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Mei Guo (The Beau Monde-The Beautiful World) (2008-07-25 - 2008-08-30)
Mei Guo (The Beau Monde-The Beautiful World), an exhibition of site specific, mixed media installations by Asian American artists and Asian artists who live in America, will be on view at Contrasts Gallery, No. 181 Middle Jiangxi Road, Shanghai, from July 26th-August 30th 2008. The exhibition is curated by Lilly Wei. An opening reception will be held on July 26th from 6-8pm. Mei Guo refers to ...
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Nathan Coley In Galleries 1 and 2 (2008-07-26 - 2008-09-14)
Turner-prize nominee Nathan Coley exhibits a solo show at the De La Warr Pavilion this summer featuring four works new to the UK. Over the past decade, Coley's work has broken down our ideas and perceptions of space and the built environment, exploring our relationship to political borders and limitations, religious frontiers and ideals. His work investigates how these ideas change over time and ...
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Paintings by Jessica Dunn and Pedro Corte Real (2008-07-26 - 2008-08-26)
Corte Real Gallery in Paderne, Portugal presents a summer exhibition, "Paintings by Jessica Dunn and Pedro Corte Real", begun with an opening gala on July 26, 2008. Jessica Dunn's superb new collection of paintings evokes the sometime romantic, always evocative memories of past generations. Jessica has researched for months the colonial archives for stories and images. The exhibition captures ...
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Beijing Olympic Park to showcase China's intangible heritage
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Thirty special exhibits that showcase China's intangible cultural herit...
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Looking forward
A look at events coming up this week... Mozart comes to Woodstock Celebrating its 22nd season, the Woodstock Mozart Festival begins Saturday and runs for three consecutive weekends.
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Art meets sports in huge Beijing Olympic exhibit
BEIJING (Reuters) - With all things Olympic in vogue these days, lovers of aesthetics and athletics alike are flocking to a sports art exhibition billed as Beijing's largest showcase of international and Chinese works in over 50 years.
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Missoula composer’s work to be played at Arts Across America
It is a huge festival to celebrate a huge anniversary: 35 days of performances by some of the premier artists in America, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s signing of the National Cultural Center Act.
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The ‘Killing Fields’ Trials
HE’S THE ONE: A man looks at a portrait of former Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Sary at Tuol Sleng genocide museum in Phnom Penh. (Photo courtesy: AFP PHOTO/ TANG CHHIN SOTHY)
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Moving Display
The Walters shares its wealth, lending Barbizon landscapes to other museums T he Coming Storm is going away for awhile. So is The Goose Girl . And one of Alfred Sisley's Impressionist paintings.
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Art meets sports in huge Beijing Olympic exhibit
With all things Olympic in vogue these days, lovers of aesthetics and athletics alike are flocking to a sports art exhibition billed as Beijing's largest showcase of international and Chinese works in over 50 years.
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Art meets sports in huge Beijing Olympic exhibit
With all things Olympic in vogue these days, lovers of aesthetics and athletics alike are flocking to a sports art exhibition billed as Beijing's largest showcase of international and Chinese works in over 50 years.
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Lakewood couple teaches how to build with mud
LAKEWOOD -- Darin Deitz and Brina Burke have a dirt-cheap shed in their back yard that grows one lump of clay at a time. Looking fit for a hobbit, the structure is adobelike and has pieces of cord wood set into its walls. In its form and function, Deitz and Burke see beauty.
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Community Calendar for July 28
Bingo: 1-3 p.m. at Feather River Senior Citizen's Assoc., 1335 Myers St. $1 per card/$2.50 for 3. Bolt Antique Tool Museum: 11:45 a.
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'Slow, but hoping for the best'
Vendors at Highlands Festival in Abingdon see economy's effect on sales.
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Russell artwork sells for more than $9 million in Reno
Mon, Jul 28, 2008 (12:03 a.m.) Two iconic pieces by Charles M. Russell _ a painting depicting a stagecoach holdup and a bronze sculpture of two Native Americans on a buffalo hunt _ have sold at an auction for more than $9 million.
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Sunday, August 03, 2008
Video Association of Dallas Local filmmakers are invited to send entries for consideration for the 21st Annual Dallas Video Festival that will take place in October. Categories include documentary, video art, experimental video, music video, and others.
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History series makes stop at FDR library
HYDE PARK - PBS' "History Detectives" recently stopped by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park to explore the origins of an obscure, postage-sized stamp and its connection to the day when American soldiers were ordered to attack their own.
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College clan
Scholarships Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has announced the 2008-2009 recipients of the Board of Governors Tuition Waiver. The scholarship is awarded to those who exhibit academic excellence and plan to be enrolled full time during the academic year.
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Cruise Passengers Claim Gallery Short-Changed Them During Voyage
During a cruise aboard Celebrity Cruise Lines, real estate agent David Bouverat bought a print and a painting from Michigan-based Park West Gallery that he says he learned were almost worthless once he was back on land.
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Waterfront Art Festival draws a crowd to Canandaigua
Gloriously sunny skies on Sunday helped boost attendance at the Waterfront Art Festival in Canandaigua.
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Cool Kids to build canned goods sculpture
Cool Kids, a program of the Brockport Integrated Service Community Organization, has two ways you can participate in its Can-imals on Parade canned goods sculpture contest on Aug. 9 during the Cool Kids Day Block Party at the Brockport Summer Arts Fest.
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Milwaukee IMAX® Makes Move To MediaMerge
MediaMerge has added another satisfied IMAX® theater client to its Service Partnership Program (SPP). After hearing several recommendations that confirmed why MediaMerge is the largest third-party IMAX servicing agent in the world, the choice was a logical one for administration at the Humphrey IMAX Dome Theater in the Milwaukee Public Museum.
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Upcoming Exhibition Provides a Lens into Cultures Around the World Through Textiles
This fall The Textile Museum (www.textilemuseum.org) will take visitors on a journey through North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and beyond in "Timbuktu to Tibet:
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Artevo Corporation and Toller Cranston Sign a Multi Year Strategic Branding and Marketing agreement
Artevo (TSX Venture exchange AEV) a technology driven company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of all categories of fine art, today unveiled its plan to market Toller Cranston original artworks on a global basis. Artevo has also secured the exclusive rights to produce and market dozens of Cranston fine art reproductions.
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The Textile Museum to Host Tribute Dinner Fundraising Gala at the Historic Renaissance Mayflower Hotel
The Textile Museum will host its third Tribute Dinner fundraising gala on Thursday, October 16 from 6:30 to 10:00 pm at the historic Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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