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Urban Affairs: Streetart and Urban Art Exhibition, Berlin 2008
BERLIN.- The art festival URBAN AFFAIRS is pleased to announce a large-scale exhibition featuring current positions of Contemporary Urban Art and Street Art through August 3rd in Berlin- the global epicenter of this international art movement.
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Catherine Chalmers: American Cockroach at Boise Art Museum
American Cockroach project by Catherine Chalmers. BOISE.- In her American Cockroach project, Chalmers records the half-imaginary life of the domestic pest known as the cockroach. The exhibition highlights the photographs, sculpture, and video work of Catherine Chalmers.
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Portland Art Museum Exhibits Ed Ruscha's Diptychs Azteca and Azteca in Decline
Edward Ruscha, Azteca /Azteca in Decline, 2007, Acrylic on canvas, Diptych, Courtesy Gagosian Gallery. ©Ed Ruscha. PORTLAND, OR.- Ed Ruscha is among the most innovative and influential artists of his generation.
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Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s-1940s on View at National Gallery of Australia
Thomas Andrew, New Zealand 1855 – Samoa 1939, Samoa from 1891. Two young Samoan women 1905, gelatin silver photograph 14.5 x 20.3 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
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The Exhibition Soul and Body Attracts a Record Number of Visitors
BUDAPEST.- The photography exhibition Soul and Body at the Museum of Fine Arts has attracted more than 30 thousand visitors since its opening in early June, which makes it the most frequented Hungarian exhibition of photographic art.
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Giuseppe Uncini Exhibit at ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art
Installation view from the exhibition Giuseppe Uncini © Photo: ZKM Karlsruhe. KARLSRUHE.-
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LAXART Presents the Debut of Miguel Angel Rios' Video Crudo
Miguel Angel Rios’ single-channel video entitled Crudo, 2008. LOS ANGELES.- LAXART is also pleased to present the premier of Miguel Angel Rios’ single-channel video entitled Crudo, 2008, selected by Gilbert Vicario, assistant curator of Latin American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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Swiss Art Collector Hildy Beyeler Died at Age 86
Swiss Art Collector Hildy Beyeler Died at Age 86. BASEL.- Hildy Beyeler, wife of Ernst Beyeler, both of whom built one of Switzerland's biggest art collections, has died.
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Richard Diebenkorn Works on View in Two Exhibitions at Cantor Arts Center
Richard Diebenkorn, Untitled (Tomato & Knife),1963. Oil on canvas. Lent by the Santa Cruz Island Foundation. Credit: Santa Cruz Island Foundation. Photograph: William B.Dewey © Estate of Richard Diebenkorn.
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Happy marriage of hobby, work
Tom Ortega gets in about an hour and a half of serious painting time before heading to the office.
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Auction, car rally a hit in first annual Tour de Hamptons
The scene at Kalbacher’s Auto in East Hampton on Sunday would make any vintage car enthusiast salivate. Owners of classic cars from the East End came together for the inaugural Hamptons Pursuit Rallye Tour and Classic Car Auction.
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On the weekends of July 26 - 27 and August 2 – 3, P Street between 3rd Street and I-5, along with both northbound and southbound I-5 ramps, will be closed due to utility work being performed in conjunction with the Crocker Art Museum Expansion Project.
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Macy's Fishing Contest reels in young anglers
On the first day of fishing, the fish won! But that didn't stop lots of kids from having lots of fun at the 61st Annual Macy's Fishing Contest in Prospect Park last week.
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The Switch Building, a Lower East Side Individualist
Manhattan is a land of narcissists, or so it often seems, with each citizen hell-bent on winning the fullest measure of attention through his or her wardrobe and personal comportment. And so you might think that our architectural stock would exhibit a similar excess, a similar individualism at all costs. But in fact, more often than not, the borough of Manhattan has been defined by an ...
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Borrowing With Fine Art as Collateral
With the stock market volatile and housing in a slump, many wealthy individuals are looking to tap another kind of equity — the kind hanging on their walls. Specialists at banks and auction houses say that more of their clients recently are interested in borrowing against their art collections. "We are seeing increased activity in art financing transactions," a senior vice president in ...
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Jacques Kaplan, 83, Bold Furrier, Dies
Mr. Kaplan was an absurdist furrier and art gallery owner who brought a sense of mischief to the staid world of the mink stole.
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A Portrait of Art As a Tax Deduction
Museum directors say a federal crackdown on deductions for so-called fractional gifts of art have crimped donations of valuable collections. Lawmakers are mulling easing the restrictions, but in the meantime, wealth advisers are steering donors toward an array of other complex art-giving vehicles.
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SoHo South: MIA Design District Undergoes Makeover
What was once a sparsely populated Miami neighborhood is undergoing a true renaissance. Instead of being sparsely populated, the Miami Design District is now populated with high-end fashion boutiques, jewelers, restaurants and art galleries.
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Chattanoog African American Museum Unveils New Fashion Exhibit
To celebrate the art of fashion and to showcase the designs of a renowned designer and Chattanooga native, the Chattanooga African American Museum is hosting "Design of a Decade: The House That Reco Built."
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Leading Southwestern Artists Featured at 15th Annual Santa Fe Art Auction
Some of the leading lights of the Taos Society of Artists and the Santa Fe Art Colony will be featured this November 8, 2008 at the 15th annual Santa Fe Art Auction.
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Museums Push For Change In New Tax Law For Art Donations
"Many of the significant gifts we've had in our history have come from fractional gifts The new law has virtually stopped new fractional gifts from being started. It's a real problem for us and other museums."
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Curtain rises on Wine Country Film Fest
For the 22nd year, the Wine Country Film Festival comes to town, opening on Thursday, July 24. This year's lineup is packed with films, parties and activities geared towards expanding viewers' horizons about culture and the environment. "Every film festival has its own character.
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Cancer society retains firm grip on trademark daffodil
Orrin Clayton was disappointed when a sculpture garden of enormous yellow daffodils planned for a local cancer survivors' memorial was scrapped in favour of a more generic bouquet of red, blue and fuchsia.
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Cryostasis Art
Artistic renderings of some of the icy doings: [images]
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A day in the life: Video game tester - Campus Lifestyles
Many people are jealous of Alan Curtis. Especially 10- to 17 year-old boys. Alan Curtis is a 24- year-old art student and a video game tester for Electronic Arts. We sat down with Alan to find out if our childhood dream job was everything we hoped for.
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