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Yves Saint Laurent's Art Collection For Sale
Christie's International has announced that it will auction off the art collection belonging to Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, Bloomberg reports. While the particular contents of the collection have not been revealed, it is rumored to be worth as much as $599 million featuring works by Picasso, Warhol, Mondrian, Matisse, and Goya. The auction follows the designer's death on June ...
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Survey shows Russian museums missing 50,000 items
A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia's museums - everything from Pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art - a member of the survey team said Thursday.
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Photographic exhibition at Galerie Livet (4 pictures)
In the village of Saint-Germain-le-Vasson in Normandy, two of the world's biggest dealers in historic photography have set up an exhibition that is drawing curators from Paris, London, New York and beyond.
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Artist dabbles in everything from wood carving to antique restoration
While most artists choose to hone their skills in one particular area, GaryMiner prefers to be a jack of all trades.
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ABC Invites You to Summer's Hottest Music Event, 'CMA Music Festival: Country's Night To Rock'
ABC heads to Nashville to take you to the hottest music event, "CMA Music Festival: Country's Night to Rock." Reigning CMA Horizon Award winner Taylor Swift, former "American Idol" finalist Kellie Pickler and Country Music Star/"Dancing with the Stars" champion Julianne Hough host the special airing Monday, September 8 on the ABC Television Network.
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Northern Ireland News
An opportunity for local artists to design a large-scale sculpture in Belfast has just been announced. Belfast City Council and its project partners are holding a competition for the commission of a ..
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Pittsburgh abuzz with robotic art
A green roller coaster twists above the entrance to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. But this attraction isn't for human riders — the coaster's cars are filled with plants and a solar panel that triggers the ride to stop and start.
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Robert Henry wants you to Stop! Look! Listen!
A friend of painter Robert Henry once said, only half-joking, why the surprise when a man with two first names grows up to be complex and restless? If his paintings rattle a viewer in the market for something to tack up over the sofa, Henry would be the first to shout, “Bravo!”
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Rome Observer - Creative juices flow at Cazenovia College
CAZENOVIA - Cazenovia Counterpoint, a festival featuring Central New York composers, performers, writers, visual artists, and filmmakers will be held in multiple venues in the Village of Cazenovia during July. Since many of the artists have national and international reputations through their art, music and books, the focus of the festival is "creating locally but connecting globally."
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Photo: Springville World Folkfest
Daily Herald SClBSpringville World Folkfest attendees follow instruction from MacCulloch Dancer Heather Young, right, during a street dance performance and instruction at the Museum of Art parking lot Wednesday, July 16, 2008. The 55-year-old Highland step-dance group from Ontario, Canada brought 19 dancers and musicians to participate in this year's World Folkfest celebrations. This week's ...
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ANXIOUS SHUTTER
Visions of War Three of the photographers presented in Verve Fine Arts’ Amici della Galleria exhibition present gripping portraits that unveil some of the most prominent ghosts that haunt the collective American mind.
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REAL TIME
It may be argued that it’s not really fair to consider Thomas Ashcraft ’s exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Arts until it’s over. Codices: Heliotown is in a constantly evolving state, touched and tweaked daily by Ashcraft, who tunes the small details as carefully as he adjusts the homebuilt radio telescopes that provide the basis and inspiration for much of the work.
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Zane Fischer
Zane Fischer is an award-winning columnist and is the web editor for the Santa Fe Reporter. He was the co-founder of OffSite ArtSpace and previously served as executive director for the Center for Contemporary Arts. Fischer lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and favors hijinks over shenanigans.
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Woods Hole Film Festival Enters 17th Year
The Woods Hole Film Festival, which showcases and promotes the work of independent, emerging filmmakers from New England and beyond, will enter its 17th year on Saturday, July 26, with a screening of “Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy,” by scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson. The festival ends on Saturday, August 2, with “Crazy,” a biopic about legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland.
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Entertainment digest
al features trios, but talk canceled WINONA -- The Great River Shakespeare Festival is more than plays. This weekend's Prelude Concert series features the Bus Boys, an acoustic trio, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, and Terpsichore, a Baroque trio, at 6:30 p.m.
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Artists of the Year collaborate at Market Shops
The Market Shops at Sandestin has donated a storefront for an Art in Public Places exhibition through the month of July. The showing consists of a first-ever collaboration among South Walton artists who have held the title of Artist of the Year.
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Sherman Gift Is Missing
SHERMAN-The Superin tendent of the Sherman School has launched an investigation into the apparent disappearance of a gift of framed paintings to the district.
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Binghamton designer's entry in running for Hallmark prize
Last year, Jacob Souva was just beginning his freelance design and illustration business, Two Fish. Now, he is a published artist and could be the grand prize-winner in Hallmark Card's 'YourFunny*ness' contest.
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All You Need to Know About Oil
Go beyond the oil headlines with TheStreet.com.
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Its All Good at music festival
MORGANTOWN -- For 12 years, the All Good Festival has entertained music fans from around the world.Combining live music, art, food and camping, All Good continues to grow in popularity. From The Black Crowes and Bob Weir to the Yonder Mountain String Band
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Survey shows Russian museums missing 50,000 items
A sweeping government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia's museums _ everything from Pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art _ a member of the survey team said Thursday.
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Driver totals valuable cars
Renowned artist, Blue Sky (born 1938 as Warren Edward Johnson) best known for his 50 foot by 75 foot internationally acclaimed mural "Tunnelvision" projected to be featured at the National Museum in Sweden this fall, has suffered a recent ironic loss.
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Man top duck at carving contest
MARION, Md. — A Maryland man has won a prestigious award for his duck carvings. Richard Smoker, who moved from Selinsgrove 26 years ago, was awarded the best in world award during the Ward World Championship Wildfowl Competition in April in Ocean City, Md.
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Artist reception Friday at Winkler Gallery in DuBois
DuBOIS -This week the Winkler Gallery of Fine Art in DuBois welcomes its first internationally known artist Larry Gerber to exhibit and teach in its five-year history. A public reception for the show will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday.
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Mark G. Anderson Consultants Selected as Owner's Representative for Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
Mark G. Anderson Consultants, an international leader in the management of design and construction projects, is especially pleased to announce their selection as the Owner's Representative for a magnificent art museum in Tyler, Texas, the Tyler Museum of Art.
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