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Landmark Stone Arch Collapses in Utah
Erosion and gravity decimate popular photography spot.
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21 sad songs in DUMBO
A group of 21 Brooklyn bands totaling 100 musicians are singing the blues because they've again been denied permission to participate in the annual Art Under the Bridge Festival.
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Arts and science: Detecting masterpiece from fake
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania - Vincent van Gogh's masterpieces have inspired both young artists and prospective forgers seeking to recreate his vivid landscapes and portraits.
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Doors, Beatles exhibits make Rock Hall a must-visit venue
The Doors’ Jim Morrison might have suggested the following for the 115-mile round trip to Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: “Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel, ’cause the future’s uncertain and the end is always near.” – from Roadhouse Blues
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SOFA Shifts Its Dates
The dates for the 12th annual Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair, or SOFA New York, have been changed to April 16-20, 2009, the director of SOFA, Mark Lyman, announced last week. The art fair, which is housed at the Park Avenue Armory, was originally slated to run during the Memorial Day weekend. Art-fair coordinators changed the dates due to requests from collectors, museum curators, and ...
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Potters have new partner
SEAGROVE — The group of Seagrove potters holding a second festival on the same November weekend as a festival that’s been held for 26 years has affiliated with a marketing group.
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Wired.com Photo Contest: Parties
This week's photo contest shows how much trust we have in our readers. We want you to show us your best party photo -- no, not the Dungeons and Dragons kind. We know you're not going to give us some pointy-hat, wax-candled, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-caked snapshots. That's right, you're going to show us that -- counter to all expectation -- Wired.com readers know how to throw down. Use the ...
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Polish Ambassador attends Cleveland gallery opening
CLEVELAND -- The Polish American Cultural Center hosted a special guest this afternoon at the opening ceremony for the Center's Gallery.
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Kaija Saariaho's Musical Modernism
Back when people went to the Mostly Mozart Festival less for mental stimulation than to escape August heat, they would not encounter "La Passion de Simone" by the Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho. Indeed, the oratorio wasn't even written when the festival was revamped to cut back on its namesake in favor of more eclectic programming. Yet it is not a coincidence that "La Passion de Simone" made ...
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Pixels and Pinholes
Westport artist Miggs Burroughs uses a prop folded like an accordion as he explained the lenticular process at a reception today at the Pequot Library in Southport marking the opening of the “Pinholes & Pixels” exhibit.
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Pittsburg artist a local star with coffee cup-based models
Pittsburg man creates unique artwork out of coffee cups, other random objects
Contra Costa Times |
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WORK OF ART: Starpoint art auction will bring artists to the school
A few artistic works will be auctioned off Saturday at Starpoint High School in an effort to raise money for a program that will allow students to meet professional artists during the school year.
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Re: fashion comes first
The aesthetics at re:fresh are more akin to a museum than a retail outlet. Where a curator might place a bronze bust, re:fresh showcases the latest in sneakers while the bold graphics on the shirts become the art.
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Different faces of war
A Canberra photographic exhibition and a travelling collection of prints both illustrate war, but from different angles. At the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Icon and Archive: Photography and the World Wars, uses photos from the memorial's vast collection.
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Entertainment
While most Australians will be riveted by the heroics of our gold-hunting Olympians, a select group of WA artists have jumped out of the starter’s blocks in their bid to captivate hundreds of thousands of visitors to their exhibition in Beijing.
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Orpheus Club results
BLOOMINGTON -- The Orpheus Club, a local chapter of the National Federation of Music Clubs, held a Junior Club Music Festival involving more than 300 students. The following participants received superior ratings in the categories of piano solo, piano duet, hymn playing, vocal solo, string solo and theory.
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Another side to MCKK
(From left) Raja Ahmad, Najma Akhter (a guest) and Syed Bakar admire some of the artworks at the exhibition. UNIVERSITI Sains Malaysia’s (USM) School of Art presents “From Kuala Kangsar ... “ a tribute to the students and teachers of Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) in art and writing.
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Inside the Artwork of Phil Lewis
Colorado's natural beauty makes it easy for artists to be inspired. FOX 31 photojournalist Justin Rush introduces us to Boulder artist Phil Lewis, whose method of capturing Colorado's beauty is as unique as the artwork itself.
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The Growing Professionaliztion Of Street Theatre
"Street theatre, it turns out, is in rude health. With the revival of circus schools and the burgeoning festival scene, an ever higher calibre of athlete, acrobat and artist is joining the increasingly competitive cobblestone circuit.
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In Bristol, public art is in the eye of the beholder
BRISTOL -- What is it? Ask the artists who created the 10 new works placed around both sides of downtown Bristol and you'll likely get a philosophic slant. But ask passers-by -- those who are getting their first glimpse -- and you're apt to watch heads tilt from side to side, see a little shoulder scrunching and then get an unpredictable verbal response.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Russia expands bombing blitz in Georgia
Russia expanded its bombing blitz Sunday against neighboring U.S.-allied Georgia, targeting the country's capital for the first time while Georgian troops pulled out of the capital of the contested province of South Ossetia under heavy Russian shelling.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Group propels effort to relocate Atlas rocket
The San Diego Air & Space Museum wants to bring a nearly 100-foot Atlas rocket to Balboa Park and install it near the museum's parking area.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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art Till August 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm:
An exhibition of sculptures by Umesh Chandra Bera. Till August 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-A Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Meditating on Nature , a solo exhibition of paintings by Tapan Biswas.
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Right now, his art is an open book
He's made 12 books thus far and continues to embrace the form. “Coverage” is a different type of work. It's a cross between poetry and conceptual art, and it's made to be mailed – in installments. He just had hhis first solo exhibition in a gallery, at Harrington Fine Arts in San Francisco, which included paintings and assorted other works.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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When in doubt, let the audience figure it out
By the time you read about Perry Vasquez's exhibition, it might have a title. And whenever it gets a title, someone other than the artist will have named it.
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