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Local Naval Commander Makes His Homecoming
A navy commander also makes his homecoming Saturday. Navy Commander Curt Jones who was born and raised in Binghamton, was honored with other alum Saturday night at the Chenango Valley Alumni Dinner and Auction, held at the Mckinley in Endicott. Commander Jones is slated to be the captain of the USS New York, a state-of-the-art naval vessel scheduled to be commissioned next fall. Jones said more ... FOX 40 Binghamton
Scottsdale's asphalt art draws curious onlookers
An old time European art tradition debuted in downtown Scottsdale this weekend. Early Saturday morning, around 100 local artists and art aficionados began creating soft pastel murals on the black asphalt parking lot facing Main Street Plaza. SLIDESHOW: Via Colori street painting festival East Valley Tribune
Out and about at Newark art fest
Seventh Annual Open Artists' Studios and Available Space Tour. Where: Centered on National Newark Building at 744 Broad St., Newark, and also scattered among nonprofit and commercial galleries in downtown Newark. When: Thursday-Oct. 26, with some exhibits staying up... The Star-Ledger
Blues at the Moon Festival Rocks Choctaw
First Blues at the Moon Live Music Festival kicked off this weekend at the Pearl River Resort WTOK-TV Meridian
Sand Masters: Sand Castle Days sees clear skies, moves to Isla Blanca
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND - Sand Castle Days got under way on Saturday morning under clear blue skies. The professional Masters of Sand worked to finish their sculptures before the 4 p.m. deadline and amateurs, businesses and families of sand carvers began their portion of the contest. The Brownsville Herald
Rago Holds Auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art on November 15, 2008
LAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- Rago's strongest sale of Post War and Contemporary art to date comes to auction on Saturday, November 15, 2008. It contains over 100 lots of paintings, works on paper and sculpture and another 100 lots of prints and photographs. Art Daily
American Association of Museums, MSA and USCHT Marketing Council to Promote Cultural Travel in U.S
CHESTERFIELD, MO.- The American Association of Museums (AAM), the Museum Store Association (MSA) and the U.S. Cultural and Heritage Tourism Marketing Council (USCHT) are collaborating to promote cultural travel to and within the United States. Art Daily
Speed Art Museum Announces Short List of Architects for Museum Expansion
Museum exterior image by John Nation. LOUISVILLE, KY.- During its Annual Meeting, the Speed Art Museum announced the selection of eight architectural firms as the finalists to design its future building expansion. Art Daily
Kunsthal Rotterdam Opens Alberto Giacometti Exhibition
ROTTERDAM.- With a large-scale retrospective, the Kunsthal will be honouring one of the most influential sculptors of the 20th century, Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). Art Daily
Philip Pearlstein: Objectifications Opens at Montclair Art Museum
Philip Pearlstein, Merry-Go-Round, 1940, Oil on board, 14 x 18 inches. Collection of the Pearlstein family. Photo courtesy of Philip Pearlstein Studio. Art Daily
William McKeown at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
William McKeown, Hope painting - The Light Inside, 2006, Oil on linen, 43 x 40.5 cm, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin. DUBLIN.- Art Daily
Sotheby's Sale of Contemporary Art Realises $38.1 Million
Andy Warhol, (1928-1987), Skulls. Estimated at 5,000,000—7,000,000 GBP, sold for £4,353,250 ($7,543,312), Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Art Daily
London Transport Museum's New Exhibition The Art of the Poster; A Century of Design Opened this Week
Crocus time, by Andre Edouard Marty, 1933. LONDON.- Over 60 original artworks went on display as part of a new retrospective exhibition at London Transport Museum. Art Daily
Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples Premieres at National Gallery of Art
Christen Kobke (Danish, 1810 - 1848), The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background, 1841 oil on canvas 70.8 x 88 cm (27 7/8 x 34 5/8 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Art Daily
First Solo Exhibition in an American Museum for Nathalie Djurberg
Natalie Djurberg. Still from We are not two, we are one, 2008. Clay animation, digital video. 5:33 min. Music by Hans Berg. LOS ANGELES.- Art Daily
Cranbrook Art Museum Presents an Unmatched Exhibition of More Than 200 Works of Andy Warhol
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI.- Andy Warhol, arguable the most important artist of the second half of the twentieth century, captivated the world with his irreverent perspective on modern life and celebrity. Art Daily
Foundation broadens its philanthropic role
It's appropriate that Ronn Richard, president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, will give the keynote speech at the 60th anniversary party for the Springfield Foundation on Wednesday, Oct. 22, at the Springfield Museum of Art. Springfield News-Sun
Events Calendar Oct. 19
Peanut Valley Festival — 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern New Mexico University Campus Union Building. Community Worship Service — 7-10 p.m. at the Memorial Building. All faiths are welcome. Portales News-Tribune
Peanut Valley Festival continues today
Dozens of booths filled with everything from purses and jewelry to pottery and artwork line the lobby and ballroom of Eastern New Mexico University’s Campus Union Building. Portales News-Tribune
Sculpture of a Scavenger That Hints at Horrors Seen
Huma Bhabha, the winner of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum?s Emerging Artist Award, exhibits her work. New York Times
Piecing Things Together
At the Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh, artists have appropriated sounds as well as sights to produce collages utilizing many mediums. New York Times
A Close-Up of Pop-Up Books, Magical and Movable
The Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum of the Nassau County Museum of Art is exhibiting highlights of a 1,500-volume collection of pop-up books. New York Times
Four new bronze president sculptures are unveiled
Four more presidential statues – Andrew Johnson, Grover Cleveland, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley – were unveiled during a ceremony Saturday at the Elks Theater and will take their places on corners somewhere in downtown Rapid City in the next week or two. Rapid City Journal