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Mystery image 'is femme fatale'
A mysterious Renaissance portrait has been identified as a painting of infamous Italian femme fatale Lucrezia Borgia by artist Dosso Dossi.
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Film festival will screen shows in oddball places
At a time when many of us are starting to think about Christmas gift-giving, Kathy Kay and her staff in a spacious new office in the Empire Capitol 6 building are already preoccupied with the new year -- its film festival, to be precise.
Victoria Times Colonist |
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Memory artist hopes to draw in crowd for talk
AN artist who reproduces old masterpieces from memory is to give a talk at the National Gallery of Scotland.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Video Training Review: A Celebration Of Art - Paint Like A Master with Fay Sirkis from NAPP
If you want to learn to paint digitally, or take your Painter skills to the next level, then check out Paint Like a Master. A Celebration Of Art - Paint Like A Master with Fay Sirkis is the new video training DVD for those who want to learn to paint digitally using Painter X and Adobe Photoshop. It is hosted by Fay Sirkis, an internationally recognized portrait artist, photographer, and ...
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Japan link-up art on display
AN exhibition based on a collaboration between art students in Edinburgh and Japan has gone on display in the Capital.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Helping out
Artists for Hope, a charity art show, will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at The Pavilions at the Angus Barn on U.S. 70 in Raleigh.
The News & Observer |
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Clothing boutique opens in Salem
SALEM — Owners of Eric John Inc. have opened a new clothing boutique next to their photography studio. Felicity Boutique carries affordable designer jeans and modern tops catering to teens and 20-somethings.
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Port installing surf sculpture
IMPERIAL BEACH – An 18-foot-tall sculpture honoring Imperial Beach's surf culture will be installed today at a new plaza at the end of Palm Avenue.
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Visits to museums increase, revenue drops
Visits to museums and historical sites in Malta and Gozo increased by six percent last year to total 2,055,357, the NSO said today. Art museums had the highest share of admissions with 37 per cent, followed by archaeology and history museums.
Times of Malta |
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Increase in number of museums and historical sites
The number of museums and historical sites in Malta and Gozo increased to 70 in 2007, according to data published Tuesday by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Nearly half of these museums were state-owned, ‘archaeology’ and ‘history’ museums and ‘monuments and sites’ were the most common categories of museums during 2007. In fact, there were 13 [...]
Maltamedia.com Daily News |
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District still interested in oil and gas
Although oil prices have dropped over the past couple months, the possibility of drilling on Warren County School District property has not been halted.
Warren Times Observer |
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Sculpture from Korea dedicated at Pawa'a park
A sculpture from Korea was dedicated yesterday at Pawaa Neighborhood Park.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Exeter holiday happenings
The Exeter Area Chamber of Commerce's Children's Fund 2nd annual Gingerbread Contest is upon us. This year's theme is "Holidays in New Hampshire," and will be held at the Squamscott Block store front at 130 Water St.
Exeter News-Letter |
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Film-Makers Condemn Omission of Hussain's Film from IFFI
Filmmakers participating in the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here have condemned the omission of renowned painter M F Hussain's documentary from the screening schedule following an objection by Hindu right wing organisations.
Outlook India |
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Arts & Leisure: Quiet beauty
Sacred buildings and cypress trees donâ€t talk back at you. They donâ€t insist that you shoot them only at their "best angles" or grouse about looking fat in a particular picture. They, like the other subjects in Raymond Lauchengcoâ€s latest photography exhibition, embody the apathetic beauty of landscapes.
BusinessWorld Online |
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Looted Matisse goes to UK charity
A painting by Henri Matisse, which was stolen was stolen from a German Jewish family by the Nazis, is to be given to British charity Magen David Adom UK.
BBC News |
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Art blown up
This installation piece by artist Mathis Neidhart went up yesterday on the front lawn of the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). The inflatable structure, which resembles an oversized knotted balloon, is called 'Untitled (Balloon Flower)' and measures 6m by 6m by 6m. This is the first time that an artwork of such size has been displayed on the SAM front lawn. It is part of the exhibition, 'is it ...
Straits Times |
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Hindu protest forces Husain film off India festival
India's most prestigious film festival has put off screening a decades-old documentary by its best known painter after complaints from Hindu nationalists who oppose the artist for sketching Hindu deities in the nude.
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Date Book
Issue date: 11/25/08 Section: Extra! Dia de Los Muertos art Remember the departed and continue the celebration of Dia de Los Muertos by viewing the photographs, paintings and shrines created by local artists at the Contreras Gallery at 110 E. Sixth Street. They are open from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Arizona Daily Wildcat |
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China artist crafts a 'Mona Lisa' good enough to eat
Many of the world's most famous paintings are on display in Ju's "Vegetable Museum" -- recreated in photographs of pinned-together onions, potatoes and eggplants.
The Star |
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Artist crafts a "Mona Lisa" good enough to eat
BEIJING (Reuters Life!) - The pepper eyes of the "Mona Tofu" gaze out from beneath flowing noodle hair, and the tomato skin of "Cabbage Monroe" glows in Ju Duoqi's contemporary art exhibition in Beijing.
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Kill off that golden goose and hear your readers squeal
Belgium's most famous son, Hergé, confessed privately to his wife that Tintin and his dog Snowy made him “sick”. “Tintin is no longer me. And I must make a terrible effort to invent [him] ...” he told Germaine Kieckens in previously unseen letters which came up for auction last week.
Evening Standard |
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Boston University physicist dies at 87
BOSTON (AP) - Jules Aarons, an internationally known Boston University physicist and acclaimed photographer whose work is in the permanent collection in the New York's Museum of Modern Art, has died after battling congestive heart failure. He was 87.
The Lewiston Sun Journal |
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Ten reasons to travel in December
It's not just snowy scenes and Christmas: there are plenty of arts sports and festivals in December too as Nick Trend reveals.
Daily Telegraph |
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Holiday sale reaches out to Third World families
GENEVA -- St. Peter's parishioners had a chance during this year's Nativity exhibit to support the poor in Third World Countries by purchasing dried goods and handcrafted Christmas gifts through the "Work of Human Hands" international organization.
The Geneva Sun |
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