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San Francisco's new Jewish museum owns no art, focuses on ideas
The lobby of San Francisco's new Contemporary Jewish Museum was designed by renowned architect Daniel Libeskind.
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Tom Thomson sketch fetches record $2 M at auction
An oil sketch by Tom Thomson has sold for nearly $2 million today at auction in Toronto, a record for the iconic Canadian artist, according to the Canadian Press. The vibrant panel, entitled “Pine Trees at Sunset,” depicts the silhouettes of three spindly trees set against a blazing sunset. [...]
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Flores de Montebello
LEADING and constant by its commitment to help promote and develop Cebu’s rich cultural heritage, the Montebello Villa Hotel (MVH) will once again launches an art exhibit. It will be spearheaded by Artwalk Cebu members and other invited artists on May 31, at 5:30 p.m. at the hotel lobby.
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New York gallery owner arrested for serving drinks
Wine, cheese — and police?
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ART REVIEW
Whilst Chandrashekhar's paintings are wash-focussed but containing traces of linear silhouettes, his pen and ink drawings use strokes for the evocation of core effects behind his water colours...
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Streetsville celebrates the arts
Each act was as varied as the people in the audience were at Friday night's standing-room-only launch of the first Streetsville Arts Fest. At least 150 people crammed the Masonic Hall on Thomas St. to celebrate the festival that runs until June 5.
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Andrew Wyeth granddaughter gives one-of-a-kind museum tours
It's clear this isn't the typical tour of a museum with major works of art when the guide sidles up to a painting and begins: "I'll never forget it. We're having cheeseburgers across the street at Hank's and he's telling me about this one." The guide with the ultimate insider's knowledge is Victoria Wyeth, 29, great-granddaughter of N.C. Wyeth, only grandchild of Andrew Wyeth and niece of Jamie ...
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$2M for Thomson's pine trees panel
Iconic Canadian artist Tom Thomson has continued a record-setting run, with one of his famed oil panels fetching close to $2 million.
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Auction supports arts centre
Sherway Gardens is hosting a silent auction next month that staff say is sure to turn up some interesting Father's Day gift ideas. The Eighth Annual Garden Art Silent Auction at Sherway Gardens, in support of the Neilson Park Creative Centre, includes 30 White Pine Muskoka chairs and two coffee tables which have been transformed into one-of-a-kind hand painted and decorated Canadian works of art.
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Andrew Wyeth granddaughter gives one-of-a-kind museum tours
It's clear this isn't the typical tour of a museum with major works of art when the guide sidles up to a painting and begins: "I'll never forget it.
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Fort Wayne Museum of Art plans $5.5 million expansion
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) -- The Fort Wayne Museum of Art will undergo a $5.5 million expansion and modernization to help turn it into one of the nation's top exhibit spaces for American art. Museum executive
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Jimi Hendrix Exhibit To Open at Beverly Hills Museum
"Hendrix Revealed: A Life Through The Lens" will open Thursday, May 29 at the Celebrity Vault gallery in Beverly Hills.
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2nd Australian gallery pulls Henson photos
A second art gallery has taken down photographs by Australian artist Bill Henson that show naked adolescents.
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Steve Mcqueen - Mcqueen Picks Up Cannes Prize For Film Debut
Artist-turned-director STEVE MCQUEEN has been awarded the prestigious Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his movie debut HUNGER. Hunger details the final ...
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little bland
Renowned artist Maurits Cornelis Escher died in 1972, so not much, although if he were still breathing he probably wouldn’t be impressed with the artwork Sony has chosen for the European version of Echochrome - a game heavily influenced by Escher’s amazing artworks.
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TORONTO - An oil sketch by Tom Thomson has sold for nearly $2 million at auction in Toronto, a record for the iconic Canadian artist. The vibrant panel, entitled "Pine Trees at Sunset," depicts the silhouettes of three spindly trees set against a blazing sunset.
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Tom Thomson sketch draws record price at nearly $2 million at auction
TORONTO - An oil sketch by Tom Thomson has sold for nearly $2 million at auction in Toronto, a record for the iconic Canadian artist.
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The Days of Unrest: Prague actors' and artists' protest against the council’s arts funding
Hundreds gathered outside Prague’s National Theatre on Sunday to witness an eight-hour-long protest against the way the arts are funded in the Czech capital. The event - comprising of performances, speeches and concerts staged by Czech stars - marked the opening of the ‘Dny neklidu’ (‘Days of Unrest’). The festival, which calls on Prague City Hall to change the way it deals out its culture ...
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Around South Hagerstown
Happy Memorial Day!; Sale to benefit CAC; Cold Weather Shelter; St. John's Lutheran; SHHS Class of 1976; Museum Consort; Discovery Station; Hagerstown Lions; Benefit golf event; Blues Fest at hand; Farmers Market; Get the word out
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De Niro sends up Hollywood and Cannes in new film
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Robert De Niro plays a movie producer whose professional and personal life lurches from crisis to crisis in a new comedy on the cut-throat world of Hollywood and its relationship with the Cannes film festival.
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Pure class as French school drama wins Palme d'Or
French director Laurent Cantet is surprise winner of festival's top prize, while British drama Hunger is named best first feature
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Last Supper light show faces axe by Milan mayor
Report advises mayor to cancel Greenaway's controversial show amidst fears that masterpiece will suffer damage
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2 Picassos stolen from Fla. gallery
Two paintings by famed artist Pablo Picasso, with a combined worth of about $450,000, have been snatched from a Florida art gallery, police said. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel said Le Repas Frugal and Jacqueline Lisant were stolen last week from the the privately owned Gallery Biba in Palm Beach.This looks like they targeted this stuff, police Sgt. Mike Dawson told the newspaper, noting the ...
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Hamptons gallery owner cuffed for selling alcohol without liquor license
About 200 art aficionados were sipping Veuve Clicquot Champagne and chilled white wine at an East Hampton gallery this weekend when the police arrived.
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New York gallery owner arrested for serving drinks
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - Wine, cheese - and police? An East Hampton art gallery owner was led away in handcuffs Saturday after she refused to stop serving drinks at an opening...
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