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Tree festival lights up Queensbury Hotel
GLENS FALLS -- This weekend at the Queensbury Hotel, it will be hard to see the lobby for the trees.
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Photography Books of 2008: Part 2
Social documentary photographer Eugene Richards’ stature comes from his devotion to giving a voice to people, particularly in the inner city, who have to cope with our society’s scourges, from poverty (Below The Line) to drugs (Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue) to violence (The Knife and Gun Club). His new book The Blue Room, a study of abandoned houses and farms across the south, the southwest and ...
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Blayney student awarded major painting prize
Carcoar’s Molly Braddon has won the Country Energy Award for First Place in Year 11 for her painting “Self Portrait”.
Blayney Chronicle |
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ROAR!’S Greatest Hits Out in Time for Christmas
Come and have your fill of ROAR! Mince Pies and marvellous art for Christmas. ROAR! gallery’s Christmas show is always a not-to-be-missed event ... we have all of your old favourites and a few new faces too! There's something for every need, every budget!
Scoop.co.nz |
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Art: From canvas to cameras
Sometimes it is more interesting to enter a great museum by its side door. In a manner of speaking, this is what Michael Wilson does in If the Paintings Could Talk (Yale, £12.95), his intriguing guide to some of the National Gallery's treasures. This is a guide like no other. Not organised by painters or paintings, it plucks some matter of interest out of works of art, quite serendipitously, ...
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'Journeys', a collection of works by Nancy Robinson, on display at Bernardsville Public Library
COURTESY BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY "Journeys," an exhibition of watercolors and oil paintings by Nancy Robinson, will be on display at Bernardsville Public Library during the month of December. BERNARDSVILLE -- "Journeys," an exhibition of watercolors and oil paintings by Nancy...
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Thief steals $20,000 painting from San Luis Obispo gallery
Police officers say the thief broke a window at the "Just Looking Gallery" on the 700 block of Higuera Street at 4 am Thursday morning.
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Inspiration from an old stack of Playboys
A Christchurch artist with a fascination for the female form has drawn inspiration from 1970s men's magazines to create an exhibition called Retro Nude.
Stuff |
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Opening: Mysteries of Ancient Ukraine: the Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400-2700 BC)
From Saturday 29, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
The Art Newspaper |
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A dream branches into reality
Dorothy Shattuck wants to turn her lifelong love of art into her own business, a gallery she plans to build behind Partners General Store in Central Village. She hopes to open Gallery Oak in just over two years.
Fall River Herald News |
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Feature Photos
ALISEN CHARLTEN/ARC PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOLocal photographer Alisen Charlten composed this shot of Lac Beauvert at dawn with the lights of the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in the distance.
Jasper Booster |
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Pricey painting stolen from SLO art gallery
By Stephen Curran -- A $20,000 painting was stolen early Thursday morning from a downtown San Luis Obispo art gallery, police said. Officers responded about 4 a.m. to the Just Looking Gallery at 746 Higuera St. to find someone had entered the business through a broken window and stole the 34 inch by 41 inch painting. The artwork is an original acrylic painting by Patrick Nagel titled ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Arts fest planned for Eureka
EUREKA -- Local artists will host an exhibition of fine art and crafts in multiple shops on Main Street in Eureka from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 4.
The Pantagraph |
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Glassblower Naomi Kravitz Takes Her Art To The Limits
When Naomi Kravitz creates a blown-glass sculpture, she moves like running water. She is in constant motion, spinning hot glass in a 2,000-degree oven, then shifting to a bench where she molds and shapes the soft orb.
Hartford Courant |
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Hagerstown Community College briefs
Student art exhibit at Kepler starts Dec. 8; Robinwood Players to perform 'M*A*S*H'
The Herald-Mail |
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Auction raises $40,000 for Starship
An auction of well-known New Zealanders' portraits raised nearly $40,000 last night in Auckland.
NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News |
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Deck The Walls: Art for $200 or less
Solander's Christmas show opens on SUNDAY 7 December from 1 to 3pm - please join us for festivities. Featuring Art for $200 or less! Cash and carry exhibition so be in early.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Up for sale: Alitalia puts its airport art collection on market
Alitalia, the bankrupt Italian airline, is selling off its multimillion-pound collection of modern art to help to reduce crippling debts, as it prepares for a relaunch next month under new ownership.
Times Online |
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Basic digital photography workshop for Rawang youth
A ONE-DAY workshop on basic digital photography will be held from 9am to 5pm at Beam Advisory and Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, tomorrow.
The Star |
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Working beyond their limitations
To prove that disability should not be a hindrance to earning one’s keep, a total of 30 physically-challenged participants showcased their business and artistic acumen at the Photography Exhibition and Disability Employment Aware-ness exhibition at the Sunway Pyramid recently.
The Star |
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Passing of a titan
DATUK Chuah Thean Teng, Malaysia’s world-acknowledged founder of batik painting, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 96.
The Star |
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France returns Matisse painting stolen by Nazis
A Matisse painting stolen by the Nazis from a wealthy German Jewish businessman and kept in France for nearly 60 years was returned Thursday to the rightful owner's heirs.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku Art Contest Entries [5/6]
The X Button - Get Wild and Tough Todd steels himself to face the blistering assault of a Detroit Metal City game, violent penguin demons, more Dragon Ball Z, and the weirdest moments of City Hunter.
Anime News Network |
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Vocaloid: Hatsune Miku Art Contest Entries [6/6]
Thanks to our contest sponsor, AAA Anime Inc. Remember, if you didn't win (or didn't enter), you can still purchase this Figma from your local anime / hobby shop (and they can get it from AAA Anime).
Anime News Network |
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Portraits auction raises $40,000 for Starship foundation
An auction of well-known New Zealanders' portraits raised nearly $40,000 last night in Auckland. The highest bid of the night was for a Lucy Lawless portrait, which went for $11,000.
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