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Husain's paintings vandalized in Delhi 25 Aug 2008, 0007 hrs IST, Anubha Sawhney Joshi,TNN
NEW DELHI: It was supposed to be an art show but the only thing that was exhibited on Sunday afternoon was a naked display of aggression.
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Alec Guinness Film Festival planned
The Missouri River Regional Library's Readers Eye group is hosting the Alec Guinness Film Festival.
Jefferson City News Tribune |
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Husain's paintings vandalized in Delhi
Chairs were upturned, artworks smashed and hand-written pamphlets were strewn around a tent on Rafi Marg - the venue for the Husain Art Summit organized by Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust (Sahmat).
The Times of India |
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Ram ‘warriors’ smash Husain works
New Delhi, Aug. 24: Controversially banished from the government-backed exhibition, Maqbool Fida Husain’s paintings and photographs were today attacked by self-proclaimed “warriors” of Ram inside a sanctuary specially created to protest the artist’s exclusion from the official art show.
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Hindley picture dampens Olympic handover
While Olympic handover celebrations were underway in London, Downing Street was condemning the city's tourism body after a painting of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley was shown on a promotional video being screened in Beijing.
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Galesburg-born artist in 2008 Whitney Biennial
Who could have predicted back in the 1970s that a Carl Sandburg College art student would be in the 2008 Whitney Biennial? He would be one of those rare mid-career artists selected from the USAÕs best, destined to make contemporary art history with his work?
Zephyr |
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Paintings that tell a story
Conditional Love by Anurendra Jegadeva at the Wei Ling Gallery is an interesting exhibition that strongly portrays what he believes in.
The Star |
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Colouring contest with a twist
THE organisers threw a curveball at the young participants of the National Day Colouring Contest. The children were told that they had to incorporate the Malaysian flag into their colouring sheets.
The Star |
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Child killer promotes London Olympics
LONDON kicked off its preparations for the 2012 Olympics amid controversy in Beijing, by screening a painting of a child murderer in a promotional film.
Daily Telegraph |
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Art and archaeology museum seeks reaccreditation
Art and archaeology museum seeks reaccreditation
Columbia Missourian |
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Artist fell in love with pastels in a Riverside City College class
Ada M. Passaro started her career the way many successful artists of her generation did -- through commercial art. And like Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Passaro couldn't just confine her love of art to her day job.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Main cities (current exhibitions)
This database includes temporary exhibitions selected by The Art Newspaper (permanent collections are not listed). Previews are taken from The Art Newspaper's monthly guide, What's On.
Art Newspaper |
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Texas Museums Offer Teachers Summer Art Refresher
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 26 Houston |
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Hindley picture dampens Olympic handover
Downing Street has condemned the city's tourism body after a painting of Myra Hindley was shown on a promotional video in Beijing.
ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Row over Hindley image in 2012 film
Downing Street has condemned London's tourism body after a painting of Moors Murderer Myra Hindley was shown on a promotional video being screened in Beijing.
Channel 4 |
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Jazz Classical Music in Sedona and Beyond
The cream-colored cliffs and vermilion spires of Sedona will reverberate with classical music and jazz as the Red Rocks Music Festival opens Saturday and continues through Aug. 31.
All About Jazz |
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UK tourism body attacked over promotion
London has kicked off its preparations for the 2012 Olympics amid controversy as its tourism body came under fire for featuring a painting of a murderer.
AAP via Yahoo!7 News |
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Tequi exhibit focuses on Perigord episode
MANILA, Philippines - Multi-awarded painter and printmaker Ofelia “Ofie” Gelvezon-Tequi was recently featured in the “100 Nudes” fund-raising art exhibit of the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) for the university’s centennial celebrations.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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Olympics: London tourism body attacked over murderer portrait in promo
London kicked off its preparations for the 2012 Olympics amid controversy Sunday as its tourism body came under fire for featuring a painting of a murderer in a promotional film screened in Beijing.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Artists open their doors for AmCan studio tour
AMERICAN CANYON - Budding painter Laura Keiser was excited and nervous Saturday when she opened her studio to the public for the first time. Keiser, who's been painting for three years, had never before participated in the city's annual open studios tour.
Vallejo Times-Herald |
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Furious row over Hindley portrait shown in London 2012 video
Publicity video shown in Beijing to promote 2012 Games used image of murderer on show in London art gallery
Guardian Unlimited |
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Monday, August 25, 2008
The birth centenary of Y Subramanya Raju was marked by a vast exhibition at the Karnataka Chitrakala Pariashath (August 17 to 23).
Deccan Herald |
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Auction of Forest Service's Twisp compound delayed
TWISP - The U.S. Forest Service has delayed the start of an auction to sell off property in Twisp at the request of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
The Wenatchee World |
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Monday, August 25, 2008
Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya Engineering College Trust: All Karnataka Children’s Literature and Third Cultural Festival - 2008 and Visvesvaraya award giving ceremony, Town Hall, 6 pm.
Deccan Herald |
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India Art Summit ends on mixed note in the capital
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) 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.
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