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Lipton captures wonder and horror in her detailed drawings
Laurie Lipton's graphite drawings invite the viewer to peer more and more closely into her astonishingly detailed world. Inspired in part by Flemish Renaissance painters, the London artist's work has a hyper-real yet otherworldly quality. Sometimes the images are macabre; other times, they seem unusually prosaic until peculiar bits of information emerge. Lipton's drawings are on view at TAG Art ...
The Tennessean |
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AROUND THE STATE: U-M gets grant to restore paintings
A federal grant means a 20th-Century Italian artist's watercolor recreations of wall paintings from ancient Pompeii will get a $320,000 restoration at the University of Michigan's Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
Detroit Free Press |
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Lost Boys of Sudan find inspiration at their own center and gallery
It's a breezy Saturday afternoon, and a group of young men are gathered in a backroom studio just south of downtown. A couple shape large slabs of clay into broad, flat visages with exaggerated eyes and mouths; another dabs bright patches of paint onto a ceramic sculpture.
The Tennessean |
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Luxury Hotel in Houston Welcomes Baseball Season
Renaissance Houston Hotel Greenway Plaza offers guests a central location for summer sports getaways. (PRWeb May 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb932554.htm
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Masterpieces in chalk
The sidewalk around Courthouse Square was scattered with children on their hands and knees with all colors of chalk on Saturday.
The Hanford Sentinel |
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FRESH
KIDS Dr. Noize , Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito (11 a.m. Sat.) DANCE Ben Vereen , Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (Sat.) MOVIES Opening Friday: Before the Rains (PG-13), Linus Roache, Rahul Bose. Bra Boys (R, documentary), Russell...
San Francisco Chronicle |
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Only her art is abstract
In her newly opened studio, artist Jayne Behman bounces around like her mop of curly auburn hair. She’s like the main character in the 1996 movie “Multiplicity,” who has himself cloned to keep up with all of his obligations and activities. Except in Behman’s case, she’s not obligated to anyone except herself and her visions. She’s operating her new gallery on the Embarcadero, working toward ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Art Briefs
Cayucos Hilda Vandergriff will be giving a demonstrate Chinese brush painting on June 2 starting at 7 p. m. at the Cayucos Veterans Memorial Lions Hall, next to the pier. The demonstration is sponsored by the Cayucos Art Association. 995-2049. The Cayucos Art Association will hold “A Summer Soiree,” an event that will feature 10 artists sketching and painting two costumed live models, on June ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune |
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Rochester Contemporary Art Center features exhibit of Alison Saar art
Images of fertility and identity run through Alison Saar's art in a new Rochester Contemporary exhibit.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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Brenda Washington is in the artist spotlight
Brenda Washington of Rochester looks for magical qualities in everyday moments with her photography.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
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How I met your mother
You never know how or where the seeds of love will sprout.Desi Arnaz met Lucille Ball on the set of their forgotten 1940 musical, "Too Many Girls." John Lennon was introduced to Yoko Ono at a London art gallery that exhibited her work.
Erie Times-News |
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Art: Done To A T
Art: Done To A T Lots of people refer to designer fashions as works of wearable art. But Gap is putting real art from real artists on a line of limited-edition T-shirts that really is wearable art. Working with the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gap is introducing Gap Artist Edition T-shirts designed by 13 of today's most influential artists, including Chuck Close, Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter, ...
Hartford Courant |
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Down the final stretch
Doris Johnson remembers Seabiscuit and a crowd of 40,000 cheering fans. Bernie Thurman recalls Kentucky Derby winner Majestic Prince, a copper-hued colt tipping off his future greatness. John Harris counts several stakes winners for his family farm spanning more than 30 years. Photo gallery Bay Meadows has drawn fans such as Ruth Deponzi, right, and Gloriana Garma since 1934. Today is ...
The Sacramento Bee |
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Stairways, City Hall partner in art
It seems that Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott has an eye for art. Works from Stairways Center for Arts Humanities are being exhibited on the fifth floor of City Hall, 626 State St., and will rotate over time in a show of support for the center's clients that will continue indefinitely.
Erie Times-News |
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Regional Briefs: Melrose festival to feature 120 crafts makers
NATCHITOCHES — The Melrose Arts and Crafts Festival will celebrate its 34th year June 14-15 at historic Melrose Plantation.
The Shreveport Times |
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St. Tropez offers art treasures in fine setting
Of course there are the boats and the yachts, the sun and the money, particularly in summer. But St. Tropez also boasts an exquisite, small museum full of dazzling post-impressionist paintings. The Musée de l'Annonciade is a gem, alone worth the entire trip.
The Indianapolis Star |
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Beverly Hills Celebrity Fine Art Advisor and Appraiser David W. Streets Launches His New Website
Beverly Hills Celebrity fine art dealer, appraiser and advisor has launched his new website focusing on his appraisal services, art advisory services, clients and personal qualifications.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Palestine Film Festival Kicks off in Qatar
The first-ever Palestine Film Festival in Qatar devoted exclusively to Palestine kicked off Saturday at the Mall Cinema, in Doha, bringing together a variety of documentary as well as semi-fictional feature films.
Palestine Media Center |
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Courtyard cafe seeks artists
THE walls of the Courtyard Café at Winchester Guildhall will soon display an array of artwork - so if you've got creative flair you want to share then Winchester City Council wants to know.
Hampshire Chronicle |
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Students put individual touches on Yampa Valley School mural
Joel Ocejo, 16, drowned out the light-hearted conversation of his classmates as he leaned forward and focused on his artwork.
The Steamboat Pilot & Today |
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Gangsters hole up in Ark. museum
The building on Central Avenue has housed the chamber of commerce, a drive-in mortuary and a bordello. Now, it will do time memorializing Al Capone, Owen "Owney" Madden, Lucky Luciano and other gangsters who took a break from big-city life to enjoy Hot Springs' soothing spas and blind eye to illegal gambling and prostitution.
The News & Observer |
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For June show, submit your 'berry' best art
The Tioga County Historical Society & Museum is planning an "Artful Berry Exhibit" for June 3-30, and entries are still being accepted. Artwork must address the theme of climate change and the strawberry.
Press & Sun-Bulletin |
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Dubai to offer 'Universal Museums'
The Dubai Culture and Arts Authority has launched the ‘The Universal Museums’ project, which will bring together collections from globally-recognized museums.
AME Info |
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Dubai builds window to world's arts and culture
11 May 2008 DUBAI -- His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, yesterday announced the launch of "The Universal Museums" project which will bring together leading collections by globally-recognised museums for the first time ever.
Zawya |
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Gay Pride Rockland marks 10th year
Gay Pride Rockland will mark its 10th anniversary this year, and the ongoing celebration is slated to include an art exhibit and culminate on June 8 with the signature Gay Pride Rockland Sunday event.
The Journal News |
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