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What's On: Galleries
Ben Navaee Gallery (1111 Queen St. E. 416-999-1030): "Immigration" group art show, looking at memories of home or challenges of a new life, is on display today to Sept. 5.
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What's On: Out of Town
Guelph Jazz Festival has a one-day John Zorn tribute, Jane Bunnett, Burnt Sugar, L'Orkestre des pas perdus and others. Runs Wed. to Sept. 7. Full info at 519-763-4952 or guelphjazzfestival.com
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Galleries launch appeal to keep Titian in Britain
LONDON (AP) — A British aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million asking price.
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Art in the Big Apple, a Bit Farther From the Madding Crowd
NEW YORK -- Over Labor Day weekend, New York's museums can be crowded, as tourists from all around the country end their summer in the city. Washingtonians who plan on joining them might want to take refuge in five exhibitions that don't aim to bust the block.
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Alabama hall-of-famer to exhibit art
Country and gospel music icon William Lee Golden, of The Oak Ridge Boys, is introducing himself to the Shoals in a new way.While Golden is known for his baritone vocals, he will present 19 art works in the William Lee Golden Art Collection.
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Galleries launch appeal to keep Titian in Britain
Associated Press - August 28, 2008 4:23 AM ET LONDON (AP) - A British aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million...
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Metro Briefs
A large color photograph of Michael Phelps is being reinstalled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
The Washington Times |
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Museum given money for purchase of iPods
Heather James Fine Art has donated money to the Palm Springs Art Museum's Education Department for the purchase of 15 iPods.
The Desert Sun |
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Local committee meets to plan Bradford’s part in 150th anniversary of oil
Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the world’s first commercial oil well, and a committee met Wednesday afternoon to brainstorm ways Bradford can join the celebration.
The Bradford Era |
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Aerospace Photo Contest Gains Speed; Three Weeks Left to Take Your Best Shot
Inquiries and entries are flying in for the BDN Aerospace Marketing (BDN) Global Photo Contest. And with three weeks left until the Sept. 15 entry deadline, the competition is heating up.
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Galleries launch appeal to keep Titian in Britain
A British aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million asking price.
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Venice opens with Pitt, Clooney in madcap comedy
U.S. actors George Clooney (R) and Brad Pitt pose during a photocall in Venice August 27, 2008. Clooney and Pitt star in Ethan and Joel Coen's movie "Burn After Reading" which is being shown out of the competition at the Venice Film Festival.
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Artist will use talent to touch up murals in city
When Robert W. Lee was a child, he said he realized he had a gift in his fingers when it came to painting and drawing.
The Augusta Chronicle |
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UI art students in temporary facility
IOWA CITY and#8212; As a temporary home for the University of Iowa's studio arts programs, it doesn't get much better than the old Menard's, UI professor Steve McGuire said.There's ample free parking outside and plenty of open space inside the 144,000 square foot building for programs in drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpting, photography, printmaking and metal arts, McGuire said during a media ...
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Japanese Festival brings back story telling 'in a single drop'
Centuries before stand-up comedy packed nightclubs around the United States, kneel-down comedy was keeping audiences in stitches in Japan.
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Big Muddy brings home the blues; free music flows on the riverfront this weekend
British Petroleum will replace Anheuser-Busch as the main sponsor of the Big Muddy Blues Festival this weekend, giving it a slightly different flavor.
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Highly personal theater from a dream
A self-confessed perfectionist, Sebastienne Mundheim built the dome for Sea of Birds three times. Each time, she cut about a hundred bamboo poles, each 24 feet long, then drove them to the Crane Arts complex's Ice Box, where her Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe show will open tomorrow.
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Shelley Indyk and Micha Nussinov (2008-08-28 - 2008-09-20)
An exhibition of both Artist and Architect, August 28th –September 20th, showing black and white drawings from Cappodocia in Turkey by Shelley Indyk, and etched glass drawings of Micha Nussinov. The subject of both works, though rendered in contrasting material and tonality, are both inspired by sensual landscapes. Indyk’s works inspired from the extraordinary landscape forms of Cappodocia, and ...
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Pro Arts New Visions 2008: Juried by Lucinda Barnes and Karen Tsujimoto (2008-08-28 - 2008-10-24)
Pro Arts presents New Visions 2008, an exhibition juried by Lucinda Barnes, Chief Curator and Director of Programs and Collections, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive and Karen Tsujimoto, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California. The New Visions exhibition aims to bring exposure to regional artists making work that explores fresh perspectives and fearlessly experiments with methods ...
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Exhibitions Connect Photography, Collage, Textiles to Explore Nature of Truth, Societal Concerns (2008-08-28 - ...
Three concurrent exhibitions at the Southwest School of Art and Craft embed photography in other media to ask viewers to consider – what is the truth? – and to comment on social issues such as domestic violence, the origins of Latina identity, and consumer culture. Guatemalan artist Veronica Riedel will exhibit powerful works that explore the multiple identities of Latina women through mixed ...
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2008 Fall National Exhibition: Realities and Illusions (2008-08-23 - 2008-09-21)
The Marin Museum of Contemporary Art presents the 2008 Fall National Exhibition, "Realities and Illusions". This show is juried by one of the best known art writers in the U.S., Kenneth Baker, who has been the resident art critic at the San Francisco Chronicle since 1983. The theme of the show is representational, abstract and/or imagined art works, in oil, acrylic, pastel, watercolor, drawing, ...
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Doggie Dive-In a splash at Nixa festival
Nixa's annual Labor Day Community Fest and Fun Run starts at 9 a.m. Monday at the Community Center, 701 Taylor Way. The day features a plein air art contest, a fine arts exhibit, performances by local dancers and musicians, free burgers and hot dogs, face painting, inflatables, a fundraiser for a local animal shelter and the Doggie Dive-In at the center's pool. The Doggie Dive-In is from 3:30 to ...
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Solid gold Moss sculpture unveiled
The first glimpse of a £1.5 million solid gold sculpture of supermodel Kate Moss has been revealed.
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“dtac Playground” in ITU Telecom Asia 2008
Çѹ·Õè 28 ÊÔ§ËÒ¤Á 2551 14:47 ¹. dtac opens out-of-the-box “dtac Playground” exhibition booth on a 300-square-meter plot in the ITU Telecom Asia 2008 event, showcasing five mobile communication innovations that can turn serious stuff into fun and make global customers and entrepreneurs “feel goood”.
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Food, music add to revelry
The art exhibition will be only one component of the 36th annual Greek Festival.
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