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Gallery and museum popular places this year
The county’s art gallery in the Bayside Mall is enjoying a dramatic increase in visitors this year. A report on second quarter attendance shows a total of 3,826 adults visited Gallery Lambton, compared to 1,911 in the same quarter last year. And 615 student visitors passed through the [...]
Sarnia Observer |
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Husain's paintings at 'parallel' exhibition vandalised
A group of activists on Sunday destroyed frames of some paintings of MF Husain displayed at a 'symbolic protest exhibition' of the painter's work in New Delhi.
Hindustan Times |
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India Art Summit ends on mixed note in the capital
The curtain came down on the India Art Summit 2008 in the capital on a mixed note as a pall of gloom descended on the participants and the organisers alike with the news that M.F. Husain's exhibition was ransacked here.
Calcutta News |
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“Gate of the Orient” opens in Spain
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) -- The Iranian festival entitled “Iran-Persia, the Gate of the Orient” is now underway in the Spanish city Vitoria.
mehrnews.com |
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Redondo's concrete canvas
About 100 artists colored the Redondo Beach pier Saturday for the city's sixth annual Chalk Art Festival. PHOTOS: » Chalk art gallery
Daily Breeze |
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What’s in art galleries
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) -- Iran’s Cartoon House is holding an exhibition of cartoons by Mahmud Javadi.
mehrnews.com |
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Azadi Tower displaying three decades of stamp collecting
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) -- An exhibition of stamps published after the Islamic Revolution in Iran opened with a ceremony at the Islamic Revolution Cultural Center in Tehran’s Azadi Tower on Sunday.
mehrnews.com |
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Movie pitch uses gold
BEAUFORT — When former director of the N.C. Maritime Museum David Nateman shipped six nuggets of Blackbeard’s gold to an individual for the promotion of a movie, he may or may not have acted according to state procedure.
Carteret County News-Times |
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Festival of Sand
Giant sand sculptures, a massive sandbox and a mountain of sand dominated the scene Saturday during Community Day for Scotty’s Contracting and Stone’s Festival of Sand, held outside Russell Sims Aquatic Park.
Bowling Green Daily News |
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Big travel, small budget
WASHINGTON (AP) --- There are so many free and cheap things to do in Washington that the biggest challenge is carving out enough time to take advantage of them. Many museums, monuments and other institutions --- from the zoo to the botanic garden --- that are run by the federal government charge no admission. But even if you've been here, done that 15 times over, the capital is packed with new ...
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier |
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Art show and sale set for Rogers store
I.O. Metro will host an art show and sale featuring eight local artists, Sept. 5-7 at the Rogers store in the Shoppes at Pinnacle Hills, 3335 Market St. (Benton County Daily Record)
NWAnews.com |
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B La Rue moving to Bentonville Square
BENTONVILLE — Beth Cook called it bittersweet. The owner of B La Rue Gifts and Sass will move her shop into the former Fusion Art Gallery on the Square the last week of August. (Benton County Daily Record)
NWAnews.com |
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USS Stethem officers, AMMA directors join governor at 30th birthday of AMP
Officers of the visiting USS Stethem, led by its commanding officer Shan Byrne, as well as Board of Directors of the Arizona Memorial Museum Association joined CNMI Gov. Benigno R. Fitial and the National Park Service at Saturday's wreath laying ceremony for the 30th anniversary celebration of the American Memorial Park on Saipan.
Saipan Tribune |
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Marley statue unveiled in Serbia
A statue of late reggae legend Bob Marley is unveiled at a rural Serbian rock festival as a token of peace and tolerance in the Balkan region.
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Sebastopol gallery print smashed
A Sebastopol woman allegedly snatched a framed print from a gallery on Main Street and smashed it on the sidewalk in front of the shop, police and a witness said.Melissa Goldstein, 32, was arrested on suspicion of burglary and vandalism Thursday and booked into Sonoma County Jail, Sebastopol Police Officer David Hairston said.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat |
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Catch-22 remains relevant
Whether the forum be a gallery or a library, the flickering screen, or, in this case, the bright lights of the stage, superior art stays relevant across generations.
Savannah Morning News |
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Jesus never married, was crucified and rose from the dead. Santa Maria del Popolo is home of two masterpieces by Caravaggio -- "The Crucifixion of St. Peter" and "The Conversion of St. Paul".
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Texas museums offer teachers summer art refresher
DALLAS -- Gathered under the summer sun in a museum garden, a group of teachers gaze at a bronze sculpture of six people who appear to be trudging along a city street.
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Symposium focuses on Zion, historic artwork
ST. GEORGE - Exhibit lenders, museum curators and other experts involved in the St. George Art Museum's newest exhibit, "A Century of Sanctuary: The Art of Zion National Park," spoke at Saturday's Zion Art Symposium in St. George.
Saint George Spectrum |
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Visa Pour l'Image Celebrates 20 Years
It will be the 20th year of Visa Pour l'Image , an ambitious photo festival that has grown into a huge annual reunion for photojournalists.
PDNonline |
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Tight economy has some brides tightening wallets, but others continue to splurge
FRESNO, Calif.—A tight economy has some brides using homemade wedding cakes instead of bakery cakes and iPods instead of DJs. Yet others spare no expense for a once-in-a-lifetime blowout with limousines, top-of-the line photography and romantic ceremonies at wineries.
Texarkana Gazette |
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Islamic Revolution stamp exhibit opens
Iran - Stamp Exhibit An exhibition titled 'Messengers of Vigilance' featuring a selection of stamps issued since the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution opened at the Islamic Revolution Cultural Artistic Center on Sunday and will continue until September 21.
Islamic Republic News Agency |
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Hani Group sets new dimension for business
Hani Group has announced that sales in its freehold commercial property Capital Plus Tower have been progressing well since its launch during last Property Arabia Exhibition with almost 70% of the units being sold out.
AME Info |
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Making a living in art
When she became the director of the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Rebecca Massie Lane said it was as though she were handed a gem - one that she wants everyone to see shine. Lane officially began her duties Aug. 1 as the director of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts.
The Herald-Mail |
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Judge Walker plans to retire next January
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. - A few bare spots are beginning to show up on the chamber walls, although there still are plenty of hunting trophies, antiques and pieces of wildlife art festooning the office of Judge John R. Walker. On Friday, he took down a painting of a wild turkey hen tending her chicks as he moved a day closer to his Jan. 2 retirement. It also was the day he submitted his retirement ...
The Herald-Mail |
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