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Amon Carter Museum’s "Mary Lucier" installation may be 21st-century, but it isn’t new
By GAILE ROBINSON The Amon Carter Museum took a bold step into the 21st century when it announced its newest show, the multi-screen video exhibition "Mary Lucier: The Plains of Sweet Regret." The work, commissioned by the North Dakota Museum of Art, uses five channels of video/sound installation, four video projections and two plasma monitors. For the Carter, whose mission is usually contained ...
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Lupo Fiasco
Environmental art has become ever more popular in a world that wishes to acknowledge and solve the problems of climate change. What is "environmental art" anyway and what sets it apart from other contemporary art? According to GreenMuseum.org, an online collaboration of environmental artists, environmental art helps improve humanity's relationship with the natural world and is oftentimes ...
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Storey on display at gallery
The work of a famed local architect will be on display beginning this weekend. A reception for Mid-Century Modernism in Chatham-Kent: Works from the Office [...]
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Buffett portrait auction ends Thursday
OMAHA — Whether it’s a sign of the troubled financial times or wily art investors are waiting until the last minute, there’s been only one online bid for a signed portrait of Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett.
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Riopelle painting fetches $1.4M
A drip painting by late Montreal artist Jean-Paul Riopelle drew a winning bid to the tune of $1.4 million at the Heffel Fine Art sale on Wednesday, the third-highest price paid at auction for a work by the artist.
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archeologists said Wednesday.
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Herod possibly buried among lavish artwork
HERODIUM, West Bank - King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said yesterday.
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News to Use
Celebrate the season with family and friends at the Butler County Heritage Center, Butler County's only comprehensive museum showcasing the many industrial accomplishments of the last 200+ years.
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
HERODIUM, West Bank -- King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archeologists said Wednesday.
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Raising funds, holiday cheer
These are among fundraising events scheduled in the coming week: • Corks ’N’ Canvases art auction and wine tasting fundraiser: 5:30-9 p.m.
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Rug depicting twin towers bombing sells for $450 at Toronto auction
TORONTO — A rug depicting two planes crashing into the World Trade Center and bearing the words "Made in Afghanistan" was bought by an anonymous bidder for $450 at an online auction on Wednesday.
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Crystal Bridges plans events
This week’s events at Crystal Bridges at the Massey, at 125 W. Central Ave. in Bentonville, include the following : ArtBuzz: “Considering Albers and Durand: Two Very Different Artists,” from 11 a.m. to noon today. This is a free public gallery talk and PowerPoint presentation for adults and teen. Crystal Bridges chief curator Chris Crosman will discuss the differences and similarities of Josef ...
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Urban Planner: November 20, 2008
FUNDRAISER: Fight AIDS and the bare walls of your woefully under-furnished apartment all at once at the Cape Town Shakedown: Silent Auction and Fundraiser tonight.
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Diversions from November 20, 2008
Ticketmaster events are sold at Macy’s and Giant Eagle, both Hermitage; ticket master.com; and at 330-747-1212. • Artwork by The Red Door Quilters is on display through Nov. 22 in Heeschen Gallery of Meadville Council of the Arts. Info: 814-336-5051 and www.meadvillecouncilonthearts.org.
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'Oracle of Omaha' portrait auction ends Thursday
(AP:OMAHA, Neb.) The auction of a signed portrait of billionaire Warren Buffett that was painted at this year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting will end Thursday evening at 7 p.m. CST.
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'Oracle of Omaha' portrait auction ends Thursday
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The auction of a signed portrait of billionaire Warren Buffett that was painted at this year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting will end Thursday evening at 7 p.m. CST.
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Artist Barcelo unveils $23 million ceiling at UN
GENEVA—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 U.N. offices in Geneva.
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'Oracle of Omaha' portrait auction ends Thursday
Associated Press - November 20, 2008 7:53 AM ET OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The auction of a signed portrait of billionaire Warren Buffett that was painted at this year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholders...
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Romania undercover police recover stolen paintings
BUCHAREST, Romania—Art thieves who tried to sell a Florentine painting worth 2.5 million euros ($3.15 million) to undercover officers for 5,000 euros ($6,300) have been arrested by Romanian police, officials said Wednesday.
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From Russia, With Chanel
KARL LAGERFELD promises to make the Slav soul of Chanel quiver next month when he presents the fashion house's eagerly-anticipated, annual Metier's d'Art collection in Paris - which will this year have a Russian flavour.
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In Brief
Art nearly sets record A painting by the late Winnipeg artist W.J. Phillips fell just shy of breaking a record Wednesday evening in Toronto.
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'Oracle of Omaha' portrait auction ends Thursday
The auction of a signed portrait of billionaire Warren Buffett that was painted at this year's Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting will end Thursday evening at 7 p.m. CST.
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David Bowie - Pop Artist Peellaert Dies
The Belgian artist who created album artwork for DAVID BOWIE's DIAMOND DOGS and THE ROLLING STONES' IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL has died after a long illness. Guy ...
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Cleveland Museum of Art returning artifacts to Italy
ROME — The Cleveland Museum of Art agreed Wednesday to return 14 ancient treasures ranging from Etruscan jewelry to a Medieval cross that authorities say were looted or stolen from Italy. Italian Culture Ministry officials and the director of the Cleveland museum signed a deal in Rome to transfer the artifacts within three [...]
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Gruis to exhibit stained glass at Holiday Bazaar
Fulda Free Press Rebekah Dittman Gail Gruis makes beautiful stained glass items including stepping stones, sun catchers and jewelry. Click on the button to the right to subscribe to our on-line paper and view the rest of this story.
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