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Local landmark on way to auction house
The Hadrian statue, which has spent the past 40 years housed in the IberiaBank building on St. Peter Street, is off to New York City to be sold at auction.
The Daily Iberian |
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Top things to do July 4-6
Plenty of fireworks, celebrating National Hot Dog Month and the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters.
Orange County Register |
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Summer exhibition to open at UCM
The annual Mid-Missouri Artists Summer Exhibition in the Art Gallery of the University of Central Missouri opens for viewing Tuesday. The exhibit may be viewed free of charge in the gallery located on Clark Street, across from the Kirkpatrick Library.
Sedalia Democrat |
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LA Developer Partners with Vegas Officials for Museum, Hotel Redevelopment
How to K.I.S.S Problems Goodbye June 27, 2008 By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth --Keep It Simple Stupid. One of the most effective ways to order your world is to simplify everything you encounter. The problem is that keeping it simple often becomes very difficult when our...
Commercial Property News |
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At the Modern: Beautiful works of antebellum atrocities
The Fort Worth Cultural District is loaded with historical turning points this summer. The Kimbell Art Museum’s walls are filled with impressionist paintings, works that were reviled when they were first shown in the late 1800s. At the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, beautiful works of antebellum atrocities are on exhibit. In "Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love," which ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Cabbie detained after body found in South Beach
The Bass Museum in South Beach closed for the afternoon after a man was found shot dead behind the building just before noon Thursday.
Miami Herald |
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Poetic Painting
The last time I checked, it seemed as though we Columbians were in the process of trashing a pretty nice piece of real estate.
Columbian Missourian |
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Midday Update
It's high noon on the Fresno Coast and that can only mean one thing - new dates and new news. Today the data side of the operation features new listings for B.B. King , The Honorary Title , Chiodos and Derek Miller , while our web surfing side has links to items about Rothbury Festival , Mark Ronson , Bruce Springsteen , YouTube user histories and the latest shot in the vinyl vs CD war.
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Filter is excited to present the Barker Block Sunset Series just in time for Summer. The fun-filled run of events will continue through mid-September featuring libations, artwork, and soundscapes backdropped by the picturesque LA skyline.
Filter Magazine |
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Poetic Painting
The last time I checked, it seemed as though we Columbians were in the process of trashing a pretty nice piece of real estate. But I’ve also observed the same ...
Columbia Missourian |
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5 Great Interactive Museums to Visit this Summer
Forget the stereotype of the stuffy, don't-touch-the-art, kid-unfriendly museum. Interactive museums offer great alternatives to cartoon characters, long lines and sticky roller coaster seats -- and they're often cheap entertainment for the family.
Wired News |
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Oasis Bazaar a mecca for international art and antiques
Distinctive Egyptian Papyrus paintings adorn the wall, while handmade perfume bottles draw customers to the shelves as Middle Eastern Hookah Pipes compete for attention on the floors of Oasis Bazaar.
Japan Update |
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WWE News: SmackDown Star On The Chopping Block, WWE Copying "Lost"?, Natalya Speaks Out, More
-- One of the writers pitched an idea inspired by the ABC drama series Lost for the Vince McMahon stage stunt angle, reports prowrestling.NET . The writer came up with an idea for them to use some of the money increments that McMahon gave away as part of million dollar contest as clues in the latest mystery.
Lords of Pain |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Before we get to the rhyme, your weekend bonus fun: Art critic Peter Plagens was featured on NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! last week. I'm jealous. (And yes, I was on 'Wait Wait' once, but it was about eight or nine years ago and I was just a random call-in contestant.)
Arts Journal |
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Out of the vaults and into the gallery
Like most institutions that collect art, the Cincinnati Art Museum can only display a small fraction — less than 6 percent — of the 61,000 works it owns.
Dayton Daily News |
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Free food, fun draws thousands to festival
Maybe next year, the Civic and Cultural Affairs Commission will order 10,000 hot dogs for the annual Bolingbrook Village Picnic.
Lisle Reporter |
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Hersam Acorn Newspapers
Many people know the name Tasha Tudor, the literary luminary who created illustrations for at least 100 published books and wrote several of her own, but many may not know that she spent some of her childhood and young adult life right here in Redding.
Redding Pilot |
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C.B. 7 Approves Plans For Willets Point Project
Artist’s rendering of a possible retail plan on 126th Street for Willets Point, on the right. The Mets’ Citi Field is at left. (Economic Development Corp.)
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Chuck Connelly Exhibiting at New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
Connelly’s exhibition, The Art of Failure, is a comprehensive exhibition of works from 1979 to present in conjunction with the release of the HBO documentary, " The Art of Failure, Chuck Connelly Not For Sale ", airing July 7 on HBO.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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`Wounded` at the awards
At a time when the art market is booming, India has lost out chance to send enough invited works for the Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize supported by the Singapore Art Museum.
Business Standard India |
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Heard Museum has good, bad fiscal news
Heard Museum is struggling to keep its branch in Surprise afloat, but there isn't the same concern for the branch museum in north Scottsdale.
The Arizona Republic |
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Beth Orton Brings 'Comfort' To Boston's Museum of Fine Arts
Menacing clouds and intermittent downpours in Boston last night (July 2) brought Beth Orton’s pair of originally planned outdoor shows to the soft lights and comfy seats of the Museum of Fine Art’s Remis Auditorium. Those who appreciate the stripped-down Orton of Comfort of Strangers were in luck, not only because the majority of the set consisted of songs off her most recent album, but also ...
Spin |
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Big cheese carving celebrates the Fourth of July
A sculpture of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence has been made from a one-tonne block of cheese to commemorate the Fourth of July.
Channel 4 |
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The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is seeking a handful of teenagers to join the exhibitions team this summer to help ...
Serge Spitzer: Still Life. The exhibition is comprised of tens of thousands of custom-made tennis balls, which have been installed in a grid over the Museum's two-acre Cornish Family Sculpture Garden. Now, the balls need to be collected.
Greenwich Post |
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Theater: Art
Saturday, July 5... By Megan Voeller It's one thing to laugh at the sometimes-baffling manifestations of modern and contemporary art -- Jeff Koons' stainless steel bunny, Yves Klein's solid-blue canvases -- in a museum setting, but what happens when your best friend spends thousands of dollars on a minimalist painting and expects you to love it as much as he does? For Serge and Marc, two ...
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