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Bendigo hosts stylish exhibition
Dresses are being steamed and adorned with accessories ahead of a world-famous couture exhibition in Victoria's Bendigo.
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The Welllcome Collection: where science and art are encouraged to meet Stuart Jeffries profiles the work of the ...
On the wall of the Wellcome Collection in London is a colour pencil drawing of a man's crotch that makes me wince. It is a self-portrait, featuring a dangling penis, curly thigh hairs and a post-operative scar indicating that the subject has had a testicle removed. It is by Michael Landy, the British artist perhaps best known for his 2001 artwork Breakdown, a performance piece in which he ...
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Infamous Renaissance woman subject of mystery portrait
A painting bought by the National Gallery of Victoria in 1965 has been a mystery - until today.
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A great contribution to Islamic art: Villepin
DOHA: The Museum of Islamic Art is already striving to achieve its goal of being an educative museum according to former French Prime minister Dominique de Villepin.
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Porn in a flash
A troubling surge in creepy "upskirt" photography has lawmakers in a twist -- and the body parts of women posted all over the Internet.
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Adobe Issues 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Call for Entries
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 des
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Edward Spera Gallery grand opening Dec. 6
Artist Edward Spera will bring Africa to downtown Niagara Falls Dec. 6 during the grand opening of his second gallery. The Queen Street gallery features [...]
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Art museum to close temporarily; seeks new home
ST. PAUL -- The Minnesota Museum of American Art has found itself without a home and without a leader. It's St. Paul's only fine arts museum, and it's losing its downtown space to redevelopment
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Minn. Museum of American Art To Close, Reopen Eventually
"The Minnesota Museum of American Art in downtown St. Paul plans to box up its collection and temporarily close in January after years of financial and leadership trouble.
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Matisse Makes Complex Journey Home
Israeli rescue services to get Matisse painting stolen by Nazis.
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Features: Blue King Brown
Preparing for the Open Arms Festival this weekend, Blue King Brown talk to FL about the "family sort of vibe" they bring to the stage.
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Subject of mystery portrait revealed
A MYSTERY painting held by the National Gallery of Victoria for 43 years is a portrait of an infamous Italian Renaissance woman.
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Angelina Jolie's Brad charity pressure
Angelina Jolie wants Brad Pitt to sell his art collection and donate the money to charity. The "Wanted" actress, who has six children with Brad, doesn't share her lover's taste in art and has reportedly delivered an ultimatum to convince Brad to get rid of the pieces.
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Two New Art Exhibits at Gustavus Adolphus
If famous art is of interest to you, you may want to visit Gustavus Adolphus College in the upcoming weeks...The Hillstrom Museum of Art opened two new exhibitions today.The exhibit titled "Illusion and Certainty" includes paintings by Martin Weinstein, while Come On!: American Posters from World War One, consists of original posters from the era.Don Myers says, "We consider ourselves to be the ...
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Wicked woman subject of mystery painting
A MYSTERY painting held by the National Gallery of Victoria for 43 years is being hailed as a "revelatory" portrait of the infamous, incestuous Italian Renaissance woman Lucrezia Borgia.
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Whiteley auction a rare success
If times are tough, Sydney art gallery owner Denis Savill isn't taking any notice.
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Whiteley’s ‘Balmoral’ Fetches A$990,000 at Australia Art Sale
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Brett Whiteley’s “Balmoral” sold for A$990,000 ($642,000) at an art auction in Melbourne last night. The painting of misshapen bodies sunning themselves on Balmoral Beach was sold by the Art Gallery of New South Wales , along with John Perceval’s “Pleasure Craft,” which fetched A$198,000. The works were sold by the gallery to raise funds for its September A$16.2 million ...
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MU music students host food drive for local pantry
HUNTINGTON -- Marshall University music students, in coordination with the College of Fine Arts, are hosting a food drive for the Cridlin Food Pantry.
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Sewer snag delays Staten Island's Charleston Bus Annex
Advance file photoAn artist's rendering shows what the completed facility will look like. It's been about three decades in the making, but the wait for the Charleston Bus Annex may have gotten even longer. Completion of the long-awaited bus parking...
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Original art by local artists on display Sunday in Fillmore
Original art by local artists will be on display for those who want to own unique paintings to decorate home, office or give as gifts. Original art by local artists will be on display for those who want to own unique paintings to decorate home, office or give as gifts.
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‘Wine & Wings’: Aviation Museum of SP fundraiser high-flying fun
“Wine & Wings” proved to be the perfect combination at the 5th annual Aviation Museum of Santa Paula fundraiser, where all things aviation brought top bids in the silent auction and everyone had high-flying fun.
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Museum unveils books of secrets
DOHA: The launch of Museum of Islamic Art has made way for many of the Islamic artefacts, which were for years sheltered in different parts of the world to return back to the roots of the culture.
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Group of Seven founder's art passes $1M mark
The artistry of landscape legend Lawren Harris continued to command the highest prices in the Canadian art world after two more paintings by the Group of Seven founder topped the $1-million mark at an auction Monday in Toronto - including one Arctic scene that sold for $2 million, four times the pre-sale estimate.
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Qatar Airways hosts luncheon for media
DOHA: Qatar Airways recently hosted a luncheon for around 90 international media from around the world, who came to Doha for the highly anticipated Museum of Islamic Arts opening.
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Museum to host prestigious exhibitions
DOHA: The temporary exhibition gallery, on the ground floor of the Museum of Islamic Art will host prestigious exhibitions on various art themes in collaboration with various museums and galleries round the world.
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