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Karl Maughan Cuts Up His Largest Oil Painting
Internationally renowned artist, Karl Maughan, takes the scissors to the single largest oil painting he’s ever produced today at its unveiling at SKYCITY Grand Hotel’s new bar, The Lobby, at 10.30am.
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CanTeen Christmas Auction 2008
CanTeen's Annual Bandanna Challenge was a huge success this year and now its wrapped Canteen have found themselves with some very generous commodities donated from far and wide!
Scoop.co.nz |
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Boise Art Museum names executive director
The Boise Art Museum board appointed Melanie Fales as the museum's executive
The Idaho Statesman |
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MP looking for artist
MT. PLEASANT — The city is searching for artists to participate in a window painting contest in December as part of the town’s holiday celebration.
Columbia Daily Herald |
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Recount in Staed/Schulte race must happen by month's end
CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; A recount in the hotly-contested House District 37 race must be complete by Nov. 30.Republican Renee Schulte appears to have defeated incumbent Democrat Art Staed by 14 votes in the northeast Cedar Rapids legislative district, 8,626 votes to 8,612. Staed requested a recount Monday, and the supervisors ordered it Tuesday.The recount will be conducted by a three-member ...
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Giant Sausage in Brooklyn
The Brooklynite Gallery has emailed us a sneak peek snapshot of their latest sculpture, "created by the wild British artists that go by the name of Kuildoosh " (who are allegedly Victorian England's answer to graffiti...you know, if that were possible and all). No, it's not Mr. Hanky , it's an inflatable sausage that's been forked. Hungry for more? The troupe's "Smoking Jackets for ...
Gothamist |
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Cape Cod Conservatory’s Annual Holiday On The Hill Art Show
The Cape Cod Conservatory in Falmouth will hold its annual Holiday on the Hill Art Show on Saturday, December 6, from noon to 4 PM.
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Kimbell Museum Announces Major Expansion
Fort Worth's Kimbell Art Museum will double its exhibit space in a $70 million, two-year expansion project.
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Walker exhibits fine porcelain paintings in DSCC LRC
Barbara Walker has traveled the globe to teach and learn the art of painting on fine porcelain, and this week she returns to Dyersburg State Community College with an exhibit and reception featuring her beautiful creations.
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Japanese Garden Festival
Clean out the hall closet or stroll through a colorful, camera-ready Ikebana flower display? There are several things we could do with the extra hour we gained thanks to Daylight Saving Time, but...
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Museums Adding Free Hours
Amid all the bad news about the economy, there is some good news coming out of the city's museums. NewYorkology travel site, which has compiled its fall/winter edition of pay-what-you-wish for museum...
NBC New York |
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Third annual Small Works Holiday Exhibition set
A painting/photo exhibit combining works from Foxborough, Franklin and Norfolk area artists will be held Dec. 6 through Jan. 3 in the Norfolk Public Library Community Room, sponsored by the Norfolk Cultural Council.
The Country Gazette |
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U.N. unveils $23 million ceiling art
A $23 million ceiling painting featuring hundreds of dangling icicle shapes that has been criticized for its hefty price tag was unveiled Tuesday at the United Nations offices in Geneva.
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Collection of slain jeweler Robert Whiteside will be auctioned in Dallas
Robert Whiteside’s jewelry has been presented to dignitaries and collected by prominent Dallas families. Wednesday night, some two years after he was slain in East Texas, most of the jeweler’s remaining creations and his antiques collection will be auctioned in Dallas.
Denton Record-Chronicle |
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Kimbell museum doubling exhibit space with project
Associated Press - November 18, 2008 2:45 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth will double its exhibit space in a $70 million, 2-year expansion project.
KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls |
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Council approves sculpture addition to Veterans Memorial Park
Plans for the addition of a life-sized bronze sculpture of an eagle, to be installed at Veterans Memorial Park, were unanimously approved Monday night by the Boonville City Council. The $16,000 cost of the bronze, designed by artist Sabra Tull-Meyer, is being paid by the local VFW post. The group plans to dedicate the sculpture on Veterans Day 2009. The park is located at the corner of ...
Boonville Daily News |
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VR Main: rewriting the history of Manet's favourite model
A Woman With No Clothes On is a new novel that depicts the life of Victorine Meurent. Victorine was the model for some of Édouard Manet's most famous paintings. Art historians have dismissed her as a drunk and a prostitute, even though she was a talented artist in her own right.
Socialist Worker |
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Westlake Art Show
Westlake Arden Courts will host a residential Art Show today on Nov. 18 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A raffle will be offered. Tickets will be 6 for $5 and 12 for $10. All of the money raised will...
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Rufino Tamayo for sale at NYC auction
Associated Press - November 18, 2008 2:25 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo - 1 of 5 exhibited in the United States still in private hands - is being offered at a...
KXXV Waco |
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$23 million ceiling art unveiled at U.N. building
GENEVA: Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo unveiled his lavish, $23 million ceiling painting at the United Nations building here on Tuesday, a project that has evoked controversy over its hefty price tag. In a ceremony with Spain’s ...
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Newark Museum explains decorative arts collection
MILLBURN -- The Speakers Bureau of the Newark Museum will be at the Millburn Public Library at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19, to present a program called "Decorative Arts: How We Collect." The Newark Museum is one of the...
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Drag City Reissues Underground Classic With Cosmic Lightning
Image from MySpace Artist, filmmaker, onetime porn director, and erstwhile punk auteur John Timmis IV, a.k.a. JT IV , was, to put it mildly, ahead of his time. An indie-rock renaissance man before anyone could appreciate him and an outsider artist before there was any money in it, Timmis released a slew of self-recorded singles and one lone LP, Cosmic Lightning , in the early-to-mid ...
Austinist |
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Renowned art dealer, Holocaust survivor Jan Krugier dies
Art dealer Jan Krugier, an Auschwitz survivor who collected the works of Picasso and other renowned artists to help himself move past the horrors of the Nazi era, has died. He was 80.
Seattle Times |
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World Music Breakthroughs, Now on Stage in America: globalFEST 2009 at NYC's Webster Hall, January 11, 2009
If you want a sneak peek at the global musicians likely to tour North America in the next few years, there is one must-see music festival: globalFEST 2009.
All About Jazz |
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Solon: Peninsula artist will build sculpture for City Hall
Carol Adams, a Peninsula artist with experience in public artwork, will build a sculpture for Solon City Hall. The irony is that the piece will be abstract, a genre City Council's Safety and Public Properties Committee rejected earlier this year....
Solon Herald Sun |
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