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San Jose Teen Wins $45,000 Quinceanera Party From Verizon Wireless
After more than six million text and online votes, 14-year-old San Jose teen, Athaly R. has been crowned winner of the Verizon Wireless "My Fabulous 15" contest. PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Radiohead plays polished gem at Chicago festival
British art rock sensations Radiohead played a gem-like performance on the Chicago lakefront on Friday, headlining the first night of the three-day Lollapalooza music festival. Reuters via Yahoo! News
Radiohead plays polished gem at Chicago festival
Art rock sensations Radiohead played a gem-like performance on the Chicago lakefront on Friday, headlining the first night of the three-day Lollapalooza music festival. Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Garcia's memory still alive at festival
BRIDGEPORT — Friday marked what would have been the birthday of Jerry Garcia, in whose memory the Gathering of the Vibes rock festival is dedicated, and it did not go unnoticed. Connecticut Post
Birge, Oliver works on display at chamber
The artwork of Tommie Birge and Shelia Williams Oliver is now on display at the Glasgow-Barren County Chamber of Commerce’s office at 118 E. Public Square in Glasgow. The Glasgow Daily Times
Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt: The Absent City at Madison Museum
MADISON, WI A three-part installation by Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt opens in the State Street Gallery and lobby of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art from August 2 to November 16, 2008. Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt: The Absent City examines scale, transparency, and language while drawing attention to the function of the museum and its relationship to the community. Art Daily
Untitled and the Minimalist Aesthetic at the El Paso Museum of Art
Donald Judd "Untitled" 1974, Aquatint. EL PASO, TX.- Art Daily
Moore College of Art & Design Commemorates 160th Anniversary
Alice with her paintings, 1944. Photo by Sam Brody. PHILADELPHIA.- Art Daily
In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenschein to open at DAM
Afternoon of a Sheepherder, 1939, by Ernest L. Blumenschein. Oil on canvas; 28 x 50 in. Courtesy of National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City; 1976.32 Art Daily
Modern and Contemporary Art on Exhibit from the AMAM Collection
Audrey Flack, (American, b. 1931), Strawberry Tart Supreme, 1974, Acrylic on canvas, National Endowment for the Arts Purchase Plan and Fund for Contemporary Art, 1974.43. Art Daily
Florence Griswold Museum Presents Warm Winds: Connecticut Artists in the Tropics
OLD LYME, CT.- Art Daily
Hail to the Chief: Images of the American Presidency Opens
Diana Walker, Queen Elizabeth II and Ronald Reagan, San Francisco, 1983. Color coupler print, Minneapolis Institute of Arts. MINNEAPOLIS.- Beginning August 2, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) will present an exhibition on our nation’s presidential history through art and artifacts. Art Daily
One of World's Most Important Private Photography Collections Given to the Israel Museum
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), American, 1890-1991. The African Mask (Noir et Blanche), 1926. Gelatin silver print. JERUSALEM.- Art Daily
Caravaggio's "Taking of Christ" Was Stolen from Museum Western and Eastern Art in Odessa
Caravaggio, Taking of Christ or Kiss of Judas. ODESSA, UKRAINE.- Caravaggio’s Taking of Christ, or the Kiss of Judas was stolen from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the Black Sea port of Odessa. Museum staff found that the work was missing from its frame. The thieves cut it from its frame. Art Daily
Ash Lawn Opera taking Mall residence
The Ash Lawn Opera Festival is vacating its home of the past three decades, relocating to the by-then-renovated Jefferson Theater on the Downtown Mall. The Daily Progress
Heeks changes technique to keep works alive
Rhode Island painter Willy Heeks, whose recent work hangs at Brian Gross Fine Art, practices what we might call post-Richter abstraction. In 2002, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presented a retrospective of German painter Gerhard Richter's work that... San Francisco Chronicle
Fleeting fantasy: Art Nouveau style once captured the imagination of jewelry makers
A dazzling exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will make you wish your wealthy great-grandmother had been a jewelry collector. Video: Check out the bling The MetroWest Daily News
Mixed forecasts for Arts Festival attendance, sales
A sluggish economy has led some organizers at the Kimball Art Center, the Utah Board of Tourism, art-gallery owners and vendors to make mixed Park Record
Photography exhibit tells about Israel in pictures
Molly Nitka, 21, traveled to Israel for the first time in May as part of the Birthright Israel program that provides educational, first-time trips to Park Record
Annual Park City Arts Festival is underway
Be kind to the artists showcasing their work at the Park City Arts Festival this weekend. Festivals like this make the difference between being able to pay for groceries or not. The Park City Arts Festival kicks off its 39th year today at 9 a.m. There will be live music, food and a kids' corner. Park Record
At Home: Seth Spalding and Barbara Gnos
It may not be the typical start of a relationship, but Seth Spalding knew his partner Barbara Gnos was special by her reaction to a painting in his old Mission apartment. The image, a rendering of a naked woman that Spalding's mother had found at a nearby garage sale, was one of Spalding's favorite pieces, but had already provoked negative reactions from visitors. The San Francisco Examiner