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Local Artists Break Image Through “StereoType”
As the Southside of Chattanooga emerges with local artists, the variety of art and entertainment that Chattanooga has to choose from grows as well. Creativinc, a new local art organization, in partnership with New Juncture will be hosting Chattanooga’s first progressive underground art show. The Chattanoogan
Eastern Doudna rededication will include state art legends
CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois University will celebrate the formal rededication of the newly expanded and renovated Doudna Fine Arts Center next weekend with the help of three Illinois arts legends. Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
Warhol's 'Skulls' fetches US$7.5 million
An Andy Warhol painting has sold for more than $US7.5 million ($A10.8 million) at auction, auctioneer Sotheby's said. "Skulls", 10 individual canvases which repeatedly represent the icon of the human The West Australian
Adams worked his way up from stockboy to top retail executive
Obituary: The scene almost seems like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting: A fire truck stopping in front of a hardware store to pick up a member of the volunteer fire department on the way to an emergency. San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5
Heady delight for art fan who pays millions for Warhol's Skulls
A painting by Andy Warhol is sold for more than £4m, Sotheby's auction house says. BBC News
Turning photos of pets into digital 'paintings'
BC-WSJ--Photo-Art,1456 Turning photos of pets into digital 'paintings' Eds: Via AP. By BETH DECARBO The Wall Street Journal Blue can sit, speak, lie down and shake hands -- pretty much the basic dog repertoire. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Giant Berkeley sculpture celebrates protests
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - A giant sculpture celebrating Berkeley's history of protest will be dedicated this weekend. The 30-foot tall fiberglass sculpture includes fist-waving demonstrators and sits on a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Interstate 80. KTVN Reno
Giant Berkeley sculpture celebrates protests
Fri, Oct 17, 2008 (7:39 p.m.) A giant sculpture celebrating Berkeley's history of protest will be dedicated this weekend. The 30-foot tall fiberglass sculpture includes fist-waving demonstrators and sits on a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Interstate 80. Las Vegas Sun
Pumpkin carving expert shows how
FAIRFIELD -- There are poet laureates, but not every university has a pumpkin-carving master in residence. Sacred Heart University's grants writer, Dan Drew, carves pumpkins of celebrities like Connecticut Post
Rockport Ramblings: Take a stroll through Rockports "Cottages" and "Castles"
The Friends of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival present "Cottages and amp; Castles" next Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will have an opportunity to visit eight delightful homes, including historic village "cottages" and dramatic oceanfront "castles." This third annual event features an all-new selection. Gloucester Daily Times
Warhol's 'Skulls' fetches US$7.5 million
An Andy Warhol painting has sold for more than $US7.5 million ($A10.8 million) at auction, auctioneer Sotheby's said. The West Australian
Coming up
Sculpture to Inspire, 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Alford Performing Arts Hall on the campus of COTC/OSU Newark campus. Speaker is artist Gary Lee Price, who will share insights regarding the creative process and the importance of public art. Free and open to the public. This Week Licking County
Gerda Taro Opens at Barbican Art Gallery, London
LONDON.- Art Daily
Michener Art Museum Presents Claus Mroczynski's Photographs of Native American Places
Claus Mroczynski (1942-2006), White House, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, Ca. 1998-2000, Gelatin silver print on paper, H. 15.5 x W. 15.5 inches. Private Collection. Art Daily
Speed Art Museum Unveils New Acquisitions In Collecting for Kentucky
Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart, Adam Naming the Animals, 1686, Oil on Canvas, Purchased with funds from the Alice Speed Stoll Accessions Trust, 2008.12. Art Daily
Rachel's Whiteread's Dramatic Installation, Place (Village) at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Place (Village), 2006–08, Rachel Whiteread (British, born in 1963), Rachel Whiteread Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Doll houses, crates, boxes, wood, electrical fixtures, and fittings, and electricity. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gallery, London. Art Daily
The Printed Picture Opens at The Museum of Modern Art
Wood engraving, Unknown photographer. Detail from Mrs. Elizabeth W. Morton, aged 18. 1845. Print: Engraved by R.G. Tietze from a daguerreotype. The Century magazine, 1894. Gift of Richard Benson. Art Daily
Treasures of Japanese Painting Konpira-San - Sanctuary of the Sea at Guimet Museum
Jeune pin et grues, Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795), Epoque d'Edo (1615-1868), 1787, Encre, couleurs légères et particules d'or sur papier, Quatre portes coulissantes, paroi nord de la salle des grues, Omote-shoin, Chaque panneau : H. 182,5 cm; l. 91,5 cm. Sanctuaire de Konpira, île de Shikoku, Japon. Art Daily
MFA Boston Acquires Three Paintings By 20th Century African-American Artists
Norman Lewis' Untitled. Courtesy of Swann Galleries. BOSTON, MA.- Art Daily
Columbus Museum of Art Presents Currents: Peter Zimmermann
Peter Zimmermann, Ambien, 2006, Epoxy resin on canvas, 70 3/4 x 51 1/4 inches. Collection of Robert and Mary Kidder, New Albany. COLUMBUS, OH.- Art Daily
Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art Opens at Norton Simon Museum
The Rape of the Sabines (After Poussin), 1861-62, Edgar Degas, Oil on canvas, 59 x 81-1/2 in. (149.9 x 207.0 cm). The Norton Simon Foundation, Gift of Mr. Norton Simon, F.1983.06.P. Art Daily
The Cark Exhibits Rarely Seen Italian Drawings From the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries
The Flight into Egypt, c. 1750–60, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Pen and brush with brown ink and brown wash over red chalk on paper, 9 5/8 x 8 inches, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Art Daily
Three Decades of the Art Critic Kim Levin at Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
Kim Levin, Notes and Itineraries, 1975-2004, Courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York in cooperation with John Salvest. HELSINKI.- Art Daily