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A Haunting View: Hotel hopes reputation, art exhibit draw visitors
Nilda Elizondo, art curator at the Starr County Historical Society Foundation, is well aware of the appeal of La Borde House in Rio Grande City.
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Brooklyn's mesmerizing sound artists
The Audiophiliac finds two terrific sound installations at the recent DUMBO Art Festival in Brooklyn.
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Crystal Bridges Acquires Sargent Portrait
John Singer Sargent's portrait of author Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife is the latest acquisition by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. "Robert Louis Stevenson and His Wife" is one of Sargent's most recognized portraits.
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A Cornwall Gallery is Turning Meaning of Art Inside Out
CORNWALL-Kelly Futerer does not want to show paintings of Cornwall's covered bridge. The only one she has ever shown at her gallery, iO inside outsider art in Cornwall Bridge, pictured a giant stuck inside the bridge, its head popping out at one end and its feet jutting out at the other.
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A Small Business Success Story: Element One Photography
Picture this: You’ve spent two months creating a website for your small business. You’ve poured yourself into it. The web site is a thing of beauty, and it showcases your work very effectively.
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Int'l tattoo festival gets underway
Mark Tairsacan had been planning to get a warrior tattoo since last year. Yesterday, as several onlookers watched, Tairscan became one of the first people to get inked at the 2nd annual Saipan International Tatu & Arts Festival yesterday.
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Montréal hotels, 2 nights, from $162
Take advantage of Tourisme Montréal's discounted second night offer—nicely timed to three blockbuster exhibitions.
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Redrock's Cinematizing Kit to Turn Video DSLRs Into Proper Movie Cams [Photography]
Sure, the Canon 5D Mark II and Nikon D90's HD video capability is pretty amazing, but since the camera chassis and lenses are a typical DSLR shape, they lack many things in terms of utility for...
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Marion School District 1 receives grant from Arts Commission
Easterling Primary School students show off their art from re-cyclable materials, thanks to art teacher Amber Jordon. The school is one of several in the district to benefit from a state grant.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Nezet-Seguin, Royal Festival Hall
Conducting is a mystical business. You generally know within seconds of the start of a performance if he or she has what it takes to take an orchestra and an audience to that other place where senses are heightened and the air seems to move a little differently.
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Texas Waterfront Condominiums on Lake Travis to Sell at Real Estate Auction
Texas waterfront condominiums on The Island of Lake Travis will sell 12 condominiums at absolute auction, to the highest bidders from a pool of 36 condominiums, on Saturday, November 1st at 1 p.m. J.P. King Auction Company, the nation's leading real estate auction marketing firm specializing in high-value properties, is managing the sale.
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Los Angeles Wildfire Near Getty Museum Closes Freeway (Update1)
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The San Diego Freeway in Los Angeles was closed after a wildfire broke out near the Getty Center art museum, shutting one of the main arteries through Southern California before the morning rush hour.
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Crystal Bridges Acquires Sargent Portrait
John Singer Sargent's portrait of author Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife is the latest acquisition by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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'It's All About Color' at PGSMA reception
An artists’ reception highlights “It’s All About Color,” featuring contemporary quilts and “At the Ends of the Earth” by Patrick Smith. An ArtShare presentation is at 6 p.m. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art. 1400 1st Ave. N. 727-8255.
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Another Attempt to Keep Classic Art In UK
"Titian's masterpiece Diana and Actaeon has been unveiled at the National Gallery in London, as a campaign to keep the painting in the UK continues." The painting ordinarily hangs at the National Gallery of Scotland.
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Really old money
The antiquities trade has been making headlines, and they are weird ones: "Eulogy for the Euphronius Krater." (What in the world is a "krater"?) "Museum to Show Off Fake Egyptian Sculptures." (That's ridiculous, isn't it?) "Antiquities Dealer Gets Prison Time." (A nice old man with a pince-nez comes to mind, dragged off to the clink for some tragicomical offense, no doubt.)
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Pillar Of LA Art Scene Dies
"Patricia Faure -- a beloved art dealer and eternally glamorous personality whose teenage dreams of movie stardom gave way to careers in modeling, fashion photography and, finally, the art business -- has died at 80... She established her presence as director of the highly regarded Nicholas Wilder Gallery in 1972 and formed a partnership with the late Betty Asher in Asher/Faure Gallery before ...
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The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts Proudly Brings Eco-Luxury to Downtown Portland with the Debut of the Nines, a ...
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) and Sage Hospitality today proudly announced the opening of the Nines, a Luxury Collection Hotel, unveiling a new level of style, sophistication and eco-luxury to the Pacific Northwest. A vital part of the revitalization of downtown Portland, the Nines features 331 luxuriously appointed guest rooms and suites, an extensive art collection ...
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Como is the capital of 'Fiber art' and again hosts 'Miniartextil'
Como is the capital of 'Fiber art' and again hosts 'Miniartextil' The international contemporary textile art show will be in como until november 16th Como – Como is the capital of the world fiber art and the city is hosting “Miniartextil”, the 18th edition of the international contemporary textile art show. This year’s main theme is “matrix natura”: an intuition, an inspiration which ...
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The high-stakes game of trading in ancient artifacts
The antiquities trade has been making headlines, and they are weird ones: "Eulogy for the Euphronius Krater." "Museum to Show Off Fake Egyptian Sculptures." "Antiquities Dealer Gets Prison Time."
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Canon Strengthens Its Line of Large Format Printers for Professional Photography and Graphic Arts New imagePROGRAF ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2008--PhotoPlus 2008--Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of office imaging systems, inkjet technology and digital photography equipment, today unveiled the new imagePROGRAF iPF6200, a 24-inch wide large format printer using 12 colors of LUCIA pigment ink, designed for photographic and graphic arts professionals.
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Historic moment for college
The renaissance of Niagara College's Welland campus is underway. More than $40 million is earmarked for the local campus, representing the bulk of the college's [...]
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School board halts sale of district items
DuBOIS - Questions put a halt on the sale of items by the DuBois Area School District. At Wednesday's regular meeting, the school board voted 5-4 to defer a motion to allow Britton Auction to sell items no longer used by the district.
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GMA Artist Center holds second Sindie film fest
Matagumpay na nagtapos ang 2nd Sindie Film Festival na inorganisa ng GMA Artist Center (GMAAC) at ginanap sa Robinsons Galleria Cinema 2 noong Linggo, October 19. Highlight nito ang graduation rites ng 74 workshoppers at pagbibigay ng acting at technical awards para sa walong kalahok na short films.
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Iran calls for deep OPEC cut
VIENNA, Austria - Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash oil production by a daily 2 million barrels to stop a steep slide in prices that has left crude at its cheapest since last summer.
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