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Forget the walls: Put art right on your clothes
Fashion can be a form of art, but some designers and artists are using fashion as a canvas for artwork allowing you to wear your art on your sleeve.
USA Today |
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Nicholson celebrates founder's 200th birthday
The Nicholson Museum will mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Sir Charles Nicholson with a new exhibition and retrospective.
University of Sydney News |
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Chinese wins category award in wildlife photography contest
Chinese photographer Zhu Yongkang is among the winners in the 44th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition held here. Zhu's "Snow Swans" won the "Animals in their Environment" category in the world renowned competition held by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
China Economic Net |
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Artists display sculptures throughout area
Abileneans have some new sculptures in town. The four new works of art have been obtained by loan from Lubbock area artists through the efforts of the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council.
Abilene Reporter-News |
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A Museum With No Exhibits, but Plenty of Ideas
Artist Filip Noterdaeme set up the Homeless Museum of Art, a stand located near the New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Bowery Mission homeless shelter.
New York Times |
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Bennett is art teacher of the year for second time
CHARLESTON — For Dorothy Bennett, the artwork her students create isn’t as important as the fact that they create it themselves.
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier |
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Foodoir Photography: Green Chili Cheese Fries at Shuggie's
escapeest/flickr Hungry to share your most provocative Austin food photos? Send them here. Make sure to include your name, where the photo was taken and a complete description of the food.
Austinist |
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Pa. man can't mask his talent
Andrew Mowen will tell you that his art isnt the type to hang in museums, but the macabre pieces tie into his love of horror movies. Its really interesting. Its like a car crash without anyone getting hurt, Mowen said. Its just that shock. The 22-year-olds latest venture has been time-consuming and expensive. Yet, he looks at the completed latex mask and feels proud of the effort. Mowens mother, ...
The Herald-Mail |
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Santa's Express Train Opens
Now that Halloween is over, Santa Claus is coming to town on his train. It's an art exhibit that opened this weekend at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art.
KFDX Wichita Falls |
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Writers reveal portraits' secrets
A new exhibition tells the stories behind nine artworks of Highlands women.
BBC News |
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Relics of Wilmington outdoors storyteller to be auctioned
During the 1950s and 1960s American readers clamored for the sporting adventure books and magazine articles of Wilmington native Robert Ruark.With Hemingway-esque flare, Ruark described real and fictional hunting trips from his grandfather's backyard to the wilds of Africa.
The Wilmington Star-News |
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Boeing engineer wins paper plane contest
A Boeing systems engineer is among the winners of a paper airplane contest in Queens.
WABC-TV New York |
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Whitehaven News
FOR those of us who have visited Madame Tussaud’s and wondered how the waxworks were made, Paul Bainbridge’s talk, From Clay to Wax, gave a thorough insight into the skills needed.IN view of the forthcoming exhibition of Gustav Klimt’s work in Liverpool, the first in the UK, it was fortunate that West Cumbria U3A recently had the opportunity to gain an insight into this artist with Mike Fossey.
The Whitehaven News |
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O’Donovan’s surprise red card kills the contest
Let's start by defending referee Iain Brines. It won't take long. The red card Roy O'Donovan received on Saturday has been coming.
The Herald |
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The fashion factor: The fashion secrets behind the X Factor
When The X Factor's familiar opening music starts at about 7.30pm every Saturday, millions of people across the country will be sprucing themselves up for a night out, using the show as a soundtrack to the blending of blusher, or the application of hair gel. For the contestants, however, the ritual of dressing up begins much earlier: at about 9am in a shiny, white wardrobe trailer that ...
Independent |
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Art historian gives lecture at SLAM
Distinguished art historian Thomas Crow will speak at 7 p.m. Friday at the St. Louis Art Museum.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Howson originals among artworks on sale to help children
TWO of Peter Howson's religious portraits are to be offered in an art sale which aims to raise money for some of Scotland's most disadvantaged children.
The Scotsman |
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300-year-old Italian painting rediscovered, up for auction
A lost painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci has turned up in a Dallas warehouse after a 300 year journey.
News 8 Austin |
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300-year-old Italian painting rediscovered, up for auction
DALLAS -- A lost painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci has turned up in a Dallas warehouse after a 300 year journey. That journey has seen Ricci's "The Vision of St. Bruno" change hands from a European nobleman playboy to a Missouri fur trader and finally to generations of an American family.
News 8 Austin |
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All Kent Cricket 2008... Delight for Kent as painting fetches £680,000
KENT’S most famous item of cricketing memorabilia went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on Tuesday and sold for £680,000, almost £400,000 above the guide price.
The Kent Messenger |
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Painting by Italian master turns up in Texas
DALLAS — A painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci , long presumed to be lost, has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey from the hands of a European nobleman playboy, to a fur trader, and finally through generations of one family. Ricci's "The Vision of St. Bruno" will be offered by Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries on Nov. 20. Heritage officials say the painting has ...
Columbia Missourian |
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Art Saturdays helped to bring people downtown
Art Saturdays, the six-week long festival that took place in downtown Niagara Falls, made a difference, says Suwanna Upper, the owner of Moodie’s Bakery. [...]
Niagara Falls Review |
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Painting by Italian master turns up in Texas
DALLAS — A painting by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci, long presumed to be lost, has turned up in Texas after a 300-year journey from the hands of a European nobleman playboy to a fur trader and finally through generations of one family.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Heart Gallery Opens
The holiday season is in full swing. For many of us, that means spending time with our families but there are dozens of Texoma children who don't have that luxury.
KFDX Wichita Falls |
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ASK LAURA MERCIER
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The New Straits Times |
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