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Magritte gets his own museum
LONDON. A new Magritte Museum is being set up in Brussels as part of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts. It will be housed in the museum’s neo-classical Altenloh building, which until recently displayed 19th-century paintings and temporary exhibitions.
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Revealed: one third of Brooklyn Museum’s Coptic collection is fake
LONDON. A third of the Coptic sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum of Art are modern fakes. Its collection of late Egyptian sculpture was, until now, the second largest in North America.
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Who will sell Yves Saint Laurent’s collection?
PARIS/LONDON. Competition is fierce to secure the art and design collection of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died in June aged 71. Given the collection’s outstanding contents and the global kudos of the YSL brand, it could be the largest single owner sale (or set of sales) in auction history.
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Cyberhand Passes Emissions Test and Is Now FCC Certified and Releases Two New High Impact Colors for Their Black Widow ...
Cyberhand Technologies International Inc. (Pinksheets: CYHA) is a design, marketing and distribution company providing new consumer electronic technologies using innovative ergonomic designs. It announced that it had completed FCC emission testing and received certification for its new Black Widow Series of advanced Controllers. In addition, it has developed a new 3D painting system for ...
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Event calendar
Emergency Aid-Food Bank adult cooking class, Apple Nut Cake. 10 a.m., 255 S. Chicago. 827-7111. 2008 Artist Exchange Exhibition, open studio hours, with artist Cindy Zimmerman from noon to 5 p.m., Salina Art Center, 242 S. Santa Fe. 827-1431.
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Grant to enable group to place on Troy streets
For years, artist Jenny McShan has worked at a studio in the Ilium building in Troy. She has often thought about merging her sculptures and installations with the city's historic streetscapes.Now REART Troy, a new public art program, has given her the impetus to design what is expected to be the first in a series of works capitalizing on the Collar City's unique layout. "I couldn't believe ...
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Michelangelo comes to the hill
The Syracuse man of the hour, most responsible for “Michelangelo: The Man and The Myth,” is Renaissance scholar and long time Syracuse University art professor Gary Radke. Our
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Bronze sculptor Ramon Parmenter to make debut at Marcus Ashley Galleries
Sculptor Ramon Parmenter will make his debut at Marcus Ashley Galleries from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15 and Sunday, Aug. 17.
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Indian stories, songs at nature center
Cherokee folk artist Edwin George will be in the spotlight Friday at a family campfire. He will present Indian stories and songs at 7 p.m. at the Seiberling Nature Realm, 1828 Smith Road, Akron.
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'June Moon' ready to shine tonight in Dorset
DORSET -- It might be a good idea for Fred, the aspiring songwriter in the Dorset Theatre Festival's production of "June Moon," to take aside Larissa Goldberg, who plays his love interest and ask her advice. ... - By PATRICK McARDLE Herald Staff
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Pirates of the Colosseum? Rome plans theme park
With the ruins of ancient Rome, the splendour of Vatican City and countless Renaissance art treasures, what does Italy's capital lack to attract tourists?
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The not-yet-oval offices
The personalities and personal histories of John McCain and Barack Obama are as evident in the artwork, books and mementos in their Senate offices as in any words they may utter.
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‘Imagine Peace’ opens at gallery
LEWISBURG— The Samek Art Gallery will mark the 25th anniversary of Bucknell University having an art gallery with the yearlong series, “Peace & Resistance.”
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Rides and crafts to thrill at summer festival, sharks to pet and comic books
RIDES GALORE AT FESTIVAL
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San Miguel Scene: Church repairs continue
The foundation of the church at Mission San Miguel has been rebuilt with adobe and is ready for plastering, said John Fowler, who is in charge of the mission retrofit and repair project. Investigations of the interior art, wood, and building integrity are being completed. Adobe is being delivered from New Mexico for repairs to be completed through the winter. There are funds to begin this work ...
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In Britain, a storm over prospects of a lost vibrato
The conductor Roger Norrington has touched off a controversy by saying he may play Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 on the last night of Britain's premier music festival, the Proms without the slight oscillation of pitch known as vibrato.
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Restoring nose art
Santa Rosa firefighter satisfies appreciation for flight by reproducing and restoring traditional artwork found on the noses of legendary airplanes
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Michelangelo exhibit comes to Syracuse
He's known throughout history as the Renaissance man and now the works of Michelangelo are on display at Syracuse University. News 10 Now's Katie Morse has more on the exhibit.
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The Place Of Art In The New Europe
"This is a not a time for self-limiting arts organisations, but a time for open societies, open places and open prospects. Arts organisations, and particularly festivals, should not be constrained by nostalgic or parochial considerations.
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Arts festival nabs unexpected funds
It was a long and winding funding road for this month’s Fayetteville Arts Festival. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
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Fall Event to Feature Mendocino Coast Furnituremakers' One-of-a-Kind Pieces at B. Mori & Company Design Showroom in ...
Proteges of world-renowned cabinetmaker James Krenov, Mendocino Coast Furnituremakers, will introduce their latest work at an exceptional exhibition in the Bay Area. After the 1906 earthquake, Mendocino's redwoods helped rebuild today's San Francisco Victorians and the MCF woodworkers continue that history, crafting fine furniture with material from local woods for many Bay Area homes.
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Town planners take lead in MSG review
SPRINGFIELD — During Thursday night’s Springfield planning board meeting, the board declared itself as the lead agency for the review of Madison Square Garden Entertainment’s (MSGE) proposal for a three-day music and art festival.
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OC Music Fest Announces 'Be The Band' Battle of the Bands Contest
OC Music Fest, Orange County's regional music festival, today announces the nationwide battle of the bands contest appropriately titled "Be The Band" .
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Finding a home away from home
Five large paintings by Wisconsin artists fit surprisingly well against the ornate walls of the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Prague. Beyond their aesthetic purpose, they greet Alexandra Graber in the halls with reminders of her home state.
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Photographic studio for hire
IT'S jam-packed with the very latest state-of-the-art photographic equipment. And now, a Barnstaple photographer has opened up the doors of his "dream" studio to other aspiring local snappers.
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