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Many Faces of Muhammad Ali Portrayed in Photos
An photo exhibition at the Hofstra University Museum is a visual commentary on the life and times of the boxing champion.
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Riding the tails to victory
South Dakotan Joshua Spies won the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp contest.
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Antique Muses Stir a Modern Orpheus
Jim Dine?s latest project at the Getty Villa has allowed him to meditate on two of his greatest passions over the years sculpture and poetry.
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N.H. Film Festival adds 'Between the Folds' screening on Sunday
The screening of “Between the Folds,” on day two of The New Hampshire Film Festival, proved so popular Executive Director Nicole Gregg decided to give it a second, unscheduled slot for Sunday.
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Park marks anniversary
The park that almost wasn't is celebrating its 40th anniversary this weekend. Biscayne National Park -- 173,000 acres, 22 miles long and 14 miles wide; extending from south of Key Biscayne to north of Key Largo; 90 percent underwater -- is America's largest marine park. But if not for the dogged efforts of a handful of local activists, it might have become an oil refinery, a deep-water port, a ...
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Buena Vista, Marion County partner with celebration Nov. 1
For many years, people have traveled to Buena Vista for the annual Rural America Festival. This fall event has provided wholesome times for families to share the great views of the Courthouse Square as they survey the works and treats of many are vendors. Rural America activities will begin at 8 a.m.The leadership and direction of the restoration of Pasaquan has brought local, area and nation ...
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Local 12 year old's pretty pumpkins are first rate
MIDDLETOWN - Lauren Reynolds takes pride in her pumpkin creations, which may be why she has a tendency to win the decorating contest at Crystal Lake year after year.
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New Please Touch Museum - Philadelphia News
It was a ceremonious celebration as the new Please Touch Museum officially opened
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A whole new file on rebel writer Burroughs
The drug-inspired work of William Burroughs, including The Naked Lunch and The Soft Machine, has appalled, confused and delighted lovers of literature for the past 50 years. Now, more than 10 years after his death, two new exhibitions are about to reveal previously unseen work of a man who became a counter-cultural hero.
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Crisis Bites Art Market as Sale Raises Less Than Third Estimate
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Lot after lot by contemporary-art stars such as Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince failed to sell in London last night as Phillips de Pury & Co's auction raised less than a third of its expected total.
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Scavenger Hunt Brings Art Out Of The Gallery
Dozens of people headed to the Minneapolis Parks this weekend with a mission. They were looking for a 2x2 inch paintings of an octopus as part of the Minneapolis Art Hunt. It's an event organized by local artist William Hessian who wanted to move art outside of galleries.
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India: Public Places, Private Spaces—Contemporary Photography and Video Art - The Art Newspaper
The popularity of contemporary Indian art continues unabated, and this presentation of photography and video art offers up a few new names and wide a range of themes. Among the 28-featured artists are Tejal Shah, Shilpa Gupta, Navjot Altaf, Raghu Rai and Raja Ravi Varma.
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Carnaby Kiss
Are you an exhibitionist? Could you pucker up in public? Would you kiss on camera or are you just a bit of a snogging voyeur? Either way, you’re in for a treat with a sexy new exhibition that aims to show us all, well, kissing!
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Airlines' high hopes for lower fuel surcharges
As crude oil prices dip to their lowest in almost a year, airlines are beginning to reduce their fuel surcharges in the hope of boosting passenger numbers during the ever-worsening credit crunch
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Page-turner: On the Chesney Wold motorway bypass
It's not often you hear snorts of mirth during the press view of an exhibition. Critics are supposed to be professionally impeturbable, but "Cartoons and Coronets" at the Wallace Collection in London is enough to shake anyone's poise. Osbert Lancaster was a cartoonist, set designer and illustrator of genius, and the exhibition showcases his abundant talents.
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Parties: In praise of psychedelia
The launch party of the artist Alan Aldridge's retrospective ("The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes") at the Design Museum in south-east London had a suitably psychedelic atmosphere, as guests arrived to see two women standing on plinths wearing nothing but the artist's designs, applied in MAC body paint.
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Partenope, Coliseum, London Rusalka, Hackney Empire, London Brendel/Mackerras/Philharmonia, Royal Festival Hall, London
Set in a salon in 1920s Paris, Christopher Alden's English National Opera production of Partenope plays fast and surreal with the erotic intrigues of Handel's 1730 original. The battles here are battles of wit; the bayonets of war bloodless props for a photographic composition; the walls a blank canvas on which the lines of desire are traced and framed and framed again.
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Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian, National Gallery, London Annie Leibovitz, National Portrait Gallery, London
The National and National Portrait Galleries have always made odd neighbours, much of the latter's collection belonging on the walls of the former. Every now and then, though, their dual existence makes sense, as with this week's (entirely unintentional) pairing of Renaissance Faces at the National and Annie Leibovitz at the NPG.
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Are We There Yet?: It's the season of kids' festivals
I don't like to panic you, but it's nearly half term. The good news is that it's also the season of kids' festivals, so your little darlings can stretch their imaginations for a change.
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Hagan focuses on meeting voters in Senate race
GIBSONVILLE, N.C. Everyone seems to know everybody else at the Gibsonville fall festival, winking at neighbors and hugging friends while selling homemade soap, art and jewelry from seats behind a few folding card tables.
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SSG: “The Slow Reveal: Leah Ballis and Dragana Crnkaj” and “Corey Drieth: Small Scale Abstraction”
November 7, 2008 to November 29, 2008. Leah Bailis, "Fence." Dragana Crnjak, "At the Table." Corey Drieth, "Seed." Second Street Gallery offers "The Slow Reveal: Leah Bailis and Dragana Crnjak" in the main gallery. Bailis uses disposable materials to explore sculptural aspects of overlooked objects, and Crnjack creates site-specific transitional moments on the walls. In the Dové Gallery, ...
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Painting the Town Pink: Retailers Help Fight Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and businesses in downtown Eau Claire were tickled pink on Saturday to help the American Cancer Society.
WEAU Eau Claire |
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‘Ambridge’ was judge’s inspiration!
FORMER Tavistock mayor Norma Woodcock did the opening honours at Whitchurch Village Produce and Handicraft Show. Mrs Woodcock (above right) told exhibitors that while she had no experience of produce shows, she had learned a lot about them while listening to the ‘Ambridge’ show!
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Downtown Naples streets fill with artwork for fall festival
Fifth Avenue South filled with paintings, sculptures, photography and other artwork Saturday as the 10th annual Downtown Naples Fall Art Festival got under way. With more than 150 artists’ work on display, the two-day festival offers a range of styles, mediums and prices for attendees. The Naples Fall Art Festival continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free.
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Raymond and Patsy Nasher’s most beloved sculptures go on show
By GAILE ROBINSON There is a poignant sadness to the current exhibit at the Nasher Sculpture Center, where some of the pieces dearest to Patsy and Raymond Nasher are on display. Ray died last year, Patsy in 1987. Now that both Nashers are gone, the sculptures that were kept close to home, because of their fragility or special significance to the family, are now in the center’s galleries. From ...
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