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Albert Lea Tribune
Bev Jackson-Cotter, Art Is... Someone asked me recently who my favorite artist is and what is my favorite painting. Tough questions. I like Matisse and Thomas McKnight for totally different reasons.
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Two hundred tickets remain for Arts for ACT
There are 200 tickets remaining for the Arts for ACT 2008 Fine Art Auction, said Jennifer Benton, CEO of Abuse Counseling & Treatment, on Wednesday.
The News-Press |
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Dream Home designer offers tips
* A wall-hung flat-screen TV is more aesthetically pleasing if it appears to be on a shelf. Mount a shelf directly under your TV, and lean framed pieces of artwork on the shelf on either side of the screen.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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Aston Martin Unveils Beijing 008
GAYDON/BEIJING – August 14, 2008: Aston Martin Chief Executive Officer Dr Ulrich Bez, Aston Martin China Chief Executive Officer Kenny Chen and the artist Qin Yufen have unveiled Beijing 008 at the city's Today Art Museum in Beijing’s Chaoyang district.
The Auto Channel |
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Briefs
An Ohio University-Chillicothe art professor placed in a recent art show.
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Barry Wonenberg creating two sculptures in China
Athletes aren't the only people striving for perfection in China right now. Barry Wonenberg, an art instructor at Northern Marianas College, has been spending his days working on two sculptures as part of the 9th International Sculpture Symposium.
Saipan Tribune |
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Ekka judges slate paintings
DESPITE a boom in fine arts at the Ekka, judges were scathing in their criticism of the entries in the contemporary painting or drawing section.
The Courier Mail |
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Final Draft, Inc. Announces The Big Break International Screenwriting Contest Judges
CALABASAS, Calif.----Final Draft, Inc., publisher of Final Draft, the #1-selling scriptwriting software, announces jury members for its 9th annual Big Break International Screenplay Contest.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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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?
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Bloomington artwork to feature 23-foot tall table
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Bloomington city officials have announced that a 23-foot tall limestone and metal sculpture of a dining table and chairs will be built near City Hall.
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Bloomington artwork to feature 23-foot tall table
Associated Press - August 14, 2008 9:44 AM ET BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Bloomington city officials have announced that a 23-foot tall limestone and metal sculpture of a dining table and chairs...
WLFI Lafayette |
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Get Out: Jug Band Festival
Highlighting an outdoor event for the week of Aug. 14-20.
Contra Costa Times |
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Gimme Five: Five things to do this weekend
Art in the park, comedy in the city, Steve Miller Band shakes the Sleep Train, the rustic sounds of Chris and Thomas and a Renaissance Festival.
Inside Bay Area |
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Mission festival includes art show
SAN GABRIEL - San Gabriel Mission's 237th annual Fiesta will be the setting for the mission's first annual art show, scheduled from noon to 4 p.
Pasadena Star-News |
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Fragments of paintings from a grain clerk’s memorial bring his world to life
Early in the 19th century, a small rock-cut tomb-chapel was discovered on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes.
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Library to host lecture on cacti
SAN MARINO - "Succulents for the Home Garden" will be presented by John Trager 2:30 today in Friends Hall at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road.
Pasadena Star-News |
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A museum inspired by Dia:Beacon
BEIJING. Guan Yi, a collector who has assembled the most important holdings of Chinese contemporary art in the country, is in talks with the government about the building of a new gallery in Beijing.
Art Newspaper |
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Another month, another slew of galleries
BEIJING. New galleries, both local and foreign, are opening every month in Beijing as the overheated market for Chinese contemporary art shows no signs of slowing.
Art Newspaper |
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Loan fees risk killing the goose that lays the golden eggs
Once upon a time, museums lent to exhibitions almost exclusively according to whether they thought the show was intellectually worthwhile and the work of art was fit to travel.
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Reliable, smiling, clever, precise, always ready to uphold the highest principles
I met Anne d’Harnoncourt for the first time in 1979 at the opening in Paris of the exhibition “L’Art sous le Second Empire” (The Second Empire 1852-70: Art in France under Napoléon III). This fantastic project had been designed and realised in collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Damien Hirst is rewriting the rules of the market
n By Roger Bevan The final frontier protecting contemporary art galleries from the relentless encroachment of the auction houses has been emphatically breached with the announcement that Damien Hirst is creating an exhibition of new works for display and sale at the London headquarters of Sotheby’s.
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Wanted: buyer for Hitler’s statue
LONDON. A sculpture bought by Hitler in 1939 was offered for sale by London dealer Simon Wingett for £150,000 ($233,000) last month.
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Akron Art Museum marks one year since reopening
DOWNTOWN AKRON — It’s been a busy 12 months at the Akron Art Museum. Since reopening to the public in July 2007 after a three-year closure for the construction of its major addition, the city’s museum welcomed nearly 100,000 through its doors during the 12-month period.
West Side Leader |
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‘Wonderful’ comedy closes Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s season
WEST AKRON — Ohio Shakespeare Festival’s production of “I Hate Hamlet” has so much going for it that I may make reservations and go back to see this wonderful production one more time. The play is being performed through Aug. 17 on the grounds of Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens.
West Side Leader |
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Louvre cancels loan show to Verona
VERONA. A show of 130 old masters to be loaned from the Louvre to the Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Verona, for an exhibition opening on 19 September was abruptly cancelled last month for “bureaucratic reasons”. Around 100,000 advance tickets had already been sold.
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