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Groundbreaking Exhibition of the New-York Historical Society Re-Examines the Years Before, During and After Civil War
Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Grant and His Generals, 1865, Oil on Canvas, National Portrait Gallery. NEW YORK.-
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The global financial crisis and ongoing political turmoil might persuade you to switch off your creativity. So why not freshen up with some new ideas? Simply take a look at the Bangkok Design Festival 2008 in this report.
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Wack attack
A gigantic, almost relentless, retrospective of feminist art at the Vancouver Art Gallery recalls the revolutionary sixties and seventies, when female rage and menstrual effulgence were the weapons of choice. The show is at times gritty and untidy and always extremely frank about the female body. And its legacy is profound
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Ground broken for new tech center
Ground has been broken on the new 88,000-square-foot Career Technology Center at San Diego City College. The five-story facility will be the future home of expanded programs to respond to workforce needs in nursing, cosmetology, photography and the digital arts.
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Manukau Arts proud partners in inaugural festival
Manukau Arts, proud partners in the inaugural Manukau Festival of Arts, have spent the last six months bringing together a variety of colourful events aimed at promoting the city’s energetic, creative arts scene.
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The Power of the Language of Art - AchieveKids 3rd Annual Art Show Will Enchant!
Ever wonder how art can transform lives? The AchieveKids 3rd Annual Art Show can show you how even kids with the greatest difficulty in communications can speak with eloquence through their art. Set for Friday, October 24th, at the Decathelon Club in Santa Clara, this annual event has been a great success in past years and again promises to thrill, inspire and enlighten for all. A&D ...
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Sotheby's London auction falls short of pre-sale hopes
LONDON (Reuters) - A London auction of contemporary art fell well short of pre-sale expectations on Friday, the clearest signal yet that the financial crisis is affecting a market which hitherto defied growing economic gloom.
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The Power of the Language of Art - AchieveKids 3rd Annual Art Show Will Enchant!
PALO ALTO, Calif.----Ever wonder how art can transform lives? The AchieveKids 3rd Annual Art Show can show you how even kids with the greatest difficulty in communications can speak with eloquence through their art.
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Africa House Exhibit Opens Saturday
International Haitian artist Philippe Dodard is bringing his "Spirits of the Caribbean" exhibit to Endicott Saturday.
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Point and shoot
Today & tomorrow: Check out the latest gadgets and “Shades of Colour” exhibition, take part in talks and seminars and join a model-shoot competition at this two-day fest for photo buffs.
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Instruction with Inspiration -- Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure
Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure — "A practical guide to a program no photographer should be without: Adobe Lightroom 2... This is an adventure you'll be glad you said yes to." —Leo Laporte, from the Foreword Master Adobe's next-generation tool for digital photographers. Learn more.
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The main celebration of the Global Peace Festival Malaysia 2008 will be held tomorrow from 3pm to 6.30pm at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil. There will be performances by Ella, Ning Baizura, Jaclyn Victor and Daniel Lee while angkasa wan Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar will be the special guest.
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What’s in art galleries
TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) -- A photo exhibition by Ahmad Aali is currently underway at the Arya Gallery.
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Creative fire
(By Hardin Minor, Special to the Observer) Transformation. What does this concept mean to me? To you? To our nation? I recently spent seven days on the Black Rock Desert of Nevada with 49,500 kindred souls surviving extreme weather conditions and celebrating artistic expression at the Burning Man Festival 2008. This is my story of the transformative power of collaborative creativity and what I ...
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Roughton Gallery owners build dream house in Uptown
For gallery owners Kayla and Brian Roughton, the phrase "a man's home is his castle" is literal.
Dallas Morning News |
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Morandi: Painting and Appearance in the 20th Century
One of the most fascinating features of art is its ability to use subject matter from the real world to illuminate the sensibility of the artist. A painting doesn’t have to reconstitute the appearance of its ostensible subject—say, a view of hills or a bowl of oranges—in order to engage us.
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Falwell to showcase artwork at LU
Macel Falwell, wife of the late Dr. Jerry Falwell, is debuting a lifetime’s worth of her artwork in “The Journey of a Hidden Artist,” a new exhibition at Liberty University.
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David Nash advances Zen with a chain saw
Beginning in the 1970s, British sculptor David Nash updated the tradition of direct carving using chain saws as chisels. But even those who know Nash's work may be struck by the increasing delicacy and precision he has brought to mechanized carving in some of...
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Harvard's rich reward: a $45 million gift, art
The Harvard Art Museum has received a gift of $45 million and 31 major works of art, including three paintings by Picasso. Harvard University on Friday announced the gift from class of 1936 alumna Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a former curator at the museum and wife...
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Mad magazine to auction early works
Alfred E. Neuman, the grinning face with the flapping ears, has gazed out from the covers of Mad magazine for half a century - becoming such a familiar presence that Charles, Prince of Wales, may have felt it necessary to deny that he looked like him. The...
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Sotheby's London auction falls short of pre-sale hopes
A London auction of contemporary art fell well short of pre-sale expectations on Friday, the clearest signal yet that the financial crisis is affecting a market which hitherto defied growing economic gloom.
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The Clanton Advertiser
THORSBY — European CMA multi-award winning artist OJ Hanssen will be performing at the annual Swedish Fest today in Thorsby. Hanssen, who is a native of Norway, will be the first Scandinavian artist to perform at the festival.
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Warhol Fails to Lift Sotheby's Sale Above Estimate Amid Slump
Oct. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Sotheby's contemporary-art sale in London last night missed its presale estimate as the auctioneers struggled to find buyers for many high-value works during the worst financial crisis since the Depression.
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Sotheby's London auction falls short of pre-sale hopes
A London auction of contemporary art fell well short of pre-sale expectations on Friday, the clearest signal yet that the financial crisis is affecting a market which hitherto defied growing economic gloom.
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Kimball Art Center announces new executive director
The Kimball Art Center's plan to expand office and gallery space and develop its property just off Main Street may be on ice, but that doesn't mean
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