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Photo contest reflects spirit of city
PASADENA - As in the old saying, a picture is worth a thousand words, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce is asking local photographers to submit an image that perfectly defines this city of 146,000 residents.
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America's Artistic Triumph
Americans seem to thrive on rivalry. And we like winners and winning. We also want to be heard. During the 1940s and '50s, when the avant-garde artists of New York supplanted those of Europe, Abstract Expressionism and the New York School were celebrated as having literally "triumphed" over the School of Paris. American "Action Painting" and its mural scale, it was believed, had displaced the ...
The New York Sun |
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Bits and Pieces of a Lavish Palace
The Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination recently hosted a roundtable discussion on "The Psycho-Neurology of the Photographic Arts" in its space at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute on East 82nd Street. An Ivy League professor of Modern art who was smarter than necessary began the discussion by averring that there were no intrinsic characteristics of a ...
The New York Sun |
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Following the Family Trade
For Marc de Montebello, art is the family business. His father, Philippe, has been the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for three decades (he recently announced his retirement). In 1991, the younger Mr. de Montebello opened his own gallery, which specialized in 19th- and early-20th-century works, on East 84th Street, down the block from his father's office. He closed the gallery in ...
The New York Sun |
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Ventrone Sheds a Whole New Light on Nature's Bounty
Born in Rome in 1942, Luciano Ventrone is a celebrated Italian photo-realist with a distinguished exhibition history centered in Rome, Milan, and Bologna. This is his first solo show in New York. Mr. Ventrone came of age in tandem with Richard Estes, Robert Cottingham, Chuck Close, and other first-generation photo-realists, but he takes a very different turn from his American counterparts, using ...
The New York Sun |
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Different Shades of Drawing's Spectrum
Of the artists included in the Museum of Modern Art's "Glossolalia: Languages of Drawing," half are professionals, while half are outsider artists. Other than the fact that all 100 works on view are drawings and that they belong to MoMA, they share little in the way of a unifying theme. Some of these artists are long dead while others are still quite young, and they come from all, or almost all, ...
The New York Sun |
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Skipping Through Sculptural Styles
The sculptural pleasures of Rachel Feinstein's feisty show at the Marianne Boesky Gallery (her third with this dealer) border on the boisterous, the raucous even, but hardly live up to the notoriety that surrounds this artist's name. In magazine profiles, Ms. Feinstein is celebrated as an enfant terrible of the art scene, and critics emphasize her citations of diverse styles. Her new sculptures ...
The New York Sun |
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Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby's
ARTIST TITLE ESTIMATE HAMMER PRICE 1) Fernand Léger 'Étude pour "La Femme en Bleu"' $35M-$45M $35M 2) Edvard Munch 'Girls on a Bridge' $24M-$28M $27.5M 3) Pablo Picasso "La Grue' $10M-$15M $17.1M 4) Pablo Picasso 'Le Baiser' $10M-$15M $15.5M 5) Alberto Giacometti 'Portrait de Caroline' $10M-$15M $13M 6) Paul Cézanne 'Environs de Gardanne' $6M-$8M $9.3M 7) Alberto Giacometti 'Femme de Venise ...
The New York Sun |
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Stepping Out from the Taverns and Tenements
John Sloan (1871-1951), a leader of the Ashcan School, pioneered not so much a new style of painting as a new subject matter: the urban working class, depicted with unsentimental affection at work and play. Sloan lived his political beliefs, joining the Socialist party and drawing politically charged illustrations for such journals as the Masses, for which he also served as art editor. The power ...
The New York Sun |
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HC quashes proceedings against Husain
In a reprieve for painter M F Husain, the Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings against the artist for allegedly hurting public sentiments by painting obscene pictures of Hindu goddesses. It is a matter of having different perspectives and cannot be the basis for initiating criminal proceedings, Justice Kaul said.
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CHHS art students honored at The Studio
Charles Henderson High School senior art students will be recognized at an awards program at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 12 at The Cultural Arts Studio in downtown Troy.
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Nationally renowned artist donates sculptures for auction
Michael Aschenbrenner will never forget "being shot at in Vietnam, bullets zinging six feet above my head and trying to get as close to the ground as possible to stay out of harm's way."
San Bernardino Sun |
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'Masterworks' of Architecture, Urban Design Honored
A mixed bag of styles and projects are being honored today with the Municipal Arts Society's annual MASterwork Awards, including two office towers designed by architectural titans, the Floating Pool in Brooklyn, and a restored synagogue that was converted into a Lower East Side museum. The president of the Municipal Arts Society, Kent Barwick, who will announce the winners today, said this ...
The New York Sun |
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Newest Amenity in Residential High-Rises: Custom-Curated Art Collections
When Kayla Silberberg and her husband, Martin, decided to trade in their condominium in Riverdale for one in Manhattan, they knew they wanted easy access to public transportation and a stall shower. What they didn't expect to find was a built-in art collection. But when they walked into the sales office for the 249-unit Kalahari condominium building on 116th Street and spied "Man Cloth II" by El ...
The New York Sun |
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Calendar -- Des Moines
The Bee's Knees & the Cat's Meow. Noon - 4 p.m. through May 9. Works by Drake seniors Sabella Flagg, Calvin Colton and Clarissa Kampa. Anderson Gallery, Drake University, 2507 University Ave. 271-1994; www.drake.edu/andersongallery .
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WDM celebrates Cinco de Mayo
Food, music and sunshine were just a few things that made up the fourth annual Cinco de Mayo Festival in Valley Junction on Saturday. For Diana-Karina Bobadilla, 3, the favorite part of the day was playing in the inflatables with her friends.
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Sculptures selected for Sculpt Siouxland Project 2008
SIOUX CITY -- The newly selected sculptures for the 2008 Sculpt Siouxland Exhibit will be installed Saturday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Fourth and Pearl streets and continuing throughout the day along Fourth Street until the final piece is installed at the corner of Fourth and Virginia streets.
Sioux City Journal |
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You could have one of artist Wolf's new pieces - a plate
Artist Elizabeth Wolf is branching out. Known for her iconic public art, book and poster illustration she is launching a new line of custom ceramic plates this week.
The Idaho Statesman |
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Welcome to the festival
The Wichita River Festival opens Friday with the promise of a weekend jam-packed with activities. Friday night's opening concert features pop singer Colbie Caillat , who came to fame after her site on the social network MySpace generated millions of hits as fans went to it to hear her songs, most notably the hit "Bubbly." Her concert will start at about 8:50 p.m. on the West Bank Stage. ...
The Wichita Eagle |
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Out'n'about: CulturePass holders get discounts to state-run museums and monuments
Check out the world's largest folk art collection in fun and sometimes slightly wacky panoramic displays or take the kids and prowl through pull-out treasure drawers at International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe. The City Different is also the place to journey through thousands of years of Pueblo tribal history at the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Russian Art Market Shaken as 800 Paintings Revealed to Be Fakes
May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russia's booming art market is facing the worst crisis of confidence in the post-Soviet era as hundreds of paintings have been identified as fakes, said dealers and collectors.
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Artwork with a local message
INSPIRED by the Camden Haven landscape, waterways and living creatures, local artist Steven Donovan created an amazing painting for the Laurieton United Servicemen’s Club, a gift from the LUSC Travel Club.
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Plymouth's work of art
In less than a year, the Plymouth Center for the Arts has gone from a gleam in its founders' eyes to a recognized venue for events, classes, and exhibits, transforming a historic town library into a busy community hub.
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My Blueberry Nights
If there was ever a director capable of reflecting America back to itself through the lens of longing and desire, it's Wong Kar Wai. The Chinese director has made beautiful artworks out of both small, spontaneous mise en scènes like Chungking Express , Happy Together and Days of Being Wild as well as more grandiose mood pieces like In the Mood for Love and his last film, 2046 . After making the ...
Hour.ca |
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Territories
Territory is a central theme in all political conflicts in the world, as national borders across the globe have consistently shifted. Territories is a new feature documentary by Montreal filmmaker Mary Ellen Davis that explores the photographic work and global journeys of Larry Towell, of the world-renowned photo agency Magnum, who travels along the world's most conflicted border zones, from ...
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