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Officials fear stolen Canadian art may be melted
It is not known if thieves who raided a Canadian museum plan to sell the precious art they stole or simply want to melt the jewelry down for its gold, police said on Monday.
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'Taste' Festival Draws Business To Downtown Shops
Downtown retailers that remained open during the Taste of Cincinnati say they were pleased with their results.
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IRA victim hits out at hunger strike film
A film about IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands's final days is glorifying criminals, a victim claimed yesterday. Republicans should be hounded for war crimes, not recognised by the Cannes Film Festival prize-winning movie Hunger, Jim Dixon added.
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Romeo and Juliet opens Stratford season
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival opens Monday with Romeo and Juliet, the first play in a season marking a renewed commitment to Shakespeare and the classics.
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Theft stumps UBC museum
Weekend heist results in loss of dozen pieces of art by legendary aboriginal artist Bill Reid; $50,000 reward offered for safe return of artifacts
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Artists seek royalties for 70 years from grave
Britain's artistic community is battling against leading auction houses and dealers to bring in a law forcing the payment of a royalty on artists' works for 70 years after their deaths — in line with writers and musicians.
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Celebrity Photo Exhibit Crashed by the Police
Gallery owner arrested for selling alcohol
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Canadian short film wins prize at Cannes
An 11-minute film by Quebec director Denis Villeneuve and co-producer Phoebe Greenberg of Ottawa has won a top prize in a competition showcasing new talent at the Cannes Film Festival.
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TOP STORIES
With his Eurovision victory Saturday night, Dima Bilan provided the country with its first win in the song contest and his hometown in the republic of Karachayevo-Cherkessia with a street and a school bearing his name.
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NGV caught in Henson nude children row
POLICE are investigating photos held by the National Gallery of Victoria as the controversy over photographer Bill Henson widens.
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E Art Gallery
51 Naberezhnaya Peki Fontanki. Tel. 570-7118. Daily 12 a.m. to 8 p.m. www.essencegallery.ru EDGE ART Gallery St. Petersburg 6 Konnogvardeysky Boulevard.
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Pushkin Apartment Museum
Exhibits relating to the life and work of St. Petersburg’s — and Russia’s—best-loved poet, Alexander Pushkin, the author of such classics as “Yevgeny Onegin” and “The Bronze Horseman.”
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Historic FDR artifacts up for auction in Texas
DALLAS -- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he ever signed, and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are...
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UBC museum at a loss to explain theft of work by legendary aboriginal artist
VANCOUVER - An official at B.C.'s Museum of Anthropology is at a loss to explain what may have motivated a weekend heist of a dozen pieces of art by a legendary aboriginal artist.
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TORONTO - A vibrant oil sketch by Tom Thomson has sold for nearly $2 million at auction, a record price for the iconic Canadian painter that has art watchers closely watching the fate of another Thomson coming up for sale Tuesday.
Prince George Citizen Online |
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Art looted by Nazis on display in Connecticut
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A major art collection looted by the Nazis is on display for the first time. This exhibition tells the tragic story of a pre-eminent art dealer who died fleeing the Nazis and the successful fight by his heirs to win back the paintings.
Savannah Morning News |
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N.S. curator named to top post at AGNS
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is turning to a familiar face to fill its top post: chief curator Ray Cronin.
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Gallery Listings
SCAD Style event: "Across the Divide III" Exhibition
Savannah Morning News |
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Historic FDR artifacts up for auction in Dallas
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he ever signed, and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are among hundreds of historic artifacts and documents headed for the auction block.
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Last known WWI veteran honored for Memorial Day
The 107-year-old was honored today at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, with the unveiling of his portrait. His photograph was hung in the main hallway of the National World War I Museum, which he toured for the first time today.
WTOL 11 Toledo |
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B.C. museum offers $50,000 reward for stolen Reid art
A Vancouver museum is offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of stolen iconic gold pieces designed by the late Haida artist Bill Reid.
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Television - Entertainment
While the jury is still out on whether New Zealand will adopt the taser as an every-day police weapon, a Wellington businessman has created an exhibition which he hopes will shock Kiwis into talking about the issue before any final decision is made.
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New York gallery owner arrested for serving drinks
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 bash for a celebrity photo exhibit.
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Q&A at the Power Ball
More than 1,000 of the city's most charitable partygoers turned out for the 10th annual Power Ball last week. This year's theme was decadence. The event, held at The Power Plant on Queen's Quay W., raised $200,000 for Canada's leading public gallery for contemporary art.
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Historic FDR artifacts up for auction in Texas
DALLAS (AP) - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he ever signed and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are among hundreds of historic items headed for the auction block.
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