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Museum of Lucerne Opens Hiroshi Sugimoto Retrospective
Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, photographed before the inauguration of a retrospective dedicated to his work at the Museum of Lucerne in Switzerland. Photo: EFE / SIGI TISCHLER.
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Largest Collection of Works by Wassily Kandinsky Opened at the Lenbachhaus in Munich
This large and ambitious retrospective includes some 95 paintings from all the important periods of Kandinsky’s oeuvre. MUNICH.-
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Fundraiser will feature art from cemetery trees
Urban Forest will hold a fundraiser Thursday, a showing and sale of artwork made by local woodworkers from trees harvested from Allegheny Cemetery.
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Martin County community connection: Oct. 27
The Studio for Adults: Professional artists provide skilled instruction to individual students. Elliott Museum, 825 N.E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart, Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Register: (772) 225-1961, ext. 107.
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Peter Schjeldahl: Timely retrospectives in Baltimore and New York.
Retrospectives of two veteran contemporary artists who make a lot of people happy, including me, have opened, as if on order for hard times. “Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work 1972-2008,” at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and “Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone,” at . . .
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Goings on About Town: On the Horizon
THE THEATRE BEING GREEN Nov. 8 David Lindsay-Abaire wrote the book and lyrics and Jeanine Tesori wrote the music for “Shrek the Musical,” which continues the ogre’s evolution from William Steig character to movie hero to Broadway leading man. (212-239-6200.) MOVIES WAVING HELLO Nov. 12-16 New York’s festivals, commercial . . .
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Goings on About Town: Art
MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)--“The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions.” Through Feb. 1. “Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964.” Through Dec. 14. “Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717).” Through Jan. 4. “Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection . . .
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David Denby: Anthony Mann's "Men in War."
Anthony Mann’s 1957 movie about an American platoon in the Korean conflict, “Men in War,” screening on Nov. 1 in the series “To Save and Project: The Sixth MOMA International Festival of Film Preservation,” is a classic example of downbeat fifties Hollywood filmmaking. The film was stunningly shot (by Ernest . . .
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Books: "The Nancy Book"
The guileless heroine of Ernie Bushmiller’s long-running comic strip “Nancy” is an unlikely icon in contemporary art, recurring in work by postmodern cartoonists like Bill Griffith and Scott McCloud, in an Andy Warhol painting, and in rock posters by Frank Kozik. But no one put her to better use . . .
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Crumb’s comic art in museums across the world
PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ As a lonely teenager, Robert Crumb vowed to use his artistic talent to become famous to take revenge on those who had rejected him.
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Complaint filed over festival rift
SEAGROVE — Will there be two pottery festivals on the same weekend in November?
Asheboro Courier-Tribune |
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Artist in residence
When 26-year-old illustrator Scott Camara unloaded his car of painting tools and finished works on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon, a milestone was reached.
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Art dealer, homeless man team up to write book
In the book "Same Kind of Different As Me," an international art dealer and a homeless man write about their friendship that developed after the art dealer volunteered at a homeless shelter. So inspiring was the book that Atlantan David Smith, a longtime volunteer and board member at Trinity Community Ministries, decided to invite the authors Ron Hall and Denver Moore to speak at a fund-raiser. ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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CD East High's student art crackles with energy
From the walls and the floor of Central Dauphin East High School's lobby, artwork practically leaps at you. It's not necessarily pretty stuff, something to go with the living room sofa. Much of it is haunted by youthful angst, and some anger. Energy, in short.
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What Is It?: Young Shakespeare
n The bronze "Young Shakespeare" sculpture on the grounds of the long-shuttered Shakespeare Theater in Stratford.n The larger-than-life statue was the work of British sculptor Astrid Zydower.
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The Guennol Lioness Statue Has Record Sale
A 5000 year old Mesopotamian stone lioness measuring a mere 3 1/4" high brings record sales for any type of sculpture.
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Japanese Garden Festival
The Sogetsu School of Ikebana holds demonstrations of the ancient Japanese art of flower arrangement during both days of Descanso Gardens' annual festival.
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Talib Kweli is one of the judges in the Vote Hip Hop Contest.
$500 prizes for winners in 3 categories! Wiretap and the Gen Vote coalition are sponsoring VoteHipHop - a contest open to young artists 18-30 years. The deadline for entries is extended to Nov. 1.
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Oct. 27-Nov. 1 'Unchained' event helps merchants, helps all of us
The fifth annual Oak Ridge Pumpkin Festival, which was celebrated in the Grove Shopping Center on Saturday, kicked off a weeklong "Oak Ridge Unchained" shopping campaign that will end Nov. 1 in the city's Historic Jackson Square with a complementary event aptly titled "A Taste of Oak Ridge."
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Katy Perry - Perry Gives Bust To Charity
Raunchy singer KATY PERRY has donated a sculpture of her bust to raise money for a breast cancer charity. The I Kissed A Girl hitmaker's chest mould will be painted by ...
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Artist’s concepts wax with medium
By day, Daisy McConnell is wife, mother of two, assistant curator of Idea Space at Colorado College and an art teacher for at-risk youths. By night, the petite curly-haired blonde is armed with a heat gun, wax and etching tools, making paintings of buglike women now on display at Rubbish Gallery.
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Guide dogs welcome, at least at the bakery
As we mentioned earlier , a temporary permission allowing guide dogs in public places has now run out of time. For the seven people in China who have seeing eye dogs, it's back to pre-Paralympic times. However, we've noticed that bakery chain Café 85 C has understood the use of these dogs. Pets, smoking, outside food and photography are not allowed at the chain and neither are pets, unless ...
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No stones, please: Stan Saran’s glass house in Marco shows off his art, etchings, sense of humor
Stan Saran has to have the only powder room on Marco Island that’s also an art gallery. That’s because his entire home is a showcase for art — some of which he has created himself.
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MOVING UP: Corey Saban, Distinction: Director of exhibitor relations for the Palm Beach Show Group
Recent accomplishment: After 15 years as a television news anchor and reporter, Corey Saban said it was time for something different.
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Collectors Snap Up Fontana, Quinn; Shun Riskier Artists at FIAC
Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Art collectors are responding to the global financial crisis by banking on classic names such as Lucio Fontana and seeking value for money when choosing new pieces, dealers said at the FIAC show in Paris that ended last night.
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