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“Glory of Persia” on Display
Spectators watch the statute of Darius the Great of the Achaemenid Dynasty, a Persian dynasty appeared in the sixth century B.C., at a special exhibition titled “The Glory of Persia” at the National Museum of Art on Monday.
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German artist wants to put dying person on show
BERLIN (AFP) - German artist Gregor Schneider wants you to die. But not just anywhere -- he wants you to draw your last breath in an art gallery to make us less scared of the moment that awaits us all.
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German artist wants to put dying person on show
German artist Gregor Schneider wants you to die. But not just anywhere -- he wants you to draw your last breath in an art gallery to make us less scared of the moment that awaits us all.
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Donation Given for Building Giraffe Feeding Station
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- An anonymous donation will allow the North Carolina Zoo to build a feeding station where visitors can offer treats to giraffes from a raised deck. The $201,000 gift came from donors who asked to remain unnamed. The same donors also gave $25,000 for a large honeybee sculpture for the zoo's new honeybee exhibit.
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Yale Threatens to Cancel Controversial Art Exhibit
Yale University is threatening to pull an undergraduate's controversial art exhibit scheduled to open Tuesday if she is unwilling to admit in writing that her exhibit is a work of fiction.
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Your Country Music Song Gets A Chance To Make Money and Gain Exposure
"Your Country Music Song Contest" gives artists, songwriters, and musicians, a chance to make money on their original material, with one lucky song winning $10,000 US. (PRWeb Apr 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb876034.htm
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Ancient urn returns to Greece
A 2,400-year-old funerary urn has been returned to Greece and put on display, part of a campaign to reclaim illegally exported antiquities from museums and art dealers around the world.
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Show of Potteries-themed cartoons
An exhibition is held to display the works of a cartoonist who wrote many of his cartoon strips in a Potteries dialect.
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Your Country Music Song Gets A Chance To Make Money and Gain Exposure
"Your Country Music Song Contest" gives artists, songwriters, and musicians, a chance to make money on their original material, with one lucky song winning $10,000 US.
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Jordan student honored by Congress, Bishop
Jordan High student Brandon Mooney was honored today for his artwork which will now be displayed in the Cannon tunnel leading to the U.S. Captitol Building.
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Eurozone budget improvements grinding to a halt, ECB says
European Central Bank (ECB) building and a euro sculpture are reflected in a puddle in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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National Folk Festival in Montana in July
The National Folk Festival comes to Montana this summer, bringing the event's mix of "music, dance and tradition from across America" to historic Butte in Big Sky country.
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Hub wins at press group’s contest
LINCOLN — The Kearney Hub has been judged Nebraska’s top daily newspaper in the Nebraska Press Association’s 2008 Better Newspaper Contest.
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Openings Now Available
Gallery 'N Gifts opened its doors in 1979 on the prime corner of 100 West Tehachapi Boulevard and Green Streets. This...
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Arts institutions feeling impact of ailing economy
NEW YORK (AP) - Like homeowners and stockholders, arts organizations are feeling the pinch from the faltering economy. Museums and symphony halls that financed renovations with seemingly safe municipal bonds saw interest rates spike in recent weeks.
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Fusing glass, blending art with business
CLEVELAND - Artists, along with crafts and food vendors, put their best on display Saturday for customers and window-shoppers who enjoyed seeing paintings, pottery, colorful silk scarves and ties, jewelry and many other creations at the Crossties Arts and Jazz Festival.
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Color photos of Paris under Nazis kick up storm
PARIS (Reuters) - An exhibition of rare color photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two has sparked a controversy in France, with some politicians saying it paints too rosy a picture of life under the Nazis.
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Colour photos of Paris under Nazis kick up storm
PARIS (Reuters) - An exhibition of rare colour photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two has sparked a controversy in France, with some politicians saying it paints too rosy a picture of life under the Nazis.
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Financial powerhouses in London develop taste for cutting-edge art
The shift from Old Masters to contemporary artists reflects a desire to update the corporate image - and keep the cost of collections down.
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Color photos of Paris under Nazis kick up storm
An exhibition of rare color photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two has sparked a controversy in France, with some politicians saying it paints too rosy a picture of life under the Nazis.
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WALTHAMSTOW: Annual festival victim of Olympic 'madness'
THERE will be no Walthamstow Festival this year after the council withdrew funding to pay for its own Olympic event in July. The new dance music orientated event, named the Fellowship Festival in honour of artist and designer William Morris, will take place from July 11 to 13.
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Colour photos of Paris under Nazis kick up storm
An exhibition of rare colour photographs of occupied Paris in World War Two has sparked a controversy in France, with some politicians saying it paints too rosy a picture of life under the Nazis.
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Neeta Mohindra influencing Punjabi world through prism of theatre
By Sawinder Singh, Amritsar, April 21: Neeta Mohindra of Amritsar has found herself made for theatre world after having tried diverse fields like painting, acting and direction. And, as a theatre artist, she is making a difference in the Punjabi world for two decades.
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County natives among honored artists
Huntington University recently announced the winners of the 18th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibit to be held through Wednesday in the Robert E. Wilson Gallery of the Merillat Centre for the Arts.
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Personal Finance Daily: Personal Finance Daily: Stop-loss strategy a no-go for most
Some things are just better left to the professionals. For instance, we can all drive, but we would not be safe behind the wheel of a nitro-fuel-burning funny car. Likewise, we all have some money set aside in a retirement account, but we really don't have any business fooling with funds that use short-selling leverage or ETFs that magnify movements in the oil market. ...
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