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Scrolling past
In early November, Kazuo Yoshihara, an antiques expert with a 30-year career in the field, carefully opened a scroll painting in a room at the 14th Yokohama Kotto World fair. Located at the Pacifico Yokohama event venue, Yoshihara was at the fair giving free appraisals to items that were brought in by curious attendees. He examined the scroll of a plant for a few minutes, then made his judgment. ...
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'Tradition!' the theme at Havurah auction
The Havurah Annual Auction presents "Tradition!" at 5 p.m. on Saturday. "Our auction and gala event is very exciting this year," said auction chairperson Michael Monarch.
Ashland Daily Tidings |
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They had a blast at sand sculpting, and three winners named
BRADENTON BEACH — An octopus, a diver and a puppy were the winners in today’s SandBlast 2008, Keep Manatee Beautiful’s annual sand-sculpture competition.
Bradenton Herald |
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Emotions flow at ceremony
A memorial to 23 fallen heroes was unveiled in an emotional re-dedication ceremony today at Cincinnati Museum Center.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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MAD art fetches nearly $750,000
DALLAS -- The last batch of original art from MAD magazine's New York archives sold Friday for a combined total of nearly $750,000. The combined $746,516 was more than double pre-sale estimates, said Greg Rohan, president of Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries.
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Auction Results and Hammer Prices, Redux
It turns out I'm not the only person who cares about the weird way in which auction house estimates are compared to hammer prices during an auction, but are compared to the total price paid after an auction.
Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance |
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Position details
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the world's finest museums, is seeking a specialist in early and medieval Islamic art to fill the position of Assistant or Associate Curator in the Department of Islamic Art.
Art Newspaper |
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Sebastião Salgado at AMoA [Art Preview]
Workers emerging from a coal mine. Dhanbad, Bihar State, India, 1989, Gelatin Silver Print, 19 5/8 X 23 1/2 inches, Photographs by Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images. Workers: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado Saturday, November 15, 2008 - February 8, 2009 Austin Museum Of Art ( 823 Congress Avenue ) [ info ] Sebastião Salgado , bless his heart, trained as an economist. But, after a ...
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PHS learns art, history at Vatican exhibit
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Pacelli High School students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They toured the Vatican Splendors exhibit, on loan from the Vatican. This exhibit opened on Sept. 27 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul.
Austin Daily Herald |
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Got kids? Be sure to check-out these New Orleans events
Choo-choo fun The Louisiana chapter of the Train Collectors Association's Model Train Show, featuring active train layouts, children's contests and model-train dealers, is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the VFW Post at 3314 Richland St. in Metairie....
New Orleans Times-Picayune |
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Poet Quincy Troupe Talks About His PS 1 Exhibition
"Neo-Hoodoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith" is the title of an exhibition that's running at PS 1 in Queens until January 26th. Poet Quincy Troupe is reading at the museum Saturday. Troupe says what was o....
WNYC New York Public Radio |
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Get Out: Saturday
LACMA VIA MACHINE PROJECT Machine Project has left Echo Park and is set up at LACMA today to host several on-site events at the museum. They'll be using all sorts of unexpected spaces to share their version of the museum and its collections, from the elevator to the courtyards. You'll get entangled in a murder mystery, and may happen upon some unusual musical acts. Check out the full ...
LAist |
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Filipino artist hopes paintings can spark changes in Philippine education system
SINGAPORE: Every year, about a million young people do not get to go to school in the Philippines. Jaypee Samson, a Filipino artist, hopes his paintings can spark changes in his country's education system.
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Science Club: Jane Walsh
In which DCist interviews area scientists, researchers, and academics on topics pertaining to natural and scientific interests. As Thomas Dolby would say: science! Jane Walsh is an anthropologist with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History whose research focuses on Pre-Columbian Mexican archaeology and ethnohistory. Her work with crystal skulls has made her a specialist with ...
DCist |
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The Footsies' Sandalias Festival
Happy, pretty feet – gliding, dancing, strutting to the rhythm of Brazilian beats, were a sight to delight at the recent Sandalias Festival, which showcased Ipanema, Grendha, and Rider sandals.
Manila Bulletin |
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Saturday’s headlines
AGO • In broad strokes, public loves AGO [ Toronto Star ] • The Art Gallery of Ontario’s backyard is getting its groove back [ Globe and Mail ] • Transformation AGO [ Globe and Mail ] POLITICS • A city adrift in recycling hell [ National Post ] • Retailer, can you spare a dime? [ Globe and Mail ] • [...]
Spacing Wire |
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Celebrating Banburyshire's art
AN ART exhibition celebrating Banburyshire Art and Artists will be held in Banbury Town Hall from Thursday (November 20). (15/11/2008 11:55:46)
Banbury Today |
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Janie Howard Wilson students win city art contest
The City Hall entrance walls look like a Janie Howard Wilson art gallery after seven students won top prizes in the annual Government Week poster contest. Kiara Ward won first place. Ivy Magera was awarded second place, and Tia Kornn received third place.
Lake Wales News |
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Introduction to Repoussé Art Workshop Nov. 22 at Bok Tower
Learn the ancient art of repoussé relief sculpture at Bok Tower Gardens on Saturday, Nov. 22 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Enrollment is limited for the hands-on workshop taught by St. Cloud sculptor Stefan Alexandres whose award-winning artwork will be on display at the Visitor Center through Nov. 23. No previous art experience is required.
Lake Wales News |
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Artist backs street art web sale
An artist who left 1,000 paintings on the streets of London has no objections to them popping up on eBay.
BBC News |
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Austin American-Statesman |
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Art brings Rs.40 mn relief to Bihar flood victims
Art has brought Rs.40 million for flood victims of Bihar. Thirty-one leading contemporary artists brought together by Subodh Gupta and Bharati Kher have raised more than Rs.39.3 million through the Artists' Flood Relief Charity Auction held Nov 11-12 by Saffronart.
Calcutta News |
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Baring the heart, soul of 'Gatsby'
Among the many things you might well find yourself thinking about if you are lucky enough to catch Sunday's final Chicago performance of "Gatz" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theatre -- a marathon seven-hour theatricalized reading of the full text of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 masterpiece, The Great Gatsby -- is that no matter how lucid the book might be, no high school student assigned to ...
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Knowlton husband and wife featured in art show at Rider University
COURTESY RIDER UNIVERSITY"Rita Baragona and St. Clair Sullivan: A Marriage of Two Minds" is an exhibition that showcases recent paintings by the husband-and-wife artists from Columbia, Knowlton Township. "Rita Baragona and St. Clair Sullivan: A Marriage of Two Minds" is...
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Images of Hanoi by Japanese photographers on exhibit
VietNamNet Bridge - Photos taken by 44 Japanese people who live and work in Vietnam are being displayed at an exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on November 13 with the participation of the Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association and representatives of Japanese organizations in Vietnam.
Vietnam Net |
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