhibit portrays daily life in Roman Empire
The "Roman Art from the Louvre” exhibit at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art features many large, impressive statues, busts and other marble works of ancient artists that pay homage to the gods and goddesses of antiquity. But Romans weren't all gods and goddesses. Average citizens, freedmen and slaves made up most of the Roman Empire's population, and relics of their daily lives are an important ...
The Oklahoman |
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'Lion King' drummer inspires Quartz talent
If you've seen "The Lion King” on Broadway, you know that the music is a masterpiece of world percussion. But what you may not have known while listening is that University of Oklahoma graduate Valerie Naranjo is the genius behind that percussion. For the past two weeks, percussion students at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain have had the experience of studying under ...
The Oklahoman |
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Arts programs also for adults
You don't have to be a wildly talented high school student to enjoy the benefits of attending an Oklahoma Arts Institute program. Each year, the institute offers a fall program for adults who may be beginners or novices at their crafts. The programs give an opportunity to learn from award-winning artists in visual, literary and performing arts. If you've ever wanted to explore photography, ...
The Oklahoman |
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African stone sculptures go on display
Rosemary Chimbganda, promoter and collector of Zimbabwe shona stone sculptures, will be bringing her collection of artwork to the city for a two-day art show, Saturday and Sunday at Java Dave's Coffee, 10 NE 10. The sculptures are created in Zimbabwe and then brought to the U.S. to be sold by Chimbganda, who is the exclusive United States representative of the artists. "Right now, with the ...
The Oklahoman |
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Van Gogh for the minivan set
By GAILE ROBINSON The impressionists are coming. One of the world’s largest and most masterpiece-rich impressionist collections is owned by the Art Institute of Chicago, and this summer and fall, while the institute’s galleries are being renovated, that collection can be seen in Fort Worth. The Kimbell Art Museum is hosting "The Impressionists: Master Paintings From the Art Institute of ...
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Art of museum district dining
Going to the Kimbell Art Museum to see the impressionist exhibit from the Art Institute of Chicago that starts Sunday? Here’s where to walk nearby to eat: Cafe Modern: Chef Dena Peterson offers a new menu inside the Modern Art Museum, with saffron-summer squash bisque; crispy corn-crusted soft-shell crab with spicy yuzu-ginger-laced Asian greens and chile threads; and chilled ginger-sake ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Brian Dennehy brings his big-screen persona to two intimate plays at the Stratford Festival
Dennehy's double bill opens on Saturday in the intimate setting of Stratford's Studio Theatre. Make that intensely intimate. This is, after all, Brian Dennehy.
Detroit News |
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Corel Painter X Tools Mimic Natural Art Brushes and Media
Sophisticated effects appeal to trained artists, yet can be easily used by anyone. May 1, 2008 One of my favorite programs, and one which I use to create many of the images included in my line of stock artwork, is Corel Painter X.
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Buckland boys swap G’town for Vegas
ACCLAIMED Grahamstown physical theatre artist Andrew Buckland is missing this year’s festival because he’s run off to join the circus. He talks to David Macgregor from Las Vegas.
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Footnotes
Eli Broad, the philanthropist who has donated many works to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is stepping down from a formal role on the museum?s board.
New York Times |
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Branching Out in Bilbao
Government officials in Bilbao, Spain, have proposed that a new branch of the Guggenheim Museum there be built in the countryside, Reuters reported.
New York Times |
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Meybohm's listings go global with Christie's
To get more exposure for high-value homes in the Augusta-Aiken area, Meybohm Realtors established affiliations with two luxury home networks -- one of which is the real estate wing of the prestigious Christie's auction house.
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Housecleaning on a Grand Scale
The Ivory Coast is auctioning most of the contents of its president?s Paris residence, which includes 18th-century antiques and paintings, to raise money to restore it.
New York Times |
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Win One, Lose One for Dallas Museum
The Dallas Museum of Art will use the money from the upcoming Jeff Koons?s auction to get four paintings by Sigmar Polke.
New York Times |
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A Trip Through the Revolving Doors of Perception
The Whitney Museum offers a tightly focused study of the formal and conceptual underpinnings of Paul McCarthy?s sculptures, short films, drawings, photographs and videos.
New York Times |
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Reflections Through a Surrealistic Eye: Dalí and the Camera
A strangely piecemeal and inspiring show at the Museum of Modern Art tracks the traffic of images, themes and ideas between Dalí?s films, and his more static efforts.
New York Times |
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Richmond Public Library presents 'Earth Matters II'
The main branch of the Richmond Public Library recently mounted "Earth Matters II," a photography exhibition by John Tyler Community College students. Photography instructor Carlie Collier says she found inspiration for her "Earth Matters" series at a national conference of environmental organization Sierra Club. For the exhibition, Collier asked her students to visually depict man's ...
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Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois?s art looks great at the Guggenheim Museum, clean but organic fecund, tumid, enwrapping and unclassically classical. Holland Cotter reviews.
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