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Tight economy puts squeeze on arts organizations
Closures, layoffs and downsizing are the order of the day as the downturn affects orchestras, museums and theater companies. When it comes to his future arts giving in today's economy, even Eli Broad, perhaps Los Angeles' most generous arts supporter, is looking at the bottom line.
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Emerging artist's solo exhibition a bold display of color and texture
With concept often trumping craft and the entire medium regularly receiving death notices, revelry in the physical act of painting has hardly been a prized commodity in the contemporary art world for many years.
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One-time Aztec exhibit comes to Field Museum
They began as a small, nomadic community in the middle of a lake in the Valley of Mexico.
Northwest Herald |
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Egg-shaped sculpture tossed around again as city debates Lytton Plaza plans
An embattled egg-shaped sculpture has once again become a hot potato as plans take shape for the redevelopment of Palo Alto's Lytton Plaza.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Artists' co-op opening in West Cape May
WEST CAPE MAY - A group of 20 local artists have started the only artists' co-op in Cape May County. The Artists' Cooperative Gallery will hold its official grand opening and ribbon cutting at noon Saturday. It is located at 301 Broadway in West Cape May.
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Watch and learn as Capitol sculptures get facelift
Conservators from the Borglum Historical Center in South Dakota will begin repairing and cleaning two monuments in Raleigh's Capitol Square -- the statues of Henry Lawson Wyatt, the first North Carolinian killed in the Civil War, and Gov. Charles B. Aycock.
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Corrections: 11/7/08
The exhibit An Illustrator's ViewPoint: Works by Carol Opalek is appearing through Nov. 30 at the New City Library. The artist's name was misspelled in yesterday's LoHud Weekend listings.
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Photo exhibit captures the soul of Champ Hall's
As a roving photographer, Matthew Lester has done his share of globe-trotting, from the mountains of Afghanistan to rural Haiti."I use photography to tell stories of people's work and lives," he said Tuesday. "I like showing people what these other worlds look like."The latest world to fall unde...
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Election Night in Salvador
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ART GALLERIES, MUSEUMS
Today Alice Watterson, drawing class on "interior personas," 2-3:50 p.m., Franz Art Center, Bethel College, 300 E. 27th, North Newton. Free. Information, 316-284-5222. Opening reception for "Linda Kamille Schmidt: Paintings and Drawings," 5-7 p.m., Bethel College Fine Arts Center, 300 E. 27th, North Newton. Free. Information, 316-284-5222. Opening reception for "What About Us?," ...
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KANSAS CITY AREA ATTRACTIONS
American Jazz Museum, with Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Gem Theater and Horace M. Peterson III Visitor Center, 1616 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. Showcase of all genres of jazz with interactive studio, working nightclub, sound library and personal effects of jazz greats. Hours 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tue.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. Sun. Jazz or baseball museum admission $6, $2.50 for children under 12 (combo ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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'Forever Wild': A celebration of wilderness
CARLISLE -- A benefit concert to establish an Appalachian Trail museum at Pine Grove State Park will be Saturday in the Carlisle Theatre.
Chambersburg Public Opinion |
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North Texas Events coming up, November 7
NEW CAR DEALER SHOW: Nov. 14-16, MPECs Ray Clymer Exhibit Hall. operation santa claus wichita county toy run: Registration at noon Dec. 6. Operation Santa Claus in conjunction with the Wichita Falls Fire Department presents this toy run to benefit the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank and Faith Mission.
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Sponsored by:
Bark & Wine: Art for Animals: Sponsored by the Animal Shelter Foundation, Inc. Animal art event featuring paintings and portraits by local artists, wine tasting and hors d'ouevres. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free admission; $10 for wine tasting and live outdoor entertainment.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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One of the music world's top design companies comes to one of Lancaster's hippest galleries
If Lancaster has any street cred in the world of pop art, then thanks should go to Metropolis.Seriously, who else could arrange an exhibit that centers on the artwork of Sons of Nero, one of the most awesome graphic design studios in the music businessThe exhibit, which opens today with a reception...
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ART EVENTS
BRIGHAM CITY -- Infrared photographs have been described as dreamy, evocative, ethereal and surreal An exhibit of these unusual photographs opens with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Brigham City Museum-Gallery.
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Exhibits Calendar
The following galleries, museums and businesses will be open from 6-9 p.m. today for the First Friday Gallery Hop. Two shuttles leave at 6:30 p.m. from Chez Pierre, 1215 Thomasville Road, for a three-hour tour to many of the participating galleries and museums.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Gris sets record in slow Christie's auction
A Cubist painting by Juan Gris brought a record price of $20 million, but many works remained unsold at Christie's auction of Impressionist and Modern art on Thursday.
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St. Luke’s to host Cole tribute art show
CATSKILL — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Catskill will be the setting for an excellent opportunity to view a painting that was done by local 19th century artist Benjamin B. G. Stone in commemoration of Thomas Cole’s death in 1848.
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Art masterpieces flop at auction
Two women look at "Le pont d'Argenteuil et la Seine" by Gustave Caillebotte during a press preview last month for the Impressionist/Modern Art auction at Christie's in New York. The major auction of masterpieces found few buyers, confirming that the global financial crisis is wreaking havoc on the art market.
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Atwood captivates the FAC
Amherst residents and University of Massachusetts members piled into the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall last night to hear the latest musings of author Margaret Atwood.
Massachusetts Daily Collegian |
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Norton Simon has new leading `Lady'
PASADENA - A small luminous Vermeer masterpiece - one of only 35 in the world - went on display Thursday at the Norton Simon Museum.
Whittier Daily News |
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Art in Review
Beatriz Milhazes at James Cohan Gallery, Hilary Berseth/Kevin Zucker at Eleven Rivington, Robert Melee at Andrew Kreps and more.
New York Times |
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Painting the Town?s Vanished Vistas
The New-York Historical Society had the daunting task of choosing 190 examples from its collection of 8,500 watercolors and drawings for its current show, ?Drawn by New York.?
New York Times |
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William Eggleston at the Whitney
In a retrospective at the Whitney Museum, Mr. Eggleston?s images look like influential classics.
New York Times |
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