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Looking for Mushrooms - Beat Poets, Hippies, Funk and Minimal Art: Art and Counterculture
Peter Saul, Cash, 1965, Farbstift, Collage und Tinte auf Museumswand, 76,2 x 101,6 cm, Privatsammlung, Courtesy George Adams Gallery, New York. COLOGNE.- Art Daily
Jean Muir: A Fashion Icon at The National Museum of Scotland
Joanna Lumley wearing Jean Muir. Photograph by Michael Barrett. Copyright Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland. EDINBURGH.- Art Daily
The National Portrait Gallery Presents "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln"
Lincoln in Richmond by Lambert Hollis, Ink and wash drawing, Sheet: 32.7 x 45.4cm (12 7/8 x 17 7/8"), Mat: 55.9 x 71.1cm (22 x 28"), National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Alan and Lois Fern Acquisition Fund. Art Daily
The Norton Simon Museum Presents Vermeer's A Lady Writing
Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675), A Lady Writing, c. 1665, Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Harry Waldron Havemeyer and Horace Havemeyer, Jr., in memory of their father, Horace Havemeyer. Art Daily
Young Great Falls photographer "pictures" diabetes cure
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month, and one of our community's younger photographers is using this month's First Friday Art Walk to make a statement and make a difference. Andy McKeever took up photography 2 years ago, just when he was entering "double digit" age, and he recently set a goal to use the hobby to raise $1,000 for diabetes research. KRTV Great Falls
Artist submissions sought for exhibit
Emerging and accomplished artists living within a 250-mile radius of the Quad-Cities are eligible to submit up to two works of art for an exhibition entitled “The Artist in You,” which will be exhibited at Quad-City Arts Center gallery Jan. 16 to Feb. 13. Art must be delivered between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 27, 29 or 30 at 1715 2nd Ave., Rock Island. Quad-City Times
Penguins portfolio at arts center
ANDERSON — The remote vastness of Antarctica appears pristine but full of unexpected wildlife in a photo exhibit at The Anderson Center for the Arts. “Penguins Portfolio: An Antarctic Expedition” will be featured through Jan. 16 at the center, 32 W. 10th St. The Herald Bulletin
Poco Reform For Stagecoach 2009
Deep down in the artist announcement for Stagecoach 2009 was a hidden surprise. Poco will reform for the festival with Ritchie Furay and Jim Messina. Undercover
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Ann-Margret will present director-choreographer Alan Johnson with a lifetime achievement award at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15 at the 11th annual Dance Under The Stars Choreography Festival at the McCallum Theatre. The Desert Sun
Third symposium sculpture dedicated in Nashua
Carolyn Gaudet, of Nashua, speaks about artist Mai Thu Van of Vietnam during a ... The Nashua Telegraph
November iPod Nano Giveaway!
This month on PDNonline, we interview Trevor Graves about where his design firm, Nemo Design, finds the photographers he hires. Before starting the agency, what kind of photography did Graves specialize in shooting? PDNonline
Financial crisis puts chill in Asian art
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Down a quiet Hong Kong lane beside the century-old masonry of a colonial-era prison, the 10 Chancery Lane Gallery is abuzz as staff hang bright, bold canvasses and hand-painted photos by three female Indian artists. Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News
N.J. Wedding Photo Ordeal Ends For Thousands
The nightmare is finally over for thousands of couples fighting to get their wedding memories back from a photography company that went out of business. A judge has ordered New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs to the start giving the photos and video it seized from the company back to their rightful owners. WCBS-TV New York
Wood-carving demo set at historical society
Award-winning woodworking artist Robert Helgans will present a carving demonstration featuring wild-fowl decoys 2-4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the East Brunswick Historical Society, 78 Milltown Road, East Brunswick. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served after the presentation. East Brunswick Sentinel
Special arts schools to hold auditions
Audition applications are available for students in grades six through 12 to apply for the Middlesex County Arts High School and Arts Middle School programs. The program provides a wide range of accelerated classes to gifted and talented children in creative writing, dance, vocal music, instrumental music, theater arts, visual arts and photography. East Brunswick Sentinel
Financial crisis puts chill in Asian art
Down a quiet Hong Kong lane beside the century-old masonry of a colonial-era prison, the 10 Chancery Lane Gallery is abuzz as staff hang bright, bold canvasses and hand-painted photos by three female Indian artists. Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
Financial crisis puts chill in Asian art
Down a quiet Hong Kong lane beside the century-old masonry of a colonial-era prison, the 10 Chancery Lane Gallery is abuzz as staff hang bright, bold canvasses and hand-painted photos by three female Indian artists. Reuters via Yahoo! News
Bottom falls out of the art market as Manet and Rothko fail to sell
For so long, the booming art market had appeared impervious to the dipping fortunes of the global economy. But experts now fear the bubble may finally have burst after museum quality paintings by Mark Rothko and Edouard Manet failed to sell at auction. Major sales by Sotheby's and Christie's in New York achieved totals that were millions of dollars below even their lowest estimated prices this ... Independent
Cultural Life: Alison Jackson, photographer
The new Saatchi Gallery is great. For its tragicomedy, I liked 'Old Persons Home' by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, satirising world leaders by placing them in randomly circulating wheelchairs. Independent
Party of the Week: Snapping the snappers
Fresh from the choking press scrum sparked by Annie Leibovitz's starry presence at the National Portrait Gallery some weeks ago, the gallery's director, Sandy Nairne, emerged bright-eyed and unjaded from a cloud of party-goers at the reception party for the annual Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize. Independent
Pricey paintings fail to make splash at NYC auction
NEW YORK — On Day 2 of the fall auction season, a Russian masterpiece expected to sell for up to $3 million at auction didn’t find a buyer, further underscoring the impact of the global financial crisis on the art market. Journal Inquirer
Photographs by special needs students on display
WEST LONG BRANCH — Monmouth University will be presenting the works of 18 student photographers from CPC's High Point Elementary School in Morganville. The environmental photography exhibit will be displayed at Monmouth University's Pollak Theatre Gallery in West Long Branch from Oct. 29 through Nov. 29. Atlanticville
Help me Anderson Cooper, you're our only hope [Caption Contest]
CNN's cheesy hologram stunt for election night got star power from hip-hop artist Will.i.am, whose 3D image was beamed into CNN's studios for an interview with anchor Anderson Cooper. Will.i.am.... Valleywag
Art: Light and magic
Interior photos evoke invisible lives and psychological poetry at Weinstein Gallery. Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune