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Artparis Abu Dhabi 2008 features emerging galleries and talent
Emerging regional galleries and the search for young talent will characterise the second annual artparis Abu Dhabi 2008 - the Middle East's leading modern and contemporary art fair.
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Past winners well worth another look
While the annual Ohio Watercolor Society exhibit continues in the Riffe Gallery, standouts from previous years can be found at the Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center.
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Society show explores possibilities inherent in challenging Watercolor method
The "31st Annual Juried Exhibition" of the Ohio Water color Society celebrates how flexible and impressive a difficult medium becomes in the right hands.
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This week in the arts
CLASSICAL MUSIC • The Jefferson Academy of Music will present the Prima Trio at 2 p.m. today in the Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St. The young ensemble -- Boris Allakhverdyan (clarinet), Avid Bogorad (violin, viola) and Anastasia Dedik (piano) -- will perform works by Khachaturian, Milhaud, Mozart, Schickele and Schumann. Tickets cost $24, or $17 for senior citizens and museum members, ...
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Abstract nature
The internationally award-winning artist Andrew Rose has created a body of work that translates the aesthetic of nature into the abstract. "Liminal," exhibiting at Nuuanu Gallery at Marks Garage through Nov. 26, was a project that took place over three years in and out of studios in New York, Spain, Israel and Hawaii. It comprises gouache, acrylic and watercolor paintings, plus digital art
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National gifts program awards 50 works to Academy of Arts
New York art collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel will discuss their national gifts program, the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, at the Honolulu Academy of Arts today at 2 p.m. in the East Building Auditorium. The academy is among select art institutions nationwide that will receive a gift of 50 works from the couple's extensive collection.
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Graphic novels come of age
Considered the younger, adolescent sibling of sophisticated fine art, cartooning continues its coming of age, gaining footing with a generation of fans. Stretched beyond comic-book length, graphic novels have amassed substantial real estate in bookstores in recent years, with no foreclosures in sight. They’re the subject of Graphic Language: The Art of the ‘Comic’ Book, an exhibit through ...
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Simon Webbe - Two Camps At Start Of Im A Celebrity
The eighth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! will begin with contestants being split into two teams.Ant and Dec, returning as hosts of the reality ...
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Stories on China
It’s only fitting that the ceramic art of Kurt Weiser be on display at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art through December. The museum’s namesake, Nora, spent much of her life as a potter and collector of pottery.
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Treasure seekers
Ed and Nancy Rosenthal's love of Chinese art creates an exhibit for the Taft.
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Grants
Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne awarded grants to four Fort Wayne organizations to help increase the capacity of non-profit groups that develop and present arts and cultural activities throughout the city: Mon Women’s Association of America: $29,950 African/African American Historical Society Museum: $51,650 Fort Wayne
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The art of the arty gift
With Thanksgiving around the corner and Black Friday on its heels, it's time to think about gift-giving. This year, if you're looking for something unique and outside the (big) box, you might want to think about combing museums and galleries for unique gifts and Island touches.
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Blade writer gets an A for effort in Distinguished Clown Corps session
Making balloon shapes is easy, I’m told. Twist, pinch, twist again and — voila! — there’s an inflated purple dog. Adjust the length of one of the twists, and instead of a dog, there’s a giraffe. Watching Russ Wood, the balloon sculpture coordinator with the Distinguished Clown Corps, lead a class of eight mostly novice balloon sculptors, there really doesn’t seem to be much to making a wiener ...
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Matt Ackley Talks about eBay Exposure on Google
AuctionBytes checked in with Matt Ackley, eBay's Vice President of International Marketing and Advertising, to learn what steps eBay takes to ensure that sellers' product listings appear in Google search results and in Google Product Search.
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Sabri al-Haiki is a multidisciplinary artist whose work makes Sana’ani houses dance. The texture he obtains in his paintings where houses hang from trees and where the old city of Sana’a ends up moving at the rhythm of an imaginary music, has made al-Haiki’s work distinct among artists in Yemen.
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Serena the seer
While performing last March at the annual music-aholic's dream -- Austin's South By Southwest Festival -- Serena Ryder sensed something big was going to happen with her career.
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KeyBank hosting exhibit of chain saw sculptures
LEWISTON -- The eagles have landed at the Lewiston branch of KeyBank.
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Museum bursting with Warhol art, kitsch
The stuff hanging on the walls at Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Museum is drop-dead fascinating. And the artwork's pretty interesting, too.
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U.K. axes Gehry's vision for Brighton waterfront
While Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry basked in the international spotlight at Friday's unveiling of his remodelled Art Gallery of Ontario, the world-renowned building designer was still digesting news that another of his dream projects -- a $650-million residential and recreation complex overlooking the English Channel -- had been scuttled over financial concerns after a fierce debate in ...
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See Warhol at Wexner
"Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms," is making its exclusive U.S. stop now through Feb. 15 at the Wexner Center for the Arts on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus.
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The arts left behind in schools
As Greenville High seniors, Brittany Case and Emily Valentine have taken every art class offered at their small-town school. Now, both participate in independent study, Case focusing on graphic design and Valentine on photography."They really offer only the basics here," said Valentine,17, who plans to attend the Hallmark College of Photography in Turners Falls, Mass., in the fall. She ...
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Photography exhibition
An exhibition entitled 'Expressions of an Identity' by French artist and photographer Luc Arden is being held at the Citadel Centre for Culture and the Arts, Victoria, until November 28. The exhibits feature prints of Gozitan people including one of 82-year-old blacksmith Tony Grech.
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Mediterranean gastro festival
The first Mediterranean gastro festival in Gozo was held over the weekend. It was organised by the Gozo Council for Culture and the Arts within the Gozo Ministry and the Associazione Tipico of Abruzzo.
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Store in Buenos Aires is nirvana for Barbie lovers
The glittering storefront in this capital's trendy Palermo district once housed an art gallery and then a Chinese restaurant. Now it's a haze of pink: all Barbie, all the time.
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Exhibition of cartoons
Anthony Tabone, Joanna Drake, the winners of FDAD cartoons competition Marisa Attard and Sebastian Tanti Burlò, who received the award on behalf of his father, Maurice Tanti Burlò and Dr Sammut.
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