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Third wobbly night for Impressionist art auctions
Impressionist and modern art stumbled again on Thursday when Christie's $147 million (93 million pound) auction fell well short of estimates, most of which were set before the crisis gripping world financial markets.
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Artists re-create 30 city blocks for exhibit
Artist Kathleen Judge stood in a corner of the cavernous Viaduct Theater looking out over the vast cardboard city that fills the space. "This is really a great mix of ideas," Judge said, smiling as she rubbed a smudge of dirt from her hand. "You can't get this many artistic people together and not have a good time."
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Poster exhibit a revealing portrait of 'Great War' efforts
Selling a war is no easy business, as America's leaders from the last 45 years can attest, but the posters that sold "the Great War" can tell us a good deal about what makes Americans get behind a military campaign.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Art world prices evaporate
THE once booming international art market suffered another major hit from the global economic downturn last night. A prestigious sale of works by Impressionist and modern artists in New York fell $100 million (£63.7million) short of its pre-sale estimates.
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Colour Photo: Debra Brash, Times Colonist / BIG CANOE IN BASTION SQUARE: Artist Illarion Gallant helps get Victoria's newest piece of public art, The Commerce Canoe, into position yesterday in Bastion Square. The artwork has its official unveiling today. The Commerce Canoe is a nine-metre-long, 362-kilogram canoe fashioned from aluminum strips by Gallant, whose concept was chosen from among ...
Victoria Times Colonist |
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'Root & Shadow' gallery at Aurora University
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The Wheaton Sun |
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Harvest Fest arrives Saturday
Our Neighborhood Association will host its annual Harvest Festival at PAL Gym on Saturday and Sunday to raise funds for one of its pet causes, the Capitan Theater.
The Pasadena Citizen |
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Farm print raffle helps historical society fund
The following was submitted by Susan Lynch, corresponding secretary of the Schroeppel Historical Society. MaryAnn McDougal can often be seen painting near Lock One on the Oswego River in Henley Park in Phoenix. This summer she revised a large mural she had painted of bygone times on the canal.
The Post-Standard |
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Galleries
Alternatives Heritage Gallery "Fernald State School: Then, Now ... And Again?" by Derrick A. Tepaske, through Dec. 27. "Zentangle," exhibit by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, through Nov. 30. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. (508) 234-6232.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette |
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Family Arts Day delves into native heritage
EUREKA -- Celebrate “Second Saturday Family Arts Day!” on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Morris Graves Museum of Art, 636 F St. This month's theme is “Native American Heritage.
Eureka Times-Standard |
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Christmas carvings
FERNDALE -- Barney Elking is the featured artist this month at the Ferndale Arts Gallery, 580 Main St. Elking, who resides in Fortuna, specializes in caricature and figurative woodcarvings.
Eureka Times-Standard |
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New skateboard park art to be unveiled tomorrow
CAMBRIDGE (Nov 7, 2008) -- Hand-painted artwork will be unveiled at the city's indoor skateboard park in Duncan McIntosh community centre at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Cambridge Career Connections, D3 Artworks and the city sponsored the art project in Pipes and Rails. A skateboarding demonstration is part of the celebrations.
Kitchener - Waterloo Record |
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Intriguing lineup a Reel draw
Akira's Landmine Museum has an unforgettable guide in 12-year-old Boreak.
Toronto Star |
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Cantor exhibition showcases art from Renaissance to World War II
Peninsula art palette filled with colorful events
Contra Costa Times |
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Kingman offers tantalizing trek
As the lights dimmed in the Kingman Museum planetarium, guests were transported on a journey through pharaoh's tombs, to the sun and the center of the human body.
Battle Creek Enquirer |
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Smiley star of "Happy" is new to being leading lady
Sally Hawkins and Michael Sheen at the Hollywood Film Festival last week. (Getty Images) N ew York — "I suppose I'm quite smiley," says Sally Hawkins, emitting a little laugh as if to prove the point. Although not quite as smiley, she concedes, as the character she plays in "Happy-Go-Lucky."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Jerwood row rages on as protestors get organise campaign group
The row over a proposed new art gallery in the Old Town continued this week - with anti-Jerwood protestors setting up a campaign group. (06/11/2008 13:18:49)
Hastings Today |
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St. Louis Art Museum delays groundbreaking
The St. Louis Art Museum will delay the groundbreaking of its much-anticipated expansion scheduled for this year for at least several months. The museum's Board of Commissioners, which met Wednesday evening, cited the economy.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Healing through the arts
Rendezvous With Madness an annual festival of features and shorts exploring aspects of mental illness and addiction
The Globe and Mail |
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Kenny Chesney to headline at Stagecoach fest
Kenny Chesney, a headliner of the first Stagecoach Country Music Festival, will return to the Empire Polo Club in Indio April 25-26 for the third edition of the country event.
The Desert Sun |
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New sculptures debut on El Paseo
Eighteen new sculptures in the El Paseo Invitational Exhibition that will be on the El Paseo median for two years debuted Thursday night.
The Desert Sun |
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Exhibit in Randolph captures Cuban life
RANDOLPH -- The streets, struggles and spirit of Cuba are the focus of a photo exhibit by photographer Joe Guerriero at County College of Morris through Dec. 20 in the Masten Library Art Gallery. A reception with the photographer will be held Nov. 11, from noon to 1:30 p.m., in the Masten Gallery.
Daily Record |
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Photos: A day in the life of Sgt. Pepper
Some never-before-displayed candid photographs from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper 1967 recording session will soon go on display at Georgetown's Govinda Gallery.
WTOP Radio Network |
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TODAY’S BEST BET
The Wyoming Valley Art League presents ‘Art Under the Sun’ art auction today from 5 to 9 p.m. at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The event features live and silent auctions, food, music and live artistic demonstrations. Tickets are $30. For information, call 283-1255. All proceeds benefit the Wyoming Valley Art League.
The Citizens' Voice |
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New de Young Museum exhibit examines fashions and passions of Yves Saint Laurent
The show cements the museum's reputation as a center for fashion as art.
Contra Costa Times |
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