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The hip Jewish museum by the Bay, Nagler new JFS chief
The new Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is a hip amalgam of modern art. Daniel Liebeskind's peculiar architectural dazzle looks like a giant Rubik's Cube in metallic steel, standing on its tip beneath the city's downtown skyscrapers.
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Art teased from the river
Passers-by inspired to join teacher in stack sculpture For Teddy Betts, stacking rocks is a sort of meditation. He has spent the past few weeks creating stone sculptures along a stretch of the Patapsco River near the Main Street bridge in Ellicott City. "The river inspires me," says Betts. "It's my higher power. Doing the stones is connecting in a spiritual way."
Baltimore Sun |
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Films coming to you
THE Manning Regional Art Gallery will break new ground when its screens a series of acclaimed short films this weekend.
Manning River Times |
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Children visiting the “Glory of Persia” exhibition at the National Museum of Art in Yongsan, central Seoul, pose for photos at the “Photo Zone” on Thursday.
donga.com |
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Smithsonian dishes the dirt on, well, dirt
Dishing the dirt has a long history in Washington, but the Smithsonian Institution is taking it to new depths. The National Museum of Natural History opens a new exhibit on Saturday — "Dig It" — exploring the mysterious and complex world of soil.
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Exhibition looks at plight of salmon
A NEW exhibition featuring 100 large-scale paintings by the Ullapool artist Andrew Ward aims to highlight the wild salmon's place in history and raise concern for its futu
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Call of the wild: Britain's nature writers
A couple of weeks ago, I descended on a blazing Italian afternoon into a steep wooded ravine. Gnarled old trees hid overgrown ancient ruins, while waterfalls cascaded down limestone crags into mysterious caverns. Anyone with even a nodding classroom acquaintance with Romantic poetry or painting might have smelled a highly cultivated rat. Surely, this textbook vision of the sublime landscape ...
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MRCB contest to boost local art
KUALA LUMPUR: Leading urban property and infrastructure developer Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd yesterday unveiled its latest corporate social responsibility project -- a national art competition.
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Boucher, François: Mademoiselle O'Murphy (1751)
The surrealist Georges Bataille said, "No collector could ever love a work of art as much as a fetishist loves a shoe." Was he right? Sexual arousal has always been part of painting's business.
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Dandy Warhols give away EP
In case you missed it, the Dandy Warhols are releasing a new album in August, "Earth to the Dandy Warhols," and the promotional machine is in full swing.
The Oregonian |
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A study in harmony
The Rainforest World Music Festival 2008 proved once again that if you were looking for good music, this is where you would find it. The learning experience was a bonus.
The Star |
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King Leaves for 10th Festival of Pacific Arts
King Tuheitia leaves today to attend the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts in Pago Pago, America Samoa as the traditional head of the 120-strong New Zealand delegation and will then fly to Tonga to attend the Tongan King’s coronation King George Tupou V.
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The art of fear
Fear in our society is the central theme running through paintings and drawings by Timothy Berry, now also on exhibit at the Palo Alto Art Center. The San Francisco artist has been an art educator for 33 years and teaches at the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Davis.
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Feature story: A painter's touch
Artist Nathan Oliveira has racked up an impressive career: former longtime professor of studio art at Stanford University and successful painter, sculptor and printmaker. Approaching 80, he still has plenty of projects in mind and ideas for new paintings.
Palo Alto Weekly |
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Numbers Up at Christie's in First Half of Year
Christie's International said auction and private sales increased by 10% worldwide in the first half of 2008, driven by new buyers from the Middle East, Russia, and Asia. Christie's sold $3.6 billion of art and collectibles over the six months, compared with $3.2 billion in the same period a year earlier, according to an e-mailed statement today. Auction sales include London-based Christie's ...
The New York Sun |
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NY NY "Exiles" Premieres at IFC, MoMA Waxes Brazil and BAM Spotlights Gordon Green
For residents of New York, there are a number of imperatives this week. New Yorkers: Go see Kent Mackenzie 's lost masterpiece " The Exiles " at the IFC Center ! Go meet David Gordon Green , the director with the strongest authorial voice of his generation, and see some of the films that have influenced him!
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Chinese goods make up most of Doha trade fair
CHINESE goods are dominating the Doha Trade Fair at the Doha Exhibition Centre.
Gulf Times |
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Duck stamps are on display at the Nature Center
The Springfield Conservation Nature Center, 4600 S. Chrisman Road, features an art exhibit displaying work from the 2007 Junior Duck Stamp Contest.
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Former Fresno County Sheriff's Sergeant sentenced on child porn charges
Former Fresno County Sheriff''s Sgt. Ron Vaughn, who was recently convicted on child porn charges, was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison. In February, a federal jury convicted Vaughn on charges of possessing child pornography. Vaughn had worked in the sheriff department's sex crimes unit before leaving to start a photography business. This past June, in a controversial move, a judge ...
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Arts and Craftsmanship National Festival at Rasnov Fortress
The first edition of the Arts and Craftsmanship National Festival Handmade ART-FEST” will take place in the Rasnov Fortress, during July 19 – 20, the organizers announced.
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“Portrait of a Man”, by Antonello da Messina, “Under the Magnifying Glass” at MNAR
The Romanian National Art Museum (MNAR) invites guests to discover, on July 20 and 27, the secrets of the Renaissance masterpiece “Portrait of a Man,’ signed by Antonello da Messina and exhibited for the first time in Romania, as the respective work will be “Under the Magnifying Glass” of the Museum Experts, in order to be analyzed and interpreted.
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Things to do 7.18.08
FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES MUSEUM COMPETITIVE ART SHOW, today to July 31. Paintings, graphics, and sculptures; all art is for sale. Call 683-1701 for details.
Muskogee Phoenix |
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Dublin Irish Festival Celebrates Authentic Culture August 1 - 3
DUBLIN, Ohio , July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2008 Dublin Irish Festival is an experience as rich and diverse as the emerald isle itself featuring authentic entertainment, shopping and cultural activities.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Selma Blair - Blair Took Macabre Photos Of Naked Ditch-diving
Actress SELMA BLAIR once posed for a series of self portrait photos lying naked in a ditch. The Hellboy star studied photography in Michigan before she became an actress ...
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Seattle Asian Art Museum celebrates its 75th birthday
The Seattle Art Museum is throwing itself a gigantic birthday party from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park (SAM's original home).
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