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Bacon Painting Auctioned for Record $86 Million
A 1976 triptych painting by Francis Bacon brought a whopping $86.28 million Wednesday night at Sotheby?s big spring contemporary art sale.
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Festival brings out arts
Georgina
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Vanishing America
Picture your ideal city: Does it include acres of big-box stores, identical strip malls and unbroken stretches of parking lots long enough to double as jetport runways? No? Then perhaps you should check out Michael Eastman's new book of photography, Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, ...
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Bacon work sells for record 86.2 million dollars
A three-panel work by Francis Bacon has been sold at auction in New York for 86.2 million dollars, setting a new record for a painting by the Irish artist.
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Art Gallery in Louisa, Ky
For an art gallery in Louisa, Kentucky, art means fellowship and comradery.
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Painting draws record price at Sotheby's auction
NEW YORK - A NEW record was set for post-war art at auction on Wednesday when Francis Bacon's 'Triptych, 1976' sold for US$86 million (S$119 million) at Sotheby's.
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Students discover art is therapeutic and fun
The artistic talents of students at Carson Valley School were on display May 8 at the annual gallery exhibition celebrating the yearlong efforts of art-program participants at the school.
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Idaho State Historical Museum to feature Freemason exhibit
Associated Press - May 14, 2008 9:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A new exhibit opening this month at the Idaho State Historical Museum will look at the role Masonic fraternities have played in...
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Bacon work draws record price at Sotheby's auction
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new record was set for post-war art at auction on Wednesday when Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" sold for $86 million (44.2 million pounds) at Sotheby's.
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Idaho State Historical Museum to feature Freemason exhibit
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A new exhibit opening this month at the Idaho State Historical Museum will look at the role Masonic fraternities have played in Idaho's communities since the gold rush days.
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Bowers Museum to Bring Priceless Artifacts to Southern California; Viking River Cruises a Sponsor
Viking River Cruises, the world's leading river cruise line, is supporting the efforts of Orange County's prestigious Bowers Museum to bring the largest display of Chinese Terra Cotta Warriors and related artifacts outside of China to Southern California.
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Photo Synthesis
“Conversations in the Garden,” an exhibit featuring the stellar work of creative duo Carol Panaro-Smith and James Hajicek, has been on our radar since we viewed the press release. Why? Because, every art piece we’ve ever seen the two make both individually and together is beautiful an ...
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Interactive Imagination
If you usually go to a museum for quiet contemplation, ditch Josh Greene’s “Some Parts Might Be Greater Than the Whole” exhibit, which encourages elbow-rubbing among strangers. Greene’s “installation” — part of ASU Art Museum’s Social Studies series — is ...
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Known for helping artists, Art One owner Kraig Foote now needs someone to help him
Nine years ago, a guy named Brian Boner moved to Phoenix as a fresh college grad with an art degree from Minnesota State University. Boner stopped by gallery after gallery in Phoenix and Scottsdale, trying to make a connection. Inexperienced and shy, Boner didn't have a résumé or portf ...
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Bacon work draws record price at Sotheby's auction
A new record was set for post-war art at auction on Wednesday when Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" sold for $86 million (44.2 million pounds) at Sotheby's.
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IN THE ARTS
The 22nd Annual Juried Art Show sponsored by Brookdale Community College's Alumni Association will accept mixed-media entries on Friday, May 16. Entries will be received at the Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) between noon and 8 p.m. Works may be in one category or two.
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A plan to ensure the survival of Scotland’s rural hospitals was published by the Scottish Government yesterday.
Contemporary artist Cathy Wilkes, who lives and works in Glasgow, has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize.
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Tointon Gallery to host work from UNC students
The Tointon Galley will host the exhibit "Repetition Repitition" featuring work by Ryan Talbot and Seth Hunter from May 23 through June 22.
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Maktab Duli Organises Art Exhibition
Bandar Seri Begawan - Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah is currently holding an art exhibition at the college's Art room.
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From the Mind of Oprah Springs...Spaniels
The Britney-giving-birth-on-a-bearskin-rug guy has done it again. Sculptor Daniel Edwards, also responsible for Paris Hilton Autopsy, has fashioned a new conversation piece, this time a...
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Sheikha Mayassa wows Paris with Museum of Islamic Arts
Paris • Under the patronage of H E Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Board of Trustees of the Qatar Museums Authority, and in the presence of Vice-Chairman Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed Al Thani, the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Museum of Islamic Art Abdulla Al Najjar briefed the French media and cultural influencers about the Museum of Islamic Arts’ future plans.
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Art in the Park to be held May 25 in Long Branch
The 10th annual Art in the Park event is scheduled to be held in Long Branch on May 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. atWest End Park on the corner of Ocean and Brighton avenues. The free festival will feature the work of more than 60 local and regional artists. The event will showcase a series of onpremises artist demonstrations between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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Arts tour showcases Tri-City culture
The "Tri-Cities" of eastern Monmouth County - Asbury Park, Long Branch and Red Bank- will showcase the depth and vitality of the local arts scene June 6-8 with The Tri- CityArts Tour, a three-day living exhibition highlighting galleries, theater, film festivals, major outdoor events and the legendary homegrownmusic scene in the Garden State.
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SICA scatters artwork throughout Long Branch
The Shore Institute of ContemporaryArts (SICA) has scattered sculptures throughout Long Branch as part of its second annual Sculptoure '08 event. The event kicked offMay 10 and the sculptures will remain through Oct. 14 at various locations throughout the Long Branch downtown area and along Ocean Boulevard.
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Pandas and pandemonium kick off Cannes bash
KICKING kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian vision of the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicked off yesterday blending fun with philosophy, and Hollywood blockbusters with art-house fare.
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