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In small world, his dome is still big
Art show keeps visionary ball rolling for late designer, some of whose distinctive designs for humanity are in Illinois NEW YORK — Broke and despondent over his prospects, the young New Englander who had moved to Chicago stared out at Lake Michigan and thought about suicide. But instead, he decided to dedicate his life to helping humanity.
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Debate over proposed Presidio museum
The Gap founders are looking to open a museum in the heart of the Presidio.
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Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of people gathered on the Fourth of July to dedicate a memorial to the pilots and flight attendants who died in the September 11th terrorist attacks.
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Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture
Associated Press - July 4, 2008 9:33 PM ET GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of people gathered on the Fourth of July to dedicate a memorial to the pilots and flight attendants who died in the...
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Katia Baudin Appointed Deputy Director of the Ludwig Museum in Cologne
COLOGNE.- Kasper König announced the recent arrival of Katia Baudin, who assumed the position of Deputy Director at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne this past May.
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Best Regional Talent Selected for Open West Midlands at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Justyna Ptak, Everyone is the lasting Monument 1 (2008) photography, copyright Justyna Ptak. WOLVERHAMPTON.- Over 60 artists have been selected to represent the talent of the region for the first Open West Midlands, taking place at Wolverhampton Art Gallery 5 July to 5 September.
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Masks & Identity: Len Prince in the Collection of William K. Zewadski
Len Prince "Plate 49 (Pygmalion)" Jessie Mann Self Possessed Series (c) 2005 Len Prince Collection of William K. Zewadski. TAMPA, FL.- The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts presents “Masks & Identity: Len Prince in the Collection of William K. Zewadski.”
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Monument to Adam Smith Unveiled at Royal Mile in Edinburgh
Moment when the Adam Smith sculpture was unveiled at Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Philip Salter. EDINBURGH.-
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Hamburger Kunsthalle Extends Thomas Demand - Camera Exhibition Through July 20
Thomas Demand, Embassy I, 2007, C-Print/ Diasec, 204 x 168 cm. © Thomas Demand, VG Bild Kunst, Bonn 2008. Courtesy Esther Schipper. HAMBURG.-
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Royal Academy of Arts Announces Ground-Breaking Exhibition Devoted to Byzantium
Unknown artist, The Riha paten, 565â??578. Silver with gilding and niello. 35 cm. Byzantine Collection, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC. Photo © Dumbarton Oaks, Byzantine Collection, Washington, DC.
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Sotheby's Summer 2008 Sales of Impressionist & Modern And Contemporary Art Realizes $497 Million
Francis Bacon's Study for a head of George Dyer achieved £13.7 ($27.4) Million at Sotheby's Contemporary Sale. © Sotheby's Images. LONDON.-
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Christie's Opens Exhibition of 3 Rediscovered Drawings By Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), The constable Lampiňos stitched inside a dead horse, brush and brown wash, with scraping, 205 x 142 mm. Estimate: £600,000-£800,000. © Christie's Images Ltd. 2008.
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Sculpture by Painters - Painting in Dialogue with Plastic Art at Museum Frieder Burda
Paul Gauguin, Parau Api. Gibt's was Neues, 1892. Oil on canvas, 67 x 91 cm. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister. Photo: Jürgen Karpinski, Dresden.
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A-Rod recieves third Babe Ruth Award
The award, sponsored by Weymouth-based Sullivan Artworks, honors Major League Baseball’s home run champion from the previous year
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When Bennington batters played pro
BENNINGTON, Vt. — Jamie Franklin is enough of a baseball fan to know what the public likes. As curator of the Bennington Museum, the 28-year- old art historian organized "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," one of the two local baseball-themed art shows this summer.
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A Panoramic Subject for Artists
The views from Boscobel are astonishing, but so are the views inside the historic home, which is displaying a selection of 19th-century American paintings.
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Works That Tell Stories of Indian Life and Times
Given the great variety of the works at ?New Narratives: Contemporary Art From India,? don?t come looking for a quick handle on Indian art.
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Stories of 11 Disasters Told in Artifacts
An eloquent new exhibition, ?Claimed by the Sea: Long Island Shipwrecks,? uses artwork and artifacts to bring 11 disasters graphically to life.
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Special eats, acts at Cityfest
Close to 500,000 people are expected over the five-day span of the festival, which runs through Sunday in Detroit's New Center.
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Could a film festival transform Nairn into Cannes of the North?
Another starry location is to be added to the list of the world's most famous film festivals, following the lead of Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Edinburgh: the Highland town of Nairn.
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Winehouse drinks onstage in Spain
ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain (AP) -- Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music festival southeast of Madrid on Friday.
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OTTERS TMC, Seria Holds Installation Night Celebration
Bandar Seri Begawan - The Oil Town Talkers Toastmasters Club (OTTERS TMC) celebrated their third installation night for the incoming committee for the term of July 2008 to July 2009. The ceremony was held at the Teratai Room, Panaga Club with the Area K6 Governor, Mrs Genevieve Lai in attendance.
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Little Rock Museum Unveils 1851 Gun Used At Military School
LITTLE ROCK - An Arkansas war museum put on display Thursday a rare 1851 artillery gun that was used to train soldiers before they commandeered their military school's weapons and fought for the Confederacy at Harpers Ferry, Chickamauga and Gettysburg.
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Hundreds remember 9/11 flight crews with sculpture
Fri, Jul 4, 2008 (5:06 p.m.) On a pedestal in a Texas intersection hundreds of miles from where terrorists crashed planes seven years ago, two flight attendants and two pilots, rendered in bronze, now care for a traveling child.
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Liberty's torch rises out of the sand
SALISBURY and mdash; At 2 p.m. yesterday, the sand sculpture looked like a giant onion growing out of a cube. But over the next day and a half, it will be transformed into something more patriotic and mdash; a replica of the Statue of Liberty's torch, with an American flag in front.
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