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Playboy art brings in $230,000 at auction
An auction of art from Playboy magazine's archives has brought in $230,000.
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Art of Life Exhibition
50 local cancer survivors have created 12 unique works of art on display at California Oncology in Fresno. The women worked with local artists who helped to guide them through the creative process.
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Women Educate Through Film at Local Festival
The fourth biennial Doris Honig Guenter Women and Film Festival took place over a three-day period last week at CCSU’s Torp Theater and the New Britain Museum of American Art.
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Puppies Make Great Subjects For Digital Photography
Ever since digital photography came to rise, one of the nicest subjects used were puppies. Naturally, dogs have a talent when it comes to picture taking. Perhaps it is the way they move that they are considered one of the best subjects in digital photography.
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Artist Gordon donates work to Maggie’s
The leading Scottish artist Douglas Gordon has donated an artwork worth at least £44,000 to cancer caring charity Maggie's.
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PSTA Gears Up For Prince Charles' Visit To The Sultanate
Bandar Seri Begawan - In conjunction with Prince Chantes' upcoming visit to the Sultanate, workshops and exhibitions have been jointly organized by the Prince's School of Traditional Arts (PSTA) and the British High Commission at the Chancellor's Hall of University Brunei Darussalam.
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The award winning Summadayze returns to Vector
Hailed as ‘one of the best events ever staged in New Zealand’ last year’s Summadayze event at Vector Arena picked up ‘Best Festival/Event’ in the annual Nite:life Awards.
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Artist Freud speaks out to save masterpiece
One of the world's greatest living artists has overcome years of media shyness in a bid to save a Titian masterpiece for the nation. In a rare interview broadcast last night, Lucian Freud told why he has joined the campaign to keep the painting, Diana and Actaeon, on public display.
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Burnley 1 Reading 0: Poker pants Blake seals win for Clarets
Substitute Robbie Blake hit the winner for Burnley then exhibited his red underpants again with the words Bad Beat Bob on them, referring to his failings at poker.
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ISU requests funding for construction
The Board of Trustees has recently approved a $240 million dollar capital request for the funding of five major construction projects set to begin in 2010. The projects include the renovation of the Fine Arts Complex, Milner Library, DeGarmo Hall, Williams Hall and the construction of a new building for the Mennonite College of Nursing.
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A night at the opera
OPERA fans are in for a treat next weekend when Mezzo-soprano Alicja Wegorzewska-Whiskerd takes the stage at La Fontaine Centre of Contemporary Art, Manama.
Gulf Daily News |
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Credit crisis diary: Dr Doom defends his modern art
Dr Doom – as New York University economics professor Nouriel Roubini is now known after a series of apocalyptic credit crunch warnings that have come true – may be busy forecasting impending disaster, but he's still found the time for a thundering blog spat with Gawker, the US gossip site. Its item on his trendy Tribeca apartment enraged the good doctor, mostly because of this sentence: ...
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Byzantine Bling, Venetian Loot Spice Up Show at Royal Academy
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The big new autumn exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, ``Byzantium 330 - 1453,'' prompts reflections on the fall of a mighty power.
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1st major Christie's punk auction set for NYC
(By JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer) Never mind the auction block - here's the Sex Pistols. Memorabilia from some of punk rock's biggest acts and seminal moments - including a scrawled flier for one of the Clash's first shows and publicity photos signed by the Sex Pistols - is headed for a Nov. 24 Christie's auction. The event, announced Tuesday, includes more than 120 records, photos ...
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Fall Festival spotlights new development
HAMPSHIRE -- With sunny skies above and cool breezes wafting across the pastures, a constant flow of people visited the Fall Festival at Serosun Farms. Friendly horses munched grass and stood for a scratch behind the ears by those who stopped in to see what the folks at Serosun have planned for their "Protected Agricultural-Limited Development" a new designation in Kane County that was written ...
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NEW YORK - Never mind the auction block - here's the Sex Pistols. Memorabilia from some of punk rock's biggest acts and seminal moments is headed for a Nov. 24 Christie's auction. Lots include a scrawled flyer for one of the Clash's first shows and publicity photos signed by the Sex Pistols.
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Steel, Speed, Fever: Futurism's Centennial Celebrated in Paris
Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) -- They called for the libraries to be burned and the museums to be flooded. They also sought to abolish adjectives, adverbs and punctuation marks. Among the European avant-gardes, the Italian Futurists were probably the most radical.
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Festival of food
Local fans of Indian food, this is your chance to indulge. For Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is under way. Read comments
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Artworks to see before you die: Volume four (14 pictures)
Take a closer look at our selection of the world's greatest artworks, including Michelangelo's David, Rembrandt's self-portrait and the Parthenon frieze
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Vettriano: Art world's élite finally want me – but I draw the line at a portrait of Monty
HE IS one of the world's best-selling painters yet has been shunned by the Scottish art establishment. Jack Vettriano's best known painting, The Singing Butler, sold
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1st major Christie's punk auction set for NYC
NEW YORK - Never mind the auction block - here's the Sex Pistols. Memorabilia from some of punk rock's biggest acts and seminal moments - including a scrawled...
Boston Herald |
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Return of the fallen Madonna
One of the most touching masterpieces of the Renaissance will be welcomed back to Florence's Uffizi Gallery "like a prodigal daughter" after a restoration lasting 10 years.
Independent |
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Fire Erupts At Art Gallery
Fire crews are fighting a blaze at an art gallery.
Central Florida News 13 |
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When one door closes
On Oct. 15, Denise Sins was told by her boss that she was being let go as curator of the National Automobile Museum in downtown Reno.
Reno Gazette-Journal |
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Playboy art brings in $230,000 at auction
CHICAGO (AP) - An auction of art from Playboy magazine's archives has brought in $230,000. Chicago-based Playboy says 17 pieces were sold at the "Playboy: The Art of Beauty" auction on Oct. 15 at Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas.
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