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Gwyther Irwin: Artist and teacher who forged a reputation as Britain's foremost collagist
When Gwyther Irwin participated in the ICA's exhibition "Three Collagists" in 1958 it marked the defining start of his career as England's foremost creator in this unusual format. Divorced from the singular craft precedents of Bloomsbury, and the eccentricities of British Surrealism, his uncompromising use of old and recycled poster hoardings, often removed under cover of night, gave his work a ...
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Fresh scandal hits Bilbao's Guggenheim
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, European flagship for the US cultural foundation, is reported to have paid well over the odds for art to fill Frank Gehry's swooping titanium masterpiece.
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Photography exhibit helps the cause of Bay Area foster children
Many foster families are featured in the Bay Area Heart Gallery, a traveling exhibit designed to raise awareness of the roughly 10,000 foster children in the region.
San Mateo County Times |
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On Display: "The Butterfly Effect"
MOTOYA NAKAMURA/THE OREGONIANLeslie Durst came up with an unusual plan to commission work by her favorite artists, for a Portland Institute for Contemporary Art exhibit. For her 60th birthday party last Saturday, philanthropist Leslie Durst unveiled a five-day exhibit in...
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World record for Colourist as Roses sells for £500,000
DEFYING the economic slowdown, a new world-record price was set for a painting by a Scottish colourist yesterday, when a work by artist Samuel John Peploe sold for £529,750.
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Lindsborg, Lucas, Oakley treasures among 8 Wonders
The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced Thursday that the Birger Sandzen Gallery in Lindsborg, Buffalo Bill bronze sculpture in Oakley and the Garden of Eden and Grassroots Arts in Lucas are among the top 8 Wonders of Kansas Art.
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Klement: 4th Annual Show at BCL a winner for budding, experienced artists
Sales are brisk at the 4th Annual “Friends & Artists” Art Show & Sale at Blanchard Community Library, where Ventura Adult Continuing Education students of noted artist Judy Klement have racked up awards and prize money, as well as more than a few sales.
Santa Paula Times |
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Observations: Why artists need dealers
Art dealers were miffed when Damien Hirst bypassed them by selling his works directly at auction last month. They argue that they made him, so how could he cut them out? Their cages have been rattled. So is there still a role for the dealer?
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Starting today and until Sunday, the National Village Museum “Dimitrie Gusti” will host the traditional autumn fair dedicated to Saint Demetrius, due to be attended by artisans, folklore ensembles and music groups from all regions of the country, as well as the actors of the Masca Theatre and the Peruvian band Sin Fronteras.
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Rising Star: Lemn Sissay, poet
Not so much a rising as a resurgent star, perhaps, poet and performer Lemn Sissay has never so visible, and audible, on so many fronts. His installation 'Washing Lines' forms part of the Poetry International festival at the Southbank Centre (from today).
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Tom Sutcliffe: Is Andrew a Renaissance man?
Walking around the National Gallery's exhibition Renaissance Faces last week I bumped into the art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon. Nothing particularly noteworthy in that, you might think, given that it was a press view. But what was unusual was that Andrew was hanging on the wall. He was in a painting by Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen, and appeared to be wearing a cloak of marten fur and gesturing at the ...
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Stanley Gene: How old a man is Stan?
Few issues in rugby league are as guaranteed to bring on the silly season prematurely as the question of Stanley Gene's age. The apparently timeless Papua New Guinea vice-captain is in Australia for the World Cup, which begins with his country's game against England in Townsville tomorrow. And the very sight of his weathered features has been enough to trigger a type of Dutch auction in the ...
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Morton to open art show
Local artist and former Archibald finalist Ann Morton will open the Mulyan Public School Art and Craft Show tonight.
Cowra Guardian |
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'Vanity Fair Portraits' at LACMA
A 1987 Annie Leibovitz photograph of Jackie and Joan Collins is among the images in a Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition and an Abrams book. Sibling rivalry has never looked more glamorous than when Annie Leibovitz shot the high-profile sisters Jackie and Joan Collins in Los Angeles for Vanity Fair in 1987, at the height of the "Dynasty"-era excess. Competing, cantilevered cleavage ...
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Winter Wonders Holiday Glass Show: One of a Kind Shopping Experience
Artists from the Southeast Michigan Glass Beadmakers Guild, nicknamed GlassAct, will be exhibiting and selling their artwork at the Birmingham Unitarian Church on November 1st, 2008, from 10 am to 5 pm.
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Elam, Artstation host first Pacific, Māori show
The George Fraser Gallery and Artstation are delighted to present The Conch is Calling, an inaugural exhibition showcasing emerging Māori and Pacific Island artists from Elam School of Fine Arts.
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Art spotlight: 'Two Wings'
Continuing: Inspired by American Indian legends, customs and peoples, painter Lisa Fifield has built a career that includes illustrations for children's books and exhibitions at galleries and museums throughout the United States.
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Museum offers Day of the Dead program for families
The Evansville Museum invites families to learn about Mexico’s Day of the Dead history and traditions from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25 in the museum.
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Diversity is way to survival
From three-dimensional dinosaurs to wind farms, participants in the Permian Basin International Oil Show were finding things to rely on other than petroleum.
Odessa American |
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Video: 'If I Could Change the World' art exhibit
With a few brushstrokes, some glue and paint, students from Abington, Rockland and other South Shore communities have been offering their perspectives on the world around them, and how they’d change it if they could.
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American Museum of Natural History to Open Ice Rink
A new ice age is coming to the American Museum of Natural History.
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Charter School students tackle tough topics in art exhibit
With a few brushstrokes, some glue and paint, students from Norwell and other South Shore communities have been offering their perspectives on the world around them, and how they’d change it if they could....
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The Finer Brews in Life: Oktoberfest Edition
The German festival of drink may be long over. Tents over Munich and Bavarian squares came down nearly two weeks ago and though you can't get a dimpled steins filled with black sludge around here some local American breweries are still rolling out the seasonal goods in bulk.
The Cowl |
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The Low Down on Down Town
"So what are you doing tonight?" My mission this week was to figure out what other college students in our area are up to. Maybe it will inspire you to jump out of the PC bubble and explore a sketchy club, classy art exhibit, or drink tea on Fridays. J-WU "Uh .
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Awards open tonight
THE Bega Valley Art Awards will be judged this week and the winners announced at the exhibition opening tonight.
Bega District News |
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