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Ad Club gives Russell Museum $400,000
On the heels of its record-smashing art auction, the Great Falls Ad Club set one more record Wednesday: the donation of $400,240 to the C.M. Russell Museum.
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Folklore artist honoured with French Knight title
Artist Tran Kich (left) . Folklore artist Tran Kich has been conferred with the distinguished French title “Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters” for his contributions to preserving and promoting Hue royal court music, a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.
Nhân Dân |
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Expanded Short Film Festival celebrates 10 years
For 10 years, the Milwaukee Short Film Festival has spent a day screening the best short cinema from Milwaukee, the United States and beyond. This year, in celebration of the completion of its first decade, the festival expands to four days.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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At Velvet Museum, Get in Touch with Kitsch
Morning Edition , May 22, 2008 · Velvet paintings sold cheap from vans at roadside stands across the country are now achieving loftier status. There's a new coffee-table book and a museum — the Velveteria — in Portland, Ore., featuring the fuzzy velvet art.
NPR |
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Cannes: From Maradona to Madonna and the rain in between - Feature
Cannes, France - The Cannes Film Festival is entering its final days with a tight race developing for the top honours at a festival which has largely sidestepped escapism to explore the darker side ...
EARTHtimes.org |
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Head to be returned to ant sculpture
PORTSMOUTH — If all goes according to plan, the 7-foot red ant sculpture in Market Square will get its head back by Saturday.
Portsmouth Herald |
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Apartment building near museum razed
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner looked on with contentment yesterday as a city bulldozer began knocking down the first "Dirty Dozen" property to be razed this year.
The Toledo Blade |
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The Ambassador who loves paintings and sake
VietNamNet Bridge – The new US Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael W. Michalak, has a passion for paintings, loves classical music and owns a collection of cups for drinking the Japanese alcohol Sake.
Vietnam Net |
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New MMoCA show illustrates Madison's feminist roots
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art shies away from the notion that its new show, "Girls and Company," is meant to be any sort of sweeping or definitive statement on the intersection of feminism and art. Featuring a dozen works created between 1964 and 1994 that are both eye-catching and thought-provoking, the show is primarily designed to show the feminist art in MMoCA's permanent ...
The Capital Times |
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After a fashion: One kimono, two kimono, 80 lovely kimono
The exhibition of kimono that opened last week at the Philadelphia Museum of Art beguiles the eye with one example after another of pure gorgeousness. The show includes 80 kimono (the word can be either singular or plural: who knew?) made in the first half of the 20th century. It traces the modernizing of Japanese textile design, and the ways it influenced and was influenced in its turn by ...
The Capital Times |
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'Trees' exhibit features Hungarian artist
KENNEBUNK — A large, strikingly colorful painting by artist Zsuzsanna Szegedi greeted those who attended the May 7 opening reception for the Heartwood College of Art exhibition "The Anatomy of Trees."
York County Coast Star |
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Culture swap
What are Titian and Rembrandt doing out on the streets, while Banksy and his fellow taggers take over the museums and auction houses? Yolanda Zappaterra wonders what's going on in the topsy-turvy world of fine art
Mad.co.uk |
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Police probe 'porn' exhibition
Gallery cancels opening of Bill Henson show featuring photos of nude children.
The Age |
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Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG
Over the past century there has been a handful of cars that stand out as especially innovative, brilliant and important. If they were paintings, they’d be in the Louvre. If they were animals, Texans would have their heads on a wall. These are the Mozart motors. The Mona Lisas.
Times Online |
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All about the arts
For the love of fine arts, I'm begging you to get outside this weekend and improve yourselves. The Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting
New London Day |
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Weekend Best Bets: East County
Gallery La Mesa will present the art of Fujiko Isomura for its spring exhibition, to debut tomorrow and run through July 3. An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at the gallery, 8808 La Mesa Blvd. Isomura is originally from Japan, and her art mixes East with West, like the piece above, titled “Cat and Girl.” Free. (619) 462-5760.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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New aquarium exhibit a little odd
The Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport will open a new exhibit Saturday called "Oddwater," which will offer visitors a chance to look at some of the most bizarre life forms in the ocean.
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Sidewalk art permits' cost may increase
Street artists selling their artwork in San Francisco are worried a recommended fee hike will hurt their estimated $4 million industry.
The San Francisco Examiner |
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A seriously comic show
'Take the Bassa with Sababa' is the first ever exhibition of Israeli comics in London. But will the British public understand the humor? 'Take the Bassa with Sababa' proclaims the poster for the first Israeli Comics Show in London.
Haaretz Daily |
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HUSKY'S 10-METRE MISS
CALGARY -- Husky Energy Inc. officially opened its $500-million Tucker oil sands project in October, 2006, on time and slightly under budget - a rarity in northeastern Alberta.
The Globe and Mail |
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Schoolgirl wins Doodle 4 Google contest
A sixth-grade student from California is to take over Google's home page on 22 May after winning a competition. Grace Moon, from Canyon Middle School in Castro Valley, California, has been named the winner of the search giant's Doodle 4 Google contest.
Infomatics |
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A bunch of Philistines
DYSART residents have been branded 'Philistines' for campaigning against a giant public art work erected in their neighbourhood. (22/05/2008 09:13:00)
Fife Today |
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RBC announces 10-year deal to become official bank of Toronto International Film Festival
RBC and the Toronto International Film Festival Group today announced a 10-year agreement that will make RBC the Official Bank and a major sponsor of the Toronto International Film Festival .
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance |
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Murals capture history
Sunday's Greenhills Spring Art show offers a chance to tour an amazing space: the Greenhills Community Building.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Schoolgirl wins Doodle 4 Google contest
A sixth-grade student from California is to take over Google's home page on 22 May after winning a competition.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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