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Eli Broad to open another art museum?
Eli Broad, the man who funded the bulk of – and gave his name to – the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Broad Contemporary Art Museum, is reportedly to build his own museum just down the road.
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Prairie Art Gallery may be spared from wrecking ball
The old Prairie Art Gallery building may remain standing, a much-anticipated letter from provincial government that has reached city chambers seems to suggest. [...]
Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune |
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Art Auction and Sale will Benefit School in Kenya
"Light Up the Life of a Child" is the theme of the third annual Art for AIDS Orphans silent auction and sale to be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Fri., Nov. 21, in the salon of The Roycroft Inn, 40 South Grove St., East Aurora. Proceeds of the sale will go to the building fund for Crossroads Springs Institute, a school and care center in Hamisi, Kenya, for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
East Aurora Advertiser |
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Stolen clocks found years later
JERUSALEM (AP) - Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist.
KRQE Albuquerque |
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RI woman loses appeal for Nazi-era painting
A painting forcibly auctioned by Germany's Nazi government should remain with the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who lost it when his gallery was liquidated, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
WBZ News Radio Boston |
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Undergrad art show reception tonight
A special reception will be held this evening for a new art exhibit featuring work from more than 40 University of Delaware undergraduate students majoring in fine arts and visual communications.
The Newark Post |
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Beach art gallery gone, inspiration remains
For generations, artists who couldn't resist the lure of the sea have been drawn to the Bolivar Peninsula. Keeping Bolivar art scene alive
Beaumont Enterprise |
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Cleveland Museum of Art to return 14 disputed works to Italy
The Italian government has been negotiating with several large U.S. art museums for the return of artworks it believes were excavated illegally and then smuggled abroad.
Crain's Cleveland Business |
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Internet European digital library going online 19/11 19:44 CET
The EU is launching its European digital library this Thursday: Europeana. The vast store of cultural heritage uses the latest available technologies to capture in digital record millions of films, photographs, paintings, audio files, maps, manuscripts, newspapers and books.
Euronews |
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Grandfather of Microphotography Rediscovered
A set of long-lost photographs of microscopic images, among the first ever taken, has resurfaced at a museum in San Francisco. These beautiful microphotographs mark a turning point in 19th-century science from idealized illustrations to real images of individual specimens.
Wired News |
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REDCAT Celebrates 5 Years of Progressive Art
Last Wednesday night ForYourArt and The Standard, Downtown LA Art Series celebrated REDCAT`s 5th Year Anniversary and the recent appointment of curator Clara Kim as Gallery Director with a party on the roof of the The Standard. It was the premiere event of The Standard, Downtown LA Art Series’ collaboration with ForYourArt. Performances featured Ann Magnuson, Carl Hancock Rux and Kristina Wong. ...
LAist |
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Suspects take plea deal in murder for hire case
Two Bakersfield businessmen pleaded no contest Wednesday to conspiracy to commit mayhem in what law enforcement described as a murder for hire case. Francis Giangrossi, owner of Coast Roofing, and Jim Skiba, a supervisor, admitted to paying Jesus Estrada to beat up Steve Stewart. The plea deal, which included the dismissal of two attempted murder charges, was based on a maximum sentence of a ...
The Bakersfield Californian |
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RI woman loses appeal for Nazi-era painting
A painting forcibly auctioned by Germany's Nazi government should remain with the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who lost it when his gallery was liquidated, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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Mexican mural sells for nearly $7M
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.
New York Daily News |
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David Hasselhoff - Hasselhoff Reveals Wacky World
DAVID HASSELHOFF has a bizarre globe featuring images of himself - to show the impact he has made on the world. The former Baywatch star claims the sculpture, which ...
ContactMusic |
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Microsoft's PR blunder: MacBook Pro and PS3 promote Vista
Delivering a critical message to potential customers through stock photography can work in some cases, but can backfire in others – which was the case in a recent Microsoft PR campaign. A Microsoft marketing brochure bundled with OEM systems shows images of Apple's MacBook Pro and kids holding Playstation controllers.
TG Daily |
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Baroness loses appeal for Nazi-era painting
A painting forcibly auctioned by Germany's Nazi government should remain with the estate of a late Jewish art dealer from Montreal, who lost it when his gallery was liquidated, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
CNews |
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
Wed, Nov 19, 2008 (11:27 a.m.) Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist.
Las Vegas Sun |
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‘CHROMA’ art exhibit
Odessa College drawing students have scheduled "CHROMA," an exhibition of oil-pastel works now through Dec. 11 in the north foyer of Sedate Hall at Odessa College.
Odessa American |
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist.
The Kansas City Star |
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Testing Dale DeGroff's Cocktail Recipes At Drink
This Bostonist owns many a compact, black and white volume of cocktail recipes, with small type and bare diagrams. Mixologist, booze consultant, and Museum of the American Cocktail founder Dale DeGroff's new book is, by contrast, a large, typographically lush (and generally lush) book of cocktail recipes with near-pornographic photography of perfect drinks, shivering in their garnishes. The ...
Bostonist |
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Gallery: 'Twilight'
Based on the wildly popular, best-selling novel, "Twilight" premiered in L.A. on Monday, Nov. 17. Check out photos from the premiere and other events involving your favorite vampire stars. The movie opens in the Tri-State at midnight on Friday, Nov. 21.
The Huntington Herald-Dispatch |
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25TH SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL TO OPEN WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF ADAM ELLIOT'S MARY AND MAX
Park City, UT—Sundance Institute announced today that the world premiere of Mary and Max, a clay animation feature film from Academy Award-winning short film creators Adam Elliot and producer Melanie Coombs is the Opening Night Film for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Elite TV |
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
Timepieces from a priceless collection stolen from a Jerusalem museum were discovered in French bank vaults, police said Wednesday, more than two decades after the heist. The 43 watches and clocks will return to Israel, where they will join dozens of others from the collection found two years ago, police said Wednesday, reuniting most of the collection of 106 rare artifacts. The 1983 theft from ...
The State |
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43 rare clocks stolen from Israel found in France
Included in the original collection was an 18th-century watch made for French queen Marie Antoinette by famed watch maker Abraham-Louis Breguet, valued at $30 million by museum officials.
The Arizona Republic |
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