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Literary classic kicks off community celebration of black culture
Bakersfield residents -- many of whom are still basking in the glow of Barack Obama's presidential victory -- are about to be exposed to an even more dazzling display of our nation's African-American cultural legacy. A months-long celebration involving a community read of a black literature classic, an African-American art exhibit, jazz and gospel music concerts, educational lectures and more ...
The Bakersfield Californian |
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Galleries wonder whether fair will draw collectors
(AP:MIAMI) If you show it, will they come? That's what gallery directors are wondering as they prepare for Art Basel Miami Beach amid a struggling international economy.
INO News |
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Director brings banned film to Cleveland Museum of Art
Courtesy Cleveland Museum of ArtBahram Radan plays the troubled musician in Dariush Mehrjui's "Santouri the Music Man." Iran suffers from really bad PR, but it boasts some notable filmmakers. One of the masters of Iranian cinema, Dariush Mehrjui, will be...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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Google Hosts Life Mag Image Archive
November 21, 2008 -- ( <http://www.thewhir.com> WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to several reports on Thursday, Google has signed a deal with Time Warner to launch an extensive online photo gallery featuring millions of never before seen images from the legendary Life magazine's archives.
Web Host Industry Review |
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Galleries wonder whether fair will draw collectors
If you show it, will they come? That's what gallery directors are wondering as they prepare for Art Basel Miami Beach amid a struggling international economy. Over 200 galleries will show their best work and hope for high sales at the annual art fair running from Dec. 4-7, despite an uncertain art market.
AP via Yahoo! Finance |
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New Sculptures
Downtown New Bern has nine new sculptures to enjoy. Nine new pieces of art have gone up at the corner of Middle and Broad Street.
News Channel 12 New Bern |
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Frances Beinecke: Why Bush's Last Minute Land Giveaway in Utah Matters
I was surprised when the Bureau of Land Management announced plans to hand over 6.4 million acres of public lands near some of Utah's most famous national parks to oil and gas companies.
HuffingtonPost |
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Portland movie theater to move to art museuum
A landmark Portland movie theater known for showing foreign and alternative films is moving its operations to the Portland Museum of Art.
Boston Globe |
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Air Force Week showcases people, missions
Aerial flyovers, military band concerts and Air Force-themed film festivals took place during Air Force Week 2008 in Southern California from Nov. 14 through 21.
DCMilitary.com |
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Buffett Portrait, Painted in 10 Minutes, Auctions for $100,000
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A portrait of Warren Buffett painted in 10 minutes sold for $100,000 to a Minneapolis executive in an eBay Inc. auction. John L. Morgan, chief executive officer of Winmark Corp ., spent $215,000 in 1999 for a stock tip and wallet from Buffett, listed as the richest American by Forbes magazine.
Bloomberg |
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art November 22 - December 3 (except Sunday) at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2460 4245; ...
An exhibition of sculpture featuring creations by Akhil Chandra Das, Amit Debnath, Anil Sen, B. Banamali Sharma, Bimal Kundu, B. Ruma Sharma, Chandan Roy, Chinmoy Karmakar, Gopinath Roy, Kinkar Saha, Pravat Majhi, Shankar Ghosh, Somnath Chakraborty, Sudarshan Pal, Subrata Biswas, Subrata Pal, Sukumar Ghosh, Tanmoy Banerjee and Tapas Sarkar.
The Telegraph |
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Submissions now being considered for Cincinnati Fringe Festival
The application deadline for the 2009 Cincinnati Fringe Festival is Dec. 15, with publicity shots and finalized materials due in February.
Dayton Daily News |
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Opening Party for Osborn & Rugh Gallery
Hillary Osborn and Doug Rugh will celebrate their move to new studio/gallery space in Queen’s Buyway, 114 Palmer Avenue, in Falmouth, with an opening party on Saturday, November 29, from 2 to 6 PM.
The Falmouth Enterprise |
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Right Lines, the art gallery brought together 38 different artists with very diverse styles and techniques to showcase their work at an art evening in the City recently.
Deccan Herald |
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Beauty is omnipresent. This seems to be the ongoing theme of Marc Riboud’s photography exhibition that is currently on at Tasveer till December 7.
Deccan Herald |
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Portland Movie Theater To Move To Art Museum
PORTLAND (AP) -- A landmark Portland movie theater known for showing foreign and alternative films is moving its operations to the Portland Museum of Art.
WLBZ Bangor |
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Are You Listening?
The Festival Of Trees At Maryland State Fairgrounds Nov. 28-30. Winter Party And Design Shop At The Contemporary Museum Dec. 5. Belvedere Square Midnight Merriment Nov. 28.
Baltimore City Paper |
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A&E Dispatch Benham Gallery (slightly damaged) art sale starts today
Benham Gallery is holding a nontraditional holiday party and "$#*! Happens Sale." The gallery is selling slightly damaged artwork, Nov. 21-30, and holding a raffle for a photograph of singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
Seattle Times |
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Don't Miss: Mullican at Drawing Center
This writer once had the good fortune of hearing Richard Serra speak at a college commencement (even if it was secondhand). 'If it doesn't work, break it,' the great Taurus of American sculpture inveighed to the graduates. Words to work by, maybe. The remark has stayed with me over the years (actually months ; this was last May or June). It seemed to express the convictions-- impolite, ...
The New York Observer |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
I can't decide if this is bad timing or good timing. I think it's the latter: MOCA's exhibition archive is now available online. Funded by the Getty, this new site features almost every MOCA exhibition from 1983 to 2004, complete with background information and installation shots.
Arts Journal |
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Punk tops the bill at Christie's pop culture sale
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three decades after the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Buzzcocks played London's Screen on the Green together, nostalgic punk fans will have a chance to buy memorabilia at auction on Monday in New York.
Reuters via Yahoo!7 News |
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Dinner/auction benefit for Th'YARC brings in $13,000
By Carla Allen THE VANGUARD NovaNewsNow.com The colourful Stool of Fish donated by James Colbeck was the item that brought in the highest bid ($800) during the dinner and auction fundraiser for the new arts/theatre facility last Thursday at Rudders Seafood Restaurant & Pub...
The Yarmouth County Vanguard |
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KCS kids explore art at Clark
Seventh graders from Kent Center School got a special treat this week when they were loaded onto a charter bus and taken to Williamstown, Mass., where they toured the Williams College Museum of Art and Clark Museum.
The Kent Dispatch |
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North Carolina artists win awards
RALEIGH – Two North Carolina fine craft artists have been named first-place winners in the 2008 Art in the Round Contest.
Asheville Citizen-Times |
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As It Is: The Tulane Newswire
Newcomb Art Gallery panel discussion The Newcomb Art Gallery is hosting a panel discussion titled "War, Obsession and Women's Oppression: Relations Between the United States and the Muslim World." The discussion is in conjuction with Shirin Neshat's "Women Without Men" exhibition and will take place from 5:30 - 7 p.
Tulane Hullabaloo |
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