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Rossini: A weekend festival of operatic proportions
If people can pretend to be Irish on St. Patrick's Day, we can all be Italian this weekend.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Context Called 'Crucial Factor' in Ruling Over Courthouse's Jesus Painting
Displaying a portrait of Jesus in the foyer of a Louisiana courthouse is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled this week, siding with civil libertarians who sued over the display. But inserting Jesus within a group portrait of historic figures at the courthouse is permissible, the judge said. The ruling explains that the expanded display is constitutional because a reasonable observer wouldn't ...
Law.com |
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Scholastic Art students on way to Carnegie Hall
Megan McGlynn, 18, is on her way to New York's Carnegie Hall on June 5.
The Express-Times |
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Hollywood artist auctions work to aid research, treatment of cancer
= For two years, Danny Glass watched his father fight cancer.
Sun-Sentinel |
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Pro Hart auction 'successful'
The executive director of auction house Deutscher and Hackett says the first night of the Melbourne auction of works from Pro Hart's private collection was very successful.
ABC via Yahoo!7 News |
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Focus on outdoor photography
One of the great jobs of the world has to be an outdoor sports photojournalist.
Idaho Mountain Express and Guide |
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Distant relatives
Syrian Druze festival unites divided families
BBC News |
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Annual student art show displays different mediums, talents
An opening reception for the 2008 Student Annual Exhibition was held on April 15 at University Galleries, featuring artwork from undergraduate and graduate students. During this two hour event, the gallery was packed with visitors eager to view student artwork.
Daily Vidette |
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Shepherd University dedicates Center for Contemporary Arts
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. The new Center for Contemporary Arts (CCA) building at Shepherd University was dedicated Thursday afternoon.
The Herald-Mail |
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Show making Saratoga stop helps bridge cultural divide with Iraq through artwork by women
As the saying goes, we are most afraid of what we do not understand. Given today's precarious global situation, it's understandable that Iraqi culture can fall into that category for many Americans, but one local group is striving to bring the two cultures together.
San Jose Mercury News |
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First Chinese artist honored U.S. Sport Artist of Year
Sculptor Yuan Xikun has become the first Chinese artist to be honored Sport Artist of the Year award by the United States Sports Academy on Thursday. The academy trustee and art committee chairman Jack Scharr presented the award to Yuan Thursday at the Beijing Jintai Art Museum.
China Economic Net |
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First Chinese artist honored U.S. Sport Artist of Year
Sculptor Yuan Xikun has become the first Chinese artist to be honored Sport Artist of the Year award by the United States Sports Academy here on Thursday. The academy trustee and art committee chairman Jack Scharr presented the awar ...
People's Daily |
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Kim Jong Il Sends Wreath to Bier of Choe Ha Thaek
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il sent a wreath to the bier of Choe Ha Thaek, former chief of the Oil-Painting Creative Group of the Mansudae Art Studio who is winner of Kim Il Sung Prize and people's artiste, expressing deep condolences over his death.
Korean Central News Agency |
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Young hot shots awarded
THE Hub Youth Centre was transformed into an exhibition space on Tuesday night when more than 100 photographic works by local youth adorned the walls.
Cooma-Monaro Express |
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Zhu to Show Leftover Food, Exploded Lamb at Beijing Art Fair
April 18 (Bloomberg) -- For Zhu Yu , whose performance art had featured human brains and aborted fetuses, the subject of his latest oil paintings is more mundane: dinner leftovers.
Bloomberg.com |
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British Painter Paul Winstanley in Wellington
Vacant Spaces: Waiting Rooms, Hallways, Corridors… British Painter Paul Winstanley in Wellington City Gallery Wellington is pleased to present British artist Paul Winstanley in a special evening talk on Monday, April 28 at 6pm.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Record crowds out for Hot Docs opener
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival kicked off Thursday night with a record number of films and industry delegates in attendance.
The Hollywood Reporter |
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Look Here! Artist Goes 'Wild'
"Wild Traceries," an exhibit of mixed water media paintings by contemporary landscape artist Carol Dickie, will be on show this weekend just outside Eureka Springs at the Real Log Homes model home, 324 Mundell Road, next to the Horizon Restaurant overlooking Beaver Lake.
The Morning News |
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• The stars are aligned
All the stars are in Reunion, Fla., for the Ginn Open this week. director of photography Tracy Wilcox was along for the ride and captured these shots during the first round.
GolfWeek |
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How-To: 4 Camera Hacks You Can Do Today
Push the boundaries of your photography with these four simple camera hacks you can pull off in less than an afternoon.
Addict 3D |
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Nathan’s sunset catches the judges’ eyes
NATHAN Brown of Cambewarra has placed third in a national photography competition’s landscape category. The nine-year-old entered the Australian Child Photographers of the Year with a photograph of a sunset taken from his backyard looking toward Cambewarra Mountain.
South Coast Register |
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A jubilee of the arts
The centenary of the Egyptian School of Fine Arts falls this year, the institution having opened on 12 May 1908 thanks to the generosity of the aristocrat Prince Youssef Kamal.
Al-Ahram Weekly |
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Andre Zucca's photographs of gay Paris at war paint an uneasy portrait of city collaboration
An unusual warning has been added to a Paris exhibition that has shocked some visitors and media, despite the absence of sex, violence or religion.
Times Online |
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New Dali Museum unveiled
City Council members were shown this rendering today. Dali officials said some details of the design will change. [Dali Museum] ST. PETERSBURG--The City Council approved the initial designs for the Salvador Dali Museum’s new building Thursday. Dubbed Placa Dali, the...
St. Petersburg Times |
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DAM announces new media curator
Eric Paddock, the Colorado Historical Society's longtime curator of photography and film, is switching jobs and moving across the street.
Denver Post |
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