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Memories for sale: A glimpse of Ted Williams
SPORTS FANS , antiquarians and the curious flocked to the living estate sale yesterday of Dolores Wettach Williams, third wife of the late Ted Williams. More than 150 came out to the Knotty Pine Auction Service in Swanzey to eye the collection and get a peek inside the life and marriage of the Red Sox hitter.
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Goings on About Town: On the Horizon
ART DEEP COVER Dec. 5-March 29 Judge a book by its cover at the Morgan Library & Museum’s upcoming exhibition “Protecting the Word: Bookbindings of the Morgan.” Some fifty examples will be on view--from the jewel-studded eighth-century covers of the Lindau Gospels to the gold-tooled goatskin . . .
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Goings on About Town: Art
MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)--“Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C.” Through March 15. “The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions.” Through Feb. 1. “Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964.” Through Dec. 14. “Art and Love in Renaissance . . .
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Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ANNEX The Cleveland-based museum of teen-age rebellion has opened a local branch, with a theatre, an interactive map of Manhattan pointing out significant places of musical history, and artifacts from the likes of Billy Joel (the notebook in which he wrote the . . .
The New Yorker |
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David Denby: Preston Sturges, at Walter Reade.
Preston Sturges’s second film as a director, “Christmas in July” (1940), screening Nov. 26 at Walter Reade, is a vertiginous rags-to-riches story. When some office mates play a practical joke on a clerk with big ideas (Dick Powell), he thinks he’s won an advertising-slogan contest that pays . . .
The New Yorker |
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Adobe Issues Call for Entries for 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the call for entries for the ninth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The premiere competition honors the best student graphic designers, photographers, ...
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Art Guild exhibition opens
PARKERSBURG - Several hundred people turned out Sunday for opening of the seventh biennual West Virginia Art and Craft Guild Juried Exhibition at the Parkersburg Art Center. This is the second time the art center has been the first stop on the touring exhibit, which will travel around the state next year.
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The Monet is away, for a while
Those who have been to the Columbia Museum of Art in the past few months may have missed the Monet. That’s because it’s on a Caribbean vacation — where it’s getting lots of attention. Claude Monet’s 1897 painting “Seine at Giverny” is on loan to the Ponce Museum of Art in Puerto Rico for the exhibition “The Journey to Impressionism.” It’s on the cover of the exhibition’s catalog and in ...
The State |
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Adobe Issues Call for Entries for 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the call for entries for the ninth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards . The premiere competition honors the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from accredited higher education institutions worldwide.
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Inspired by wilderness: World-renowned sculptor’s Carroll studio is full of bronze-cast creatures
Nestled away in Pleasant Valley, surrounded by rolling hills, open farm land and the steady Bear Branch stream, lies the art studio and home of Bart Walter.
Carroll County Times |
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Famous sculptor chooses Boca Raton for Florida tour
Notice anything different as you drive along Palmetto Park Road?
Sun-Sentinel |
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The Scene at USC
Keepers of the Abyss 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m., Free McMaster Gallery, 1615 Senate St. Religulous 6 & 8 p.m., $7.50 Nickelodeon Theatre, 937 Main St. Euro Moto Club 8 p.m., Free Art Bar, 1211 Park St.
The Daily Gamecock |
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Life & Style: The Shooting Star
Two decades ago she catapulted to limelight after pulling the trigger at an art exhibition in China. Even after nearly two decades, China’s Xiao Lu can recall vividly the New Year’s Eve of 1989, when she drew worldwide attention.
Sin Chew Jit Poh |
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MEDINA: Annual Christmas festival will be held
Just like the lyrics of the famous holiday song, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,” around Medina.
The Journal-Register |
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Public Gathers to Show Support for Museum
Some 450 visitors gathered at the Museum of Contemporary Art to offer the first organized, public show of support for the 25-year-old museum.
New York Times |
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Items from Mary Pickford’s mansion sold at auction
Sun, Nov 23, 2008 (8:03 p.m.) Antiques, artwork, furniture and movie memorabilia from Pickfair, the mansion of silent screen legends Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, have attracted furious bidding at auction in Beverly Hills.
Las Vegas Sun |
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Exhibitionist Naomi Campbell
British supermodel Naomi Campbell will host a photography exhibition featuring images of herself in Miami next month.
NZCity |
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Tribeca Festival Expands to Doha
The Tribeca Film Festival has joined the growing number of Western cultural institutions seeking to establish satellite projects in Middle Eastern nations.
New York Times |
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Art of Islam
Photos of the new Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar.
New York Times |
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Blasts fail to daunt art enthusiasts
LAHORE, Nov 23: Saturday night’s explosions near the Alhamra Cultural Complex failed to subdue art lovers’ enthusiasm and they turned up in large numbers to watch the concluding performances at the art festival on Sunday night.
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Hollywood comes calling
DOHA: Hollywood icon Robert De Niro signed an agreement with Qatar Museum Authority (QMA) here yesterday to launch the next edition of New York’s world-renowned Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) in Doha.
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George Wyllie Sculpture Unveiled to Aberdeen Students
ABERDEEN.- A new sculpture entitled Northern Light by George Wyllie, one of Scotland's greatest artists, was unveiled November 18 at UNITE’s New Carnegie Court property in Aberdeen by the 86 year old artist himself.
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Extraordinary Art Auctions in Italy for Design, Modern and Contemporary Art
MILAN.- At Pandolfini's Auction House, in Florence and Milan, two of the most important art auctions in Italy will take place. Two catalogues will be published for these auctions in Italy.
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John Baldessari: 'Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads', 2008
In the current exhibition three-dimensionality and the relationship with space and color play ever-important roles. 'Raised Eyebrows/ Furrowed Foreheads' continues the artist's exploration of human identity through the fragmentation of parts of the body.
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The J. Paul Getty Museum Observes Day Without Art
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Monday, December 1st will mark the J. Paul Getty Museum’s nineteenth annual observance of Day Without Art, a day when the international arts community pauses to remember and respond to the AIDS crisis and its impact on cultural life.
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