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Popular arts festival celebrates Dien Bien Phu victory
VietNamNet Bridge - The fifth provincial popular arts festival was held in northwestern Dien Bien province on May 6 to mark the 54th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory (May 7).
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Monet and Rodin Records at Christie?s
Fears that the Christie?s sale of Impressionist and modern art would usher in a market meltdown were assuaged when everything from a Monet landscape to a sculpture by Rodin brought record prices.
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Pitchfork.tv Seeks Director of Photography in NYC
With Pitchfork.tv now one month up and running, we're psyched to start expanding our content. And to help us make it happen, we're seeking out experienced New York-based DPs with experience overseeing crews of 2-4 camera operators in the field. (A producer is also present at all shoots.)
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Rascals added to Underage festival
Excitement builds as new acts are announced for the second coming of Underage Festival. The world's first incarnation of the Underage festival in 2007 was an unprecedented summer sensation and this year's line up is bigger and bolder.
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New York's Met Museum showcases superheroes' impact on fashion
The capes, masks and fitted suits that make superheroes fly, zap and triumph over a villain are to be featured in an exhibition by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York which looks into their influence on modern fashion.
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The American Carnival: Tobias Wolff's 'Our Story Begins'
Tobias Wolff is a master story writer, whose name should be mentioned alongside Raymond Carver's in any account of the short story's much-noted 1980s renaissance. Unlike Carver, Mr. Wolff is still very much with us, and the 10 new stories collected in "Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories" (Knopf, $26.95, 379 pages) show no sign of a slackening. With "This Boy's Life" (1989), his memoir, ...
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At a Secret Sale, Artist Is Anybody's Guess
Sculptor Mark di Suvero's works have sold at auction for nearly $1 million apiece, but for art buyers who want to snag one of his latest creations, one needs only $250 — and a keen eye. Tonight, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council will host a "secret sale," consisting of works on paper from 200 contemporary artists, as part of its "Downtown Dinner" benefit. Funds raised from the event will ...
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Monet fetches record price at New York auction
NEW YORK (AFP) - An early work by French impressionist Claude Monet sold for a record 41.4 million dollars in New York late Tuesday at an auction that nevertheless suggested the art market is feeling the effects of the stuttering US economy.
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Monet fetches record price at New York auction
An early work by French impressionist Claude Monet sold for a record 41.4 million dollars in New York late Tuesday at an auction that nevertheless suggested the art market is feeling the effects of the stuttering US economy.
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Monet fetches record price at New York auction
An early work by French impressionist Claude Monet sold for a record 41.4 million dollars in New York late Tuesday at an auction that nevertheless suggested the art market is feeling the effects of the stuttering US economy.
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Artists prove they can overcome disabilities
Some of the most popular paintings being sold in the Bay area these days are coming from the MacDonald Training Center. The artwork is beautiful, but knowing something about the artists will really make you appreciate the paintings.
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JPS Spring Art Show Is At JSB Ice Arena
5/7/2008 - Their names aren’t Picasso or Michaelangelo, but someday, they just might be held in such high regard. On Tuesday in the Jamestown Savings Bank Ice Arena lobby, students from the Jamestown Public School District kicked off the district’s annual spring art show.
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17 unveil work at Arts Rolla Open Show
The reception for the month-long exhibition of the Arts Rolla Open Art Show on Friday evening commenced with an all-inclusive program diverse enough in presentation to delight any art enthusiast, from the visual and auditory to literary representations.
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New York's Met Museum showcases superheroes' impact on fashion
NEW YORK (AFP) - The capes, masks and fitted suits that make superheroes fly, zap and triumph over a villain are to be featured in an exhibition by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York which looks into their influence on modern fashion.
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Records fall at NY art auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Art records fell on Tuesday for works by Claude Monet, Auguste Rodin and Alberto Giacometti in New York City at a Christie's auction dominated by foreign buyers taking advantage of the weak U.S. dollar.
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Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Names Jill Hartz as Executive Director
EUGENE.- An art museum expert with more than 20 years of experience acquiring major collections, working collaboratively with faculty and students and increasing endowments has been selected as the new executive director at the University of Oregonʹs Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA).
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Fragile Wonders of China's Earth at Birmingham Museum
LONDON.- Throughout 2008, Birmingham City Council’s Museum and Art Gallery will be celebrating the vibrant art and culture of China by showing a series of diverse exhibitions. All will have their only UK showing in Birmingham.
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Sign and Texture Exhibit Opens at The Tate Gallery
LONDON.- This display brings together works made from the 1950s onwards by painters who have explored the relationship between experience and abstract mark-making.
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Photographs of the Architecture in Quebec Opens at The National Gallery of Canada
QUEBEC.- To commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City in 1608, the Library and Archives presents a selection from its holdings of documentary photographs of religious and secular architecture in Quebec.
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A Sense of Playful Experimentation and Generosity by Torsten Lauschmann
BRISTOL.- The first work encountered in Torsten Lauschmann’s exhibition acts like a circus ringmaster, welcoming visitors into a new and unusual experience.
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Most Controversial Paintings Made by Fernando Botero Open in Seville
View of the Fernando Botero exhibit at La Fundación Cajasol in Seville. Photo: EFE / Eduardo Abad. SEVILLE.- The most controversial paintings made by Fernando Botero opened today in an exhibit at El Centro Cultural Cajasol in Seville.
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Butch Rigby better reel it in
No turning back now … Maybe it’s all those blown deadlines by the Fine Arts group, but movie insiders have been skeptical that Screenland main man Butch Rigby can get the old Northtown Opry open by the start of the summer movie season.
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PMA Director Daniel E. O'Leary Retires
Daniel O’Leary. Photo cortesy PMA PORTLAND.- Daniel E. O’Leary has retired as director of the Portland Museum of Art effective today. He has accepted the invitation of the Museum’s Board of Trustees to assume the position of Director of the Winslow Homer Studio Project.
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Statens Museum for Kunst Published New Book: Frames, State of the Art
Francesco Guardi., The Bucintoro Festival of Venice (1780-1793) 1760-70 SMK Foto. COPENHAGEN.- A forgotten chapter of art history is given new life in a new, major book from Statens Museum for Kunst.
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Getty Presents the Work of German Photographer Team Bernd and Hilla Becher
Bernd and Hilla Becher, Framework House, Gable Side, 1973. Gelatin silver print. 24 X 18 cm. Copyright Bernd and Hilla Becher. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
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