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News Brief
An installation of sculptures responding to the horrors of war, particularly the ongoing war in Iraq, is on display at Union Theological Seminary in New York City until 16 May 2008. It is the work of priest and artist Thomas Faulkner.
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Neverland on Grand
If Peter Pan owned a gallery, it would be Trunk Space, that Neverland on Grand. Our dauntless Lost Kids strike again on with their SuperFun Activity Challenge!, featuring the unveiling of artist books “inspired by those thick, cheaply made coloring books from days of yore,” says Trunk’ ...
Phoenix New Times |
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Dell plans a new set of artistically customized laptops
Dell has touted the concept of personalized PCs ever since it began business as "PCs Limited." But now, it's experimenting with taking that philosophy to new levels, offering a peek at new laptops with custom artwork on their cases.
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Local Dating
Where am I? > Until 24 May 2008 Interested in peeking behind the scenes of the festival? We want to hear from you. Drop in any day during the festival and feed into the work of Vado Mesquita as he chronicles festival experiences in...
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Tiananmen work up for auction
A sardonic painting by Chinese artist Yue Minjun on the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown fetched $A670,000 in Hong Kong in November 2005. This month, it may sell for $A7.5 million, Christie’s International claimed today.
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Student art show opens
The works of some of Saline's most prolific artists will be on display this weekend at the Saline schools' annual exhibit that has been bringing students' self-portraits and seascapes, pottery and paintings into the limelight for more than four decades.
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PHS ‘Outlook’ takes top award at convention
The Peninsula High School’s student newspaper, The Outlook, won the top prize in a journalism contest sponsored by the Journalism Education Association and the National Scholastic Press Association.
Peninsula Gateway |
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Livable Fair, plant sale, history coming to KPCC Saturday
Assorted booths fill the gym floor at a previous Livable Community Fair. Three major annual events — the Livable Community Fair, Lakebay Fuschsia Society Plant Sale and Heritage Month at the Key Peninsula Historical Society Museum — are coming May 10 at the Key Peninsula Civic Center in Vaughn.
Peninsula Gateway |
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Book Review: The Body in the Gallery - A Faith Fairchild Mystery by Katherine Hall Page
Faith must figure out the identity of the woman who died in a fish tank, but can she do it before the killer finds her? The Body in the Gallery: A Faith Fairchild Mystery, by Katherine Hall Page, is the latest installment for Faith, balancing a catering career with being a fulltime mom. To add more pressure, her husband, Tom, is a clergyman. While never having gone through law enforcement ...
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art May 8 - 10 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm:
Akar Prakar and Society of Contemporary Artists host a show in memory of Shyamal Dutta Ray on his birth anniversary. Some of his works, from Dr Mukund Lath’s collection, will be on view.
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Olympic Sculpture Created In New Mexico
One of the official sculptures for the 2008 Beijing Olympics is coming from a small metal shop in Albuquerque.
KOAT Albuquerque |
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60 artists at exhibition
A THREE-DAY exhibition featuring the works of more than 60 local artists will be held from today at the Gulf Hotel's Atrium. ARTlounge is the second exhibition that will showcase a diverse collection, all on canvas with the exception of artist Khalid Farhan's sculpture of a custom-built motorcycle.
Gulf Daily News |
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Meaning It This Time
Nothing ever gets finished on time, but the Museum of East Tennessee History must hold some sort of record. The museum’s signature exhibit, “Voices of the Land,” has so far taken five times longer than originally announced.
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Harrison exhibit at Old Bank Gallery
The Old Bank Gallery is honored to present a return exhibit of the works of Hanna Harrison, entitled “Reigning Cats and Dogs (and other animals)”.
Ada Evening News |
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Take mom to an art show of grand masters in Las Vegas
Looking for something different for Mother's Day this year? Why not treat mom to sights she can only see in New York? You can. Especially if she is an art fan. If names like Chagall, Picasso, Klee and Monet roll off her tongue like melted fine chocolate take her to Las Vegas to catch the last weekend of the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. "What," you might say, ...
The Desert Sun |
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Russia approves $177M to renovate Pushkin museum
The Russian government will allocate more than $177 million US to restore the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow's largest museum of European art.
CBC |
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Artist's youngest admirer meets her inspiration
He's sold more than 150 pieces of art now displayed in big name corporation buildings, lavish homes and upscale museums, including the Norton Museum of Art.
The Palm Beach Post |
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NASA rolls out new program
WASHINGTON -- With the help of the space shuttle program, NASA kicks off a new artifact loan program for museums, planetariums, and other organizations. NASA's new Artifact Loan Opportunities Program will help organizations borrow NASA artifacts for education and outreach purposes.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
Aakriti - an exhibition conducted by Aley, a platform for artists hailing from small towns and rural places, was inaugurated by K K Raghava recently. The exhibition featured people with an eye and taste for art, displaying their creativity in a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Deccan Herald |
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Saturday’s BCL Friends Big Spring Festival of Books to offer bargains
It’s here again, and on Saturday the Friends of Blanchard Community Library’s Big Spring Festival of Books will be a bargain hunter’s delight, especially for those watching their pennies.
Santa Paula Times |
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Bucharest – without head and tail
“A model of resin, at the dimension of 1/1, of the equestrian statue of Carol I, which will be made by the sculptor Florin Codre, has recently been exhibited to the public, in the Revolution Square, in front of Carol I Central Academic Library.”
Nine O'Clock |
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Sibiu to become the capital of jazz
For the forthcoming week, the former European Cultural Capital Sibiu is back in the cultural spotlight due to the 2008 edition of the Sibiu Jazz Festival.
Nine O'Clock |
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Youth art exhibit still seeking entries
'Asian Inspiration,' a youth art exhibit in Des Moines, sponsored by the Iowa Asian Alliance, is still seeking entries. The entry deadline has been extended from May 8 until May 12.
Mount Pleasant News |
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The day a dinosaur ate the Criterion (well, almost anyway)
The Henry Lawson Festival is fast approaching with the June long weekend, peaking out from behind the corner of the calendar warning us of the ever-faster passage of time that seems to constitute the modern perceptions of the passing of time and the progression of days.
Grenfell Record |
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Westernized subjects for a distinct Japanese style
Another important storyline is the rejection of the influx of foreign styles by the establishment of the self-consciously Japanese art form called nihonga (Japanese-style painting). A third looks at the subtle way these two movements interacted with each other. Anything that falls outside these... Read the full story.
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