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EAF08: 2008 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition Announced at Socrates Sculpture Park
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY- Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce the opening of EAF08: 2008 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition on Sunday, September 7, 2008 (2-6pm), featuring new works by the Park’s current resident artists.
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TMA Names Former Discovery Science Place Director as Museum's New Head of Education
From left, Tyler Museum of Art Head of Education Katie Powell, architect Yo Hakomori, TMA docent Patricia Frederick, TMA school tour coordinator Elnora Williams, docent Laverne Noble and architect Kulapat Yantrasast gather at the Museum's " Tyler HOT" Summer Members' Party Aug. 9.
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Sotheby's Sale of Important Americana to be Held on September 26, 2008 in New York
The Van Pelt-Robb Family Important Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Dressing Table, attributed to Henry Clifton and Thomas Carteret, carving by Nicholas Bernard, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , circa 1755. Est. $800,000/2 million. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's.
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Masriadi: Black is My Last Weapon Opens at Singapore Art Museum
View of a gallery at Singapore Art Museum. SINGAPORE.- Singapore Art Museum is proud to present Masriadi: Black is My Last Weapon, the first solo exhibition of the renowned contemporary Indonesian artist I Nyoman Masriadi.
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Hercules Hits the Metropolitan
Pure fortuity has brought two artists named Cornelis into the same gallery of the Metropolitan Museum and into the same column of The New York Sun. They are Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem (Haarlem, 1562-1638) and Cornelis van Poelenburch (Utrecht, 1594-1667). "Hercules and Achelous" (1590), by the former, and "A Rocky Landscape with Nymphs and Satyrs near Ruins" (1630-35), by the latter, are now ...
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Important Painting by William McTagaggart to be Sold at Sotheby's
William McTaggart, R.S.A., R.S.W. (1835-1910) Port-An-Righ, Wwlcome to the Herring Boats. 82 by 124 cm. Oil on canvas. Estimate: 200,000—300,000 GBP. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby's.
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Tibetan Buddhist Monks to Create a Mandala Sand Painting at JCSM
Closing ceremony at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art in 2005. AUBURN.-
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Fall Asian Art Sales At Sotheby's New York Announced
A magnificent and extremely rare polychrome wood and gesso sculpture of Guhyasadhana Avalokitesvara, Ming Dynasty, Xuande period (estimate $1.4/1.6 million). Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's.
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Captain Cook's Boomerang Leads Christie's Auction of Exploration and Travel in September
Two clubs likely to have been collected on Cook’s first voyage, New Holland, April-August 1770. Carved wood, one decorated with motifs on the shaft. Estimate: £20,000-£30,000. © Christie's Images Limited.
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Nasher Museum of Art Presents From El Greco to Velazquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III
Juan Sánchez Cotán, Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber, about 1600. Oil on canvas, 27 1/4 x 33 1/2 inches. Collection of the San Diego Museum of Art. Gift of Misses Anne R. and Amy Putnam.
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Scrimshaw crosses high seas
New Eden resident Peter Horne has gone through months of diplomatic bargaining and waded through mountains of paperwork from his former home in Germany to bring unique scrimshaw pieces into Australia, especially for the Eden Killer Whale Museum.
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European Families Demand New York Museums Return Picassos
"The dispute is not only spectacular because of the valuable paintings, but also because of the people involved. The heirs are all German and Swedish citizens of Jewish ancestry.
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Canadian Police Recover Stolen Bill Reid Art
"RCMP have found the remaining two of a dozen pieces of Haida artist Bill Reid's work that were stolen about three months ago from the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
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Artworks donated
A GENEROUS gift to the people of Albany of 48 original artworks used to illustrate a book on the life of Captain James Cook will make their debut in an exhibition at the Vancouver Arts Centre in October.
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EARLVILLE - Visit the Earlville Opera House West Gallery for a new exhibit by Rose Mackiewicz of photographs that ...
Her works are studio still-lifes that refer to painting and sculpture but are photographic in their use of light and shadow. She seeks to transform natural and found items into compositions that challenge the eye to unravel their beauty and complexity.
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Never wait in line at the museum again
Private VIP museum tours will set you apart from the crowd at some of the world's best — and most visited — museums.
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Bentonville Visitors Bureau Changes Direction
BENTONVILLE - The door has closed for the Bentonville Convention and Visitors Bureau to rent the former Fusion Fine Art Gallery on the Bentonville Square.
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RTS for Thursday, August 21, 2008
OPTION HOUSE: “A true Main Street landmark, the Option House has been a part of Bradford since the early days of oil. Even the name ‘Option’ refers to stock options traded by eager oil producers over a hundred years ago.”
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Artist says Rroll Over Dover canceled
Blues artist Tinsley Ellis told The Leaf-Chronicle that he received an e-mail saying the Rroll Over Dover, a music festival to be held in Dover next week, had been canceled.
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Photographic memories
Looking at the pictures was like looking into his past.
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"America's Next Top Model" contestant has Island ties
A Honolulu native is among the 14 finalists vying for the title "America's Next Top Model," a competition and reality show that returns for its newest season, 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 3 on the CW network, Ocean digital channel 93. The competitor known only as Sheena — whose last name is being withheld by the network — is a 21-year-old hostess and go-go dancer living in Harlem, NY. Each week, Sheena ...
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With Batik from Uganda
The International Pavilion at the Canadian National Exhibition is a wild array of colour and choice. On the stage at regular intervals, drummers, all sorts of dancers, tenors — entertainers from every corner of the world take their turns at showing their nations' talent.
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Art Collecting: Dogs - Passion or Obsession?
Art collecting can be seen as a frivolous pastime of the wealthy. Hobby enthusiasts can also enjoy it. A Massachusetts estate containing Bulldog collectibles will be presented for auction.
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MMA PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNERS
Amber Carraway, top left, was the Best of Show winner in the Meridian Museum of Art's People's Choice competition. Her painting is called "Many a Memory."
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KoKo Taekwondo Victory contest results
KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve-year-old Muhammad Rizailan Che Mohd Sukri, from Kelantan, is the winner of the KoKo Taekwondo Victory contest. His drawing was chosen for the top prize because it met all criteria set by the organisers.
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