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Festival of Spring kicks off gardening season
Kick off the beginning of the planting season Saturday and pick up some crafts and supplies while youre at it at the Paine Art Center and Gardens annual Festival of Spring.
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Obituary: Artist dies at Captiva home
Robert Rauschenberg, known as the world's greatest living contemporary artist, died in the place that was his creative center, where his passion for...
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Sotheby's shares jump as Bacon artwork sells for record price
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Shares of global auction house Sotheby's rose more than 9 percent Thursday, a day after a Francis Bacon painting was snapped up for a record-breaking $86 million at its New York post-war art auction, soothing concerns about a slowdown in the art market.
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Mirror wins national award
The East York-Leaside-Rivedale Mirror was honoured with a Canadian Community Newspaper Association Award for best sports photography last week. A photo taken by Jill Kitchener of a rundown in an Eas...
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Gun, knife show set to benefit Caddo Museum
Lamar County Sheriff B. J. McCoy and Paris Police Chief Karl Lewis co-sponsor a Gun and Knife Roadshow with vendor booths to benefit the newly formed Valley of the Caddo Museum and Cultural Center, Inc. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 21, at the Lamar County Fairgrounds.
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Museums all around
The Venice community will have the opportunity to celebrate art, architecture, music and fine cuisine this weekend during the 29th annual Venice Art Walk, benefiting the Venice Family Clinic.
Marina del Rey Argonaut |
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A world of water
This weekend, The Mass Audubon Visual Arts Center in Canton will be underwater. On Sunday, an exhibit by photographer and Massachusetts native Brian Skerry will open at the center with a reception from 1-5 p.m. Skerry will be speaking about his work at 3 p.m. but will be on hand to answer questions for the duration of the day.
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Guitar master Hawkins plays ArtHouse Café Saturday
Guitar virtuoso Ernie Hawkins, who has performed around the world with blues greats, plays The ArtHouse Café at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Cheap thrills
EVENTSThe 45th Annual Family Fun Festival 6 p.m. 1 a.m. April 25, 11 30 a.m. 1 a.m. April 26 and 11 a.m. 6 p.m. April 27 Larose Regional Park and Civic Center off La. 308 in Larose. Carnival rides, music, Cajun cooking, sports tournaments, pirogue races and more. 693 7355 or www.bayoucivicclub.org. Free admission.
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CANNES '08 DISPATCH Serious, Silly Intersect In First 24 Hours of 61st Cannes Festival
While attendees sat inside the Cannes Film Festival 's Debussy theater on Wednesday watching the morning press screening of Fernando Meirelles ' harrowing " Blindness ," nearby on the Croisette dozens of costumed pandas danced with Jack Black to hype the animated festival entry, " Kung Fu Panda ." Like the abandoned characters depicted in the horrific world of "Blindness," the French locals ...
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Charles Hall Art for Auction
Some very special artwork is being displayed at the Impact Art Gallery. Nearly 50 pieces of artwork...from sculptures and masks...to calligraphy are being shown at the gallery for the next 2 weeks. The artists are students in the Charles Hall Youth Ser
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Hockey artist raises funds
TORONTO - Murray Henderson has created numerous paintings over the years that combined his passion for hockey and aiding charities, including the NHL's Hockey Fights Cancer campaign.
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Jolie may give birth in France
CANNES — Mon dieu, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are considering having their twins in France, Jolie revealed yesterday before walking the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for her animated action comedy Kung Fu Panda.
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Art market faces jittery times, despite Monets
(AP:NEW YORK) It took only about 120 seconds last week for a Monet to exchange hands for a small fortune. Christie's auctioneer Christopher Burge started the bidding at $26 million for a 1873 Claude Monet painting of two puffing locomotives crossing a river bridge.
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Filmmaker Turned Curator
Buenos Aires-born Hector Canonge uses his instincts as a filmmaker to curate a monthly queer cinema series at the Queens Museum of Art. COURTESY HECTOR CANONGE
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Milan's annual design bonanza, delights record-high crowds with a slew of new products
Record-high attendance (348,000). Auction house–ready one-offs (Swarovski) and pricey limited editions (Vitra, Established & Sons). New company launches (Meta, SLS Hotels).
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Art market faces jittery times, despite Monets
It took only about 120 seconds last week for a Monet to exchange hands for a small fortune. Christie's auctioneer Christopher Burge started the bidding at $26 million for a 1873 Claude Monet painting of two puffing locomotives crossing a river bridge.
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Sotheby's climbs on solid contemporary art results
(AP:NEW YORK) Sotheby's stock rose Thursday on solid results from its contemporary art auction Wednesday, which included works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons.
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Festival celebrates artists’ talent
GIBBON — A celebration of spring begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with the fourth-annual Art & Garden Festival at the Geo. Spencer Vineyard & Tasting Room in Gibbon.
Kearney Hub |
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New museum to open in Chicago
A Chicago mansion built in 1880s has been restored to its original grandeur and next month will be reopened as the Richard H. Driehaus Museum.
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REGIONAL BRIEFS
The Museum of Nebraska Art presents Third Thursdays at MONA from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the museum at 2401 Central Ave. Artist Art Pierce will share his experiences from his youth living in a sod house. NET Producer Kay Hall will show video excerpts from “Solomon Butcher.”
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House of glass
Gábina Fárová’s solo exhibition at the newly opened Galerie Fotografie Louvre is an important (and long overdue) showcase for her work, mainly erotica, made between 1979 and 2002.
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We Shall Never Forget: WWII Medal of Honor recipients to be honored again.
NEW ORLEANS , May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- In a joint event which may be the first of its kind, The National World War II Museum and the USS Midway Museum will honor the surviving World War II recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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'East of the West': Middle East artists
When the subject of Asian Pacific Islander culture comes up, the Middle East is not the first region that comes to mind, which is exactly why the organizers of the 11th annual United States of Asian America Festival wanted to make sure that corner of the...
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Now in its 17th year, this is the largest new music festival on the West Coast of North America, showcasing more than 250 artists at more than 30 bars, clubs and restaurants around Vancouver.
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