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Lost masterpiece likely to fetch £1m
A lost painting by the Italian master Giambattista Tiepolo, which was discovered in the attic of a French chateau, is set to sell for up to £1m ($1.5m) at Christie’s in London next week.
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Yoho's design wins contest
A local 6-year-old's Christmas card design is now on sale with all proceeds going to Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis. Bruce "B.J." Yoho's snowman design is one of six winners of a Riley Hospital Christmas card contest.
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Deck the walls
The Fall River Historical Society, a haven for holiday lovers with its lavish Victorian Christmas trees and displays, is now an art gallery, too.
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Capewide Holiday Calendar
Nov. 28-Nov. 29 11th Annual Festival of Trees, Chatham: The Chatham Garden Club’s yearly festive forest at the Atwood House Museum, 347 Stage Harbor Rd. 508-945- 1727.
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City ‘should be daring’ with art
Perth needs to pull itself out of the dark ages and adopt bold, invigorating designs in its public art, rather than the bronze sculptures it is known for, community and arts leaders say. Exciting o
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Perth needs to pull itself out of the dark ages and adopt bold, invigorating designs in its public art, rather than the bronze sculptures it is known for, community and arts leaders say.
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Old Mexican mining town a travelers' treasure
I arrived in eerie, old Mineral de Pozos in the middle of a half-sunny afternoon, with cotton-candy cloud shadows creeping all over the adobe rubble, the reclaimed ruins, the cactus thickets and the little-trod cobblestone streets. Never heard of the place, a...
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The Successful Closing of the 7th Shanghai Biennale
SHANGHAI The 7th Shanghai Biennale opened at the Shanghai Art Museum on September 8 through November 16. The biennale realizes its expected academic and social goals, receiving high acclaim from both the domestic and foreign art community.
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Treasure Hunt - Danish Silversmiths and Guests at The Danish Museum of Art
COPENHAGEN.- The Danish Museum of Art & Design presents 'Treasure hunt' - Danish Silversmiths and Guests, on view through February 1, 2009. The exhibition group Danish Silversmiths invites you to a treasure hunt in the museum’s collection.
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Artist Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz Tackles The Melodrama of Latina Stereotypes
Photo by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz. Courtesy of the Bronx Museum of the Arts. BRONX, NY.- In playing the multiple roles of Puerto Rican, American, wife, daughter, and artist in her daily life, it is no wonder Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz undergoes a familiar undertaking, donning the personalities of every character in her new video performance piece Los Machos de Mi Vida; now on view at the Bronx Museum ...
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Chile: Land of the Border - Alexander Sutulov Digital Paintings
Alexander Sutulov, Study I , Huilquilemu Series. VALDIVIA, CHILE.- After twelve years of not exhibiting in his country, Chilean artist Alexander Sutulov presents during the months of December and January his unprecedented graphic work at the Philippi Museum in Valdivia, Chile.
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Earthenware in Stijl - The history of Potterie Kennemerland (1920-1942)
Jugs; design and decoration of multicoloured jug attributed to C.J. Gelings, c. 1930, glazed jugs 1932-1942, private collection. Photography by Erik and Petra Hesmerg.
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"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition" Makes Its East Coast Debut at The Franklin
PHILADELPHIA.- “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Exhibition” opened today, during one of the biggest family weekends of the year, at The Franklin in Philadelphia.
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Rare Sargent to be Offered with American Paintings at Bonhams in New York
Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Le Carnaval en Bretagne. © Bonhams. NEW YORK.- An exceptional selection of no fewer than five paintings by American Impressionist Richard Edward Miller and an early study for a John Singer Sargent masterpiece have collectors eagerly awaiting Bonhams New York’s December 3rd American Paintings sale.
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Portrait winners unveiled at show
The prestigious BP Portrait Award 2008 exhibition opens in Aberdeen on Saturday featuring "amazing" work.
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Landscape Paintings of Horace Trenerry Opens at Art Gallery of New South Wales
Horace Trenerry, (Untitled Willunga landscape) c.1945, oil on hardboard, 84 x 109 cm. Purchased 1986. SYDNEY.- The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Landscape Paintings of Horace Trenerry, on view through March 15, 2009. This is an exhibition of nineteen works by Australian landscape artist, Horace Trenerry whose work has been compared to that of van Gogh and Monet.
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The Islanders: An Introduction: Charles Avery Opens at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Charles Avery (b. 1973), Untitled (Duculi) (2006), Pencil and gouache on paper, wooden frame, with brass plate, 103.5 x 139 cm, Courtesy of private collection, The Netherlands.
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Frost Art Museum Opens With Six New Exhibitions and Celebrations
The new Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University is a work of art in itself. MIAMI, FLO.- The new Frost Art Museum at Florida International University opens Saturday, Nov. 29, when Miami will have a chance to view this spectacular architectural backdrop, and its main attraction -- six new exhibitions including “Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art ...
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Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651). Rembrandt's Opposite Opens at The Rembrandt House
Granida and Daifilo, ca. 1637, Oil on canvas, © The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2008. AMSTERDAM.- Museum Het Rembrandthuis presents Jacob Backer (1608/9-1651). Rembrandt’s Opposite, on view through February 22, 2009. The Amsterdam artist Jacob Adriaensz.
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Festival of Trees: Children make crafts during visit to 'North Pole'
Children surround Paula Leffert as she hands out the raw materials for suncatchers and supervises their coloring.
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Christmas card painting up for sale
A painting which features on a popular Christmas card is going under the hammer, auctioneers said. Scottish artist Joseph Farquharson's painting Sheep Beneath Snow Encumbered Branches is being auctioned next week.
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Save MOCA, Even if it Hurts
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art is in major financial trouble, and trustees are scrambling to right the ship while artists and observers are furiously debating the state of the institution.
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Inspiration behind Tam O’Shanter to go on show
A treasure trove of relics connected to the poet Robert Burns and never before seen in public are to be at the centre of a major new exhibition in Glasgow next year.
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Bernini in the flesh
He brought uncanny life to stone and bronze, surpassing even Michelangelo. And a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada reveals the sculptor's fascination with what lay beneath the public façade of the powerful
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Marie Munier collection at Waqif Art Center
Doha: Famous Lebanese jewellery designer Marie Munier, together with her daughter Nathalie, recently exhibited her collection at the Waqif Art Center.
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