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Dentist gives added bite to museum’s £5m appeal
As a 12-year-old boy, Abid Faqir would run into Glasgow's Transport Museum with his school friends, amazed by the size of the buses and the trams, relishing the opportunity to learn more about his city and its close relationship with the bus, ship and car industries.
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Mount Dora exhibit celebrates work of Florida's Highwaymen
The Mount Dora Center for the Arts' new exhibit features works like those above from Florida's Highwaymen painters. Last week Christina Padgett, the center's executive co-chairwoman, and collector Geoff Cook (above), who owns the artwork, prepared to hang the paintings for the exhibit.
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Corpus Christi artist featured in art tour
Corpus Christi artist Hector Guerra's artwork will be one of the 23 works featured in a first-of-its-kind mobile Hispanic art tour stopping in Corpus Christi this weekend.
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CHANDER: Denver artist's photos a work of light
Gwen Laine has built a reputation in the region for what could be called investigative photography.
Rocky Mountain News |
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Residents invited to experience life under the sea
The Janet F. Harte Public Library invites everyone to a free art exhibition of works by Corpus Christi artist Melissa Maupin.
Nueces County Record Star |
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Spirit of Montana Contest
During the month of July, KULR-8 held a contest asking viewers what the Spirit of Montana meant to them.
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Judge allows photography of sentencing in Corrales murder case
A judge has granted permission for The Sun to take photos of the upcoming sentencing of the Yuma man who has pleaded guilty in the 2005 slaying of a gay man, but has denied requests for a local TV station, Yumasun.com and a documentary film crew to film the proceedings.
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Entertainment
Wonderlust, the new presentation of the State Art Collection at the Art Gallery of WA based on five themes — Home, Mapping, Presence, Story and Material Gesture — is now not a chronological experience of art history but an interconnected series of dialogues.
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Self Expression on the Greenbelt
If you have kids you may want to check out the largest youth arts festival in Eastern Idaho. The three-day Roaring Youth Jam started Thursday. From legal graffiti, to a junk jam, the Snake River Roaring Youth Jam is all about getting in touch with the arts.
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Jeremy Denk's Labyrinthine Lyricism
Michael Tilson Thomas has made the perspicacious argument that the history of Western music would have looked very different if Alban Berg had not died at a young age. On Wednesday at the late-night recital of the Mostly Mozart Festival at the Kaplan Penthouse, the pianist Jeremy Denk offered music of the man whose untimely demise left the biggest hole in the progression of the art form. No, ...
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Art in Revamped Berlin Bunker
How does an advertising entrepreneur spend the fortune he's amassed by the age of 40? Purchase a yacht, or perhaps even a tropical island? Not Christian Boros. He bought a World War II bomb shelter in Berlin with 6-foot-thick concrete walls and clanking metal doors. He then spent five years converting it into an exhibition center for his Contemporary art collection and a home for his family. ...
The New York Sun |
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Art gallery listings
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Book Sale to benefit exhibits, programs
The East Brunswick Museum Corporation will host its fist Book Sale 1:30-4 p.m. Aug. 23 at the museum, 16 Maple St., in the Historic Village of Old Bridge, at the intersection of Main and Kossman streets and Old Bridge Turnpike, East Brunswick.
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Three Friends Start a Gallery (With a Little Help)
Most college students looking for a summer job in New York and interested in learning about the art market might try to get an internship at a gallery. But Genevieve Hudson-Price, Sabrina Blaichman, and Caroline Copley had a better idea: Instead of interning at a gallery, they decided to start one. Their gallery, called 7Eleven Gallery, in reference both to the address (711 Washington St.) and, ...
The New York Sun |
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Putrajaya hosts its first film fest
PUTRAJAYA: As many as 1,000 people visited Golden Screen Cinemas (GSC) at the Alamanda shopping mall here for the official launch of the 21st Malaysian Film Festival (FFM 21), held for the first time here last night.
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SERENE VIEW:
A night view of Doha from the Corniche makes the skyline come alive with buildings glinting in the dark and the resplendent Museum of Islamic Art. ) © 2001 The Peninsula.
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'Ugly' Christ on cross is too much to bear for art judge
For the second year running, Australia's most prestigious prize for religious art has been overshadowed by a row over one of the paintings in the competition.
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Downtown Burlingame gets arty, jazzy
Downtown Burlingame will be swinging to jazz tunes this weekend during the 16th annual Burlingame Art & Jazz Festival. One of the biggest events in the city will feature music and more than 150 artists who make sculptures, jewelry, clothing and other items.
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Director’s Chair: Damian Woetzel invites everyone to the final shows
Editor’s Note: This week’s Director’s Chair focuses on the Vail International Dance Festival, which continues through Aug. 9. The festival provides an amazing opportunity to explore and enjoy the world’s best dance.
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Becky Thatcher Museum artifacts to be auctioned
By Melissa Shriver Thursday, August 07, 2008 at 6:41 p.m. A once in a lifetime opportunity for you to own a piece of history is coming up this weekend.
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Festival atmosphere descends on Valdese
Valdese - Main Street in Valdese will morph into a street fair featuring cars, crafts, rides and entertainment. The town celebrates its heritage Friday and Saturday with the 33rd annual Historic Valdese Waldensian Festival. Festivities start with rides cranking up at 5 p.m. Miracle Amusements provides the rides behind the Old Rock School. Wristbands cost $15; single tickets are available. The ...
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Wiley Conquers the 'World Stage'
When Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977) began exhibiting his portraits of young African-American males some five years ago, they hit a cultural sweet spot, bringing a hip-hop swagger into the gallery, and propelling the Yale-trained artist to international renown. But these large oils were not just photo-realist pictures of black men in hoodies and baggy jeans: They had a sophisticated conceptual ...
The New York Sun |
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IDA Brings Docs Back to Life
The International Documentary Association's 12th annual DocuWeek showcase, which runs between Friday and next Thursay at Village East Cinema and IFC Center, highlights 14 nonfiction features that have been generating considerable buzz on the festival circuit. Most of the films are making their local premieres at the series, while a few others were highlights at the recent Tribeca and Human ...
The New York Sun |
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Rare Da Vinci works go on display
An exhibition featuring rare works by Renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci opens at the Stirling Smith gallery.
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VIDEO : Artist Samuel Yates talks Color of Palo Alto
As a public art project, conceived by 34-year-old artist Samuel Yates in response to a request by the city's Public Arts Commission, the final color will be selected by a public vote cast at the project's Web site, www.thecolorofpaloalto.com.
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