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VSA arts and MetLife Foundation Announce 'Arts Connect All' Grant Opportunity
WASHINGTON, DC.- VSA arts and MetLife Foundation today announced their 5th annual "Arts Connect All" grant opportunity for arts organizations to create or enhance inclusive educational programs by strengthening partnerships with local public schools.
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Artists display their works at Fall Foliage Festival
Joshua Solomon said a gypsy woman pointed him toward glass blowing.
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ARTS 1 p.m. — Spondylus shell, jewelry event Friday
1 p.m., Oct. 21 — The Guam Gallery of Art and the Chamorro Artists Association present their fourth Orange Night, Spondylus Night, from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday at The Guam Gallery of Art at the Chamorro Village in Hagåtña, during Arts and Humanities Month, in celebration of the Chamorro culture and in remembrance of their ancestors.
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Whitney Museum Presents a New Look at Alexander Calder
Prima Donna, Woman with Bow, and Horse from Calder's "Circus" 1926-31. Mixed media , dimensions variable.
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Extraordinary Collection of Italian Art from the Uffizi Gallery on View at CaixaForum Barcelona
The paintings, Sacrifice of Isaac (left) by Livio Mehus and Birth of Adam by Jacopo Da Empoli, are two of the 45 masterpieces by figures such as Botticelli and Luca Giordano, made between the XV and XVII centuries belonging to the Uffizi Gallery on view starting today at Caixaforum.
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Artist harvest materials from the river
St. Clair River. Lashbrook has married his twin passions of art and scuba diving to create sculptures using materials harvested from 40 feet below the surface.
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Houston Academy uses classic art to bring history to life
Houston Academy students are using classic American paintings and photos to learn more about art, history and other subjects.
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#9830;Auction Solutions International, Roanoke, has hired Jim Hittler as senior auction adviser.
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Controversial art shows Sheriff Joe holding woman and kid at gunpoint
TUCSON - Organizers set up what they call public art which portrays the sheriff as a racist and he is certainly not happy about it.
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Reports Of Art Market's Death Somewhat Exaggerated
It was a rough weekend at the contemporary art auctions, yes, but "the art market, while diminished, is by no means dead and buried." After all, "big profits were still being made."
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Power Bash zeroes in on global leaders
From global champions to new guard and up and comers, the Phoenix Business Journal honored the region’s power players during its annual Power Bash Oct. 16 at Phoenix Art Museum.
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FALLBROOK: Art show depicts pain of war, honors service members
FALLBROOK ---- From displays honoring the sacrifices of the U.S. military to those decrying the pain and suffering of war, a new exhibit at the Fallbrook Art Center tackles a topic that executive director Mary Perhacs said is timely and appropriate for this small town.
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Financial crisis reaches world of high-end art
The mood was frosty at London's Frieze Art Fair. Bidders were sparse at Christie's and Sotheby's. Even Andy Warhol's multicolored skulls failed to lift the art world's gloom. A week of slowing sales and sagging prices suggests that the global financial...
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Comment: 'Berkeley Big People' invites mockery
Emeryville artist Scott Donahue's sculpture "Berkeley Big People," dedicated over the weekend, scores a new black eye on the already battered face of public art in the Bay Area. Unlike that other nearly irremediable form of public art - architecture - most...
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Freud portrait of Bacon sold for US$9 million
An oil painting of Francis Bacon by his close friend Lucian Freud, one of only two of its kind, was sold on Sunday for more than nine million dollars, auction house Christie's said.
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In Tough Economy, Sales Rates Fall At Photo Auctions
The downturn in the economy cast a shadow on the fall photo auctions in New York last week. As the stock market swung wildly, the auction houses had a hard time attracting high enough bids on some works.
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Racine Art Museum offers fall classes
RACINE — The following classes will be offered by the Racine Art Museum at Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, 2519 Northwestern Ave.:
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Aboriginal art auction falls short
If the results of Sotheby's Aboriginal art auction in Sydney last night are anything to go by, the art industry in Australia has some tough times ahead.
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The mood was frosty at London’s Frieze Art Fair. Bidders were sparse at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. Even Andy Warhol’s multicolored skulls failed to lift the art world’s gloom.
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Prices plunge as financial woe hits art market
The mood was frosty at London’s Frieze Art Fair. Bidders were sparse at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. Even Andy Warhol’s multicolored skulls failed to lift the art world’s gloom. A week of slowing sales
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Maori carving stolen at China conference
Every effort is being made to track down a Maori carving which was stolen during an earthquake conference in Beijing.
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Kate Moss Sculptor Sells $21,000 Marble Table at Design Fair
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Artist Marc Quinn , whose gold statue of model Kate Moss with her legs tucked behind her head is currently outraging traditionalists at the British Museum in London, is now creating furniture made from marble.
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Cultural Council To Run Governors Island Artists' Program
"The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council has been selected to run an artists' studio and exhibition space on Governors Island that will include a year-round artist residency and weekend events. ...
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Freud's Bacon portrait sold for $9.3M
LONDON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Lucian Freud's 1967 portrait of his friend and fellow British painter Francis Bacon has sold for $9.3 million at a Christie's auction in London.
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Aboriginal art auction falls short
If the results of Sotheby's Aboriginal art auction in Sydney last night are anything to go by, the art industry in Australia has some tough times ahead.
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