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Annual Festival to develop Khayelitsha
The first annual Khayelitsha Festival in October is to bring a "development revolution" to the township, organisers say.
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Exhibiting new appeal
Yu Anjie has been a regular museum visitor for years. But the 12-year-old Beijing primary school student insists her motivation has nothing to do with popular Hollywood blockbusters, such as The Da Vinci Code and Night at the Museum. ...
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Koons sculpture, Bacon and Freud are hits at London auction
LONDON - A giant balloon sculpture by leading contemporary US artist Jeff Koons has been sold for 12.9 million pounds (26 million dollars) at Christie's auction house in London, representing a record price at auction for any of his work.
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Koons sculpture, Bacon and Freud are hits at London auction
LONDON - A giant balloon sculpture by leading contemporary US artist Jeff Koons has been sold for 12.9 million pounds (26 million dollars) at Christie's auction house in London, representing a record price at auction for any of his work.
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Annual Festival to develop Khayelitsha
The first annual Khayelitsha Festival in October is to bring a "development revolution" to the township, organisers say. The festival is intended to draw attention to the community's rich artistic, cultural and entrepreneurial traditions. It will also celebrate Khayelitsha's 25th anniversary.
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The Week Ahead
Today Lawn concerts The free annual Summer Sunday Lawn concert at the Museum of the Southwest, 1705 W. Missouri Ave., continues today with Blue Midnight, sponsored by Boydstun Pest Control and 95.1 BOB FM.
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Midland Marquee
THE ARTS CALENDAR OF EVENTS A project of Arts Assembly of Midland P.O. Box 3494, Midland, Texas 79702 687-1149 FAX 687-1600 SUNDAY Arts Assembly of Midland: Midland's non-profit arts council and umbrella organization for performing and visual arts organizations, 401 W. Texas Ave., Suite 508, 687-1149. EXHIBIT: Art in the Park, four selected sculptures, Duet by David Hickman, Gypsy Rose by Ben ...
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Casper briefs
Museum hosts lecture series Fort Caspar Museum will host a six-week summer lecture series -- focusing on impressions of Wyoming -- at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays from July 9 to Aug. 13. Lectures are free of charge and will take place in the Multi-Use Room at Fort Caspar Museum.
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Oil Refineries Signed an Agreement to Purchase 31.25% of Mercury Israel, Supplier of 50% of the Refueling Services in ...
Oil Refineries Ltd. announced that on June 30, 2008 it signed an agreement for the purchase of 31.25% of Mercury Aviation Ltd which engages in aviation refuelling services at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel's main international airport.
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Oil Refineries Signed an Agreement to Purchase 31.25% of Mercury Israel, Supplier of 50% of the Refueling Services in ...
Oil Refineries Ltd. announced that on June 30, 2008 it signed an agreement for the purchase of 31.25% of Mercury Aviation Ltd which engages in aviation refuelling services at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel's main international airport.
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U2's painting could fetch £6m
U2 could once again feel the effects of vertigo as a painting owned by the rock band is predicted to fetch up to a lofty £6m at auction.
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The newest visual art at Ellen Noël Museum is created, largely, by the unsighted
ODESSA -- When master sculptor Jesus Moroles crafted one of his latest works, he decided he'd need a little help.
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Controversial Topic of Religion and Politics is Focus of International Museum of Women’s Global Exhibition
The International Museum of Women (I.M.O.W.), a non-partisan social change museum, examines the sometimes combustible combination of religion and politics this month in its global online exhibition Women, Power and Politics at www.imow.org. The exhibition uses multimedia stories to shed light on the complex intersections between religion and politics and the ways religion or spirituality help ...
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U2-owned Basquiat up for auction
A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting owned by rock band U2 could fetch up to £6m when it is auctioned in London later.
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Coastal Community News Briefs for Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Center to host nature camp for kids OCEANSIDE ---- The Buena Vista Lagoon Nature Center will host Kids Art & Nature Camp 2008 at 2202 S. Coast Highway. Camp Ruddy Duck, for ages 5-6, will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. July 14-18. The camp will include paper mache owls, bird sculptures, blob bugs, feather masks, drawing and plein-air watercolor painting. There also will be docent-led nature talks ...
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Best Bets for July
Have a blast on the 4th and beyond with car shows, concerts and festivals.
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Jinsoo Terry Exhibits New Palbot Comic Series ''Come to America'' and Robot Prototype at the Anime Expo 2008
LOS ANGELES----The innovatory Palbot “Come to America” comic series written and created by Jinsoo Terry, the hottest, pioneering creator of leadership training in the U.S., will be joining the line up of Anime Expo® 2008 exhibitors on July 3-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
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Chicano art
Nearly 50 pieces from the collection of Cheech Marin are on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and there's not a bong, water pipe or roach clip in sight.
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Bacon Self-Portraits Fetch $34.5 Million at London Art Auction
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- A 1975 set of three self-portraits by Francis Bacon fetched 17.3 million pounds ($34.5 million) in London, the most expensive lot at Christie's International sale of contemporary art.
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World Briefs
Work No. 850 goes on show today in the 86-metre neoclassical sculpture galleries of Tate Britain. A runner will sprint through a London gallery every 30 seconds for the next four months in the latest art installation by British artist Martin Creed.
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Hang it all with tips from experts
Whether you're a new homeowner with only a few framed posters to your name, or a veteran collector with scores of valuable pieces, how and where to hang artwork can be a daunting task. We asked designers for advice on how to make the most of what you've got.
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Hooking, and helping, students
The Blanton Museum of Art. The Sarah M. and Charles E. Seay Building. The Sarah and Ernest Butler School of Music. Terry Scholarships. The Cockrell School of Engineering. The benefits of philanthropy surround us at UT. So many members of the Longhorn family give back to this institution as they move through life - some in larger ways than in others, but nevertheless, they are all a critical and ...
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Koons sculpture, Bacon and Freud are hits at London auction
London - A giant balloon sculpture by leading contemporary US artist Jeff Koons has been sold for 12.9 million pounds (26 million dollars) at Christie's auction house in London, representing a record price at auction for any of his work. Balloon Flow...
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No TIF for CentrePointe? Yeah, fine
Dudley Webb now says he can build his CentrePointe tower without public money. Maybe he should. Originally, Webb wanted as much as $70 million in tax increment financing .. known as TIF . to pay for .public. improvements related to the $250 million project. Those could include additional underground parking, a giant outside video screen and some public art. Last week, after a ...
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Art Galleries
California Visions- Pastels by Steve Woolery In his first solo exhibit at the Portola Art Gallery, Woolery has captured scenes of the central California coast and inland communities.
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