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Kenro Izu: Sacred Places Opens at The Detroit Institute of Arts
Mandalay, 1995, Burma. Platinum palladium print on watercolor paper © Kenro Izu. Courtesy of the Howard Greenberg Gallery. DETROIT.- Kenro Izu: Sacred Places features over 50 black-and-white photographs of spiritual landmarks located in Asia, the Pacific Islands, the Middle East, and Europe.
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Spotlight Loan: Corpse and Mirror II by Jasper Johns at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
"Number 15," 1948, by American artist Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) was executed in ducco on paper and measures 22-1/4 by 30-1/2 inches. (Photo by Ron Jennings, © 2008 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts).
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Mary Heilmans Vibrant Paintings Go to Columbus for Only Midwest Stop
Mary Heilmann: Neo Noir (1998) Oil on canvas, 75 x 60 inches. Collection of Edward Israel, Los Angeles. Courtesy of the artist, 303 Gallery New York and Hauser & Wirth Zurich London.
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Old Master Paintings Soar at Sotheby's Realizing $101.5 Million
Auction shot of the Sotheby's sale of Old Master Paintings. Image courtesy of Sotheby's. LONDON.- Sotheby's sale of Old Master Paintings this evening realised £51,488,650/$101,530,469/€64,813,991 well in excess of the pre-sale estimate of £30.2-44.2 million.
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Six Hundred Years of Nigerian Culture Surveyed at The Art Institute of Chicago
Altar Head of an Oba (Uhunmwun Elao), 16th century. Nigeria, Benin Kingdom; Edo. Brass; 20 x 19 x 22 cm (7 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnologisches Museum.
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The comfort station as masterpiece
For most people, going to the bathroom is a by-the-numbers experience. As such, the setting in the space for us to "do our business" is often strictly business itself.
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2 Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 July) – Two Mindanao films, one set in Maguindanao and the other in Basilan, have made it to the official selection of Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on July 11 to 20.
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Thieves melt into night with sculpture
Copper sculpture stolen from Penrith gallery could be heading for the smelter.
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NEWS Indian film festival in Germany opens with Wild Bull - Feature
Stuttgart - An entertaining documentary about a village and its problems with a wild bull is to open Germany's only annual festival of Indian cinema next Wednesday in the southern city of Stuttgart. Organizers, who were disappointed last year to sell...
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Bavo! celebrates 21 years of Vail Valley Music Festival
The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival’s 21st annual gala, entitled Cirque Du Bravo! is Saturday, July 12. VAIL, Colorado — The Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival’s 21st annual gala, entitled Cirque Du Bravo! is Saturday.
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Panaga Exhibition On Insect Life
Bandar Seri Begawan - An exhibition of macro photographs showing the diversity of insect life was held yesterday at Panaga in KB by one of its photographer members, Ian Frame.
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LA County Museum of Art gets Oceanic collection
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has acquired an encyclopedic collection of sculptures and artifacts from Polynesia, Melanesia and other Oceanic cultures, museum...
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William Wegman
Kathleen talks to noted photographer William Wegman about his work and his dogs. Wegman was at the Maine Photographic Workshops for a seminar recently. Wegman's paintings are on display at the Center for Contemporary Art until September 13th.
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Potters drop out of Seagrove festival
SEAGROVE, N.C. -- This year's Seagrove Pottery Festival will, for the first time in 26 years, face serious competition. "Seem to me to be moving toward eliminating or doing away with local potters," said one local potter of the problem.
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Disciples III Artwork
Damn dirty humans are featured today: Among the Disciples III factions, humans are considered...
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Fresh and faded
Arts & entertainment: Adrian Searle is dazzled by a photography show that captures Europe in peace and at war
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Beijing to host antique show to illustrate Sun Zi's Art of War during Olympics
Beijing will see an antique show to illustrate Sun Zi's Art of War during the Olympic Games, on which four famous ancient Chinese swords will make their first collective presence, announced the organizer. The Military Museum of the ...
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Idea for GOP elephants will have to stay in TivoliToo's trunk
St. Paul's X would have been surrounded by a herd of elephants in September if TivoliToo had its way. The Mendota Heights company that designs and creates sculptures, including the "Peanuts'' series, wanted to make 50 elephants for John McCain 's presidential nomination party.
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Colleyville Heritage Middle student wins award in PTA's state film contest
Lenexa Morais is doing her part to make a difference in the world. She recently won a state award for her film Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, which she wrote and directed for the annual Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Reflections contest.
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Insurance for Art Collectors Covers Ownership Disputes
It's a collector's nightmare: You buy a valuable painting from a reputable dealer and hang it on your wall. Years later, you learn that the painting was once stolen, decades before you bought it. The original owner sues you, and before you know it you've both lost your investment and racked up tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees. You can sue your dealer to try to recover your loss, but ...
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LA County Museum of Art gets Oceanic collection
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has acquired an encyclopedic collection of sculptures and artifacts from Polynesia, Melanesia and other Oceanic cultures, museum officials said Wednesday. The 46-piece collection of Oceanic art, purchased by museum trustees, includes an 18th century Hawaiian drum collected by Capt. James Cook in 1778 and a dance paddle of smooth sculpted wood from Easter ...
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Members of the more than 250-strong, 13-team kickball league took to Baker Park to face off against the Kickball League of Baltimore in an exhibition game, besting their neighbors to the east.
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11:07 a.m. - Cathedral looking for artists
11:07 a.m. July 10 — The Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica National Museum in Hagåtña invites local artists to submit their names to establish a registry which will be used to plan a rotating series of local art exhibits.
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LA County Museum of Art gets Oceanic collection
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has acquired an encyclopedic collection of sculptures and artifacts from Polynesia, Melanesia and other Oceanic cultures, museum officials said Wednesday.
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Folk art
As a child in Findlay, Ohio, Sandra Somers found the big Victorian houses with cupolas, spiral turrets, stables and horses awe-inspiring.
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