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Diwali is by far the most enthusiastically enjoyed festival for all Indians.It is sad to note that this occasion has not received any TV Media coverage from our national networks that it deserves.
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Lighter and bigger
The light sculpture HYPERION_Fragment (2008) by artist Rosalie and composer Georg Friedrich Haas is seen at the Centre for Arts and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Authors Address Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature
Author Grace Lin was among speakers at today’s Rabbit Hill Festival of Literature session at Westport’s Saugatuck Elementary School. Lin’s first novel, “The Year of the Dog,” won critical acclaim. Her books often bring to light the Asian-American experience for all children.
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Exhibition offers a glimpse into Qatar culture, heritage
A MULTI-MEDIA exhibition of Qatari artists has opened in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by RasGas, the exhibition, entitled “Qatar narratives: A country expressed by its own voices,” will continue until December 13 at the Deborah Colton Gallery.
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California Biennial reaches beyond the Golden State
The O.C. Museum of Art's exhibit asks tough questions.
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WELCOME GUEST! The White House said Friday it will host the November 15 global financial crisis summit at the National Building Museum in Washington and named three top aides to shape the US agenda for the talks.
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X Factor: Scott sent home after Daniel wows tearful judges with song in memory of his wife
Tonight saw the X Factor contestants getting suited and booted for Big Band night - a chance for the ten remaining finalists to give it what they've got and belt out the old classics.
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Scots artist sticks the knife in with painting of Hirst
artist has given Damien Hirst a taste of his own medicine. In an exhibition to be staged in Glasgow next month, rising star Richard Whincop features Hirst as a crash test dummy - targeted for stepping outside the box - with a diamond-encrusted palette knife lodged in his groin.
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Lakota exhibit continues traditions
This exhibition presents contemporary Lakota artworks illustrating traditional methods they used to transform themselves into fearsome warriors. The artworks and artifacts included in the exhibit encompass a variety of media: painting, sculpture, quilt making, quillwork, beadwork and leatherwork.
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"I am charting my life through my work"
To obtain the broken texture of my paintings, I work on a table staying bent for hours. It gives me immense pain but that is nothing in comparison to the pleasure I derive from my works.
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A shoe lover’s sole inspiration
MANILA, Philippines—While most art lovers collect paintings, sketches or sculptures, April Pascual—who also loves beautiful things—prefers shoes and to a lesser extent, bags.
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Hatch: What's going on ...
Ballroom blitz, Komen special airs, Modern art heist, He can't stop his legs
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Arts Notables
'Dream Pillow' latest Kindermusik class; Swedish folk painting is workshop topic; Grand piano dedication features Kaizer program; Champaign photographer presenting one-day show; Mountain dulcimer classes are Nov. 8; Calligraphy class coming up Nov. 8
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Dazzling collection of works by David Burliuk at The Ukrainian Museum
An exhibition that provides an overview of the most important periods in the life of famed Futurist David Burliuk opens at The Ukrainian Museum on Friday, October 31.
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Clip joint: the mind
In the beginning there was the word, and the word was "Action!" That's the sole cast-iron law of screenwriting - shit always has to happen - something anyone who's studied with the high priests of the Hollywood orthodoxy would never contest. So the mind, with its labyrinthine dead ends and stubborn loops, is tricky territory for cinema. Compared to its taciturn uncle, the novel, film is ...
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Every year this state, steeped as it is in tradition and history, brightens up with a million diyas and paglias. With the festival of lights around the corner there is no missing the overwhelming presence of splendid traditional decorations all over the colourful state of Rajasthan.
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The art of addresses
This is a strategy to combat the increasing practice of storing phone numbers and addresses in mobile phones. Gallery Sanskriti is coming up with a special address book, with pictures.
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Better Angels Art Event at Beyond Baroque Tonight
Beyond Baroque in Venice was the hip spot in the 80s for great music, literary events, arts, and performance. Tonight's all-star lineup proves the venue is still hosting exciting events. Tonight Beyond Baroque will be presenting Better Angels , an art exhibit by Diana Bonebrake , whose amazing skyscapes are nothing less than entrancing. Her work has been featured on book covers as well ...
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Back to life: a migrants’ lost world
When a group of construction workers started clearing out disused commercial premises in the Texan border town of El Paso in 1992, they stumbled on a pile of boxes filled with thousands of ageing photographic negatives.
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Blue-skinned men amuse kids at new exhibit
Isaac Budyszewick pounds on a Dr. Seussian contraption of PVC tubes with the reckless enthusiasm and abandon of a 4-year-old. Just like his three favorite new heroes nameless, blue-skinned, black-clad, earless mutes, the nearly ubiquitous Blue Man Group.
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Toronto Palestine Film Festival
On the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival, comes another motion picture fete about a people trying to carve out a state in a war-torn region.
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BBQ Festival marks 25th anniversary
LEXINGTON, N.C.-- It may have been wet, but that didn't stop thousands from packing the streets of Lexington for the annual Barbecue Festival on Saturday.
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Patients seek healing in creating art
A Credit Valley Hospital palliative care patient is carving her memory into soapstone.
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The great museum of Russia
Most of you are sure to have visited the Colombo National Museum. This is the biggest and most important museum in Sri Lanka, while there are many other smaller regional museums in the country.
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Chicano Art Receives Overdue Recognition In L.A.
A celebration of work by Mexican-American artists at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art marks a turnaround for a city where Chicano art had been virtually ignored by major institutions. "It's been hard-fought recognition," says actor and art collector Cheech Marin.
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