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Cum As You Are
You have to hand it to the subjects of Giulio Sciorio’s “Faces of Ecstasy: Real People, Real Orgasms” exhibit, which has been claiming column inches all over the country for some little while now. The men and women, some depicted as couples, were all photographed fully clothed while h ...
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John Dawson captures essence instead of physicality in “Dawson: Thirty Years” at Mesa Contemporary Arts
If I were the sitter for the portrait Martha, I'd hate John Dawson. Martha is one of the most compelling paintings showing at the Mesa Contemporary Arts exhibition "Dawson: Thirty Years." And she looks like hell. Dawson's portraits have a no-mercy, take-no-prisoners attitude. But it's within these ...
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Steven Soderbergh’s Che wins the only Cannes award that matters: ours
CANNES, France — The competition for the Palme d'Or is ongoing as I write, yet the red carpet has been rolled up as you read. You will know, as I can't, whether my comrade journalists agree that the second-week story of the 61st Cannes Film Festival is Steven Soderbergh's two-part 41/2-hour C ...
Phoenix New Times |
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London leg of promotion for Museum of Islamic Arts ends
London • A Qatar Museum Authority(QMA) delegation from Doha on Tuesday briefed the British media and a large number of cultural personalities on the objectives and future plans of Doha's prestigious Museum of Islamic Arts(MIA), which is gearing up for its opening on November 22, 2008.
The Peninsula |
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Cornell Capa: 'Concerned' photographer
For those who first encountered documentary photography in the late 1960s, it was Cornell Capa's anthology The Concerned Photographer (1968) which illustrated the range, versatility and adventurousness of contemporary photojournalists. The book, which many still treasure, was a dynamic collection of photographs depicting a world in post-war crisis, which Capa described as "images in which ...
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Peter Tomory: Distinguished art historian
Art history took Peter Tomory all over the world, just as earlier Scots expatriates travelled as engineers and medical men in the service of Empire. Indeed, because his father was in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Tomory was born in Hong Kong and partly brought up in India. He was at school near London, and regular visits to the Tate and British Museum, as well as one to the Alte Pinakothek ...
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All Events for 30 May 2008
Until 31 Dec 2008 Interactive tours where participants can have a look at, and try, a collection of toys, costume and furniture.... more details Until 31 Dec 2008 The Geffrye Museum houses furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts are displayed from 1600 to the present day....
My Tower Hamlets |
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Rugby photo exhibition explores merging of art and sport (+photos/video)
French photographer Michel Birot has followed various rugby teams over the last decade to capture the tradition of rivalry between great rugby nations.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Wild Acorn gives local artists showcase venue
When Elements Art Gallery closed its doors in September 2007, Manchester resident Dee Miles began seeking other venues for local artists to display their work. Nearly one year later, The Wild Acorn LLC -- a consignment retail store -- is open for business.
The Manchester Enterprise |
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Painting the town
The Chelsea Painters Art Fair has come a long way from its early days nearly four decades ago, when paintings were hung on clotheslines strung from trees.
The Chelsea Standard |
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Preservationists: Gas drilling threatens carvings
By MIKE STARK WELLINGTON, Utah (AP) -- Along Utah's Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world _ thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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British media briefed on Museum of Islamic Art
AS part of its global campaign to promote Qatar as a cultural capital, Qatar Museum Authority has briefed media in London on the Museum of Islamic Arts and its future plans.
Gulf Times |
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St. Louis Stage Capsules
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife The pretentious art museum-opening, foreign movie-going, existentialist novel-reading world of our heroine Marjorie Taub (Penny Kols) is thrown topsy-turvy when a childhood friend (Lavonne Byers) suddenly reappears to remind Marjorie of how much she has missed. But n ...
Riverfront Times |
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Art Walk to be held next Saturday
Joy Dore Alford will be featured at Gallery Row during the monthly Art Walk in downtown Gig Harbor. Alford paints in an abstract impressionist mode with water media.
Peninsula Gateway |
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Superstar Nelly Hosts Las Vegas Celebrity Weekend Event at Red Rock Resort
Inviting just a few hundred lucky contest winners, fans and close friends, Derrty Entertainment/Universal Motown's superstar NELLY hosts a weekend-long event at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. The affair will preview Nelly's long awaited studio album Brass Knuckles.
Centre Daily Times |
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Festival Aims To Educate, Unite City
The Long Beach Unity Festival will make a comeback this weekend after a five-year hiatus. It takes place from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday at Rainbow Lagoon Park.
gazettes.com |
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Artist worth knowing
A vision of nature that includes humankind and a spiritual dimension is depicted in the artwork of Moses Amik Beaver.
The Independent Online |
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The streets come back to life
Village centres are starting to come to life with early signs that summer is coming. Farmers are setting out their stalls and festivals are taking to the streets.
The Independent Online |
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Randolph College to Sell Art
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The first of four paintings that Virginia's Randolph College wants to sell to boost its finances is up for auction.
CBS 6 Richmond |
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Summit fire over, wine festival on
With the Summit fire contained, about 50 wine makers in the Santa Cruz Mountains hope the public will come out in throngs over the next two weekends to toast the firefighting efforts and celebrate the region's succulent grapes. Map Video Slide show Forum Fire fully contained Air quality OK Foundation raising money for victims
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Superstar Nelly Hosts Las Vegas Celebrity Weekend Event at Red Rock Resort : Nelly's Brass Knuckles CD In Stores This ...
Inviting just a few hundred lucky contest winners, fans and close friends, Derrty Entertainment/Universal Motown’s superstar NELLY hosts a weekend-long event at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. The affair will preview Nelly’s long awaited studio album Brass Knuckles. (PRWeb May 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/nelly/red_rock/prweb980874.htm
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Local boys earn top prizes in contest
When two 9-year-old home-schoolers filled out applications to compete in the National “Junior Duck Stamp Program,” neither had any idea they would actually win. But they did.
Wickenburg Sun |
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Superstar Nelly Hosts Las Vegas Celebrity Weekend Event at Red Rock Resort
NEW YORK----Inviting just a few hundred lucky contest winners, fans and close friends, Derrty Entertainment/Universal Motown's superstar NELLY hosts a weekend-long event at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.
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Museum hosts Memorial Day activities
QUANTICO — The parking lot of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico was packed with motorcycles bearing American flags and cars adorned with Marine Corps bumper stickers as hundreds participated in the museum’s Memorial Day activities.
Stafford County Sun |
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Preservationists say gas drilling imperils ancient carvings
WELLINGTON, Utah - Along Utah’s Nine Mile Canyon lies what some call the longest art gallery in the world — thousands of prehistoric rock carvings and paintings of bighorn sheep and other wildlife, hunters wielding spears, and warriors engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
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