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The Dunmow Broadcast and Recorder
ARTISTS and exhibitors were left shocked on Sunday morning when nearly £1500 worth of paintings was stolen from a village hall. Thieves broke into Leaden Roding village hall halfway through a two- day art exhibition and stole 39 paintings; over half of the collection.
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Demystifying crystal skulls' ancestry
WASHINGTON -- Some mysteries are such fun you almost don't want to know the truth. That may help explain why people are fascinated with crystal skulls.Happy to share the spotlight with the latest Indiana Jones movie, the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History is putting its crystal skull on display starting Thursday.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat |
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The art of modern dance
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. Goose Route Dance Festival enters its eighth year as a user-friendly showcase of contemporary dance. Eight dance companies from across the country will perform at the War Memorial Building in Shepherdstown. Performances start Friday, with showings from Philadelphia dancer Megan Mazarick, New Yorkbased Guta Hedwig Dance and Morgantown, W.Va.based AhernDance, Performances will ...
The Herald-Mail |
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Celebrating a town that rose from the ashes
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. Chambersburgs summertime megafestival, ChambersFest, returns this week. Activities are scheduled mostly around weekends starting Saturday, July 12, through Sunday, July 27.
The Herald-Mail |
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Beautiful scars
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. Choreographer Ray C. Shaw will unveil his latest work, I Am, about the beauty of scars, at Goose Route Dance Festival.
The Herald-Mail |
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Ongoing exhibits
The Iliad and the Odyssey: Paintings by James Robert Stewart; 'On the Trail of New Treasures'; Miniatures and more; 'Then and Now'; Art in the hallway; Photographs; Ellen Lanyon retrospective; Pastels from the permanent collection; Alluring Locales: A Travelogue of Paintings; Art glass of the golden age; Beaver Creek School Museum; Building Americas Canals; Historic museum reopened
The Herald-Mail |
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Whate the Romans have done for us
A MULTIMEDIA exhibition exploring Rugby's Roman heritage has opened in the town. Rugby Art Gallery and Museum hosts the show by acclaimed artist Eamon O'Kane from Tuesday until the end of August.
Rugby Observer |
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A Friday for sculpture, folk music and a songwriter's return
To put it far too crudely, wood sculptures evoke the earth, and metal sculptures remind us of the basic power of humans to change the very nature of things.
Savannah Morning News |
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State centennial celebrated in exhibit
MERRILLVILLE The pageantry and spectacle surrounding Indiana’s 1916 statehood centennial is examined in the Indiana Historical Society exhibition, "The Hoosier Centennial: a Look Back at the 1916 Celebration," opening Sunday at the Merrillville-Ross Township Historical Society Museum, 13 W. 73rd Ave. The exhibit will be available to view from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 24.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Really 'Big Bugs'
You can get a bug's eye view of the world when you come nose to knee with an 18-foot, 1,200-pound praying mantis and 12 other enormous sculptures by New York artist David Rogers. His "Big Bugs" exhibit opens at Garden in the Woods in Framingham Saturday and runs through Oct. 31.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Interactive Art Exhibit on Display
Artrageous!, an interactive children's exhibit, is on display through Aug. 8 at the Lake Wales Arts Council Inc. at 1099 State Road 60 E.Artrageous! is a place where children can look at some unusual and creative artwork and then experience hands-on activities that will enable them to be immersed into the artwork.
The Lakeland Ledger |
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Los Angeles museum buys Oceanic art
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Museum of Art branched into the South Pacific and beyond with the acquisition of an encyclopedic collection of sculptures and artifacts from Polynesia, Melanesia and other Oceanic cultures, museum officials said yesterday.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Art In The City
IT might have been raining outside but last night summer got well under way at the Phillips de Pury & Co gallery in Victoria as Quintessentially, the global luxury lifestyle group, held its annual Summer Arts Party.
British Vogue |
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Good wood carving or tourist junk?
Q: I received this carving from a friend years ago. Any information as to its history and/or value will be appreciated.
Asbury Park Press |
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Art with a function: Sculptor explores 'village' concept to design metal tree guards and bike racks
D on Freas sees the west side of Olympia as a village - a neighborhood of trees, families, bicyclists, nature, gardens and shops, and a place where things are within walking distance of one another.
The Olympian |
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Old Master portrait sells for £7m
Artist Frans Hals painting, Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen, sells for £7m at a Sotheby's auction in London.
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Tradition continues with Farmington Area Founders Festival July 18-20
Plans are being finalized behind the scenes for this year's Farmington Area Founders Festival, a 3-day community celebration centered in downtown Farmington.
Farmington Observer |
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Plea hearing set in French art theft case
MIAMI -- A French man is expected to enter a plea in Miami federal court to charges of trying to sell four valuable stolen paintings to undercover FBI agents.
7 News Miami |
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Celebrity singers set to visit exhibition
SIR ELTON John and George Michael are among those on the guest list for a new exhibition by artist Tracey Emin being held in the Capital next month.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Olympian effort to record the nation's oil paintings
A GROUP of north London art historians is executing one of the most ambitious projects ever launched in the art world - to record every publicly owned oil painting in England.
The Ham&High Network |
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10th Osian's Asian-Arab cine fest kicks off
New Delhi, July 10 : Amidst frantic last-minute preparations, the 10th edition of Osian's-Cinefan film festival of Asian and Arab cinema kicked off here Thursday but the formal inauguration will take place Friday.
New Kerala |
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Acclaimed photographer stages exhibition to 'show what knives do'
A critically acclaimed photographer whose teenage brother was stabbed to death in London is to stage an exhibition honouring the 27 young people who were killed in the capital in 2007.
Evening Standard |
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Plea Hearing Set in French Art Theft Case
MIAMI (AP) -- A French man is expected to enter a plea in Miami federal court to charges of trying to sell four valuable stolen paintings to undercover FBI agents.
First Coast News |
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Around the bubbler
Art in the right place(s) On the Square, off the Square. Wherever you wander around the Capitol this weekend, there will be art. And music, too. Art Fair on the Square turns 50 this year, and nearly 500 artists are expected to exhibit and sell their work. Over on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 140 Wisconsin artists will be participating in Art Fair off the Square. The event promises as much ...
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Alliance to host exhibit
The Fitchburg Cultural Alliance will host a formal exhibit and celebration program entitled, H. M. Francis Architecture Through the Eyes of the Artist, on Thursday from 5 p.
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