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Original Warhol photographs on exhibit at the Harn Museum of Art
Andy Warhol, the man who turned the Campbell's Soup can into a pop-art image and who himself became a pop-culture icon in the '70s, will now be represented with 150 original photographs at the Harn Museum of Art.
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Metallica drummer owned painting fetches USD 13.5m at Christie's
London, Nov 14 : A painting of a boxer by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which was owned by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, has fetched 13.5 million dollars at an auction.
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Art
All weekend - "REGIONAL EXHIBITION" - Ends Dec. 3; Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, 437 E. Berry St.; gallery hours, 424-7195 or www.artlinkfw.com. Photo caption: Willyum Baulkey's “Poison” is part of IPFW's “Senior BFA Exhibition” this weekend. Photo by Courtesy photo
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CHAMBERLIN: About the illustrations
When I was asked to produce the 12 illustrations for this series, I was given carte blanche. Quite a charge to give an artist: a covetous position, but initially terrifying.
Rocky Mountain News |
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China's poetry recital stars find fame with Internet vote
A middle-aged primary school teacher reciting a 1,300-year-old poem could become China's answer to an American Idol-type superstar thanks to on-line voting in a government-sponsored competition. The 40-year-old from the eastern Anhui Province, Fang Baojiu, was leading the field of 179 performers one week into the three-week poetry recital contest with more than 38,060 votes as of Friday evening. ...
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Film Festival Picks Recipient of American Riviera Award
Surprise! It’s Mickey Rourke.
Santa Barbara Independent |
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Instructor Carol Babineau
NASHUA -- Carol A. Babineau, an Art Clay master instructor, has won the Art Clay World Presidential Grand Prize, third place and honorable mention prizes in the fourth annual Art Clay World North American Design Contest.
Pepperell Free Press |
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Trailer trash: Jason Solomons on the American version of 13 Tzameti and Sir Derek Jacobi's new short
Lucky for some After a delay of over a year, one of Trash's most highly anticipated remakes will finally be under way in New York this month. Georgian-born director Géla Babluani is directing an American version of his own highly-regarded arthouse thriller 13 Tzameti, about a deadly betting ring of Russian roulette gamblers. Babluani exclusively revealed his plans in this column during last ...
Guardian Unlimited |
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Housel to speak on Auburn football
Former Auburn athletic director David Housel will speak at the Jules Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University on Thursday at 5 p.m.
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Royal visitor for gallery opening
The king of Lesotho and Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan are among the first to view a £3.5m gallery.
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Face paint
"SOMEONE said one time, if you can consider giving up art, you should," artist Bill Leak says in his new show Face Painting, in which we watch him paint the portraits of six well-known Australians.
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Old Brick concert aids Artists' Recovery Fund
Despite a cold, steady rain Thursday night, a multigenerational crowd of more than 60 people gathered to support UI art students and musicians for music and comedy. The fund-raising concert was held for the Artists' Recovery Fund Thursday evening at Old Brick. Two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter and Iowa native Greg Brown headlined the event. Also featured were Comics in Action, UI ...
The Daily Iowan |
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Tripp Lite Installs State-of-the-Art Power Protection Solution within Oman Oil Company
120 KVA UPS unit to assure backup system for over 70 per cent of oil giant's staff assigned to various global projects October 26, 2008 Tripp Lite, a world leading manufacturer of power protection and connectivity equipment, has announced that it has completed the installation of a state-of-the-art power protection solution involving 120 KVA uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units within the ...
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This Weekend
Todd Susman’s comedy, Him , will make its world premiere Thursday evening, Nov. 13, at 8 at the Schoolhouse Theater, Croton Falls, N.Y. The one-man show stars Steve Vinovich as “the last Jew on Earth,” who lives in the Brooklyn Museum and whose only contact is a faceless “monitor” through an intercom.
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Jepson Center showcases Anthony Palliser's intimate portraits
Anthony Palliser is fascinated by faces. This accomplished artist, who divides his time between Savannah and Paris, serves as the subject of "Palliser," a powerful solo exhibit currently on display at the Telfair's Jepson Center for the Arts.
Savannah Morning News |
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Corrections & Clarifications
In the story “Jordan, Coody square off in runoff debate” on the front page of the Thursday Northwest Arkansas Times, Mayor Dan Coody was misquoted. The city does not have a fund set up to purchase sculptures or art pieces. (Northwest Arkansas Times)
NWAnews.com |
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Transformed AGO Opens to the Public
The transformed Art Gallery of Ontario opened its doors to the public today, launching three days of free admission to celebrated architect Frank Gehry's spectacular re-imagination of the institution and more than 4,300 works of art in 110 light-filled galleries.
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Ukraine unlikely to return German paintings (Photo:6 photo)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine is unlikely to return more than a dozen paintings by Western European artists brought here from a German museum as Soviet war trophies during World War II, an official said Thursday.
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Urban Planner: November 14, 2008
ART: Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven, not eight, but nine (phew!) visual art exhibitions open today at the Harbourfront Centre . Featuring pieces ranging from a diseased baby vulture to an upside-down Christmas tree , there's sure to be something for everyone in your twisted, post-modern family.
Torontoist |
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London News and Reviews
For me, the Barbican’s exhibition devoted to Robert Capa prompted memories of events that in my childhood loomed large beyond the world of The Wind in the Willows. Children of my generation were well aware of war.
Evening Standard |
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Veterans honored through art
James Davis Nelson discusses the details in one of his paintings. In November 1967, Specialist 4th Class James Davis Nelson found watercolor kits in an abandoned Vietnamese bunker. He stuffed the kits in his front leg pocket and used them to paint graphic images of the war in Vietnam.
Lee's Summit Journal |
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Venezuela Beauties Nip, Tuck Their Way to Miss World, Universe
Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Eva Ekvall says she was 17, a little overweight and dreaming of winning enough to buy a car when she entered her first beauty contest. Plastic surgery was the last thing on the young Venezuelan's mind.
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Weekend Calendar
Hot 8 Brass Band; All-scales train show; Hager House family days; Barbershop music; Tribute to veterans; MasterWorks II; Jewish Food Festival; Vocal concert
The Herald-Mail |
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Art exhibit, auction set
Preservation Lampasas Inc. is holding an art auction and exhibition to help with efforts to restore the historic Colored School. The event begins with an exhibition at 5:30 p.m. at Wesley Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church, followed by the auction at 6:30 p.m.
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Friday’s headlines
• We see ourselves in AGO - and we like it [ Toronto Star ] • Finished AGO puts Gehry’s fears to rest [ Globe and Mail ] • Welcome home, Frank [ National Post ] • Art Gallery of Ontario reopens with Gehry’s stamp [ CBC.ca ] • Road tolls for whom, Transport Canada asks [ [...]
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