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Gallery awaits a reluctant (to sit) Cuomo
ALBANY, N.Y. — Under the lofty ceilings of the State Capitol’s Hall of Governors, the official portrait of George E. Pataki will be unveiled early next year, to be displayed alongside gilt-framed paintings of Franklin and Theodore Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, and a jowly Grover Cleveland, among others.
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Gustav Klimt Clinches Top Spot for Most Popular Art in 2008
The popular online art gallery, OverstockArt.com, has officially released the annual Top 10 Oil Paintings rankings for 2008. After a complete domination of the top spot by renowned Dutch master, Vincent Van Gogh, a relative new comer, Gustav Klimt, has taken over with his masterpiece, The Kiss, and blew everyone away.
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First Trinitarian schedules Christmas faire
First Trinitarian Congregational Church, 381 Country Way, Scituate, will host an old-fashioned Christmas faire from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6. Featured will be fresh wreaths, greens and boxwood trees, handmade crafts and gifts, gift baskets, homemade baked goods and cheese spreads and a silent auction.
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Kids Calendar Dec. 4-Dec.11
THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM Family Art Adventures Galleries are open for exploration with docent art stations offering games, activities, questions and props.
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Silicon Image and Scalado Collaborate to Offer Accelerated High-Resolution Photo Rendering on Mobile Phones
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & LUND, Sweden----Silicon Image, Inc. , a leader in semiconductors and intellectual property for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, and Scalado AB, a leader in mobile imaging software solutions for camera phones, today announced that the companies have signed an agreement to integrate Scalado SpeedTags™ technology into the Silicon ...
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New art gallery at Bankside dry cleaners
Spots Dry Cleaners in Great Guildford Street near Tate Modern is also Unit 24 gallery with its launch exhibition featuring the Koko Bottoli leather product brand.
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Ronnie Wood - Woods Wife Supports Art Career
RONNIE WOOD's estranged wife JO has come out in support of the rocker's art career - attending an exhibition of his paintings in London. The Rolling Stones star ended ...
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Italian masterpiece from attic fetches Pounds2.84m at London auction
London, Dec 4 : An Italian masterpiece featuring a semi-naked woman, consigned to an attic for 200 years, has sold for 2.84m pounds at an auction in London.
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Lehman Brothers gets approval to sell $8m art collection
Lehman Brothers has won permission to release, and sell, $8m (£5.4m) worth of art that once adorned office walls at the bankrupt investment bank. A bankruptcy court in New York approved a $20,000 payment to art dealers who will now release the art from warehouses and display it to potential buyers.
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Birmingham Hosts Positively Red Festival
Birmingham is holding a series of events to celebrate World AIDS Day 2008 on Monday 1 December as part of the Positively Red festival, culminating in the Positively Red concert.
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Kennedy auction offers star-studded experiences
For those hard-to-please people on your holiday gift list this year, consider some unusual presents: the chance to hang out with Bill O'Reilly, sing with Aretha Franklin or tour the Capitol with Nancy Pelosi.
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Cinematic dream worlds
This refreshing show focuses on 10 contemporary Latvian artists whose work is influenced by cinema. They, in turn, work primarily in photography, video and multimedia sound installations.
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Art students brighten holiday
For students in Christine Wik’s art classes at Watertown-Mayer Elementary School the Thanksgiving holiday was celebrated cutting, coloring and creating more than 2,000 holiday cards.
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Shining for the season
The members of ArtWorks Gallery will have a Holiday Showcase from 4 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11. The public is invited to the “festive all--member reception,” according to information from the gallery. Refreshments will be served and drawings for door prizes will take place. The jewelry and plaque shown her...
Aberdeen American News |
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Student grins and bears it to win photo prize
AN Edinburgh University student's image of a bear stalking a salmon has won Our Dynamic Earth's "Earth Hero" photography competition.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Nigeria: SNA Partners NGA to Establish Artists Regulatory Council
As a result of the need to regulate and administer the practice of art in Nigeria, artists umbrella body in the country, Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA) has resolved to liaise with the legal department of the National Gallery of Art (NGA) to kick-start the process of passing a legislation concerning the establishment of an Art Regulatory Council.
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I’ve had it with buying gifts for my man
The only Christmas gifts I have bought so far are two small, beautiful paintings by a young art student at Edinburgh University. That is it. I can't imagine what would delight my family - all of whom have too much stuff already.
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About this Entry
Some arts events, such as San Francisco's recent Hip-Hop Dance Festival and San Francisco Ballet 's annual Nutcracker , attract a large audience of children. On the whole, though, it's pretty rare that I come across kids at the theatre, concert hall or opera house.
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Lincoln students take a journey into world of art
Lincoln Elementary School welcomed members of Escola de Samba to Evanston for the school's Passport to the Arts festival, a five-year school tradition supported by the Lincoln School PTA, the Lincoln School Cultural Arts Committee and the Music Institute of Chicago. During the festival, students receive "passports" that open their eyes, ears and taste buds to international food, music and ...
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Gallery founders welcome amateur, pro artists alike
A new gallery in Evanston is bringing local residents, artist and non-artists alike, into the studio.
Evanston Review |
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Modellers’ exhibition is on the right track
THE world of railways was displayed in miniature at Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery.
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Kennedy auction offers star-studded experiences
Thu, Dec 4, 2008 (3:33 a.m.) For those hard-to-please people on your holiday gift list this year, consider some unusual presents: the chance to hang out with Bill O'Reilly, sing with Aretha Franklin or tour the Capitol with Nancy Pelosi.
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TOWN BRIEFS
COLTS NECK: The 10th annual Fine Art Show and Sale at the local library will begin this weekend.
Asbury Park Press |
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Naomi Watts to strip for nude painting
Sydney, Dec 3 : Actress Naomi Watts is all set to shed her clothes to pose for artist David Bromley's submission for the Archibald Prize next year.
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Waterfowl and decoys this weekend
The annual Core Sound Waterfowl Weekend takes place at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center on Harkers Island. The Core Sound Waterfowl Weekend takes place Dec. 5-7 at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island. The event begins with the Friday Night Preview party.
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