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At new Washington D.C. museum, crime solvers get star billing
America's fascination with crime will take a new turn Friday when the National Museum of Crime and Punishment opens. In film classics such as Little Caesar and Dial M for Murder and today's TV staples of CSI and Law & Order, crime has long been glorified. This new museum seeks to downplay the fame given to criminals and spotlight law enforcement's investigative work.
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Auction Site Helps Disaster Victims In China, Myanmar
AuctionPal accepts donations of unused goods, sells them, and gives the proceeds to charities helping the victims of the cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China.
InformationWeek |
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First US show of Afghanistan's treasures opens in Washington
In 1988, Omar Khan Masoudi huddled with other museum curators in Afghanistan to make a critical decision -- how to protect some of the nation's oldest and most prized artifacts.
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Child in nude photos from interstate
INTERSTATE authorities will play a role in determining what charges are laid over images of a naked and underage girl seized by police from a Sydney art gallery.
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Cannes Film Festival Report: Robert De Niro Shows Up for Closing Night
Robert DeNiro, star of Barry Levinson’s closing night Hollywood satire What Just Happened , is arriving today and will be put to work at Sunday’s closing ceremony by presenting the biggie--the prestigious Palme d’Or--for best of fest as voted on by a jury led by Sean Penn and including actress Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuaron, among others.
Hollywood.com |
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Paramore Tour North America on Warped, Festival Circuit
Paramore 's tour plans for this summer are finalized. Hayley Williams and her boisterous boys, who we last saw recieving the Hard Rock Artist of the Year award , kick off a slew of North American summer dates with a performance at Milwaukee's Summerfest on June 30 and will work in two dates opening for John Mayer . And no, we don't quite understand why. After wrapping up a European stint ...
Spin |
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Naked kid exhibit likely to trigger charges
SYDNEY, Australia — Australian police say they expect to file charges over photographs showing naked 12- and 13-year-old children that were supposed to be exhibited at a Sydney art gallery.
winnipegsun.com |
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HP and National Gallery celebrate 10-year partnership
HP and the National Gallery in London are celebrating the tenth anniversary of a partnership which has led to a variety of innovative projects.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Art students shine at Prairie Lea Art Show
Prairie Lea Independent School District’s art teacher, Corina Esquivel, outdid herself on Thursday, May 15. She pulled off a bigger and better art show this year by expanding the second annual PLISD school art show to include all grade levels, rather than just high school students like last year.
Lockhart Post-Register |
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HP and National Gallery celebrate 10-year partnership
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Friday 23 May 2008 at 16:23:00 Print-on-Demand and Grand Tour highlight success HP and the National Gallery in London are celebrating the tenth anniversary of a partnership which has led to a variety of innovative projects.... > Read the full article
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Friday walk kicks off Decatur Arts Festival
The 20th annual Decatur Arts Festival kicks off today with an art walk around the city. The walk, which runs from 5 to 10 p.m., showcases exhibitions at 30 spots throughout Decatur. The festival continues throughout the weekend, with a film festival, dance performances, literary forums, an artist market and a separate festival for children. All of the events, sponsored by the Decatur Arts ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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Whiff of mystery hangs over sale of China objects
Sotheby's sales of "Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork: Early Gold and Silver" last week in London totaled £9.3 million. But a veil of mystery surrounded the provenance of the dazzling assemblage of nearly 100 pieces of Tang and Song silver, plus a small contingent of earlier gold objects.
International Herald Tribune |
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Bill Wood: Photography of an unsophisticated outsider
"Bill Wood's Business," a show at the International Center of Photography in New York, searches out the genius in a commercial photographer who worked in Fort Worth, Texas, from 1937 to the early 1970s.
International Herald Tribune |
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Aussie police: Charges 'likely' over Bill Henson photos of nude children
SYDNEY, Australia - Police said today they expect to file charges over photographs showing naked 12- and 13-year-old children that were supposed to be exhibited at a Sydney...
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Soderbergh challenges Cannes with epic Che tale
With his epic film biography of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh defiantly has made the story he wanted to see, one that will prove a very tough sell to some audiences.
KATU Portland |
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Kern Valley celebrates history
Valley residents and guests were treated to the Kern Valley Museum’s 12th Annual History Days last weekend. As usual, the event was well attended and museum docent, Peg Greenberg, was hoping to top last year and have a 1000 visitors come through the doors during the three day event.
Kern Valley Sun |
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Apply by June 1 for Cranberry Blossom Festival princess
The annual Blossom Fest has something new this year: A Cranberry Blossom princess.
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune |
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An Interview with Kevin Sharp, Dixon Gallery and Gardens Director
When Kevin Sharp, a tousle-haired 50-year-old, self-described "Americanist" with 20-years experience in the museum biz, took over as director of the Dixon Gallery & Gardens last September, he immediately announced that the museum needed to rethink its mission.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Keith Crown, a watercolorist, has focused his work on abstract landscapes and a strong use of color
COLUMBIA — It was 1970, and a young Robert Benson sat painting outdoors alongside his mentor and national watercolorist, Keith Crown, taking in the wide-open Illinois landscape.
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Keith Crown, a watercolorist, has focused his work on abstract landscapes and a strong use of color
COLUMBIA — It was 1970, and a young Robert Benson sat painting outdoors alongside his mentor and national watercolorist, Keith Crown, taking in the wide-open Illinois landscape. Benson, who thought ...
Columbia Missourian |
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A tireless collector of ancient tiles
Two exhibition halls at the far end of the Donation Gallery on the second floor of the National Museum of Korea transport visitors to ancient East Asia with an array of differently shaped, colored (and damaged) roof-end tiles.
JoongAng Daily |
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Win a pair of ‘Golden Festival Passes’ to the New Generation Arts Festival
The 16-day New Generation Arts Festival (NGA) showcases the brightest emerging talents, bringing together an eclectic mix of music, performance and interactive visual art.
Handbag.com |
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Kaleidoscope of art Exhibition presents variety of work
More than 40 local artists representing a variety of media will have their works exhibited at Kaleidoscope, an annual exhibition by the Brighton Art Guild.
The Ann Arbor News |
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Australian police: Charges likely over photos
SYDNEY, Australia - Australian police say they expect to file charges over photographs showing naked 12-and 13-year-old children that were supposed to be exhibited at a Sydney art gallery.
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Long-lost portrait will again honor lumberman
Flipping through a stack of photographs of the 1890 dedication of Hackley Public Library, Martha L. Ferriby came upon one of a portrait painting of Charles H. Hackley that she had never seen before.
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