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Galleries launches appeal to keep masterpiece in Scotland
The National Galleries are trying to raise £50 million to keep a Renaissance masterpiece in Scotland. Titian's Diana and Actaeon is displayed as part of a collection in Edinburgh. Its owner, the Duke of Sutherland, wants to sell it.
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China exhibits 5,000 years of cultural treasures
Beijing timed major exhibitions to coincide with the Olympics, and perhaps the most impressive is the Capital Museum's "Chinese Memory: Treasures of a 5000-Year Civilization," running until Oct. 7.
International Herald Tribune |
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Lost essays shed fresh light on film
“I’m not a typical film buff,” Petr Szczepanik tells me. “I don’t have an extensive DVD collection at home, I don’t watch every new film that comes out, I don’t attend many film festivals and I don’t write reviews.”
The Prague Post |
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At the Met, portraits of an alternate history
"Photography on Photography," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until Oct. 19, presents a variety of works (by artists male and female, young and old, American and European, famous and fledgling) from the 1960s to the present.
International Herald Tribune |
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Love through the ages
This expansive exhibition spanning the 15th to 19th centuries contains well over 200 works of art dedicated to humankind’s greatest and most personal preoccupation: love.
The Prague Post |
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Spinach Recipe Contest Featured at Lenexa Festival
Get out your apron, mixing bowls and spoons - the 25th annual Lenexa Spinach Festival is looking for your favorite spinach recipes.
Kansas City InfoZine |
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Pope angry over crucified green frog sculpture
A modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that Pope Benedict has condemned as blasphemous may have its days numbered.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Pope angry over crucified green frog sculpture
A modern art sculpture portraying a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg that Pope Benedict has condemned as blasphemous may have its days numbered.
Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Searching for Heroic Beings
Teaneck Festival of Arts wants your work in its art exhibition. TELL ME MORE: This year's Teaneck International Film Festival, running Nov. 14-16, and Teaneck Festival of Arts are co-hosting a screening of the 1920 film "The Golem."
The Record |
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Line Up, Strip Down, Fade Out: Polaroid Photographs and Videos by Andy Warhol, Grant Worth and David Horvitz
The collection of Andy Warhol Polaroid photographs at Vanderbilt is currently doing double duty: first, as the focus of an exiting new exhibition; second, as a momento mori at the wake of the instant-photography film. Earlier this year, Polaroid Corporation announced that it was discontinuing...
Nashville Scene |
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Owner lowers price on Titian for British galleries
LONDON (AP) — An aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million asking price.
The Post-Standard |
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7 havens for Madison fine arts
We are blessed with a great arts scene in Madison, which many of us take for granted. An oft-repeated sentiment is that with all the plays, concerts and gallery openings to take in, a person can get overwhelmed quickly. But a few places stand out as being consistent locations to experience locally and nationally made art, and offer a good introduction to the fine arts scene here. Some are ...
The Capital Times |
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Bi-Annual Nashville Print & Poster Parade
TAG's Jerry Dale McFadden has closed the doors on his popular downtown gallery, but he's showing no signs of slowing down. In partnership with Isle Printing's Bryce McCloud, McFadden is bringing the goods in the form of this blow-out print art show benefiting the non-profit Ruby Green. Participating...
Nashville Scene |
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Owner lowers price on Titian for British galleries
LONDON (AP) - An aristocrat wants to sell a masterpiece of Renaissance painting to British public galleries if they can meet his $92 million asking price.
KRQE Albuquerque |
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Handy guide to Madison lingo
Tyme machine: Ask for a Tyme machine in other parts of the U.S., and you'll get smart remarks like, "Where do you want to go, the Renaissance Period?" But for Madisonians, the phrase makes perfect sense. It's what we call an ATM. Mayor Dave: One look at that mouthful of a last name, and you can see why no one refers to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz (chess-LEV-itch) by his full name. Bubbler: Those from ...
The Capital Times |
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Kate's Golden
HAVING cast Kate Moss in a provocative yoga pose for his 2006 work Sphinx, Marc Quinn will today unveil Siren - a larger-scale version of the piece, cast in gold - at the British museum.
British Vogue |
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Around the Bubbler: What's on tap this week
Going to the dogs Goodman Pool, 325 Olin Ave., closes for the season on the Sunday before Labor Day -- for swimmers of the two-legged variety. But it opens for one more day on Labor Day, rain or shine, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for furry, four-legged swimmers for the second annual Capital K-9's Labor Day Dog Paddle. Activities include contests for farthest jump, fastest retrieve, and biggest splash. ...
The Capital Times |
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Exhibit floats down Hudson
A fleet of seven intricately crafted boats fashioned out of scrap wood and other salvaged materials, sail down the Hudson River from Troy, N.Y. to Deitch Studios in Long Island City. Nyack’s Memorial Park will serve as the site for this live theatrical and musical performance at 8 p.m. The fleet, known as the “Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea,” was handcrafted by the international artist Swoon. ...
The Journal News |
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Moss sculpture to go on display
A solid gold sculpture of supermodel Kate Moss is to go on display at the British Museum in London.
BBC News |
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Festival time
Few places remain that can instantly transport us back in time. Every Labour Day weekend, the quiet community of Wainfleet comes alive as thousands of visitors come for one of Niagara's most unique festivals. Organizers say the fascination and appeal stems from being able to enter a world [...]
Welland Tribune |
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Dorian Gray to go international after UK sell-out
EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - British choreographer Matthew Bourne's dance theatre update of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is expected to tour internationally next year after a sell-out run at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Reuters |
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LGBT Festival offers something for everyone
The 10-day Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival runs from Sept. 4 through 14 at UWM's Union Theatre and is loaded with international films, American indies and more.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Heating oil dealers offer conservation tips
With energy prices for home heating continuing to soar, there has never been a better time for Maine's home owners to increase the efficiency of their heating systems and substantially lower their fuel costs. Maine's heating suggest these cost-effective...
York County Coast Star |
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Laudholm Nature Crafts
Festival set for Sept. 6-7
York County Coast Star |
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LONDON - 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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