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Path With Art: An opportunity to rediscover artistic roots
Deep breaths, she told herself. Try not to cry. Ruanda Morrison stood before the crowd gathered inside the Pioneer Square art gallery. Her donated suit was...
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arts calendar
Visual Arts Toni Pederson: Oil Wildlife Paintings. 10 a.m. Dec. 7-12 and Dec. 14. The Gallery at First Presbyterian Church, 171 Market St. Free. (859) 252-1919. www.fpclex.org. Arts D'Vine. 2 p.m. Dec. 6. Talon Winery . Vineyards, 7086 Tates Creek Rd. Free. (859) 246-6601. www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/artsoncampus. Folk Art Takes New Form. 9 a.m. Dec. 6, noon Dec. 6, 9 a.m. Dec. ...
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Mortgage Ltd. Executive Scott M. Coles Estate to Offer $2.5 Million Fine Art Collection at Absolute Auction
Higgenbotham Auctioneers International (HAI) confirmed today that their firm has been retained by the SMC Revocable Trust to offer at public auction Mr. Scott M. Coles' fine art collection and estate furnishings at 10 a.m., Tuesday, December 16th. The auction is to be conducted on the grounds of the Coles Phoenix home and is being held to settle the affairs of his estate. Coles, was the ...
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BEYONCE TO HEADLINE ESSENCE MUSIC FEST: Discount packages for annual July event in New Orleans being offered through ...
*Beyonce was announced Tuesday as the first artist confirmed for next year's Essence Music Festival, which returns to New Orleans July 3, 4 and 5, 2009.
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Tree carving honors Sparks firefighters
A tree on the grounds of a Sparks fire station may have died, but local firefighters are putting its remains to good use.
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In Fashion Photo brings style to Art Basel
Fashion lovers may want to head to the second annual In Fashion Photo, an exhibit featuring some 250 works by more than 35 top fashion photographers, including Slim Aarons, Miles Aldridge and Bettina Rheims.
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Naomi Watts - Watts To Strip Off For Painting
Hollywood actress NAOMI WATTS is to strip for a nude painting by a top Australian artist. The King Kong star has agreed to pose for David Bromley, who is famed for his ...
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Life-saving paintings may return to Auschwitz survivor’s life
Wed, Dec 4, 2002 (9:55 a.m.) When Dina Babbitt was 20 she met Nazi exterminator Dr. Josef Mengele, who kept her alive at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp to paint portraits of Gypsies for him.
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artnet and Art Basel Miami Beach Announce Continued Online Partnership for This Year's Fair
Beginning December 3, artnet will host a virtual fair on artnet.com featuring up to 15 works per gallery (PRWeb Dec 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/artnet/Art_Basel_Miami_Beach/prweb1696194.htm
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Art Basel-timed photo exhibit unearths tough woman behind house of Chanel
There sits Coco Chanel -- fashion's grandest dame -- scrutinizing a model as she dresses. A cigarette dangles from her narrow lips, her mouth is bent into a distracted frown, eyes squint through the smoky haze. Dressmakers' scissors hang from a ribbon around her neck.
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Livingston Arts Center displays paintings from 1930s
Livingston County's new showcase for Depression-era art debuts this weekend.
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Demystifying art: Local museum directors help figure it out for Art Basel
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but looking at some of the artworks shown over the years at Art Basel Miami Beach, you may find yourself wondering if the art world needs glasses. For casual viewers, figuring out why a urinal painted red or a precisely arranged stack of plywood is ''art'' can be downright mystifying.
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Wednesday Giants in the City
GIANTS IN THE CITY See Light House, Gustavo Acosta's nylon and plastic sculpture that uses an air blower, and nine other 30-foot inflatable sculptures as part of the exhibit Giants in the City, held by Artformz.
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International Recognition for USA Based Trade Show Designer
David Cogswell, Principal of Cogswell Design Inc. (formerly Creative Director of Premier Displays) has been recognized for his creative work on the Spyder Active Sports exhibits in "Frame Magazines - "Grand Stand II - Best of International Design 2008" [PR.com - December 03, 2008]
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GSMA & MOFILM Announce Kevin Spacey as Film Festival Host and Keynote Speaker at the Mobile World Congress
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor and director Kevin Spacey will headline at the GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as host of the MOFILM Mobile Short Film Festival and mobile entertainment keynote speaker, the GSMA and MOFILM jointly announced today.
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Local and live
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 • "A COVENANT OF SEASONS": Yellowstone Art Museum, 401 N. 27th St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Paintings by Joellyn Duesberry, with poetry of Pattiann Rogers. Display up through Jan. 4. $5, adults; $3, students with ID, children 6-18; free, YAM members, ages 5, younger; $10, family of 5. 256-6804.
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Festival of Trees
Pop culture, sports pennants and pictures of beloved and now-missed family and friends are among the decorations adorning more than 800 trees half of them full size at the Festival of Trees. Some trees remember people who have died; others celebrate lives saved at Primary Children's Medical Center, which benefits from the annual charity event.
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Australia opens new gallery amid economic gloom
It cost nearly $20 million more than planned, and opens amid fear of recession, but Australians are hailing a new portrait gallery as a celebration of national identity.
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Watts to strip off for painting
Hollywood actress Naomi Watts is to strip for a nude painting by a top Australian artist. The King Kong star has agreed to pose for David Bromley, who is famed for his naked portraits of famous women, as part of his submission for Australia's prestigious Archibald Prize next year (09).
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Lupe: A Swiss-Indian exhibition that blends stories with art
New Delhi, Dec 3 : Storytelling is a form of art. And, in times of terror, offers a healing touch.
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ULM museum moves closer to accreditation
The University of Louisiana at Monroe Museum of Natural History has been selected to participate in the Museum Assessment Program, a positive first step toward national accreditation of the museum.
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Museum show, sale to mix art, spirit of the season
ATTLEBORO - Local artists once again will receive special recognition when the Attleboro Arts Museum presents its Annual Members' Juried Exhibition and Holiday Gift Gallery Sale through Jan. 22.
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Don’t like the price – ask again…
Exactly one year after the US officially went into recession and after disappointing auctions in ...
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Buyer of Warhol’s Green Car Crash revealed?
One of the acquisition mysteries of the late great boom—who bought the most expensive Andy Warhol ...
The Art Newspaper |
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Big bubbles are no trouble for Ai Weiwei
The most dramatic Art Projects public art piece at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach can be found ...
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