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Art sale in aid of 60 charity homes
KUALA LUMPUR: Looking for a painting to brighten up the walls of your office or home? The New Straits Times
John Moores painting prize shortlist announced
LONDON (Reuters) - The shortlist for the John Moores contemporary painting prize, which helped launched the career of top artists like Peter Doig, was announced on Thursday. Reuters
ARG is an alternative way to play with real-world problems
It's the near future and the planet is in crisis. Unheeded warnings of an impending oil shortage have become reality. This was the premise of World Without Oil, an alternate reality game (ARG), which asked players to react to a plausible vision of the future and find ways in which to solve it. The aim, says the game's California-based creator Ken Eklund, was to help people get ready, "if ... Guardian Unlimited
When the Circus Comes to Town: The wonderful world of Gil Bruvel
Gil Bruvel’s work is otherworldly. His artwork references a mystical, circus-like environment, full of fantastic jugglers, women balancing on the backs of majestic horses, masked lovelies lounging while he paints their portraits. His paintings remind me of vignettes from an abstract ballet, with stages set in slightly twisted yet welcoming landscapes. His sculptures bring fantasy into the ... The Source Weekly
Pure Beauty
Conrad Wilde Gallery braves construction and the summer heat with a greatest-hits exhibition Tucson Weekly
MoMA Names New Design Curator
Juliet Kinchin will join the staff of the Museum of Modern Art as a curator in the department of architecture and design, the museum announced today. Ms. Kinchin comes to MoMA from the Glasgow School of Art, where she was a senior lecturer of art and design. She has also taught at the Bard Graduate Center for Study in the Decorative Arts and was a curator of decorative arts in several Glasgow ... The New York Sun
'Guernica' in Good Health
"Guernica" depicts intense suffering, but its own health is not in danger. That's the diagnosis after the first X-ray of Pablo Picasso's 20th-century anti-war opus carried out by the Reina Sofia art museum in Madrid. The X-ray of the large-format canvas — 11 feet by 25 feet — was part of a series of tests begun more than a year ago on one of the world's most prized masterpieces. The piece's last ... The New York Sun
Tri Arts calendar
Through Aug. 2n Shakespeare Festival — 7:30 p.m. Livermore Shakespeare Festival presents outdoor shows of "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, directed by Lisa Tromovitch, in repertory with the "Compleat Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)" by Jess Borgeson, Adam Long and Daniel Singer. Contra Costa Times
Berlin To Host Sculpture Fair
Blumka Gallery of New York, Galerie Thomas of Munich, and Sam Fogg of London are among more than 20 international dealers who have signed up for Berlin's "SCULPTURA — European Sculpture Fair." This new event, scheduled for November 13-16, will take place in the covered Schlueterhof courtyard of the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. "The European fair landscape is diverse, but the range of ... The New York Sun
Carl Honoré: Recession? The perfect time to slow down
Carl Honoré: Maybe the economic slump and soaring oil prices is our chance to relearn the lost art of slowing down Guardian Unlimited
Anya Gallaccio & Chantal Akerman, Camden Arts Centre, London
Life, decay and death are the elemental subjects of Anya Gallaccio's work. Her sculptures and installations, like traditional vanitas paintings, are metaphors for the transience and fragility of life. She has made works with apples and oranges, as well as flowers, that have been left to rot slowly in the Tate, showing how they turn from something beautiful into a fermenting mess. Independent
John Moores painting prize shortlist announced
The shortlist for the John Moores contemporary painting prize, which helped launched the career of top artists like Peter Doig, was announced on Thursday. Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Kazakh jazz singer tackles East Turkistan issue with her music
Although Kazakh musician Saadet Türköz occasionally took to the stage to sing songs at local festivals at the age of 29 or 30, if someone had told her that one day she would become a musician who binds continents together, she would not have believed it. Zaman Online
Beyond the Borders: A multicultural festival
Ali’i & Sumo’s Hawaiian Grill, seen here at the 2007 festival, will offer “Beyond the Borders” food. The event, which also features artists, musicians and a beer garden, will be held on Aug. 2. Peninsula Gateway
Art workshops, kids activities planned at Peninsula libraries
Were you inspired by the fabulous artwork at the Peninsula Art League annual art festival? The Peninsula Pierce County Library has some upcoming opportunities for you to dabble in some interesting artistic endeavors. Peninsula Gateway
Yves Saint Laurent's art collection up for auction
The private art collection of French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Berge, has been put up for auction and will be sold in February 2009, auction house Christie's said on Wednesday. Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Campaign Supports Guitar Students
For students at Long Beach Renaissance High School for the Arts, creativity plays an integral part of the academic curriculum. gazettes.com
New Section of Hudson River Park Opens in Tribeca
The newest section of Hudson River Park, the largest recreational amenity to be built in Manhattan since Central Park more than 150 years ago -- opened to the public today. Stretching from Tribeca's Laight Street to Houston Street, the $16.3 million, 4.6-acre area includes basketball courts, tennis courts, waterside overlooks, specially commissioned public art, and landscaped gardens that ... Centre Daily Times
PDX Pop comes of age
In human years, reaching the age of 5 is a small achievement. For a music festival, though, that's a pretty big number. "I think it is a milestone," said Cary Clarke of PDX Pop Now! The Oregonian
Television - Entertainment
First there was a book, then there was a play, and now The Hollow Men hits the cinema from today in Auckland, as part of the international film festival. Scoop.co.nz
Voices For Change Invites Teens In Foster Care To Express Themselves
On Thursday, August 7th, the “Voices for Change” initiative will hold a FREE art, writing and photography workshop in Lexington for youth between the ages of 12 and 21 who are in foster care or were in foster care during the last 12 months. Rockbridge Weekly
Youth Art Contest to be part of music festival
Look for local art again at the Linton Music Fest. For the second year, the Linton Public Library will sponsor a youth art contest Aug. 30-31 at Humphreys Park. Greene County Daily World
art Till July 25 at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/5041; 3 pm - 7 ...
An exhibition of paintings by various artists. Till July 26 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; #2440 8937; 11 am - 8 pm: Kolkata Smiles 08 , an exhibition celebrating the cartoon heritage of Calcutta, displaying both rare vintage and contemporary cartoons. The Telegraph
2008 Ventura County Fair Poster unveiled
A native Santa Paulan has been selected as the 2008 Ventura County Fair Poster Artist with his oil painting representing this year’s theme, “Meet me at the Fair.” Steve Mitchell was born in Santa Paula and raised in Fillmore. Santa Paula Times
Keith Carter, Wings exhibit puts poetry in motion
A bevy of large format, framed black and white photos clutter the floor of the McFaddin Ward Gallery at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. Port Arthur News