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Tenn. professor sues Germany for Nazi art seizure
An 82-year-old Holocaust survivor and his family are suing the German government over an extensive art collection, including paintings by El Greco and Peter Paul Rubens, seized by the Nazis and sold at auction during World War II. The lawsuit is unusual because it is seeking damages for lost art rather than the return of items that once belonged to Holocaust victims, lawyers said. The suit ...
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Photographic artists to exhibit at Old Bank Gallery
There will be a special exhibit of art photography at the Old Bank Gallery for the month of November. The photos on display push the medium of photography to the level of fine art. All of the exhibitors are Oklahomans.
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SCENIC DRIVE PHOTO CONTEST ENTRIES SOUGHT
Spoon River Scenic Drive Photography Contest entries are due by Dec. 1. The theme is "Finding Treasures Along Spoon River Scenic Drive Fall Festival 2008."
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Spirited Art on an Unlikely Canvas
It's not the World Series or the Super Bowl, but finishing first in the county's snowplow mural-painting contest does come with bragging rights. And members of Northwestern High School's National Arts Honor Society are hoping for something to brag about when their work is judged next Friday.
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It's a wrap! Coen brothers' latest film is in the can
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. - The scene was part celebration, part costume ball, part reunion. Amid a sea of women with hair teased into elaborate beehives, flips and pageboys, and men in dapper 1960s suits and yarmulkes, Joel and Ethan Coen wrapped up principal photography Wednesday on their black comedy "A Serious Man."
Bradenton Herald |
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Creative cardboard artwork
Ben Standiford, l, Mallory Taylor and Connor Engstrom, r, hold up cardboard relief works of art they recently made as a project for their advanced art class at Cambri
The Daily Jeffersonian |
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A return to FLCC for Insalaco
The professor emeritus who helped build the college’s art program will exhibit his work starting Friday.
Canandaigua Daily Messenger |
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Investing in art offers more than financial returns; Flint Institute of Art to host art show this weekend
Dima Gavrysh The Assocated PressEdgar Degas' painting "Dancer in Repose" sells for just over $37 million, an all-time high for the artist, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 at Sotheby's auction house in New York. The Sotheby's auction house kicked off...
The Flint Journal |
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It's a wrap! Coen brothers' latest film is in the can
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. - The scene was part celebration, part costume ball, part reunion. Amid a sea of women with hair teased into elaborate beehives, flips and pageboys, and men in dapper 1960s suits and yarmulkes, Joel and Ethan Coen wrapped up principal photography Wednesday on their black comedy "A Serious Man." The day before, 250 local extras had assembled at St. Louis Park's B'nai Emet ...
The State |
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Collectively, 'Small Works' leaves a sizable impression
"Small" show at Some Space gallery makes a big impression.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Pencil This In
MUSIC: Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts will be at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are still on sale ! Give a listen , then go experience it live for yourself before the Brooklynite (who has his own museum in DUMBO ) heads overseas. Bonus: happy hour drinks from 6 to 9! 8 p.m. // Music Hall of Williamsburg [66 North 6th St, Williamsburg] // $20 READING: New Yorker ...
Gothamist |
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Royal gold: Henry VIII's chain fetches £300,000 at auction
The only known complete chain of office from the time of Henry VIII is sold for £313,250.
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Top Story Videos
Sugar plums, candy canes and gumdrops galore decorate the walls of the Buell Children’s Museum this holiday season from November 20 through January 3. Snow Biz features a holiday tradition for the whole family all set in a Winter Wonderland created by Pueblo artist, Dorothy Mendoza.
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Houstonist Flickr Photo of the Day - door is open
door is open by art luvEr "care to take a peek inside?" ________________________________________________________________ If you have a passion for Houston and photography, consider joining a whole bunch of Houston's best photographers in the Houstonist Flickr Photo Group . Each day, Houstonist chooses a Photo of the Day and if Houstonist uses your photo, submit it here . ...
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Front Page News:
Some community members are outraged that the City of Berkeley-run Addison Street Windows Gallery decided not to display posters from a national series of exhibitions called the “Art of Democracy” on the basis of curatorial judgment, and instead replaced them with pottery during election week.
Berkeley Daily Planet |
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Portrait Gallery opens Abraham Lincoln exhibit
More than 30 portraits and images of Abraham Lincoln are going on display at the National Portrait Gallery.
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November 6-12, 2008
On the west wall of Spruce Confections’ sunny North Boulder location hangs a reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Café Terrace at Night.” Painted during Van Gogh’s stormy tenure in Arles, France, this painting features the memorable image of a café bathed in warm yellow light.
Boulder Weekly |
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This week's Best Bets
Visitors to the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit will have an opportunity to view one realist artist's work and do some pondering when they check out "A Measured and Deliberate Response: The Art of Colin Berry.
Cape Cod Times |
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Portrait Gallery Opens Lincoln Exhibit (12:42pm)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 30 portraits and images of Abraham Lincoln are going on display at the National Portrait Gallery in an exhibit that looks at how the 16th president shaped his public image from Illinois to the White House.
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St. Louis Art Museum Delays Expansion
The disruption in the financial markets is hitting close to home for the St. Louis Art Museum. Museum board president John Weil says a $125 million expansion project is now on hold because of the sour economy. Weil says a new groundbreaking date will be set "once the market stabilizes."
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StL Art Museum delays expansion
ST. LOUIS -- The disruption in the financial markets is hitting close to home for the St. Louis Art Museum. Museum board president John Weil says a $125 million expansion project is now on hold because of the sour economy. Weil says a new groundbreaking date will be set "once the market stabilizes."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Google Street View turned into artwork
Two American artists have made swooning for Google's all-seeing eye an art form, creating what they term the first artistic intervention in Google Street View.
The Age |
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All Aboard! The Polar Express 4-D Experience At Dollywood
Dollywood's 19th annual Smoky Mountain Christmas festival, recently awarded the industry's international Golden Ticket award for Best Christmas Event, begins Nov. 8, highlighted by the arrival of the Polar Express 4-D Experience.
The Chattanoogan |
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Tech-Oriented Biz Ideas May Hit Sweet Spot in New Orleans Contest
A new business advocacy group has launched in New Orleans -- a city that three years out from Hurricane Katrina is still trying to entice all of its former residents to move back home. Called "504ward," a play on the New Orleans' area code of 504, the group's main goal is to help the city attract and retain a key worker and consumer constituency: the 21-to-35-year-old age group.
TechNewsWorld.com |
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Roland Lee exhibit tells the story behind the art
While many Southern Utah residents are familiar with St. George artist Roland Lee's paintings of Zion and the red rocks, they might not know that he is also widely recognized for his paintings of rural European scenes.
Saint George Spectrum |
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