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Thousands expected at western Michigan music event
ROTHBURY, Mich. -- Tens of thousands of people will descend upon this tiny village in western Michigan for the first Rothbury music festival, a "green"-themed event that will feature...
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Koons sculpture highlights record-breaking art sale
LONDON - American artist Jeff Koons's sculpture ‘Balloon Flower (Magenta)’ sold for a record-breaking 12.9 million pounds (16.3 million euros, 25.7 million dollars) in an auction on Monday, Christie's said.
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Artevo Corporation and Toller Cranston sign a multi year Strategic Branding and Marketing agreement
Artevo , a technology driven company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of all categories of fine art, today unveiled its plan to market Toller Cranston original artworks on a global basis.
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Mary Easley's travels funded by taxpayers
Twice in the past two years, Mary Easley, the wife of Gov. Mike Easley, traveled across the Atlantic to tour museums in France, Russia and Estonia, paid for with $109,000 in taxpayers' money.
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Swedish photographer's pictures on display in Qom
Iran - Photo Exhibition - Qom A Swedish photographer's pictures dubbed "From Damavand Mountain to the Desert" were exhibited here as of Monday afternoon.
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Contemporary Sale Disappoints at Phillips
A 1996 adults-only installation by Paul McCarthy with a top estimate of $4 million was unsold at Phillips de Pury's London auction last night, the priciest flop in a sale where one in three lots didn't find buyers. Mr. McCarthy's "Bunk House," featuring a dog-headed bartender and a bare-bottomed blonde in a Western setting, was one of 31 artworks that didn't sell at Phillips, the first of a ...
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Mum Fest party to start early this year
New Bern's Chrysanthemum Festival is still several months away, but plans for the annual celebration have already begun to blossom downtown. The weekend street fair, commonly called the Mum Fest, has drawn visitors to the city for nearly 30 years.
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Arts festivals fail to nurture talent
In the last few years, the arts industry has become robust, where significant development and growth have been recorded in all genres.
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Bacon self portrait studies sell for $34.5 M
A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie's auction house for $34.5 million. Bacon painted the "Three Studies for a Self Portrait" in Paris in 1975. It is the first of a series of self portraits he painted around that...
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Weaving a web: many facets of French feminist
Louise Bourgeois. Where: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. at 89th Street, New York. When: Through Sept. 28. 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Saturdays-Wednesdays; 10 a.m.-7:45 p.m. Fridays. How much: $18; $15 students and seniors; children younger than 12 free.
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Bacon self portrait studies sell for $34.5M
A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie's auction house for $34.5 million.
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Jay-Z impresses at Glastonbury
GLASTONBURY (Reuters) - The tents are packed up and most of the 140,000 music lovers have made their weary way home, but memories of this year's Glastonbury festival, and its headline act Jay-Z, are likely to linger.
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Falling water enlivens New York
Public art always draws a mix of reactions.
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Jay-Z wins over doubters at Glastonbury
GLASTONBURY (Reuters) - The tents are packed up and most of the 140,000 music lovers have made their weary way home, but memories of this year's Glastonbury festival, and its headline act Jay-Z, are likely to linger.
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DISPATCH FROM SCOTLAND "Somers Towns" Leads Winners in Edinburgh
The 62nd annual Edinburgh International Film Festival came to a close this weekend, after screening over 130 films over the course of 12 days, throughout the cobblestoned medieval cluster of the Scottish capital.
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Jay-Z wins over doubters at Glastonbury
The tents are packed up and most of the 140,000 music lovers have made their weary way home, but memories of this year's Glastonbury festival, and its headline act Jay-Z, are likely to linger.
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Koons sculpture sells for $26.8m
AMERICAN artist Jeff Koons's sculpture Balloon Flower (Magenta) sold for a record-breaking ?12.9 million ($26.8 million) in an auction today, Christie's said.
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LONDON - A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon has been sold by Christie's auction house for $34.5 million. Bacon painted the "Three Studies for a Self Portrait" in Paris in 1975. It is the first of a series of self portraits he painted around that time.
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Program tests students’ artistic skills
For the 20th summer since 1989, students in Florence School District 1’s Horizons Gifted and Talented Art Summer Program have gathered at Briggs Elementary School to put their artistic skills to the test by creating everything from drawings and paintings to sculptures and books.
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Francis Bacon self portrait studies sell at auction for $34.5 million
LONDON - A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon has been sold by Christie's auction house for $34.5 million.
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Bacon self portrait studies sell for $34.5 M
(AP:LONDON) A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie's auction house for $34.5 million. Bacon painted the "Three Studies for a Self Portrait" in Paris in 1975. It is the first of a series of self portraits he painted around that time.
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Surviving Recession and Succeeding in the Art Business
In times of economic trouble, an art gallery may seem to be a very distant place for art lovers and quite a challenge for gallery owners needing to survive the recession. St. Thomas Universitys Institute for Communication, Entertainment and Media has been ahead of the game in higher education by creating a MA degree with a specialization in Art Management that can be finalized in approximately ...
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Bacon self portrait studies sell for $34.5 M
A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie's auction house for $34.5 million.
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Clay and words are artist's favorite media
LAS CRUCES — In a gallery alcove at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, Dana Kroos has created an alternative universe, filled with objects both exotic and strangely familiar.
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Creativity classes at the Romanian Peasant’s Museum
Photography classes, pottery, manual paper manufacturing, music audition, drawing and embroidery classes are only some of the attractions prepared by the Romanian Peasant’s Museum (MTR) for teenagers and children, as part of the Museum’s Creativity Workshop that will take place for a month, starting today.
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