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Wing Luke's vision lives in new museum
Wing Luke wanted to show that people weren't all that different, no matter what their background. So the museum that bears his name, with...
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Folk artist made name singing of Utah history
Folk singer and activist Bruce "Utah" Phillips, whose songs included tales of the state's working class and tragedies, died Friday of congestive heart failure.
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Ellicott City/Elkridge
Ellicott City/Elkridge Briefs The Ellicott City Restoration Foundation Inc. will announce the winners of its annual photography contest at 7 p.m. June 6 at a reception for the exhibition of this year's entries, to be held at the Howard County Historical Society Museum, 8328 Court Ave., Ellicott City.
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GEORGEA KOVANIS: Seek out a new Royal Oak gallery
The new and wacky gallery called 323 East has been painted an eye-catching lime green, which is a good thing because otherwise you might miss it and that would be a shame.
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A museum's metamorphosis
Wow. Talk about a transformation! Seeing the Wing Luke Asian Museum burst out of the dark former garage that once encased it and open up...
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10 joyous days of human voices
Among the memorable, music-related moments in Mayberry, on the classic TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, is when a jealous Deputy Barney Fife tries to talk a golden-voiced bumpkin-type named Rafe Hollister out of entering the town's singing contest.
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Gloomy kickoff for S.F. Carnaval
Carnaval San Francisco's 30th anniversary celebration got off to a subdued start on Saturday, as unseasonably overcast skies and light showers kept the usual hordes of revelers away from the annual Mission District festival preceding today's Grand Parade....
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Holmes sculpture presented to Nobel Peace Prize nominee
A sculpture by Helena artist Tim Holmes was presented to three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Archbishop Elias Chacour of Galilee, during a reception Thursday in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Philadelphia Story (1940)
(112 mins, No Rating, ). Camps & camping, homes & gardens, dining & drinking, fairs & festivals. Noise Pop celebrates its sweet sixteen with expanded coverage of art, film, comedy, and a whole lot of noise. A look at how the music fests's indie empire has grown.
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Taking 'Liberty'
Former Troy church memorialized by an inflatable artwork "Spectres of Liberty" is an inflatable gone wild. This is art based on the model that props up Santa Clauses and Great Pumpkins in front yards: make a shape of some lightweight plastic and use a fan to inflate it. The shape in the case of "Spectres" happens to be a building, the Liberty Street Church, an African-American Presbyterian ...
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Chinese painting sells for record 9.7 million dollars in Hong Kong
This undated handout picture released by Christie's on May 24, in Hong Kong shows Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi's Mask Series 1996 No.6 .The painting sold for 75,367,500 Hong Kong dollars (9,662,114 USD) setting a new auction record for the artist.
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Art: A tasty dog treat, and African art 'of color'
Ordinarily, an exhibition of dog photographs would not be cause for celebration. Too often dogs are anthropomorphized, dressed in silly costumes and made to perform ridiculous stunts, just so their owners or other misguided souls can record their humiliation for posterity.
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Oglander family shares spotlight in gallery exhibit
Whether because of nature or nurture, artistic pursuits run in the Oglander family. The four members of this Nashville-based clan — father Gary, mother Evamarie Pappas-Oglander, sons Eric and Daniel — are featured in The Flying Oglanders, an exhibit running through June 27 at the downtown gallery Take 121.
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Space art Sunday at UA museum
Think outer space is, well, out there?
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See how a pro does it
Today's addition to the Readers Gallery All-Stars is a true pioneer in Tucson photography.
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Chinese painting sells for record US$9.7m in Hong Kong
HONG KONG - A PAINTING that uses imagery from China's Cultural Revolution sold for 9.7 million dollars (S$13.18 million) at an auction in Hong Kong, setting yet another new record for Chinese contemporary art.
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A carefree, hopeful Shakespeare summer
Things must be looking up. Maybe it's that spirit of hope we've been hearing so much about, the promise of change in the air, but the offerings at this summer's Shakespeare festivals look positively buoyant. After summers dominated by plays about unscrupulous...
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East Bay dancer Ibrahima Diouf continues family's West African heritage
He won an Isadora Duncan Dance Award for performance at San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
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A universal concern
Many competing ideas for giving health care to all hinese calligraphy is a meditative practice, by which the artist illustrates his spirituality through the painting of Chinese alphabet characters.For Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, it can also be a way to talk about health care. Gottfried, a Democrat from Manhattan and chairman of the Assembly Committee on Health, practices his calligraphy ...
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The Carlyle, a Luxury Hotel in New York City, Celebrates Waterfalls Art Exhibit with Special Package
The Carlyle is offering special deals on luxury accommodations through its Waterfall Journey package. Guests will also enjoy a cruise to see the much anticipated New York City Waterfalls art exhibit. (PRWeb May 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb969894.htm
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Summer Arts Preview: Visual Art
Some of this summer's most notable artistic offerings will take place not in traditional museums and galleries, but in and around the happenings of the Democratic National Convention in late August.
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Aviation history takes flight in Hammondsport, Elmira
Museums in Hammondsport, Steuben County, and Elmira, Chemung County, showcase aviation history.
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Chinese painting sells for record 9.7 million dollars in Hong Kong
A painting that uses imagery from China's Cultural Revolution sold for 9.7 million dollars at an auction in Hong Kong, setting yet another new record for Chinese contemporary art.
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Museums
Paul Klee's "To The Right, to the Left " is part of "Degas to Diebenkorn: The Phillips Collects," closing Sunday at the Phillps Collection. (¿ 2008 Artists Rights Society (Ars), New York/vg Bild-kunst, Bonn)
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Chinese painting sells for record 9.7 million dollars in Hong Kong
A painting that uses imagery from China's Cultural Revolution sold for 9.7 million dollars at an auction in Hong Kong, setting yet another new record for Chinese contemporary art.
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