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Ph.D. student Sue Lynn Lau dances her way to Chicago
( Research Australia ) It was announced on Friday that Garvan endocrinologist and Ph.D. student, Dr. Sue Lynn Lau, had won the Graduate Student category of the AAAS Science "Dance your Ph.D." contest. See her winning entry on YouTube.
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Photo shows the nearest artist L. S. Lowry got to smiling
Glossop A rare smile from the late L. S. Lowry, the artist, is captured in an image never seen before by the public. The photograph is among ten that Sefton Samuels, the acclaimed photographer, plans to make public at an exhibition in the Portico Library and Gallery in Manchester.
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ACT Productions to Produce Art Basel's Art Loves Music Concert, as Well as to Continue Providing Exclusive Production ...
ACT Productions has inked a deal to continue, for the fourth year now, to be the Official Provider of the many Audio / Visual and production needs of Art Basel Miami Beach, the US venue for the world-famous Switzerland-based art show.
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Features: The Jezabels
FL enters the study habits of Sydney indie quartet The Jezabels, to talk about festivals, musical inspiration and travelling interstate.
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Stolen Matisse finds a new home
A Matisse's oil painting, which was stolen from a rich German Jewish family sometime after 1937 and kept by a Nazi officer responsible for delivering poison gas to Auschwitz, is to be given Thursday to a British charity.
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PHOTOS: Guy Wilks' crash at Coffs Coast Rally
Wandering Soles Photography were out snapping at the recent Coffs Coast Rally and captured some pics of Guy Wilks' Honda after his big crash on day 2.
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Pacolet student wins state card contest
Published: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 24, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. Aubrey O'Brien, an eighth-grader at Middle School of Pacolet, won the Christmas Card Contest through Vulcan Minerals for South Carolina and was awarded $100.
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McDonald's boss in charge of Italy's museums
Italy's most famous ancient sites could soon be used for the launch of products ranging from cars to cosmetics under plans being drawn up by the country's new cultural heritage 'tsar' a former McDonald's manager.
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Samaniego’s work deemed best in show
The Naples Art Association at the von Liebig Art Center announced 23 winners Monday in its 47th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition. Ned Rifkin, most recently the under secretary for Art at the Smithsonian Institution, served as juror. He selected 104 works by 86 artists from a total of 387 entries from 202 artists
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Former Ann Arbor man has new role with Shakespeare Festival
All's well that ends well for the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, which once again has someone to handle its business affairs. The organization's board of directors has finalized a contract to hire Robert Duha as managing director of the festival.
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Indian art set to make waves at leading French institute
Indian art is set to make waves at one of Europe's most avant garde multi-disciplinary institute of arts and culture - The Centre Pompidou in France - in a mega exhibition, 'Paris, Delhi, Bombay', in the spring of 2010.
Calcutta News |
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Art needs to be made part of school curriculum
Aanmajothi’s National Music and Dance Festival inaugurated
The Hindu |
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Arts in Gadsden Celebrates 20 Years
Arts in Gadsden has been going on for twenty years thanks to an art teacher with a desire to share the craft with others.
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Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: The Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400-2700 BC)
Who were the Trypilians? How were they able to build the largest settlements in Europe, well over five thousand years ago? And why did they burn them down? These and other questions are explored in this fascinating exhibition that uncovers the secrets surrounding this mysterious people.
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Cultural Institution Face Big Cuts in City Funding
Polticker NY has details on how much some cultural institutions say they are losing this year, due to cutbacks in City Council funds and mayoral funds: "American Museum of Natural History: $2,790,746, a 22 percent reduction from the previous fiscal year; Carnegie Hall: $271,687, a 33 percent reduction; Lincoln Center: $1,035,290, a 42 percent reduction; Metropolitan Museum of Art: ...
Gothamist |
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People: Alexandra Thyme Festival art auction
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Otago Daily Times |
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A History Of Museums, 'The Memory Of Mankind'
Each year, 850 million people visit America's museums. That's more than six times the annual attendance of all major-league sporting events combined. Bob Mondello kicks off an NPR series about museums in the 21st century.
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Wairarapa sculptor badly burned in explosion
A Wairarapa sculptor is in a serious condition in Hutt Hospital after being badly burned in a petrol explosion last week.
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St. Paul art museum to close in January
Downtown St. Paul is about to lose another museum. This time it's the Minnesota Museum of American Art, which is set to shut its doors right after the new year.
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Macworld Buying Guides: Digital SLR cameras
If you’re serious about digital photography, a DSLR camera is the way to go. How to pick the right one? We’ve got some shopping tips on what to keep in mind if you’re thinking of buying a DSLR this holiday season.
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Theatre for a cause
A play with a message and a contest of one-act plays, that is what actor Kaushik Sen and his theatre group, Swapnasandhani, has lined up for children this December.
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art November 25 - 28 at Halo Heritage Gallery, 26 Ritchie Road; 3 pm - 8 pm:
Dark to Light , drawings and paintings by underprivileged children and guest artists. Hosted by Society for Educational & Environment Development. November 25 - December 10 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Liminal Figures Liminal Space — works by K.S. Radhakrishnan.
The Telegraph |
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Theatre festival
Staging of Soumyak Kanti De Biswas’ Onko at Odeon Theatre Festival in association with t2 at Gyan Manch, 7pm. Seminar on Obesity — A Silent Killer at CMRI Auditorium, 2.30pm .
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Fund woes for academy art show
The 73rd annual all-India fine arts exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts is likely to be cancelled this year, breaking a long tradition that has launched some of the biggest names in art.
The Telegraph |
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Tretyakov Outraged Over Church Icon Move
25 November 2008 The Russian Orthodox Church has outraged employees at the Tretyakov Gallery by requesting to borrow a 15th-century icon for religious services outside Moscow — a trip curators say could irrevocably damage one of the outstanding works of ancient Russian painting.
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