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Business springs up in Depot
A decade ago it was a barren, oft-odorous section of town still scarred from the city's early industrial days. Today, there's a public and private renaissance going on at the north end of Boardman Lake.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Texas museums offer teachers summer art refresher
A group of teachers gathered at the Nasher Sculpture Center recently to stay abreast of the contemporary and modern art on display at North Dallas museums.
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Online
Foodgawker is an ever-changing gallery of fabulous food photography. Each picture serves as a link to recipes and blogs. This is a great site to visit for meal and entertaining inspiration.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Bridge art adds touch of lightness
When the city put out a call for artists to spruce up the Briar Creek bridge, sculptor Jim Gallucci saw a concrete-dominated area that needed some brightness. “I just jumped on it thinking it was absolutely the ugliest place to put a piece of art,” Gallucci said. “And those are the best places to put a piece of art.” Gallucci, city councilwoman Patsy Kinsey and others were expected to attend an ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Best new art at Seattle Art Museum? Look down
To see the top acquisition from Seattle Art Museum's second-quarter list, you'll need to look down.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Mickey Rooney heartbroken at racism charges leveled at 1961 film role
One of the most beloved and enduring movie actors in American history, Rooney was shocked to hear his comic role as Mr. Yunioshi, Audrey Hepburn's cantankerous upstairs neighbor in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" had been branded racist by several Asian American activists in Sacramento. Actor Mickey Rooney waves as he arrives at the American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, on Sept. 4, 2000
The Sacramento Bee |
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Atlanta airport eying end of neon art
Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport may soon be filled with advertisements rather than neon art, airport officials say.Airport General Manager Ben DeCosta said the neon public artwork titled Four Walls for Atlanta Hartsfield Airport may soon become a thing of the past as the airport is turning its attention to revenue-generating advertising, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ...
Moldova.org |
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Aurora students invited to join in arts program
Aurora high school students are invited to participate in the fall session of the ARTWorks program.
The Beacon News |
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Canadians finish 2nd, 3rd behind Aussie in ballet contest
Canadians Nicole Ciapponi and Alexandra Bertram landed in second and third place respectively behind Australian Aaron Smyth, who captured top spot at the Genée International Ballet Competition.
CBC |
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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.
FOX 61 Chattanooga |
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Hells Angels Anime to Premiere in October in Japan
The animecs TIFF program at the Tokyo International Film Festival announced on Friday that it will screen the world premiere of Yoshiki Yamakawa 's anime adaptation of Sin-Ichi Hiromoto 's Hells Angels manga in October.
Anime News Network |
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What Makes Humans Unique
Why do humans, "alone among species, have art. The attraction to stories, plays, paintings and music -- experiences with no obvious evolutionary payoff -- is puzzling. Why does the brain contain reward systems that make fictional experiences enjoyable?"
Arts Journal |
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‘Slow Food’ movement picking up speed?
Chef Alice Waters sees progress in her effort to make Americans think about where their food comes from: Tens of thousands are expected to attend Slow Food Nation, a festival and symposium about the connection between planet and plate.
MSNBC |
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The New Puiblic Art
"Over the past 15 years public sculpture -- that is, static, often figurative objects of varying sizes in outdoor public spaces -- has become one of contemporary art's more exciting areas of endeavor and certainly its most dramatically improved one."
Arts Journal |
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eBay Castoff Art Gets Into Prominent Gallery
Sellers on eBay may be surprised to learn that their cast-offs are to feature as "works of art" at one of London's most prominent galleries. The Independent (UK) 08/23/08
Arts Journal |
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The New York Times 08/24/08
Did The Art World Miss A Leonardo? If it is in fact a Leonardo, skeptics say, it went unrecognized by experts at the auction house, as well as the specialized dealers who attended the sale, including the one who bought it. 'The market is a fairly efficient place. This would be an amazing miss'."
Arts Journal |
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Hybrid showcases work of activists, artists
The concept of the pristine gallery, kept sanitized by exhibitions of "art for art's sake," loses its legs in a place like The ARTS at Marks Garage.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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BMA programmer: Seek out 'riskiest film in town'
Programmer of film series urges: Seek 'riskiest film in town' Baltimore movie-lovers voiced concern when the Baltimore Museum of Art canceled its free monthly film series. For two years, Eric Hatch, the series' programmer, had put together a lively and original slate that typically attracted 150 to 200 people, including younger audiences new to the museum.
Baltimore Sun |
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"Iran-Persia: The Gate of the Orient" in Spain
The Iranian festival entitled "Iran-Persia, the Gate of the Orient" is underway in the Spanish city Vitoria. The event is held by the Vitoria municipality and cosponsored by Iran's cultural attaché office in Spain, The University of the Basque Country and other Spanish organizations.
Payvand Iran News |
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Serbian village reveals statue of Bob Marley
Belgrade - A sculpture of Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley was revealed in a small Serbian village of Banatski Sokolac, local media reported Sunday. The statue, made in colour by Croatian artist Davor Dukic, depicts Marley holding a guitar and with hi...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Cornish artists vying for prize
A sculpture by a Cornish artist inspired by a photo of a British soldier leaping from a burning tank is shortlisted for a major art prize.
BBC News |
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Hollywood in support role at Venice film festival
LONDON - The Venice film festival opens on Wednesday with Hollywood A-listers George Clooney and Brad Pitt on the red carpet for the Coen brothers' eagerly awaited ‘Burn After Reading,’ but from then on Tinseltown takes a back seat.
Khaleej Times |
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ATandT stores to display moose sculptures
PORTSMOUTH and#8212; People looking for the latest cell phone will get to see something you usually have to go to the woods for - moose. ATandT will display five fiberglass moose sculptures at its New Hampshire retail stores in support of the New Hampshire...
Portsmouth Herald |
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Plans for city debated
Although billed as an architectural "meeting of minds", a discussion on the future of architecture in Dunedin at the Otago Museum last week resulted in lively debate.
Otago Daily Times |
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Chandigarh's Kala Gram to be modelled after Dilli Haat
Chandigarh, Aug 24 : New Delhi's Dilli Haat, a replica of a village marketplace where artisans display and sell their wares directly to customers, is going to be an inspiration for Chandigarh's Kala Gram that houses India's biggest sculpture park.
New Kerala |
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