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American art's heroic moment
New York's Jewish Museum exhibits the superstar abstract painters (Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning), the critics that built their reputations and the rest of the artists who created the American postwar art ascendancy
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Lafayette's Festival Plaza taking shape
An interactive water feature, a performance space with a stage and benches for seating are some of the proposed elements for Lafayette’s new $500,000 Festival Plaza that are garnering the most community support.
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Meta: Artist Uses Old Macs as Canvases for Mac Fanboy Paintings [Art]
Instead of turning it into a jukebox, a jack-o-lantern, or worse, a web server hosting your text-only fan site, why not ship that old Mac of yours out to Melbourne, Australia where painter and street...
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Flickering elusive memories
At a film festival such as the one opening in Jerusalem tomorrow, we expect to see films that offer a slightly different experience from the movies we watch all year round.
Haaretz Daily |
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Kodak Unveils 50MP CCD Image Sensor
i4u writes in to let us know that Kodak has announced the world's first 50 million pixel CCD image sensor for professional photography (i.e., for medium-format cameras). Engineering-grade devices of the CCD, the KAF-50100, are currently available. Kodak plans to enter volume production in Q4 2008. "At 50 megapixels, the sensor captures digital images with unprecedented resolution and detail. For ...
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IN THE ARTS
"Spring into Summer," an artistic celebration of the Jersey Shore through still life and landscape oil paintings done in the style of the old masters, will be on exhibit at the West Long Branch Public Library through July 31. Hours at the library, which is located at 95 Poplar Ave., are 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.
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Not a hot dog in sight ...
Life & style: Forget music, these days summer festivals are all about food. Leonie Cooper meets the gourmet van vendors
Guardian Unlimited |
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Participants sought for 'Arts on the Arboretum'
The Manalapan Arts Council is looking for artists, designers and crafters for its "Arts on the Arboretum 2008" art show and sale to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27 in the municipal court parking lot in front of the Manalapan-Englishtown Post Office at the corner of Taylors Mills Road and Route 522. Details and application: 732-446-3200, ext.
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First Ladies go on special tour
KUALA LUMPUR: While their husbands were busy attending the Developing Eight (D8) summit, the wives were given a special tour of the Islamic Art Museum yesterday.
The Star |
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Taj Mahal, Eddie Floyd Added to Long Beach Blues Festival Lineup, August 31
Chuck Berry remains the Saturday headliner, and festival also features Pinetop Perkins, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Roy Rogers, Ana Popovic and more.
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'Lost' artworks by Goya, Watteau auctioned in London - Summary
London - Three drawings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) and a painting by 18th-century French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau - all missing for well over 100 years - were sold Tuesday in London for a total of 16.3 million pounds (32.6 mil...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Home Décor and More show set for July 11-13
Country Folk Art will present Home Décor and More: The Ultimate Craft Show from 3-9 p.m. July 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 12, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 13 at the New Jersey Convention and Expo Center, Edison. The event will feature many artisans from across the United States.
Edison Sentinel |
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Fred Yates: Self-styled 'happy Lowry'
The painter Fred Yates used colour to break away from the early influence of L.S. Lowry, whom he knew in post-war Manchester art circles. Despite the local industrial landscape "school" Lowry spawned, there were as many canvases at inter-war Manchester Academy exhibitions of holiday beaches as there were of chimneys and smog. It was to this tradition of northern escapism that Yates, a ...
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Three sketches by Goya sell for $8 million
Christie’s says the sketches first went up for sale in Paris in 1877 and were presumed lost until a private Swiss collector contacted the auction house about them.
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Preview: Ways with words, Dartington Hall, Devon
There are plenty of ways in which to lose yourself on Dartington Hall's majestic 1,200-acre estate – even without its annual melting pot of authors and intellects. Yet if ever a literary event were endemic to its surroundings, in the heart of south Devon, then perhaps the Ways With Words festival is it, tapping into the estate's spirit of quiet exploration to offer something more than a mere ...
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Capital Age Festival
The Capital Age Festival is open to all and celebrates the often forgotten contribution older Londoners make to the capital.
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here! and Regent to Release Outfest Opener "Breakfast with Scot"
North American rights to director Laurie Lynd 's family comedy " Breakfast with Scot ," which will open Outfest 2008: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, has been acquired by here!
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Museum Dedicated to News and News Media Installs Front Porch DIVArchive ?¢ to Support Broadcast Operation
DMN Newswire--2008-7-8--Front Porch Digital today announced that the Newseum, the nationâ??s premier museum dedicated to news and news media past and present, has selected the companyâ??s DIVArchiveâ?¢ solution to manage digital content generated by its broadcast operation.
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AthFest: It’s kind of a big deal
AthFest is a non-profit annual music festival in Athens, Ga that showcases music and art from the Athens musical community. The festival spans over five days and is mostly free. However, some events cost money, though a wristband could get you in to all of the...
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300 performers for Doha summer fest
By Arvind Nair SOME 300 performers from various countries will be presenting shows during the Doha Summer Festival. The 22-day entertainment and shopping festival takes place from July 15 to August 5 at the Doha Exhibition Centre and various malls.
Gulf Times |
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Missing the Bus: High Gas Prices Cause Many Acts to Fly or Stay Home
While the high price of fuel isn't even close yet to bringing the live concert scene to a standstill, it is inhibiting the mobility of small and mid-level acts, causing attendance drops at some festivals and reducing the amount of disposable money fans have to spend while they're at the shows.
cmt.com |
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IMA expands outdoors
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is doing something no other art museum in the nation is doing.
WTHR Indianapolis |
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McKim gives wings to aviation artwork
As a youngster Wallace McKim dreamed of being an aviator. While his career path led in another direction, flight still intrigues him more than seven decades later. That interest is what drove 83-year-old McKim of Traverse City to take on a multimedia art project celebrating the history of flight in northern Michigan through words and pictures.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Outrageous and Provocative (00:05:40)
An interpretive art show by the Gallery Group of the Calaveras County Arts Council presents their own intpretation of the outrageous and provocative. A variety of mediums on exposition starts July 12 and runs through August 30 at the Calaveras Gallery on Main St., in San Andreas.
Calaveras Enterprise |
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Dubuque Library Collection Worth 1.1 Million
Dubuque - A museum in Texas is offering the Dubuque's Carnegie-Stout Public Library 1.1 million dollars The Fort Worth museum wants to buy a valuable collection from them, and the money would be just enough to help the library begin its renovation project.
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