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Sabah Art Gallery’s initiative to promote paintings bears fruit
KOTA KINABALU : The Sabah Art Gallery’s initiative to promote paintings by local talents in government offices seems to bear fruit through the recent Visual Art Paintings competition. The New Sabah Times
ArtWalk exhibits take on the world of nature
GALVESTON — The Galveston Arts Center will have a reception Saturday during ArtWalk to mark the opening of three exhibitions on the natural world. Galveston County Daily News
Avon's bold downtown plans
AVON — Bold public art, intricate lighting and open, bustling plaza spaces — all evoking images of mountain valleys and Avon’s history — will be major parts of Avon’s future Main Street. Vail Daily
Mixing personal imagery and social commentary
Artist Dustin Zentz sits in his Red Cliff studio underneath two painting he is currently working on. Zentz is one of the new artists joining the Red Cliff studio tour this year, set for Saturday and Sunday. Vail Daily
Peak at the artist’s process
Sculptor Bob Will, seen through a mixed-media piece at his studio in Red Cliff. The sculpture combines exotic woods with copper, bronze and aluminum and will be shown during the Red Cliff Studio Tour this weekend. Vail Daily
Oil painter returns to the Red Cliff Studio Tour
Artist Nathalie Roy starts work on a new painting of radishes and green onions Monday at her home in Red Cliff. Roy is one of several artists on the Red Cliff Studio Tour this weekend. Vail Daily
Canada Tree sculpture may take root in Montague
MONTAGUE — The Canada Tree, a majestic sculpture created by an Island artist as a national Millennium project, could become a permanent fixture here. The Guardian
Foodoir Photography: A Whole Mess of Cupcakes from Polkadots Cupcake Factory
sektormedia/flickr Austinist staffer Aaron H. sent this in: "Left to right (top row first): Irish Cream, Triple Chocolate, Cinnamon Sugar, Chocolate Vanilla, Cinnamon Sugar, Vanilla Vanilla. Polkadots Cupcake Factory on 29th and Rio Grande. Awesome cupcakes." Hungry to share your most provocative Austin food photos? Send them here. Make sure to include your name, where the photo ... Austinist
Raggamuffin 09 Festival - Tickets On Sale Now!
TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Tickets through Ticketmaster ph 0800 111 999, www.ticketmaster.co.nz Scoop.co.nz
Avon's bold downtown plans
AVON — Bold public art, intricate lighting and open, bustling plaza spaces — all evoking images of mountain valleys and Avon’s history — will be major parts of Avon’s future Main Street. Vail Daily
Appreciation: Manny Farber
Manny Farber, who died Monday at 91 at his home in Leucadia, near San Diego, was a shining star in parallel universes. Mention his painting to someone in the film world and you're likely to hear "He also painted?" Speak of his movie criticism in the art world... San Francisco Chronicle
The 8th ARTSingapore is the Largest Contemporary Asian Art Fair
Luddy Astaghis, Boxer vs Boxer, 2008, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 180 cm, Red Sea Gallery, Singapore. SINGAPORE.- Art Daily
Time/Frame Exhibition Opens at the Spencer Museum of Art
John Willenbecher, born 1936, Macungie, Pennsylvania, New Year's drawing, 1966, ink, gouache on paper, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas. Gift from the Gene Swenson Collection, 1970.0155. Art Daily
Hirshhorn Museum Presents Recent Acquisitions From the Collection of Count Giuseppe Panza
Joseph Kosuth "Box, Cube, Empty, Clear, Glass – a Description" (1965). From the Hirshhorn collection. WASHINGTON, DC.- Art Daily
Meadows Museum Acquires Series of late 18th-Century Portrait Miniatures By Francisca Melendez
Francisca Ifigenia Meléndez (1770 – 1825), Portrait of Infante Antonio Pascual de Borbón (?), Tempera on ivory, diameter 2 inches. Meadows Museum. Museum purchase with funds from The Meadows Foundation. MM.08.01.23. Art Daily
Henri Cartier-Bresson was Born a Hundred Years Ago
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Behind the Gare St. Lazare, Paris. Copyright Henri-Cartier Bresson, Magnum Photos. CHANTELOUP-EN-BRIE, FRANCE.- A hundred years ago, on August 22, 1908, was born one of the geniuses of photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Art Daily
All aboard for Rupa and the April Fishes
A European tour, the Montreal jazz festival, a midsummer concert in Central Park and an appearance at this weekend's massive Outside Lands Festival - all that is cool. But what Rupa and the April Fishes really love is to get on a crowded N-Judah Muni... San Francisco Chronicle
"Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head" Exhibition Featured at Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Several cat sculptures called 'Bastet' created by artist Yoko Ono are shown at Kunsthalle Bielefeld. EFE/Oliver Krato. BIELEFELD, GERMANY.- Yoko Ono, born in 1933 in Tokyo, is one of the pioneers of Conceptual Art. In 1952, she became one of the first women in Japan to study philosophy. Art Daily
"Yoko Ono. Between the Sky and My Head" Exhibition Featured at Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Several cat sculptures called 'Bastet' created by artist Yoko Ono are shown at Kunsthalle Bielefeld. EFE/Oliver Krato. BIELEFELD, GERMANY.- Yoko Ono, born in 1933 in Tokyo, is one of the pioneers of Conceptual Art. In 1952, she became one of the first women in Japan to study philosophy. Art Daily
Podcast - Mac Geek Gab #165: Shortcuts Revisited, Painting Apps, Sync Cleaning, and More!
Back in the TMO Towers East, Dave and John answer your questions, solve your problems, and share your tips with all the Mac Geek Gab listeners The Mac Observer
The Next Stage Festival Of New New Zealand Plays
Auckland Theatre Company Literary Unit announces the line-up for this year’s developmental workshops, celebrating 7 years of actively supporting New Zealand playwrights. Scoop.co.nz
Sculptor recalls eve-of-war flight of Jewish children - Feature
Berlin - Frank Meisler was ten when he and a group of other children boarded a train at Berlin's Friedrichstrasse that would rescue them from Nazi Germany and take them to England in August 1939. Meisler, whose parents were Jewish, had arrived in Ber... EARTHtimes.org
Oil painter returns to the Red Cliff Studio
Artist Nathalie Roy starts work on a new painting of radishes and green onions Monday at her home in Red Cliff. Roy is one of several artists on the Red Cliff Studio Tour this weekend. Vail Daily
Carolyn Livengood column: A Labor Day celebration in Millbrae
The Millbrae Chamber of Commerce will present its free 38th annual Art & Wine Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 30 and 31 along Broadway between Victoria and Meadow Glen avenues. San Mateo County Times