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Shop looking picture perfect
A CITY charity shop is being turned into a mini art gallery to host a look back at the career of a celebrated painter.
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What do you get when you cross...
This Friday, Aug. 15 Cedar Block takes over the art museum with a one-night-only exhibit of local artists paying tribute to Gilbert and George, the legendary duo who have been collaborating artistically for so long they consider themselves to be not two, but one artist.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Stolen art trial starts
BOSTON - A federal trial has begun for a retired Massachusetts lawyer accused of trying to sell seven stolen paintings, including a $30 million still life by French impressionist...
Boston Herald |
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Saultites find ways to beat high pump prices
More Sault Ste. Marie residents are learning what Monica Vaes has known for some time. Riding a bike is not only good exercise. It's wheely fun. The interim curator, registrar and installation officer at Art Gallery of Algoma keeps her Norco street bike by her desk. [...]
The Sault Star |
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Re-Union: The World's Largest Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony Sets New Guinness World Record(TM)
Guinness World Records(TM) has made it official: Pittsburgh now holds the record for the most couples, 624 to be exact, to simultaneously renew their wedding vows. The attempt occurred on Feb. 10, 2008, when participants filled the Carnegie Music Hall, part of Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, for Re-Union: The World's Largest Wedding Vow Renewal Ceremony, and said "I Do" all over again. Re-Union ...
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Batavia festival puts art in spotlight
BATAVIA – The oversized photo of a shopping cart glistening in the moonlit night caught the eye of Elburn resident Terrylynn Strawn.
Kane County Chronicle |
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Art awards presented
BATAVIA – Awards were announced for last weekend’s Art In Your Eye festival in Batavia
Kane County Chronicle |
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Passing out the bling
The 98th Annual Cassia County Fair was a hub of activity Monday as vendors set up shop for the week, judges made final 4-H project decisions and open-class exhibitors turned in their very best jars of pickles or favorite oil paintings.
South Idaho Press |
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Who determines the future of the fair?
Who determines the future of the fair?, Guest OpinionBurdened by debt, tragedy and low morale, the Calaveras County Fair has many challenges to overcome. Our fair is in jeopardy. As a volunteer for the fair, the coordinator of the Horse Show, a local business sponsor, an art exhibitor, an animal auction-buyer and fairgoer, I feel qualified to assess aspects of our local county fair.I’ve loved ...
Calaveras Enterprise |
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Enter The Leader's sports photo contest
Comments ( No comments posted. ) The Ponte Vedra Leader has launched its first-ever summer sports photo contest. This is your opportunity to showcase camera skills, compete for prizes and get your work published in the paper.
Beaches Leader |
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Bognor group's art show success
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Chichester Observer |
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"American Artist" Magazine Cover Competition Winners
Figurative compositions are Cover Competition winner Adrian Gottlieb’s passion. The California artist spent many years in Italy studying the traditional drawing and painting techniques of the Old Masters, and it shows.
American Artist |
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LACMA Receives Gift of 3,500 Photographs
Photo by atomicshakespeares via LAist Featured Photos on Flickr LACMA's photography collection just got a major influx of new images. The collection, ammassed by Marjorie and Leonard Vernon, includes works by Ansel Adams, Julie Morgan Cameron, Imogen Cunningham, Gustav le Gray, Edward Steichen, W. H. Fox Talbot, and Edward Weston. "Annenberg funds paid for a large portion of the ...
LAist |
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Le Mars Community welcomes new teachers
Le Mars Community Schools will start the year with a few staff changes. A new elementary art teacher, assistant middle school principal and high school special education teacher are making preparations to begin the year at LCS.
Le Mars Daily Sentinel |
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Foodoir Photography: "Lake Travis Summer Salad" at Cafe Blue
summertx/flickr Austinist reader Summer says this beautiful photo was "taken overlooking Lake Travis at Cafe Blue. Lake Travis Summer Salad with crab cake, candied pecans, goat cheese and dried cranberries tossed with an apple cider vinaigrette." Mmm-mmm! Hungry to share your most provocative Austin food photos? Send them here. Make sure to include your name, where the photo was taken ...
Austinist |
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Inflatable dog turd sculpture escapes Swiss museum, wreaks havoc
A powerful gust of wind recently swept a house-sized sculpture of dog feces from its display outside a Swiss museum, an art official in Berne said Monday.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Earlier today, only on MAN: Likely University of Iowa Museum of Art Pollock loan to Des Moines Art Center highlights conflict-of-interest of UI regent who is pushing assessment/possible forced deaccessioning.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
What's an antiquities-collecting American museum to do? In one important respect, the American Association of Museums' Standards Regarding Archaeological Material and Ancient Art , issued yesterday, substantially differences from the standards announced on June 4 by the Association of Art Museum Directors.
Arts Journal |
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LCHS art students get Corvette creative
Some LCHS students recently took part in Vettetastic, a public art project featuring Corvettes.
News Democrat & Leader |
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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.
Reuters |
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Boat parade lets creativity flow in the Codorus
Concentrating too hard on the beautiful artwork, music and literature at this year's Yorkfest will be a surefire way to miss the Historic Codorus Creek Boat Parade that will be floating by.
The York Dispatch |
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Bentley's Forthcoming MicroStation Release to Incorporate Luxology's Photorealistic Rendering Engine
Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has entered into a technology agreement with Luxology LLC - maker of the modo 3D software widely used by video professionals and graphic artists. Through this agreement, Bentley will license Luxology's super-fast, photorealistic rendering engine for inclusion in its forthcoming release of MicroStation. Though the Luxology technology is the ...
Centre Daily Times |
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The Art of Precious Stone Carving and Mosaic Inlay
During the Renaissance and Baroque periods, many objects were cut out of stones such as agate and lapis lazuli.
The Epoch Times |
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FBI seeks owners of stolen artworks left by eccentric dealer
The FBI says it has found at least 20 stolen paintings in the art collection left by late New York art dealer William Kingsland.
CBC |
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The Soul of the Long Beach Jazz Festival
Long Beach-A precedent record setting throng of people crowded unto every inch of grass at the Rainbow Lagoon for the 21st Annual Long Beach Jazz Festival, August 8-10 presented by Rainbow Promotions.
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