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Nazi Victim's Family Sues Germany for Looted El Greco, Pissarro
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The family of Walter Westfeld, a Jewish art dealer killed at Auschwitz, is suing Germany in the U.S. for damages incurred by the Nazis' confiscation of his collection, including paintings by El Greco and Pissarro. Bloomberg
ARTS 10:13 a.m. — "The Art of Three: Rolly, Tina and Kristine Zepeda -- A Family Exhibit" at the Bank of Guam through ...
"The Art of Three: Rolly, Tina and Kristine Zepeda -- A Family Exhibit" at the Bank of Guam. The artwork will be featured at the bank's second floor. The show continues through Thursday. The exhibit may be viewed during normal banking hours. Pacific Daily News
Latest Subaru range unveiled
MOTORCITY unveiled the latest Subaru 2009 range at the new Subaru showroom on Al Estiqlal Highway, Sanad. The new state-of-the-art showroom houses a range of cars, including the Impreza Hatchback, Impreza Sedan, Legacy, Outback, Forester and Tribeca. Gulf Daily News
Raphael's Madonna gets glow on her cheeks
FLORENCE, Italy: After 10 years of painstaking study and restoration that tested both cutting edge technology and human patience, one of the greatest masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance is returning to the public. China Daily
City giving away candy Tuesday
Stillwater is celebrating a Ghost Town Halloween Tuesday in the annual Downtown Halloween Festival, inviting children and adults to dress up in style and have fun. Stillwater NewsPress
Thought provoking gallery exhibition
A thought provoking exhibition Whispers from the Mind by three Australian/Chilean artists commences at the Cowra Regional Art Gallery on Saturday October 25. Cowra Guardian
New Historical Exhibit in Washburn
The Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Washburn is preparing an exhibit with artifacts from two men who came through what is now North Dakota, a quarter of a century after the famed explorers. KQCD-TV Dickinson
Film festival highlights hunger issues
Waiting outside a clinic, a frail, starving and hopeless Ethiopian child buries his head into his hands. This was one of many images presented Saturday at the first Hunger Awareness Film Festival hosted in Biology building room 106 by Seva. Terri Dove, a junior art major from Cooper and co-president of the organization, said Seva is a community service and activist group striving to shed ... The Daily Toreador
Carve your vote
America has never faced a more important choice at Halloween. And now, the hour of decision is at hand. So what will it be, Charlotte? Maverick-o'-lantern or Change-o'-lantern? Observer artist Wm Pitzer has created templates of John McCain and Barack Obama to help you participate in this hallowed form of democracy. A pumpkin-carving kit – with precision saws and scraping tools – will make ... The Charlotte Observer
Imagination meets animation
MANILA, Philippines - Superheroes and mythical beings comprise a number of entries for the second “Animahenasyon” Pinoy Animation Festival to be held on Nov. 12-16 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Philippine Daily Inquirer
White Oak instructor named Art Educator of the Year
Art isn't just a class Deb Pylypiw teaches. Instead, it's a lifestyle. And one for which she's being honored. Pylypiw, an art teacher at White Oak High School, was named the 2008-09 Art Educator of the Year by the N.C. Art Education Association. Jacksonville Daily News
Pictures among the best in country NSW
Maitland Mercury photographer Cath Bowen has been named runner-up in the prestigious EC Sommerlad Memorial Award for Photography at the Country Press NSW Awards. The Maitland Mercury
art October 27 - November 10 (except Sunday) at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm:
Missed Call — an exhibition of recent works by C. Douglas. Till October 30 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027; 12 noon - 7 pm: GenNext III , the annual show of Aakriti Art Gallery featuring an exhibition of paintings, sculptures, prints, textiles, video and photographs by contemporary artists below 40 years of age, including foreign participants ... The Telegraph
Critics' dilemma: to walk out on garbage or sit tight?
Earlier this month, Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert ripped into a movie called Tru Loved like he was carving a Halloween jack-o'-lantern, labeling it ``on about the same level as a not especially good high school play. . . . It fails at fundamentals we take for granted when we go to the movies. By lacking them, it illustrates what the minimum requirements are for a competent film.'' Miami Herald
Epson photo contest winners known
MANILA, Philippines - If a picture is worth a thousand words, would printing it on a 64-inch-wide large format printer increase its worth to a million? Philippine Daily Inquirer
Lascanos thread the flow of life
MANILA, Philippines - The communal ground of natural observation, aesthetic simplification and emotional delineation upon which both Rico and Chachu Lascano thrive as partners in art, continues in the exhibition titled “Mga Tilamsik ng Diwa at Barong Tagalog” (Reflections on the Barong Tagalog). Philippine Daily Inquirer
Varied artists in ‘Varied Palettes’
MANILA, Philippines - Four award-winning visual artists —Camille de la Rosa, Dante Hipolito, Orly Ypon, and Bernardo Maac—will hold the joint exhibit “Varied Palettes” Oct. 29-Nov. 1, at Art Center, Bldg. A, SM Megamall. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Lydia Velasco’s art of the total woman
MANILA, Philippines - Despite global financial crisis, two works by Lydia Velasco sold successfully in the Borobudur auction of Southeast Asian Contemporary and Modern Art on Oct. 12: “Mona Mystica,” the 78x60-inch acrylic on canvas, and “Spring,” the 48x48-inch mixed media on canvas. Philippine Daily Inquirer
Art in October
Berkeley Heights artist Katie Weiss has several self-portraits on display in the lobby of The Connection for Women and Families, 79 Maple St., Summit. Her work is part of the third annual Art In October exhibit that honors women with... Independent Press
Fisher: Everyday art
Exhibit shows off work of women artists of the past San Jose Mercury News
Monday, October 27, 2008
The exhibition titled Extinction and Beyond is currently on display at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat Art Gallery. Deccan Herald
Monday, October 27, 2008
There is a musically vibrant, gentle abstraction by Ganesh Haloi and an abstract trajectory of motion and tension in space by Rm. Palaniapppan. One remembers Chandana Kankara’s paintings done after graduating from the CKP college. Deccan Herald
Hungarian's Innovative Action Shots at Manezh
27 October 2008 Head to the Manezh this month and month to feast your eyes on photos by Martin Munkacsi, a man who inspired photographers such as Richard Avedon and revolutionized fashion photography. The Moscow Times
Monday, October 27, 2008
Exhibition: Sudhakar Rao, Chief Secretary to inaugurate exhibition by Somji, "Extinction…and Beyond', Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Kumarakrupa Road, 10am. Deccan Herald
School briefs
ImaginationCelebration Let your imagination soar at the Clear Creek School District’s celebration of the arts. The festival is free of charge for elementary-age children and their families. The Bay Area Citizen