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Built to inspire
Acclaimed Malay movie Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang was the toast of the 21st Malaysian Film Festival.
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Museums sprout on the Green
On this sunny day, some residents and visitors flocked to Main Street, but others took a trip back in time at Heritage Green.
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LACMA To Acquire Photo Collection
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will purchase the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, a selection of more than 3,500 photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries, the museum announced Monday. Highlights of the collection include photographs by Ansel Adams, Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen, W.H. Fox Talbot, and Edward Weston. An exhibition titled "A Story of Photography: The ...
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NEA Expands Indemnity Program
The National Endowment for the Arts is expanding the 30-year-old Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program, so that in the future it will cover domestic as well as international loans, the NEA announced. The program spares museums the cost of privately insuring against loss of or damage to art that they borrow, by extending indemnity agreements backed by the U.S. Treasury. In the past, the program ...
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FBI: $1M bust, other works found in dead NYC art dealer's home were stolen decades ago
NEW YORK - The FBI says pieces from an extensive art collection found in the New York home of a dead dealer were stolen in the 1960s and '70s. Investigators said Monday that at least 20 works of art in William Kingland's collection were stolen.
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Spacey To Stage Sculpture Show At Old Vic
Hollywood star Kevin Spacey will be helping sculpture come alive at London's Old Vic theater. Replicas of a Jeff Koons "Rabbit," an angst-ridden Alberto Giacometti "Walking Man," and an Andy Warhol "Brillo Box" will be among six figures moving by remote control, with voices provided by Mr. Spacey and others in an "intellectual slapstick comedy" devised by Scandinavian conceptual artists Elmgreen ...
The New York Sun |
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Dead 'collector' leaves behind stolen works
When New York art collector William Kingsland died in 2006, he left behind hundreds of works of art.
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Cameroon-Canada-U.S. Ivory Smuggler Gets Five Years
, August 11, 2008 (ENS) - An art dealer who operated import and export businesses in Canada and Cameroon that were fronts for smuggling raw elephant ivory has been sentenced to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for smuggling ivory from Cameroon into the United States.
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Record number of artworks up for Aboriginal award
More than 100 artworks have a shot at winning Telstra's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award.
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FBI says art in big NYC collection was stolen
NEW YORK (AP) - The FBI says pieces from an extensive art collection found in the New York home of a dead dealer were stolen in the 1960s and '70s. Investigators said Monday that at least 20 works of art in William Kingland's collection were stolen.
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Sotheby's To Follow Hirst Sale With ICA Auction
A Sotheby's auction — in which an unprecedented amount of art that has come straight from an Damien Hirst's studio will be sold — will precede another sale by London's Institute of Contemporary Arts. On September 15 and 16, Sotheby's will be holding Mr. Hirst's "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever" sale, which is expected to fetch $125 million, according to the New York-based auction house. A month ...
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New York Vs. Hong Kong at Skyscraper Museum
For many tourists, the first order of business on their maiden visit to Manhattan is to overcome a slight sense of disappointment. Rather than seeing the endless avenues of ultra-modern skyscrapers that they were promised, they are greeted by old-fashioned neighborhoods of unremarkable height, whose size and rhythms have more in common with the Old World than with that mechanized metropolis that ...
The New York Sun |
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China: a photographic portrait, City Art Centre
Child beggars, clam diggers, "cadres sent to villages for re-education purposes", detox clinic members, prisoners practising qigong – all human life is here, vividly captured in this captivating exhibition about China.
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FBI says art in big NYC collection was stolen
Associated Press - August 11, 2008 7:13 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The FBI says pieces from an extensive art collection found in the New York home of a dead dealer were stolen in the 1960s and...
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Professor to teach community art class
SHAWNEE — An Oklahoma Baptist University professor will help children make medieval musical instruments Saturday at a community art day sponsored by the Mabee-Gerrer Museum. The art class is from 1 to 3 p.m. at the museum, 1900 W MacArthur. John McWilliams has been constructing medieval renaissance and Celtic instruments for about 15 years. The class coincides with the exhibit "From the Seat ...
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Check on wastage: oil ministry to start energy audit of gas users
ISLAMABAD (August 12 2008): In an effort to check gas wastage and reduce costs of production, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources is to conduct audit of the use of energy by industrial and commercial units, official sources told Business Recorder here on Monday.
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Martial arts exhibit comes to Marion, Aug. 16
The City of Marion and local martial groups have join to bring a day of empowerment for area youth on Aug. 16, beginning at 5 p.m. in the C.D. Joyner Fine Arts Center on Elizabeth Street in Marion. Also, Way of the Warrior Studio is joining forces with the national charity, the Sidekick Foundation, That foundation helps martial arts schools provide scholarships for at-risk children so they can ...
Florence Morning News |
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iArthouse.com launches with more than 800 films
Having trouble finding "La Belle Captive" or "The Tiger and the Snow" online?
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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FBI says art in big NYC collection was stolen
The FBI says pieces from an extensive art collection found in the New York home of a dead dealer were stolen in the 1960s and '70s.
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Long Time Biloxi Art Museum Director Says Goodbye
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - For more than 16 years, she's been front and center in developing and promoting Biloxi as an art and cultural destination. Now Marjie Gowdy, the longtime director of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art , is saying goodbye.
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First Look: Adobe Lightroom 2, Photo Management
Every Mac includes a copy of iPhoto for storing, organizing, and editing digital images. For casual users, iPhoto works fine, but serious hobbyists and professional photographers require more powerful tools. One option is Appleís Aperture program but a second option is Adobeís Lightroom 2....
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Works of Michelangelo at Syracuse University
Some of the most important drawings and writings of the world famous artist are on display in a special exhibit at S-U. This is a major coup in the artworld and the University is eager to show it off.
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DC: Smithsonian tries cell phone ads to draw in tourists
WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution will try luring tourists into an upcoming art exhibit by sending advertisements to visitors' cell phones.
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FBI seeks owners of stolen art after collector dies
When New York art collector William Kingsland died in 2006, he left behind hundreds of works of art. But some, including works by Pablo Picasso, turned out to have been stolen. The FBI posted photographs on Monday of some Kingsland items on its website.
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Color the Coast Going Green Art Contest!
Allen Beverages and WLOX are happy to introduce an exciting art contest called "COLOR THE COAST GOING GREEN!" It's easy to enter the contest, and you could win one of more than 75 amazing prizes!
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