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From Baroque to tattoos, new museum celebrates art
It was a fortuitous circumstance: An aging medium-sized city was the right place at the right time for a bequest of coveted art that led to its new avant-garde museum. American realist Thomas Eakins did most of his work in Philadelphia, but his last living heir lived in Roanoke and had some of his portraits and personal effects. Museums elsewhere had designs on the 19th century ...
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Is Tel Aviv Ready to Crash the Global Art Party?
“Folding Time” by Ori Gersht at Noga Gallery. IRIT SOMMER, eight months pregnant, pushed herself up from her desk at her gallery on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv . Housed in a mansion with high ceilings and polished concrete floors, Sommer Contemporary Art is possibly Israel 's leading contemporary art gallery, with a blue-chip roster of artists like the German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans.
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Berlin in art fever as it hosts four major exhibitions
Berlin - Berlin is locked in art fever, with four powerful exhibitions going ahead including work by Jeff Koons and Paul Klee. At the Mies van der Rohe-designed New National Gallery, US contemporary artist Koons is parading a glittering array of huge...
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'Boondock Saints' sequel in the works
The team from the 2000 independent film Boondock Saints has reunited for a sequel, The Hollywood Reporter said.Writer-director Troy Duffy has begun principal photography on the follow-up in Toronto.Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus and Billy Connolly -- the stars of the first film -- have all returned for the sequel, which is again set in the Boston underworld.It's a joy and a long time coming ...
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Art society work goes on display
THE best of Bridlington Art Society's work is on display in its annual exhibition. (30/10/2008)
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Brunswick sponsors photo contest
The city of Brunswick is sponsoring an amateur photography contest for residents. The contest is open to adults and children. Kids will be divided into two age categories -- 12 and under and teens 13-17....
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He says ... Towing incident leaves bad taste from festival
I, along with my wife and 6-year-old daughter, attended Bluffton’s annual Arts Seafood Festival on Oct. 25. We found a safe spot to park one block off the main event and spent the next three hours having fun beyond our wildest expectations.
Bluffton Today |
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Wraps Principal Photography
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director Michael Bay's official website reports that principal photography for the sequel has wrapped.
Coming Soon |
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Joe Calzaghe proves big hitter with kids
The boxer with a big heart surprised children at the Children’s Hospital in Wales as they prepared for a glittering art exhibition being held in Cardiff next week.
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Altars honor deceased loved ones in Day of the Dead exhibit By Melanie M. Sidwell Longmont Times-Call
LONGMONT – Although Marji McGinty died in April, succumbing to breast cancer just days shy of her 58th birthday, she’s present at the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center’s Eighth Annual Dias de Los Muertos celebration.
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Arts & Books Digest
The James Irvine Foundation has awarded the Monterey Museum of Art $300,000 over a three-year period to develop and broaden its audience and increase its financial sustainability.
The Salinas Californian |
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Pioneer Consort to perform at Art Complex Museum
The three musicians of Pioneer Consort who will be performing at The Art Complex Museum at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2, represent years of international concert touring, recording and composing in many genres.
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Lewis Hamilton painting -- by 'cars'
British artist Ian Cook has used remote-controlled cars to paint a giant-sized portrait of British Formula 1 racing driver, Lewis Hamilton. The 23-year-old is trying to become the youngest F1 title winner when he goes into the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend.
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Sculpture honoring veterans unveiled
OCALA - About 40 people attended the unveiling of a sculpture at the Marion County Veterans Memorial Park on Friday. While the upcoming election was a hot topic for those asked to speak, the gathering mainly commemorated the veterans of Ocala and Marion County.
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Top prizes for six city artists
CITY artists have taken six prestigious awards at a competitive art exhibition.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Indigo Sky hosts election exhibit, forum
Election week has finally arrived, which can mean only one thing: It's time for some politics with your art.
Savannah Morning News |
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‘Talks and Sensations’ of art in Abu Dhabi
‘Abu Dhabi ... Talks and Sensations’ among activities of Artparis-Abu Dhabi exhibition 2008.
Middle East Online |
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National Museum of Iceland Opens New Exhibition
This week Nanna Árnadóttir imagines what it was like being a fisherman’s bride in old Iceland. more Click on the picture to view an audio slideshow of Videy island, located only a few minutes away from Reykjavík by boat.
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Students mixing politics, artwork
A group of Merrimack High School students is lending artistic flare to the nation's political landscape. Inspired by renowned pop artist Andy Warhol, the school's National Art Honor Society members are producing custom, silk-screen T-shirts that feature the presidential candidates' faces. ... - By KAREN LOVETT Staff writer
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Gren immortalised in metal masterpiece
THE work of South Wales Echo cartoonist Gren has been brought back to life by a Cardiff metal artist.
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Loveland art students make lasting impressions
LOVELAND - The sixth-grade students at Loveland Area Integrated School of the Arts, or LISA, are busy learning about themselves, leaving their mark on Loveland and will soon take a global view of the art world.
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Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty
Rough Beauty, an exhibition of photographs by Dave Anderson, will be on view in Staniar Gallery on the campus of Washington and Lee University November 10 through December 12, 2008. The exhibit chronicles Anderson's photographic documentation of the town of Vidor, Texas.
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Local pastel artist wins Arizona award
GRANGER -- Catherine McCormick, a pastel artist residing in Granger, won first prize for her pastel landscape painting "Warm Welcome" in the Best and Brightest annual juried show at Scottsdale Artists School, Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Art sale, and 80th birthday
Artist Hiroshi Tagami, right, celebrates his 80th birthday at the November Art Show & Sale, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow at the Tagami & Powell Gallery & Gardens, 47-754 Lama'ula Road, Kane'ohe.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Art for eternity in New Orleans' cities of the dead
Ironwork and sculpture adorn family tombs
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