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Photos capture planet’s diversity
JUDGES found themselves between a rock and a hard place as they worked through the entries in the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum’s latest photographic competition. Entries in Unearthed and Exposed: Our Geological World showcase the amazing diversity of our planet. The competition also celebrated the International Year of Planet Earth by capturing the history of our planet in an exciting ...
Western Advocate |
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Sculptor seriously burnt in petrol explosion
A woman is in a serious condition in Hutt Hospital after a grassy stack she doused with petrol exploded in her face in Tauherenikau on Thursday.
Wairarapa Times-Age |
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Visualization of memory and feeling
MANILA, Philippines - A subtle transformation occurs in the paintings of Samuel Penaso. Probably unwitting on his part, various artistic disciplines seem to have seeped onto his canvases.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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UofL's new Freedom Park will have civil rights exhibits
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The statue of a lone Confederate soldier, towering over the edge of the University of Louisville campus, is going to be surrounded with exhibits honoring the civil rights movement as part of a new Freedom Park.
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Jeanette Winerson on the consoling power of poetry as a TS Eliot festival opens in London
Poetry is not merely a luxury for the middle classes - it offers a tough language for those with hard lives. As a TS Eliot festival opens in London, Jeanette Winterson remembers how his poems helped her through her troubled teenage years
Guardian Unlimited |
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Frozen Water as High Art at Ice Sculpture Gallery
24 November 2008 Ice sculpture as a genre is often limited to the unfortunate wedding-party banalities of hearts and snowflakes, while massive Chinese dragons and obscure mythical scenes far more rarely take form under the chain saw or chisel.
The Moscow Times |
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Festival of Light Opening ceremonies Tuesday
The holiday season is rapidly approaching and with it comes the 2008 Festival of Light. This year’s opening night ceremonies will begin when Shannon Springs Park opens at 6 p.m. on Tuesday. The lights will come on in a grand display at 7 p.m.
The Express-Star |
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Springfield officials looking for new ways to chronicle the history of black people
BOSTON - With a new historical museum set to open next year in Springfield and the nation's first black president preparing to take office, Springfield leaders are debating the best way to present the history of black people in the City of Homes.
The Republican |
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Artists at the Mill in Lafayette taking new direction
LAFAYETTE -- The "Art at the Mill" gallery in Lafayette has a new name, a new curator, and a new direction. After assuming the position of curator, Sparta resident Phillip Lid changed the organization's name to "Artists at the Mill"...
The Warren Reporter |
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Economic slump not hindering Vancouver's artists
While markets continue to sag and a recession looms, artists at an annual visual arts festival in Vancouver say the local art scene is flourishing despite economic uncertainty.
CBC British Columbia |
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Dubai Industrial City Showcases Dh5b Industrial Offerings at Big 5
DUBAI - Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer Dubai, on Sunday announced it is showcasing its diverse line up of industrial offerings, worth more than Dh5 billion, at the Big 5 Show, the largest annual exhibition for the Middle East construction and contracting industry that opened on Sunday in Dubai.
Khaleej Times |
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Nouveau artists, master strokes
COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! “Expressing my world away from home inspires me. Money is welcome, but it’s not the driving force,” says artist Kiran Kotecha who reflects cross-culture influences of East and West in her paintings.
Hindustan Times |
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Eli Broad Offers Museum Of Contemporary Art A Bailout (With Conditions)
"The Broad Art Foundation is prepared to make a significant investment in MOCA -- $30 million -- with the expectation that the museum's board and others join in this effort to solve the institution's financial problems.
Arts Journal |
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Canada's National Gallery Set To Name New Director
Marc Mayer has worked as a curator at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, has been director of the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto and was deputy director for art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Arts Journal |
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The New York Times 11/21/08
Italian Museums For Fun (And Profit?) "The art world here is in an uproar over suggestions from Italy's culture minister, Sandro Bondi, that the country should think of its state museums and archaeological sites as generators of revenue."
Arts Journal |
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Alistair Cooke's Tour: Recalling PBS's Rock Star
A PBS documentary remembers the Masterpiece Theater host
Time Magazine |
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Rural Art in the Renaissance City
The city of Providence has been known as a cultural landmark for years now. With schools like the Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, and Providence College, the city has undoubtedly become a center for college students to enjoy the arts. When driving down North Main Street and around the East side of Providence, it is fairly common to see an art gallery.
The Cowl |
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Louisville park will have civil rights exhibits
The statue of a lone Confederate soldier, towering over the edge of the University of Louisville campus, is going to be surrounded with exhibits honoring the civil rights movement as part of a new Freedom Park. The rebel soldier has stood sentinel for 113 years, the result of an 1895 project by the Women's Confederate Monument Association. An inscription reads, "a tribute to the rank and file ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Alistair Cooke's Tour: Recalling PBS's Rock Star
A PBS documentary remembers the Masterpiece Theater host
Time Magazine |
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Kriston Capps: The economic crisis is affecting art museums and fairs
Kriston Capps: As the world's financial institutions buckle under the weight of the economic crisis, so too goes their support of the fine arts
Guardian Unlimited |
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Enter Jenny’s world
An art exhibition with a difference was held last week, featuring work by vision-impaired ceramicist Jenny Skinner.
Mudgee Guardian |
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Louisville Park Will Have Civil Rights Exhibits
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The statue of a lone Confederate soldier has towered over the edge of the University of Louisville campus for 113 years. It will soon get some company with exhibits honoring the civil rights movement as part of a new Freedom Park.
The Kentucky Post |
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Fate of de Young's tribal art hangs in balance
It started in the late 1950s, with a carved African ivory figurine at a Manhattan art gallery. John Friede, a scion of the Annenberg family and a Dartmouth undergraduate studying international affairs, saw the piece during an excursion with his future wife....
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Pilot wins traditional singing competition
VietNamNet Bridge - Twenty-nine-year-old Vo Thanh Phe from Long An Province won top prize at an annual traditional song contest held by HCM City Television (HTV) this week.
Vietnam Net |
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‘Evening of Arts’ to help City’s children
VietNamNet Bridge - Saigon Children’s Charity held a music show and began a week-long exhibition on Thursday to raise funds for disadvantaged children in the city.
Vietnam Net |
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