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Watercooler Stories
Dali lithograph donated to charity … Diamond ring found floating in bay … Mom sues after teen arrested … Mom sues after kid steps in poo … Watercooler stories from UPI.
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Color the art museum fiscally black in '07
The Toledo Museum of Art finished its most recent fiscal year just barely in the black, following two years of losses totaling nearly a half-million dollars.
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A superhero fashion exhibit in Manhattan
News flash: A cadre of superheroes has invaded one of Gotham's top cultural institutions, bringing swaths of bright color, pop graphics and an Everyman theme to the hallowed halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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David Downton Artwork Celebrates The Wyndham Grand Collection
The Wyndham Grand Collection, an ensemble of one-of-a-kind hotels in unique destinations around the world, was celebrated here today with the unveiling of commissioned illustrations by British artist David Downton.
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Portrait of Heath Ledger wins Australian art award
SYDNEY, Australia - A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award. The painting features a bare-chested Ledger staring from the canvas as two images of the actor whisper into his ears.
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Students display their distinct artistic talents at Lindsay Gallery
The art world's future innovators are brilliantly on display at the Lindsay Gallery, courtesy of the fourth Annual Secondary School Juried Exhibition. For the next two weeks, the work of...
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Failure fuelled Fuhrer's fury
As a monster, Adolph Hitler was exceptional; as a painter, he was just mediocre. This, as much as anything, informs the Nazi leader's rabid purging of art masterpieces during the reign of his Third Reich -- an obsession absorbingly recounted in The Rape of Europa.
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'Heath' painting wins Aussie art award
SYDNEY, Australia -- A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award. The oil painting features a bare-chested Ledger staring from the canvas as two images of the actor whisper into his ears.
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Lyme Academy graduation set
Lyme - A noted American curator, art critic, painter and writer will deliver the keynote address Saturday at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
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Glasgow tops attraction list
GLASGOW'S Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum has beaten Edinburgh Castle to be Scotland's top tourist attraction. The West End attraction is the busiest in the country for the second year running, figures out today show.
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South Africa: Leading Artist Draws a Bead On Creative Upliftment
AMERICAN artist Andy Warhol asked : "Why do people think artists are special? It's just another job." Clearly, given his reputation, the Prince of Pop was being sarcastic -- or perhaps he simply never met anyone like Barbara Jackson.
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Brewer, Bangor students win Law Day art, essay scholarship
BANGOR, Maine — The Penobscot County Bar Association last week awarded college scholarships to the winners of its annual Law Day essay and art contest.
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Red skirts the issues
Cartoon characters mirror those in painting
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Exeter news briefs
A pottery exhibit on Friday, May 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth will benefit the Seacoast Academy in Hampton Falls. The exhibit features master potter Charles LaFond in his debut show. The benefit exhibit will be a...
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'Heath' painting wins Aussie art award
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Retired mail carrier had passion for wood crafts
ONSTED, Mich. - Robert L. Wilkin, 78, a retired rural mail carrier and a wood craftsman who sold his work at area art festivals, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his home.
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Clevenger donates artwork
Ashley Clevenger, a senior at Turkeyfoot Valley High School, was a winner of the cover page for the “Daily American Design an Ad,” and has donated her work to the Turkeyfoot Valley School to be on display in the foyer of the school.
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European fashion to be showcased in capital
VietNamNet Bridge – One French, two Spanish and one Italian fashion designer will introduce their designs to Vietnamese audiences at the “European fashion gala” held on May 21 at the Vietnam Art Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi.
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Panel: Rework 'confrontational' MLK statue
A federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.
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Rack up a good time at group's 21st annual quilt show
By ANGIE SUMMERS Have you been hoarding fabric for that perfect project? Get inspiration during the Quilters' Guild of Arlington's 21st annual show this weekend at the Bob Duncan Community Center. The Festival of Quilts will include a judged quilt show, an opportunity to see the latest trends in quilting and a merchant mall. Lisa Erlandson , a certified quilt appraiser with the American ...
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Council to sue over gallery costs
A county council is taking legal action against the architects of an abandoned art gallery design.
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Public Lecture by Rick Tomlinson
Internationally renowned yachting photographer, Rick Tomlinson, will be hosting a stunningly illustrated lecture at the Manx Museum on Wednesday 14th May, at 7.30pm.
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Mike Bessler ARTWORKS
To fully grasp the immensity of the art pieces fine art photographer Mike Bessler fabricates, click twice on the red and yellow tulips image on his home page online at www.BesPhoto.com.
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This week's gallery roundup
A look at what art exhibits you should check out this weekend.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Two solo shows at Solway
Carl Solway Gallery tonight opens Accumulations & Construction: Recent Work by Katy Stone and Off the Yellow Brick Cliff: Paintings, Drawings and Collages by Christopher Tanner.
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