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Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M at NYC auction
NEW YORK - A mural by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo - one of five exhibited in the United States still in private hands - was sold Tuesday for nearly $7 million at an auction of Latin American art.
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A Puppet Interlude II A solo exhibition by Chaiyot Jindagun
Çѹ·Õè 19 ¾ÄȨԡÒ¹ 2551 12:22 ¹. ArtGorillas ArtGallery is pleased to present A Puppet interlude II, a solo exhibition of new work by Chaiyot Jindagun.
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First Love, the break/s and More Set for Public's 2009 Under the Radar Festival
The Public Theater has announced the line-up of new works that will comprise the fifth annual Under the Radar festival, which begins Jan. 7, 2009.
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School gallery dedicated to retired art teacher
SALEM and mdash; There are the Guggenheim, the Met, the Hirshhorn and mdash; and now the Maureen A. Roche Gallery. That is how Brendan Walsh described the new art gallery at Salem High School, which was dedicated to longtime Salem High art teacher Maureen Roche during a reception last night.
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Town topics - Nov. 19
NEW BRIGHTON USO Radio Show R-ACT Theatre Productions and the Merrick Free Art Gallery will present the second Beaver County USO Christmas Radio Show at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 and 6 at the Merrick Free Art Gallery in New Brighton.
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Photographs Are Seen Through The Eyes Of A Child
There's a lot going on this week at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
The director and the curators, not the trustees, of the Guggenheim make all decisions as to the exhibitions that are shown at the museum. I in no way influenced the Guggenheim's decision to hold the 2007 retrospective of Richard Prince 's work.
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Buried treasure: University-owned mummy kept at St. Louis museum
Of the eight surviving sarcophagi in the world, seven are in Egypt. The eighth, pictured here, is owned by the University and resides in the St. Louis Art Museum.
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Al Wildey named interim CCFA dean
Al Wildey will become interim associate dean for the College of Communications and Fine Arts in January. "It's already a strong college and I look forward to this opportunity to contributing at a higher level," said Wildey, the current chairman of the art department.
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Local Artists Fill A Cultural Void
The Gallery, which opened Friday in downtown Dade City, has done more than fill an empty storefront for the holiday season.
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Life in brief
"Creatives" Exhibit on display Graduating graphic design students will showcase their work in a senior portfolio exhibition "Creatives" today in the University Art Gallery. The graphic design bachelor of fine arts portfolio exhibition starts today and ends Nov.
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Norman Rockwell Museum Receives National Humanities Medal
STOCKBRIDGE, MA.- Norman Rockwell Museum today received the National Humanities Medal, America’s highest recognition of work by individuals and institutions in the field of the humanities. It is one of nine recipients nationwide and the only museum among the winners.
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Academy of Art University Raises Significant Funds with Fine Art Auction
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- On Saturday, November 8, 2008, more than 200 art collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts gathered at the Academy of Art University for its highly anticipated 13th Annual Faculty & Alumni Fine Art Auction.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts Receives $750,000 Wallace Foundation Grant
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) today announced that it has received a Wallace Foundation Grant of $750,000 as part of The Wallace Excellence Awards. The Wallace Foundation works with exemplary arts organizations in selected cities throughout the country.
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Modern and Contemporary Art to be Auctioned at Sotheby's in Amsterdam
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Weg in Ascona 1950. Oil on canvas, signed, 76 x 112.5 Estimate €120.000-150.000. Sale at Sotheby’s Amsterdam: Modern and Contemporary Art, 3 December 2008 © Sotheby’s Amsterdam.
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Hanover in the 1920s: A New Presentation of Works in the Sprengel Museum Collection
A woman passes by the work of art "Merz Building", made by Kurt Schwitter, in the exhibition "Hanover in the 1920s", at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover. Photo: EFE / Peter Steffen.
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Exhibit offers mocking portrait of art world
Hollywood celebrity culture gets the pie-in-the-face treatment at East Boston's Atlantic Works Gallery. Artists Laura Rollins, Eric Hess, Anna Salmeron and Charlene...
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Fales Named Executive Director for Boise Art Museum
Melanie Fales has been promoted to Executive Director of the Boise Art Museum. BOISE, ID.-
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Old Master Paintings Auction at Sotheby's this December
Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s The Kermesse of Saint George, which is estimated to fetch £2.5-3.5 million. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby´s. LONDON.-
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Kimbell Art Museum Unveils Renzo Piano's Designs for a Major New Building Project
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth,Texas, Renzo Piano, Gallery sketch, 2008 © Renzo Piano BuildingWorkshop. FORT WORTH, TX.-
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Exhibition Showcases Art from the Renaissance to WWII
François-André Vincent (French, 1746–1816), “Xeuxis Choosing his Models for the Image of Helen from among the Girls of Croton,” c. 1791. Oil on canvas. Cantor Arts Center, Gift of the Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation 40 x 54 inches.
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IMA Announces Intention to Acquire Miller House and Garden
Members of the Miller family and the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation have agreed to donate the house and gardens, along with many of its original furnishings, to the Museum and have pledged $5 million toward an $8 million endowment for the house and surrounding grounds.
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Bonhams to Auction Anish Kapoor's Mountain at its Contemporary Arab Art Sale in Dubai
Anish Kapoor (British, b. 1954), Mountain, aluminium, constructed from 120 water-jet cut 2 cm thick aluminium layers mounted on an internal structure 255 cm. high, 500 cm. wide, 281 cm. deep.
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Pipilotti Rist Creates a Site-Specific Monumental Video, Sound, and Sculptural Installation for MoMA
Installation view of Pipilotti Rist's Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters) at The Museum of Modern Art, 2008. Multichannel video projection (color, sound), projector enclosures, circular seating element, carpet.
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Sotheby's New York Evening Sale of Latin American Art Totals $16,797,875
Remedios Varo (1908-1963), Planta Insumisa. 84 by 62 cm. Oil on masonite. Est. 1,400,000—1,800,000 USD sold for: 1,426,500 USD. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby´s.
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