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Protest against Belgian 'Stink Art'
ANTWERP: One man's stink is another man's major art project. A piece by Belgian conceptual artist Jan Fabre at the Antwerp's MuHKA contemporary art museum is challenging the nose as well as the eyes.
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Thomas Bayrle: Looping Museum Ludwig
COLOGNE.- Thomas Bayrle (1937) has been invited to Museum Ludwig’s main gallery to install an overview of his works from the last 40 years that all explore a particular artistic strategy: the loop or looping.
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Landmark Exhibition of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings to Travel to Brisbane's Queensland Art Gallery
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Centuries' Old Art Mystery Solved, Rediscovered Italian Masterpiece in Dallas Auction
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Sotheby's to Sell Paintings and Works of Art from Aristocratic Families
Hendrik van Minderhout (Rotterdam 1632 - 1696 Antwerp) A Levantine harbour with a galley and a man of war coming in to anchor. Signed and dated lower left: Hvan Minderhout .1681. Oil on canvas, 162.5 by 242.5 cm. Estimate €80.000 - 120.000. Photo: Sotheby's.
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Boise Art Museum Permanent Collection Pieces Featured in James Castle Retrospective
James Castle, Construction, Rooster, 20th century, found cardboard, string, pigment 9.75” x 10.5”. Purchased with funds from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and Museum Acquisition Funds. Collection of the Boise Art Museum.
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The Contamporary Jewish Museum Announces the Story of a Vanguard Theater, Cut Short
Marc Chagall, Introduction to the Jewish Theater,(detail) 1920, tempera, gouache, and opaque white on canvas. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
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Jordaens: The Making of a Masterpiece to Open at Statens Museum for Kunst
Jacob Jordaens. The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of the Fish. Also called The Ferry Boat to Antwerp from c. 1623. Statens Museum for Kunst.
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"I Found it a Pigstye; I Turned it into a Palace" Opens at The Fitzwilliam Museum
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Joan of Arc 1882. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE.-
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Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist Composition Sets Record at Sotheby's Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Composition from 1916 sold for $60,002,500, not only a record for the artist, but a record for any Russian work of art ever sold at auction.
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First Gallery Dedicated to Photography Set to Open at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Nathan Noland, Mario Kart DS, The Star Cup, Wynn, Las Vegas, Monday July 31, 2006, 0:34 a.m. ‑ 0:52 a.m., 2006. Matthew Pillsbury (American, born in 1973) Photograph, archival pigment ink jet print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Among Gods and Men: Classical Sculptures From the Albertinum on View at The Museo del Prado
The Westmacott Ephebe, Head. Roman replica. Polycletus School 5th Century BC 39.5 x 17 x 19 cm. Dresden, Skulpturensammlung Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
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The Troy Messenger
Pop artist Andy Warhol coined the phrase, “ Fifteen minutes of fame.” In keeping with that “notion,” beginning Saturday, Nov. 1, the Johnson Center for the Arts will present “Fifteen Days of Andy Warhol.”
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The Joy Of The One-Season Wonder
How television shows that lasted for just a few episodes have had effects on the industry that belie their lifespan. It's generally accepted that television - and, in particular, American television - has been going through something of a renaissance for the past twenty years or so. After decades where mind-numbing soaps and formulaic procedurals had dominated prime time, the appearance of ...
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Lauded artist, centenarian remembered
Sylvia Randolph had an unmatched zest for life and creativity. The 103-year-old artist died Thursday, Oct. 30, at her Saugatuck home. “We were starting to think that she might live forever,” said Sandra Randolph, Sylvia’s daughter-in-law and owner of Good Goods art gallery at 106 Mason St. in Saugatuck.
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Russian abstract painting bucks art gloom
An abstract painting by early 20th century Russian artist Kazimir Malevich sold for 60 million dollars in New York, bucking a dismal auction market. The 1916 painting, "Suprematist Composition", fetched 60,002,500 dollars at Sotheby's on Monday, according to the published final price.
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Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings From the Biblioteca Reale in Turin
Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings From the Biblioteca Reale in Turin Through January 4, 2009 Legion of Honor Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco San Francisco, California (415) 750-3600 An illustrated catalogue is available.
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Preschoolers learning healthy lesson
The East Side House Settlement in Mott Haven has partnered with the Children's Museum of Manhattan to add health education classes to the Bronx group's early childhood literacy program.
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Despite gloom, NYC fall art auction sets records
NEW YORK - The Sotheby's auction house kicked off its annual art sale in the city this week against the backdrop of a gloomy economy that had some observers wondering whether there were any deep-pocketed buyers left to snap up paintings for tens of millions of dollars.
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Russian abstract painting bucks art gloom
NEW YORK (AFP) - An abstract painting by early 20th century Russian artist Kazimir Malevich sold for 60 million dollars in New York, bucking a dismal auction market.
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Apache tribe featured in photo exhibit
SEGUIN — Henry Moore has always had an appreciation of Native American culture.
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DVD Review: Stories From The Vaults
The energetic Tom Cavanagh does a great job of mixing the right amount of humor, investigation, and education. Stories From The Vaults is a humorous and peculiar series of 30-minute shows that feature a behind the scenes look at the Smithsonian Institution's museum complex. Hosted by actor Tom Cavanagh (Ed, Eli Stone), it is produced by Caragol Wells Productions. It showcases the Smithsonian's ...
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Despite gloom, NYC fall art auction sets records
NEW YORK - The Sotheby's auction house kicked off its annual art sale in the city this week against the backdrop of a gloomy economy that had some observers wondering whether there were any deep-pocketed buyers left to snap up paintings for tens of millions of dollars.
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Artist comes home
CORDELE - Christen Holloway, a Cordele native and art student at Columbus State University, will present the program at tonight’s meeting of the Crisp Visual Arts Association at the Cordele-Crisp Carnegie Library.
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Entertainment
An abstract painting by early 20th century Russian artist Kazimir Malevich sold today for $US60 million ($88.38 million) in New York, bucking a dismal auction market.
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