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Clunes sculptor's shock at being 'shot'
By TONIA MOORTON tonia.moorton@northernstar.com.au CLUNES sculptor Daniel Clemmett did not expect to be sitting in a hospital bed as part of his two-month art residency in England. Northern Star
An artist – at just six, Yi Xin wins top prize in colouring contest
JOHOR BARU: While most children just want to play after finishing their homework, six-year-old Ho Yi Xin prefers to colour. Her parents discovered her talent for colouring and have since been encouraging her to develop her skills by taking part in colouring competitions. The Star
Top event breaks
More and more travellers are looking for city break holidays that tie in with fun, cultural or sporting events and festivals. Here are our top picks of fabulous event breaks around the world iVillage
Priceless surprises for some at roadshow: Collectors bring treasures
This year’s annual Antique and Folk Art Show here lured in hundreds over the weekend. Some came to sell, some came to buy, and many came to have their heirlooms and conversation pieces appraised by Knowlton’s Brian Davies. And a few left with a new appreciation for items worth thousands of dollars. Sherbrooke Record
'In need of Viagra': Berlusconi's verdict on Libeskind work
Perhaps, when the architect Daniel Libeskind produced his grand plans for an art museum and office tower designed to inspire civic pride in the heart of Milan, he should not have been surprised when Italy's gaffe-prone Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, said the bent structure emanated a "sense of impotence" leaving it "in need of Viagra". Independent
The Globe & Mail (Canada) 07/05/08
Should Museums Pay Ransom For Return Of Works Of Art? Arts Journal
Laws needed on nude child photography
Clear laws need to be introduced to stop naked images of children being presented as art, a child protection advocate says. The West Australian
Was Wyndham Lewis the greatest portraitist of his time?
"The greatest portraitist of this or any other time", Walter Sickert once called Wyndham Lewis. Blimey. It's a rare artist-to-artist compliment, and the National Portrait Gallery makes much of it at the entrance to "Wyndham Lewis: Portraits". Not entirely wrong, though. He's certainly one of the the greatest. Independent
You write the reviews: Harry Benson, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow
In Harry Benson's 60-year career, he has captured photographs of icons and events that have shaped political, sporting and pop culture, as well as documenting the character of his native Glasgow. This summer, the city's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum hosts a comprehensive display of Benson's work, hailed as a "homecoming exhibition". Independent
Support Youth Efforts in Crop Over and NIFCA development
Minister of Community Development and Culture, Steve Blackett has noted that his Government will be putting more policies in place to help the growth of the cultural industries, citing a need to train a new generation of festival organisers. Barbados Advocate
Thieves, vandals destroy Capitol Hill public artwork
Sound Transit meant well when it commissioned local artists to dress up an old, boarded-up building on the site of a future transit station on Capitol Hill. But the artwork proved to be too popular - with thieves, that is. KOMO Seattle
art July 7 - August 7 at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm ...
Creativity Unlimited , an exhibition of recent creations by Anup Giri, Swapan Palley, Sachin Jaltare, Beena Pradhan, Debabrata Chakravarty, Asit Sarkar, Samir Paul, Minakshi De, Sukanata Das, Subrata Das, Dhananjoy Ghosh, Nelson Kennedy, Kajol Mondal, Sutapa Khan, Sibsaday Choudhary and others. The Telegraph
Workshop
Workshop to improve business communication skills at Hotel Hindusthan International, 10am to 6pm. An exhibition of the Penguin Classics Collection at Starmark, Lord Sinha Road, 10.30am to 8pm. The Telegraph
Rothbury: Four days of bliss, music in western Michigan
Rumors of hippie culture's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Hordes of modern-day hippies descended on the quaint western Michigan town of Rothbury over the weekend for the four-day Rothbury festival, a musical, cultural and ecological celebration that put Rothbury -- population 443, as of 2006 -- on the local, national, and even international musical map. Detroit News
Vendors scurrying at Junior League horse show
A little boy in a red and white striped shirt and black riding pants trots around on a brown horse in an exhibition area at The Red Mile on Sunday afternoon. Other than a few adults milling around and a trainer who yells instructions from time to time, no one pays much attention. There's too much work to be done. Within the grandstand, vendors at the 2008 Lexington Junior League ... Lexington Herald-Leader
27 Artists Illustrate Ogden River Parkway
The idea of painting a panel alongside the Ogden River Parkway has been so popular the city has a waiting list. Vernon Hairston, Ogden Police Department gang unit project coordinator says the mural project was designed to get young people with art talent involved. Nearly 18 months into the project, amateur and professional artists are involved. Each of the original 25 panels set aside for murals ... FOX 13 Utah
Fiona Hall: Record-breaking exhibition opens
A lament to New Zealand’s extinct birds features in an art exhibition that has just broken attendance records at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Fiona Hall: Force Field, opening July 12 at City Gallery Wellington, is an in-depth survey of ... Scoop.co.nz
Winter series of free Sunday Concerts at Museum
Beginning Sunday July 13 the Museum of Wellington is pleased to present a series of free music concerts, in collaboration with Acoustic Routes. Concerts will take place every Sunday until August 31 at both 2.00pm and 3.30pm, with refreshments available during the half hour break. Scoop.co.nz
China's Art Grottos In Trouble
"Known as Mogaoku -- 'peerless caves' -- and filled with paradisiacal frescos and hand-molded clay sculptures of savior-gods and saints, they are, in size and historical breadth, like nothing else in the Chinese Buddhist world. And Mogaoku is in trouble. Arts Journal
Nature’s grandeur plus urban sophistication
The City of Roses. Microbrew, coffee shops and the NBA Trail Blazers. Portland, Ore., is a smorgasbord of art galleries, world-class museums and eclectic neighborhoods. The grandeur of nature shines not just in the wilds but in carefully tended urban woodlands. Federal Times
Filipino classical music on YouTube
MANILA, Philippines - Some years back, someone alerted me about the YouTube video of a Miss USA contestant playing a Chopin scherzo. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Treasury Auctions Set for This Week
The Treasury’s schedule of financing this week included Monday’s weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills, and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday. NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance
Sculpture theft from Vancouver park raises insurance worries
The theft of a popular sculpture from a Vancouver park is raising questions about why the city's public art is not insured. CBC British Columbia
Look at the time
Longtime film critic Elvis Mitchell kicks off his new series, "Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence" (7 p.m., TCM), with one of the last interviews with director Sydney Pollack, left, who died in May. The conversation is terrific, with Pollack talking generously about his influences and his own masterpieces, but it's far too short at just half an hour. Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Two Cheyenne art shows canceled
Associated Press - July 6, 2008 5:15 PM ET CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The organizer of 2 art shows normally held at the Cheyenne Civic Center this time of year has canceled them. KIFI Idaho Falls