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Summer festivals on horizon for area residents
The remainder of July is brimming with weekend treats for Augusta County residents.
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25th Annual Festival Italiano Opens to Big Crowds
The 25th Festival Italiano opened tonight in Westport’s Saugatuck area and drew large crowds. The event continues through Sunday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
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Lustrous Visions, Cut From Stone
The Metropolitan Museum?s ?Art of the Royal Court? offers the first in-depth survey of the arts and crafts of pietre dure, or works inlaid with finely cut semiprecious stones.
New York Times |
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New SAMFA exhibits varied
One person's junk is another person's artwork, and the proof is the tall stainless steel sculptures on the rooftop terrace of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
The San Angelo Standard-Times |
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Painting of 'Our Lady' kicks off WYD program
World Youth Day events have officially commenced in Sydney with the unveiling of a newly commissioned painting at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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The lettuce alone is 11 feet high
Standing on a wooden platform about 100 feet off the ground, Brenda Councill weaves a paintbrush across the outline of an asparagus tip the size of her arm. She is painting the dome of the Core Lab at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, the centerpiece building of billionaire David Murdock's $1.5 billion biotech complex. The Blowing Rock artist said it is the 35th and largest dome ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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European royal treasures
Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe . Where: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York. When: Through Sept. 21. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays-Thursdays; 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; beverage and sandwich service until closing.
The Star-Ledger |
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Twenty Years In, Bainbridge in Bloom is Booming
The island's annual garden tour festival, which has expanded to include workshops and bicycle tours, runs Saturday and Sunday.
Bainbridge Islander |
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Musicians, artists, singers grow at the Fine Arts Academy
For aspiring singers, musicians, actors and artists, the Alaska Fine Arts Academy is the place to be. “We believe that everyone can be an artist — it doesn't have to be someone who is a professional,” said Kim Girard, an instructor and vice president of the Alaska Fine Arts Academy board.
The Alaska Star |
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Riveted by all things
Chances are you won’t look at the Harley-Davidson Museum in the same way as entertainer and motorcycle collector Jay Leno.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Veteran cartoonists to show works at Sabah Art Gallery
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Art Gallery has been organising cartoon and comic exhibitions annually since 1987 in response to the increasing interest in the genre.
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Wilton Manors art gallery to have feline-art exhibition
A tabby with no collar wandered into the Art Expressions Gallery a year ago. Though gallery co-owner Francisco Sheuat was allergic, when no one claimed the cat, he decided to take her in. Now Paloma is hosting her own feline-art show.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Festival celebrates role of photography
The largest photography festival ever held in Australia kicks off in Canberra today.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Art meets beer at South End gallery
The champagne will flow tonight at the Hidell Brooks Gallery in South End as Katharine Hidell and Rebecca Brooks use the 6-9 p.m. gallery crawl to celebrate their gallery's 10th anniversary. There also will be beer. As Brooks says, she and her partner believe in “taking the snobbiness out of the art thing.” At their space, beer drinkers are welcome. Art galleries are fragile. Ten years is, as ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Returning to Vienna, Again
The Viennese are proud of their long-ago past. They have restored their historical edifices and churches and refurbished their many museums. They totally rebuilt the Albertina museum. Areas such as Döbling and Hietzing have retained the staid, even aristocratic, aura of magisterial homes and gardens (while adding the most up-to-date comforts for its inhabitants). But the Nazi era is more ...
The New York Sun |
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Auction House/Gallery Wall Blasted Away
"The final frontier protecting contemporary art galleries from the relentless encroachment of the auction houses has been emphatically breached with the announcement that Damien Hirst is creating an exhibition of new works for display and sale at the London headquarters of Sotheby's."
Arts Journal |
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NAIDOC exhibition held
Local Aboriginal artist, James Calgaret, this week has many of his masterpieces proudly on display at the Middleback Theatre as part of the community’s celebrations for NAIDOC Week.
Whyalla News |
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Myanmar to turn cyclone-downed tree stem roots into sculpture products for auction
Myanmar is planning to turn stem roots and branches of cyclone-downed trees in Yangon municipal area into sculpture products for auction, the local weekly 7-Day News reported Thursday. A total of 45 professional sculptors from two a ...
People's Daily |
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Frenemies: Not Just for The Hills Anymore
Ah, passive-aggression. It’s the preferred conflict style of many an introverted arty type, myself admittedly included. Despite being a fan of the technique, I’m a little perturbed to see it exemplified to a T (to taxpayer-and-public-spacer-expense) in the Art Gallery of Ontario’s latest outdoor signage. If you look at the photo of that signage above, you’ll see [...]
Spacing Wire |
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French citizen pleads guilty after trying to sell stolen Monet to FBI
MIAMI - A French man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to sell four valuable paintings stolen last year from a French art museum in a brazen robbery by masked, armed thieves.
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Acropolis Museum To Display Parthenon Marble Replicas
"After years of discussions, the museum has now decided how it will present the marbles. The originals are being displayed alongside plaster casts of the pieces removed from Greece, most of which are in the British Museum in London.
Arts Journal |
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French man pleads guilty in art theft case
Raising their cocktails in a toast, three suspected art thieves celebrated aboard a yacht with two potential buyers of classic paintings stolen from a museum on the French Riviera.
Naples Daily News |
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Bands play tribute to their musical idols
Tribute bands have become so huge that re-creations of ABBA and the early Beatles will play at Red Rocks this summer. And Lez Zeppelin, an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute, made headlines at June's Bonnaroo Festival.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Private gardens of NZ with accommodation
New Zealand Garden owners are now going all out to attract visitors to their gardens, spending big money on moving 100 year old chapels into their gardens for weddings, setting up cafes, renovating historic buildings,home cooking, setting up museums with collections of anything from china to musical instruments, many now have accommodation ranging from Cottage/Farm stay, B&B to Boutique ...
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Adventures with Bruce Conner
"He was so special ... so smart," said Paule Anglim, the gallery owner who represented the late Bruce Conner. "Any time spent with him was enriching." In 1967, Conner ran for the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco. He described his business or occupation...
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