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Mich. art gallery exhibition features US Impressionists
Artists from France — Monet, Renoir and Cezanne, to name a few — are most closely associated with the Impressionist style of painting because the beloved movement developed there in the late 19th century. But a new exhibition serves as a reminder that there were also some talented and important U.S. artists who embraced Impressionism.
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A New Leader's Plans For Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art
"It's a place where activities converge that involve exhibitions, that involve objects, that involve performance, that involve spoken voice, that involve teaching and an increased education and delectation on behalf of the public.
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Mich. art gallery exhibition features US Impressionists
Artists from France _ Monet, Renoir and Cezanne, to name a few _ are most closely associated with the Impressionist style of painting because the beloved movement developed there in the late 19th century.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that recognizes the National Museum of Wildlife Art as the official wildlife art museum of the United States.
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10 a.m. - Academy of Our Lady of Guam Fine Arts Week
10 a.m., May 2 — The Academy of Our Lady of Guam’s Fine Arts Week ends tonight at the school’s auditorium. Tonight’s exhibits will feature Livication Night and African-inspired art. Pre-purchased tickets are $5 or $6 at the door. Call 477-8203 for inquiries.
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Art, craft to spice up music fest
KUCHING: Two fringe events - the visual folk art forum and craft festival - will add vigour to the already famed Rainforest World Music Festival from July 11 to 13 at the Sarawak Cultural Village in Santubong.
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May 1 immigrant marches commemorate Chicago's Haymarket Riot
CHICAGO (AP) - A bronze sculpture on Chicago's West Side tells the story of a pivotal moment in U.S. labor history. It depicts the 1886 Haymarket Riot, when a bomb turned a rally for workers rights into a deadly tragedy.
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Prepared 4 Life Names Winners of Lemonade Tasting Contests at the . Houston Zoo, Continues to Encourage 10,000 or More ...
Houston Zoo, Continues to Encourage 10,000 or More Young Entrepreneurs to 28/04/2008 19:37:00 Business Wire True to the "can do" spirit for which Texas residents are so well known, hundreds of children, their family members and supporters braved scattered showers early morning to test their lemonade recipes and salesmanship skills during Lemonade Tasting Contests hosted Saturday, April 26, by ...
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Free Comic Book day offered to local teens
Free Comic Book Day for Teens on Saturday offers games, contests, prizes and plenty of learning opportunities. This year marks the seventh annual event, a day when participating comic bookshops around the world offer limited books free to anyone who comes into their stores.
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Asian Art Museum partners up with Target to offer no-cost admission on Sundays
Officials at the Asian Art Museum are happily bracing themselves for big crowds Sunday, when the institution kicks off its Target First Free Sunday program.
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Where to Run When The Horses Aren't
Louisville barely registers on most folks' list of hip places to travel, but it comes alive in early May when this not-quite Southern, not-quite Midwestern Ohio River town turns on the charm for the Kentucky Derby Festival.
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Rare items up for auction Saturday : Local News
APPLE VALLEY — A truly extraordinary collection of museum quality items including ancient artifacts, jewelry, antique coins, folk art, bronzes and collectibles from around the world will be up for bid in the Desert Treasures Auction to support the High Desert Community Foundation on Saturday.
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'Art, Artists of E.B.' will open at museum
An exhibit titled "Through the Eyes of an Artist: The Art and Artist of East Brunswick" will open from1-4 p.m. onMay 4 at the East Brunswick Museum, 16 Maple St. Remarks are set for 1:15 p.m. Light refreshments will be served.
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Madison Spring Gallery Night 2008 finds new venues on east side
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art's Gallery Night has grown to the extent that even the most avid art lover probably couldn't take in every venue without being able to teleport from spot to spot.
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‘Life in Qatar’ draws good response
doha • Three Qatar-based artists concluded their successful exhibition at Al Fardan Garden yesterday. The two-day exhibition by Jo Thompson, Patrick Higgins and Clare Fisher witnessed a good response as evidenced by a steady flow of people with a penchant for visual arts viewing the collection.
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Record 58 venues to participate in Gallery Night
Spring Gallery Night, Madison's semi-annual celebration of the visual arts organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, returns this Friday, May 2, from 5 to 9 p.m., with a record-breaking 58 venues participating. Art and craft lovers can enjoy an evening filled with grand openings, benefits, free dance lessons, discounts on purchases and new works of art on display across the city. The ...
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Thieves Stealing Public Art For Scrap
"Manhole covers, pipes and wiring have already been targeted for theft in many cities, thanks to copper prices that have risen to about $4 a pound from $3.50 a year ago and $1.50 three years ago.
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Washington DC
SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - Officials at the Asian Art Museum are happily bracing themselves for big crowds Sunday, when the institution kicks off its Target First Free Sunday program.
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The school pottery teacher who turned a fortune with garden-shed forgeries
An amateur sculptor duped some of Britain's most respected auction houses into selling fake vases that he had made in his garden shed – thinking they were genuine antiques worth thousands of pounds.
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Chinese indie music revival
The local Chinese independent music community hits a new high with the Dong Tai Du festival tomorrow.
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Woodcarving of fallen soldier to be dedicated
Lindsay Taylor still sounds regretful, describing how caught up she was in studying for and taking final exams at Iowa State University about this time last year.
Quad-City Times |
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Terence Blacker: Exposed: the world of grubby grown-ups
A mistress of the ambivalent, the American photographer Annie Leibovitz has a talent for catching a cultural mood in her portraits, while exploiting it at the same time. Her photograph of Demi Moore, nude and heavily pregnant, pointed up celebrity exhibitionism, but in an oddly flattering manner. Arnold Schwarzenegger, stripped to the waist astride what looked like a Lipizzaner stallion, ...
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Henry Brant: Experimental composer who scored for instruments ranging from massed trombones to kitchenware
Henry Brant was one of the youngest of the pre-Second World War American experimental composers. He scored for odd instruments and instrumental combinations and equalised "high" and "low" art forms and topics. He was best known for his work in spatial music, a kind of "surround sound" effect informed by Renaissance antiphony, Berlioz and Charles Ives, which both predated and outstripped similar ...
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All Events for 3 May 2008
Until 30 Jun 2008 This major exhibition explores people's age old fascination with space. It shows how this fascination has influenced popular culture, from literature and comics to film, design and merchandising,...
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Kodak posts narrower Q1 loss
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Eastman Kodak Co. said today its first-quarter loss narrowed to US$115 million as it battles for a bigger slice of digital photography after navigating a drastic, four-year overhaul. The results still missed Wall Street expectations and its stock fell almost four per cent.
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