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In Czech Republic, victim’s kin is stymied by art restitution law
A man who wants to reclaim paintings the Nazis looted from his uncle and which are now in the Czech Republic’s national gallery is running up against a restitution law that sets stringent limits on who can claim lost property.
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Elizabeth I Painting Could Be Valuable
ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C. -- Until recently, an oil painting of Queen Elizabeth I had been hanging in the gift shop at The Elizabethan Gardens gatehouse.
WXII-TV Winston-Salem |
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Ivar's wants your artwork
Calling artists ages 12 to 18. Ivar's Restaurants wants your artwork to promote its 4th of Jul-Ivar's fireworks show.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Fake Bencab artworks affecting Baguio art retail
MANILA, Philippines - Who’s the bigger fool? The art collector, who still gets conned into buying counterfeit paintings of National Artist Benedicto Cabrera (popularly known as Bencab), or the artist who sells them?
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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AOLG celebrates Fine Arts Week
For nearly 14 years now, the Academy of Our Lady of Guam celebrates Fine Arts Week to showcase the artistic abilities of their art students.
Pacific Daily News |
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Older students mentor younger during Owosso schools art show
OWOSSO - Experience has its own story to tell.
The Argus-Press |
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Coachella festival closed out by Prince
Pop singer Prince helped close out the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, Calif., this weekend with a series of cover songs, Billboard reports.The music publication said Sunday the Purple Rain star's performance included covers of the Beatles' Come Together and Radiohead's Creep, along with a number of his own classic songs.Prince was a late addition to the Coachella lineup, but ...
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Art work brightens up Rain Barrel Festival
Dark clouds hovered low overhead Saturday and the ground was damp from a light shower, but brightly painted barrels made for a colorful scene as Berea launched the first Rain Barrel Festival.The historic drought of 2007 was only a memory, but those memories and heartfully painted barrels were enough to fill Memorial Park with people. The drought, which began in late spring and persisted into ...
Richmond Register |
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Painting of Queen Elizabeth I could be valuable
Associated Press - April 27, 2008 11:23 AM ET ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C. (AP) - Experts are taking a closer look at a painting that not long ago was hanging in a North Carolina gift shop.
WLFI Lafayette |
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Painting of Queen Elizabeth I could be valuable
ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C. (AP) - Experts are taking a closer look at a painting that not long ago was hanging in a North Carolina gift shop. The oil painting of Queen Elizabeth I may be more valuable than anyone realized.
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Education Digest: April 27, 2008
WATSONVILLE St. Francis Spring Festival is today St. Francis Central Coast Catholic High School will host its annual Spring Festival from noon-5 p.
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
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Great Little Art Show not so little
By Nadine Armstrong The Hants Journal/NovaNewsNow.com The 10 anniversary of the Great Little Art Show kicked off Friday, April 18, with a wine and cheese reception at the Avon River Heritage Museum in Avondale...
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Painter raises awareness, money for cancer patients
After a good friend received her second diagnosis of breast cancer nearly seven years ago, Champaign artist Suzanne Keith Loechl knew she had to do something to help. Having always wanted her art to have meaning, she began etching into her paintings the words and stories of women confronting cancer. Later she had the idea to cut the word paintings on tile into pendants and smaller tiles.
The Champaign News-Gazette |
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Photographing under full 'flower moon' at Rush Ranch
A one-night workshop on full-moon night photography will be held May 17 at the Rush Ranch Open Space. It will be taught by Tim Baskerville of the Nocturnes. The session will start off with a few docent-guided tours (in daylight!) of the Ranch and the three hiking trails surrounding it.
The Reporter |
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Kingman Museum, Art Center, Heritage, Huron Potawatomi team up for exhibits
When state lawmakers and families tighten their belts on superfulous spending, arts and cultural groups are usually the first to feel the pinch. Kingman Museum, however, is finding ways to grow attendance and plump its 2008-2009 programming through partnerships with other area cultural groups.
Battle Creek Enquirer |
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IN THE BEGINNING ...
Crossroads Theatre Company's Genesis Festival has been knocking around for nearly three decades.
Home News Tribune |
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Atria Darien hosts reception for Roz Emmons
Atria Darien will showcase the work of local artist Roz Emmons at the Gratia Gillespie Art Gallery on Friday, May 2. A wine reception will offer a chance for attendees to meet Emmons, who works in acrylic, oil, monoprints and mixed media.
The Darien Times |
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Thousands take part in 27th Annual Flame Tree Festival
Thousands of people flocked to the Civic Center the past four days to take part in one of the CNMI’s most celebrated cultural events-the 27th Annual Flame Tree Festival.
Saipan Tribune |
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First Friday Art Opening Guinotte Wise at the Hilliard Gallery Kansas City
Force Fields and Four Letter Words New Works by Guinotte Wise
Kansas City InfoZine |
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The mysterious 8th
ALL year long, Avellana Gallery plans to present exhibits on the 8th of each month, each playing around the number eight.
The Manila Times |
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Museum In Osprey Is A Point To Ponder
Bertha Honore Palmer lived on her property overlooking Little Sarasota Bay until 1918, when she died of breast cancer at 68. The pioneers who lived there before her are long gone, too, and so are the first settlers, Native Americans who fished and buried their dead here 5,000 years ago.
The Tampa Tribune |
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Everything will be cool at New Orleans jazz festival
NEW ORLEANS — Never mind how spring temperatures tend to sizzle in the Big Easy. Get a big hat, plenty of suntan lotion and everything will be cool for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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CHAPEL HILL -- Town Manager Roger Stancil has appointed Jeffrey York, director of public art and community design for the N.C. Arts Council, as the new public arts administrator for the Town of Chapel Hill. He is scheduled to start on June 15.
The Chapel Hill News |
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Olmsted Falls: Art shows set
Olmsted Falls will have three Art Walks this summer, with the first having a May 22 entry deadline. Artwork will be displayed for four weeks beginning June 12 in various downtown shops as well as Simple Expressions, a major organizer...
The News Sun |
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Pete Doherty sparks outrage with drugs artwork
Washington, Apr 27 : English musician Pete Doherty's exhibition of paintings has sparked outrage among anti-drugs campaigners, as the artworks were made with drug needles and the rocker's own blood.
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