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Editorial: Indian art finds a market
Among the treasures that were moved secretly from Europe to the United States and helped finance Jewish entry into America's financial world, were paintings by the great masters.
Business Standard India |
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Winner Chosen In Revere Sand Sculpture Contest
The winner has been chosen of the annual sand sculpting contest at Revere Beach.
WBZ Boston |
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Key West Crowns New "Papa"
A Leesburg man with a thick white beard and a piercing gaze has won this year's Key West Ernest Hemingway Look-Alike Contest.
CBS4 Miami |
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Send to Friend
The St. Barnabas Art Group invites the public to their 47th annual art exhibit held from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturdays, August 2 and 9, and Sundays, August 3 and 10 at the home of Fury Feraco, 2723 Bay Drive Fishing Creek.
Cape May County Herald |
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Photoist
Click to see full version Title: Luke, I am your step. . . .father Photographer: six28fifty Location: Front steps of the Franklin Institute, during the Star Wars exhibit Camera: Nikon D200 Like to see your photo here? Submit it!
Phillyist |
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Picasso's 'Guernica' needs special care say curators
Pablo Picasso's masterpiece Guernica is in a "stable but serious" condition, Spanish art experts told El Pais newspaper's Sunday edition.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Life stays on track despite train blast
MUMBAI - That one time, hanging out the open door of the crowded train was lucky for Mahendra Pitale. Had he been sitting inside, the 34-year-old sculptor would probably have been killed when the bomb exploded.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Pompeii Dying Under Neglect
"Chunks of frescoes depicting life in the Roman city are missing, carried away by visitors or eroded by the elements. Graffiti is gouged into walls. Tourists ignore signs forbidding flash photography as they take pictures of erotic designs inside the Lupanare, an ancient brothel.
Arts Journal |
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Tate Modern Expansion May Be Delayed
"Tate Modern, London's riverside art museum, revised plans for the new wing that architects Herzog & de Meuron are building for it, and said the 2012 opening may be delayed because of tough fundraising conditions."
Arts Journal |
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Times & Star
A PAINTING by Cockermouth artist Len Roope sold for a record £1,400 at Mitchell’s fine art sale in Cockermouth.
West Cumberland Times & Star |
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Costanilla: Varona’s homecoming concert and ‘Hiyas Bisaya’
SONG WRITERS who want to participate in the 2009 Cebu Popular Music Festival have until the 31st of this month to submit their entries to the Cebu Arts Foundation, Inc. secretariat at the University of the Visayas.
Sun Star |
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Legendary T'nalak weaver in exhibit
KORONADAL CITY -- Aimed to raise public awareness of her existence and to pay tribute to a lone national living artist in South Cotabato, a young photojournalist featured through a photo exhibit the country's famous T'nalak weaver. The ongoing exhibit is among the highlights of the T'nalak Festival, which concluded on Friday.
Sun Star |
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At the Shaw: Belle Moral is all talk, no emotion
BELLE MORAL: A NATURAL HISTORY, by Ann-Marie MacDonald. Starring Fiona Byrne, Jeff Meadows, Donna Belleville. Directed by Alisa Palmer. At the Court House Theatre until Oct. 5. ** (out of five) NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE – Strange things are afoot in the Shaw Festival’s tenth and final show of the [...]
Niagara Falls Review |
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CBS 2 At The Met: Medieval & Renaissance Treasures
Take an up close look at some European Decorative Arts, dating from 300 to 1600, most of which are on view for the first time in New York. They're at the Met this summer, on loan from London's Victoria and Albert museum. CBS 2's Dana Tyler toured the treasures with Curators Ian Wardropper and Peter Barnet.
WCBS-TV New York |
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Brazilian police recover stolen Picasso engraving
SAO PAULO - Brazilian police on the weekend recovered a Picasso engraving stolen during a brazen daytime heist from a Sao Paulo museum last month, officials said.
Khaleej Times |
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Winners in 2008 TAPME contest
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Winners Saturday in the annual Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors competition.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Heat can't deter festival crowds
Thousands of people flocked to the the first day of the inaugural Mile High Festival at The Fields at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Saturday.
Denver Post |
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Benicia set to unveil inaugural jazz festival
BENICIA - After last year's silent summer, the roaring of Jet Skis at the waterfront will be replaced by mellow jazz notes. Benicia Main Street is kicking off its inaugural Fine Art and Jazz Festival next weekend and preparations are in full swing, event organizers said.
Vallejo Times-Herald |
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Spielberg foundation gives $1M to museum
Steven Spielberg's foundation has donated $1 million to the National Museum of American Jewish History. The grant from the Academy Award-winning director's Righteous Persons Foundation is earmarked for the museum's $150 million capital campaign.
Connecticut Jewish Ledger |
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Entertainment in Brief: 07/20/2008
Arcadia Daze is three-day event; Art exhibit opens with reception; Duo plays Manitou and Summerfest; Aten Place hosts Irish band Fonn Mor; Student concert spotlights fiddles; Deadline extended for eddi nominations; Exhibit and sale for the Old Art Building;
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Arnold resident is carving herself a niche in the local art scene
Artist Amy Maddox holds some of the figurines of watermen she’s carved. Ms. Maddox learned the basics of carving from her grandfather, and then used it to create lifelike birds and wildlife as well as whimsical folk art.
The Capital |
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Savannah Morning News |
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A great time for a festival in the park
SPEARFISH – With 150 art and craft booths, 25 food booths, live music, a beer garden and more than 30,000 people, it can be easy to lose track of time at the annual Festival in the Park in Spearfish.
Rapid City Journal |
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Lake Tahoe School summer series
Kai LaRieu starts out from the beach. Amanda McDougall and Charlotte Pecot ride the waves Wednesday. For more photos check out our web gallery. The Lake Tahoe School Summer Series continued on Wednesday with a kayaking outing on Lake Tahoe near Kings Beach.
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza |
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Queen City Jazz Festival celebrates the Colored Musicians Club
No one who has been inside the Colored Musicians Club ever forgets it. The old building, at the corner of Broadway and Michigan, has a vibe all its own. Climb the steep staircase and you find yourself in a narrow room that is, simultaneously, gritty, historic and homey.
The Buffalo News |
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