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Corliss student designs 2009 city sticker
About 25,000 people voted online to select the artwork for next year's Chicago vehicle sticker.
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Capitol Visitor Center in DC opens to public
Hundreds of visitors got their first look at the Capitol Visitor Center - an underground museum and now the first stop for people touring Congress - as it opened Tuesday three years late and $360 million over budget.
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Open Source film wins audience award in Amsterdam
Montreal filmmaker Brett Gaylor's documentary exploring copyright issues in the information age has won an audience award at the 21st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
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Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix Strap For Sale
A guitar strap used by JIMI HENDRIX at Woodstock in 1969 is to go under the hammer at an upcoming Los Angeles auction. The accessory, which was given to the late rock ...
ContactMusic |
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Sonic Youth - Moore Pays Tribute To Bowies Video Art
SONIC YOUTH star THURSTON MOORE has co-curated a video art show based on the work of his hero DAVID BOWIE. Moore and New York Museum of Modern Art curator Barbara ...
ContactMusic |
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Contest boosts sustainable development
KUANTAN: As the saying goes – a picture paints a thousand words. Based on this premise, BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd (BPC) recently held a national photography competition which drew some 900 entries.
The Star |
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Beyonce to perform at Essence Fest
NEW ORLEANS -- Beyonce is the first artist to confirm her participation in next year's Essence Music Festival, billed as one of the nation's largest annual events celebrating black music and culture.
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans |
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Life-size Brick Caravan
A life-size caravan made entirely from Huntly Brick will be installed outside the Waikato Museum this Thursday [4 December].
Scoop.co.nz |
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Beyonce Is The First Artist To Confirm Essence Fest Appearance
Beyonce is the first artist to confirm her participation in next year's Essence Music Festival, billed as one of the nation's largest annual events celebrating black music and culture. Next year's festival, slated for July 3-5, will mark the 15th anniversary of Essence, which began in 1995 as a one-time celebration of the 25th anniversary of Essence magazine. The festival has ...
ABC 26 New Orleans |
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Turner Prize for artist Leckey
LONDON: British artist Mark Leckey was named the winner of this year’s Turner Prize, contemporary art’s most prestigious award, with a film that included cartoon characters such as Homer Simpson.
Gulf Times |
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Shooting a short film - Director's blog Part 1
Short films as an industry is booming. The annual Show Me Shorts Festival has just finished nationwide - and many directors are well underway with their next projects.
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The exhibition ‘In the Blood,’ presented at MNIR
“In the Blood,” an exhibition featuring a dialogue of the architect George Matei Cantacuzino and his granddaughter Ilinca Cantacuzino will be opened on December 3 at the National History Museum of Romania (MNIR). According to the organizers, the exhibition, with the support of the Ratiu Family Foundation, of the Romanian Cultural Centre of London and of the Pro Patrimony Foundation, represents ...
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Capitol Visitor Center in DC opens to public
(AP:WASHINGTON) Hundreds of visitors got their first look at the Capitol Visitor Center _ an underground museum and now the first stop for people touring Congress _ as it opened Tuesday three years late and $360 million over budget.
INO News |
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Contemporary Pacific Art Exhibition in Taiwan
Le Folauga: the past coming forward - Contemporary Pacific Art from Aotearoa New Zealand is the first exhibition of contemporary Pacific art from New Zealand to be shown in a major fine arts museum in Asia. Curated by Fuli Pereira (Curator-Pacific at Auckland Museum) and Ron Brownson (Senior Curator Auckland Art Gallery), two of the trustees of the Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust, Le ...
Scoop.co.nz |
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Our Critic's Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Proust Junkies’ Delight; Luscious Love from the Louvre; and Brooklyn Bridge ...
What to give literati who have everything? Eric Karpeles’ Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to ‘In Search of Lost Time’ (Thames & Hudson, $45). If the reader in question is already hooked on Proust, Mr. Karpeles’ gorgeous book is guaranteed to please; and if he or she has yet to plunge into the seven volumes of À la recherche du temps perdu , it may provide the needed push. The idea ...
The New York Observer |
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Disability Day
Inauguration of a seven-day visual arts workshop to mark World Disability Day at Gallery Rasa, 5pm. A programme on World Disability Day at Rabindra Sadan, 4.30pm.
The Telegraph |
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On Dining: Ladies who lunch alone weren't always the norm
On Dining: The Seattle Art Museum exhibit "Edward Hopper's Women" could well be subtitled " ... in Restaurants."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Signs of the time:artists confront Courtenay Place
Wellington’s popular party strip will face signs of a different kind when a new installation fills the Courtenay Place Park light boxes from Wednesday 17 December. Give us a sign, commissioned by City Gallery Wellington, features the work of seven prominent New Zealand artists and graphic designers.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Folk artist Taft Richardson Jr. dies at 65
Taft Richardson Jr., a Tampa folk artist, teacher and community leader famous for his elaborate, biblically inspired bone sculptures, died Sunday after a battle with prostate cancer, said his family. He was 65. "He felt strongly about children and making...
St. Petersburg Times |
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Beyonce to perform at Essence Fest
Associated Press - December 2, 2008 4:54 PM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Beyonce is the first artist to confirm her participation in next year's Essence Music Festival, billed as 1 of the nation's...
KPLC Lake Charles |
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Speakers address attempts to heal the bodies and spirits of torture victims
A Tibetan monk -- a renowned artist whose work had been displayed in leading museums throughout China -- was imprisoned for writing poetry that was critical of the Chinese political regime and charged with representing the views of an insurgent group.
Cornell News Service |
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Contemporary creations centre
Art Systems Wickham will open its doors this Friday, December 5, with the aim to promote the Hunter’s most interesting and contemporary art forms . . .
The Star |
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Brush resident’s photography on display at MCC
“Documenting Life by Photography” is now on exhibit at Morgan Community College. The art display by photographer Sue Hodgson can be viewed in Cottonwood Hall through the middle of December.
Brush News-Tribune |
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Toronto-based artist Tennille Rose Will is painting pictures in hopes of helping people just like her. Will, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 29, has just published a book of deeply personal paintings, poetry and journal entries which were inspired by her diagnosis.
Etobicoke Guardian |
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Water Conservation Serves as Inspiration for 2009 Water-Wise Calendar
LOS ANGELES----The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: WHAT: Students from Metropolitan Water District’s six-county service area will display original artwork to be featured in the district’s annual “Water is Life” student art calendar.
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