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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Both Sotheby's and Christie's managed to eke out small increases in the total sales (including both auction and private sales) for the first half of 2008 over that of 2007, and both (as was also true last year ) were neck-and-neck.
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A Pastry Business Made From Scratch
Before the blank white canvas of sugar, Laurie Cinelli began to craft her masterpiece.
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Chattanooga: Local fiddler snags dual championships at a Middle Tennessee music festival
When John Boulware lights into the tune “Brilliancy” on his fiddle, his face is composed, his tall, thin frame all but motionless. His fingers, however, fly up and down the strings like they’re being chased.
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With Room To Breathe, Artists' Group Showcases Diversity
The collective known as Tampa Realistic Artists is showcasing its works at TECO Plaza Art Gallery in downtown Tampa through September.
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ACCA KAPPA 1869 Shave Set
Traditionalists argue that shaving is a lost art; well, if that’s the case, then the designers at ACCA KAPPA are hard-core purists doing their best to bring about a Renaissance.
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Student creates murals in YWCA childcare rooms
On the walls of the YWCA's childcare rooms, Heather Sperling has created murals of four different worlds. The soon-to-be UNK senior spent this week finishing the paintings.
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Australia art prize in uproar over Christ painting
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's top religious art prize was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday after a judge quit in protest over the words "only women bleed" on a painting of Christ nailed to the cross.
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Blake judge quits in protest over painting
Australia's top prize for religious art is again embroiled in controversy after its judges fell out over the inclusion of a work by controversial artist Adam Cullen.
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Blake judge resigns in protest
The nation's top prize for religious art is again embroiled in controversy after its judges fell out over the selection of a painting of the crucifixion.
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Shaker Woods Festival offers the 'simple life' close to home
Photo By Submitted More than 200 craftspeople, representing artists and crafts from all over the country, like the one shown here, will be on hand for the Shaker Woods Festival to be held over the next three weekends in Columbiana.
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Turkey's Northwestern Province To Host International Festival
CANAKKALE - The northwestern Canakkale province of Turkey will host an international festival between August 9th and 16th. Within the framework of the "45th International Troia Festival", a contemporary art biennial and several workshops will be held, officials said on Tuesday.
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Australia art prize in uproar over Christ painting
Australia's top religious art prize was thrown into turmoil on Wednesday after a judge quit in protest over the words "only women bleed" on a painting of Christ nailed to the cross.
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National Geographic Books Creates New Imprint Dedicated to Fine Photography
WASHINGTON.- National Geographic Books’ Focal Point imprint, the Society’s newest venture, will draw on National Geographic’s legendary photographic archive — encompassing 16 name collections and more than 10 million images — as well as the work of distinguished photographers around the world.
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InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Names Editions Limited Curator of Its Exclusive Museo Art Gallery
ROSEMONT.- The 560-room luxury InterContinental Chicago O’Hare opening September 8, recently named Editions Limited Gallery, an international purveyor of original art and sculptures, as the curator of its on-site art gallery, “Museo”.
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Reno Artists Strut Their Stuff at DIY Festival in Nevada
Work of art on view at Nada Motel. RENO.- While some artists complain about the “gallery system”, artists in Reno NV are doing something about it.
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James L. Miller Retires after 24 Years as Atkins Museum Trustee
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From the Depot: Design From the Fifties and Sixties at Design Museum in Gent
"The Butterfly" Chair, Designer: Arne Jacobsen (DK), Manufacturer: Fritz Hansen (DK) 1951-1952. Steel, textile or leather © Design museum Gent GENT.- Design from the first decades following WW II is garnering great public interest.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art Organizes Exhibition of African Figure Sculptures
Bowl bearer. Luba, D.R.C. Wood, brass tacks, iron, beads; h. 39 cm. Felix Collection. Photo: © Dick Beaulieux, Brussels. CLEVELAND.-
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Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray at Palm Springs Art Museum
Nickolas Muray, 1892-1965, American (b. Hungary), Frida with Olmeca Figurine, Coyoacán 1939, Carbon process print. Courtesy of the collection of the Nickolas Muray Archives. Tour Development by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri.
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Work of Czech Studio Glass Master Frantisek Vízner to be Surveyed at The Corning Museum of Glass
František Vízner (Czech, b. 1936), Bowl. Apricot glass; cast, cut, sandblasted, and acid-etched. H: 7.5 cm, Diam: 28.7 cm. Czechoslovakia, Ždár nad Sázavou, 1994. 2007.3.102, gift of the Ben W. Heineman Sr. Family.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art Loans Sculptures to The University of Texas at Austin for Public Art Project
Deborah Butterfield, American, born 1949, Vermillion, 1989. Painted and welded steel, 75 x 108 x 25 inches. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Bourne, 1991. 1991.424
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Victoria and Albert Museum in London Opens Fashion V Sport
Fashion V Sport will trace the customization of sports fashion. LONDON.- A new exhibition at the V&A this summer, Fashion V Sport, will explore the relationship between contemporary fashion and global sportswear brands.
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Sotheby's Returns to Chatsworth with an Exhibition of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture
LONDON.- This year, between Tuesday, 9 September and Sunday, 2 November 2008, Sotheby's will return to Chatsworth to stage Beyond Limits – a landmark selling exhibition of monumental modern and contemporary sculpture, now in its third year.
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Getty Museum Debuts First Major Exhibition of Portrait Busts by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680), Costanza Bonarelli, about 1636-1638. Marble, H: 72 X W: 35.6 X D: 25.4 cm. EX.2008.4.55. Istituti museali della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, 81 S
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Balloon festival targets Ontarians
Organizers of Gatineau’s Hot Air Balloon Festival are hoping that musical acts like Finger 11 and Dennis DeYoung will attract more people from Eastern Ontario.
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