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Prison watchdog group to hold inmate art show
CHICAGO (AP) - For Chicago-based prison watchdog group the John Howard Association, art is a way to rehabilitate inmates and recognize them for creating something positive.
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ABAC purchases several paintings for art collection
Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah and Abraham Baldwin College in Tifton recently commissioned and purchased over seven large-scale works ranging in size from 3 to 8 feet for their permanent collections. The abstract and equine works of Palm Coast artist and Matanzas High School art teacher Gena Brodie Robbins will hang in the newly constructed office of ABAC President David Bridges ...
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Brazilian police recover stolen Picasso print
Police have arrested a suspect in the heist of two Pablo Picasso prints from a museum in Sao Paulo and recovered one of the works, police and a museum official said Saturday.
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WALL.E (U)
One of the best jokes in WALL•E, the new digital animation from Pixar, is the end-credits sequence, which gives us the history of figurative art in a nutshell. A series of animated pastiches takes us from cave painting to the present, through ancient Egypt, the Renaissance, Turner and Seurat, all the way to ... Pacman. The entire development of image-making, to end in this: a few coloured dots ...
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Parties: The bold and the beautiful
It had been raining for three straight days in London when guests arrived at Quintessentially's Summer Arts Party on 9 July, their art-nouveau invitations noticeably limp as they checked coats at the Phillips de Pury gallery in St James's.
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Brazilian police recover Picasso print, nab suspect
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Police recovered a Pablo Picasso print and arrested one person in connection with an armed robbery at Sao Paulo's Pinacoteca Museum last month, local media reported on Saturday.
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Dominic Prince: The IoS diary
Glorious Goodwood is about to be upon us, and perhaps, while en route to the horse racing, some of you will want to visit the Cass Foundation, a sculpture park (and registered charity) in the grounds of the Goodwood estate in Sussex. It's run by an old boy called Wilf Cass, and here's the rub. The Charities Commission (the charities watchdog) recently reported the following about Cass: "In 2002 ...
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Iron Street Fest
Hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Youngstown today for the fourth annual Pig Iron Community Street Festival.
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All Events for 21 July 2008
Until 24 Jul 2008 This latest drama from Olivier Assayas observes the troubled fate of a priceless private art collection. Family members disagree as to its best use and whether they should preserve or sell, display...
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Iron Street Fest
Hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Youngstown today for the fourth annual Pig Iron Community Street Festival. Jason Vinkler explains why this gathering has much more to offer than your average street fair.
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Heat can't deter festival crowds
Thousands of people flocked to the inaugural Mile High Festival at The Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park today.
Denver Post |
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Former museum could get facelift
“The arts complex development would bookend the old Mississippi Museum of Art with two, 12-story buildings parallel to Pascagoula Street. Upper floors would hold a total of 88 environmentally friendly housing units.
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Revealed: the last paintings of a lost genius
Campbell died suddenly last year of a ruptured appendix aged just 53 he left behind a reputation as one of the greatest Scottish artists of the last century.
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Carving contest produces tasty works of art
Thin slices of carrot became delicate butterflies and tomato peels were wound up to resemble roses Saturday at a vegetable and fruit carving competition held downtown at the Holland Farmers Market.
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Bangor Class of 1958 Donates Bronze Ram
Alumni students from Bangor High School are making sure their legacy lives on. The Bangor High School Class of 1958 donated a bronze ram statue to the high school. Maine artist Forest Hart created the sculpture for the class's fiftieth reunion.
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Cinemalaya winds up tonight
MANILA, Philippines - In its fourth year, the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), has gone mainstream.
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Belleville Humane Society to display annual art contest winners
Winners of the Belleville Area Humane Society annual art contest will have their artwork on display at the center starting Sunday.
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Museums
"M16 Stellar Spire in the Eagle Nebula" is part of "Mapping the Cosmos: Images From the Hubble Space Telescope" exhibit at the Walters. (Nasa) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.
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On the beaten track
Mon Art Gallerie’s current exhibition titled Ideas, Images, Experiences highlights young artists trained in Calcutta and Santiniketan. There are six artists on view. They are technically sound like most artists from this part of the country but have no new experiences to offer.
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IMAGINING A SPACE FOR ART
There are many obvious external things to savour on a first trip to Berlin, the grand old Bismarckian piles, the one remaining, graffiti-covered chunk of the Berlin Wall, the lowering Nazi presence of the long, huge Tempelhof Airport building, the sundry triumphs and disasters of post-war architecture, the Film Centre on Potsdamer Strasse where the Berlin Film Festival is sited (the annual ...
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Rain puts damper on Venetian Festival's kids' games :Tonight's concerts still set to go, though they may be delayed.
ST. JOSEPH -- "This is the year we may not make it," Kierstin Stock told her children Saturday as they slogged by wet craft vendors who bravely set up their wares during the 30th annual Venetian Festival despite an unrelenting downpour.
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Tokyo: A guide for a certain type of resident
This book, says the introduction, "is going to help you to get to know the city, its people, their culture and customs, and much more." It is not, it avers, just another tourist guidebook. Rather, it is "filled with everything you need to know to make the most of life in Tokyo." In fact, "from local festivals to finding your dream home, we'll tell you how and where to do it." To this extent then ...
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Auction tonight for Flowers for Food
Art lovers are invited to bid on pieces tonight, in support of the homeless. The auction is being organized by the Canadian Flowers for Food Society. The society's Marrett Green says local artists have ...
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KANSAI: Who & What
KICA seeks entries for bilingual essay contest The Kyoto International Cultural Association is seeking contestants for its essay contest on Sept. 28. Read the full story
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Cultural revolutionary
Hes Chinas answer to Andy Warhol, but the artist who inspired Beijings Olympic Stadium wont be attending the opening ceremony. An outspoken critic of the government, Ai Weiwei has never forgiven them for sending his father into exile, says Rachel Cooke
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