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A new art fest joins the community’s canvas
The first Art at the Barn festival, focusing on fine arts, will take place this weekend at the South Bristol Cultural Center.
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American Artist: Frank Serrano's Plein Air Painting Step by Step
Many beginners are intimidated by a white painting surface and aren’t sure where to begin. But once you understand the process of painting step by step, getting started becomes much easier.
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St. Martin students receive award from Diocese of RVC
Four St. Martin of Tour School students were the recipients of awards in the Diocese of Rockville Center Respect Life Youth Contest. The winners were eighth graders Wardlee Michel, a finalist for essay; Patrycja Ruman, a finalist for poetry; Casey O'Neill, a finalist for photography and Nicholas Anding, a finalist for bookmark design.
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Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million
(AP:NEW YORK) Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million. The 1945 painting, which depicts a musician strumming his guitar as two women watch, was acquired by an anonymous buyer, Christie's spokeswoman Sung-Hee Park said.
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Bill DeYoung: Local 'Sex' contest winner had a wild time in New York
Zipporah "Zippy" Sandler was given the star treatment for the New York premiere of 'Sex and the City.'
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Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million
Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million. The 1945 painting, which depicts a musician strumming his guitar as two women watch, was acquired by an anonymous buyer, Christie's spokeswoman Sung-Hee Park said. The $7.2 million bid on Wednesday easily eclipsed the previous record for a Tamayo painting of $2.59 million and topped Frida ...
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A Lebanese artist's fascination with corpulent female bodies on small, sharp feet
Hussein Madi's new exhibition very much seems to complement downtown Beirut's renewed sense of cheer. "Omaggio alla Donna," the Lebanese artist's acrylic-on-canvas paintings, staunch iron sculptures and more delicate ink-on-paper nudes, offer an inviting but somewhat puzzling humor.
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Olympic Sculpture Park
As anyone who’s done the classic afternoon walk ’round Green Lake will tell you, there’s nothing better than an overheard conversation. It’s a shock to realize that everyone from roller-bladers to elderly dog-walkers has the same unpredictable and sporadically fascinating inner lives as ourselves.
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The new SAM: Frequent updates are the norm, not the exception
In its 75th year, the Seattle Art Museum has become blog-like. At least in its modern and contemporary galleries, it is more flexible than an institution its size has a right to be.
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Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS NEW YORK (AP) -- Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million.
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Picture this: a lost Tibet
The Dalai Lama launches the Pitt Rivers Museum's Tibet Album in Oxford today. As a virtual museum of Tibet's pre-communist existence, it feeds a cultural revolution that has led to soaring prices for Tibetan contemporary art and a purge of the country's cultural leaders.
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Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million
Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million.
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Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million
Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million. The 1945 painting, which depicts a musician strumming his guitar as two women watch, was acquired by an anonymous buyer, Christie's spokeswoman Sung-Hee Park said.
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Rufino Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million, sets new record for Latin American art
NEW YORK - Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million. The 1945 painting, which depicts a musician strumming his guitar as two women watch, was acquired by an anonymous buyer, Christie's spokeswoman Sung-Hee Park said.
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Nease officials investigating school vandalism
Nease High School officials arrived at work Thursday to find someone had spray painted words and drawings throughout the school on hallways, windows, the courtyard, the football stadium and on sculptures. Most of the spray painted messages featured the letters "BTHS" and the word "bears," leading Principal Linda ...
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DHHS to investigate painting
DHHS Secretary Dempsey Benton ordered today that no state funds can be used to pay for an oil painting that was to hang in the new Central Regional Hospital in Butner.
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Tamayo painting sells for $7.2 million
Rufino Tamayo's "Troubadour" set a world auction record for Latin American art, fetching $7.2 million.
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Annual Festival Flamenco Internacional de Alburquerque Infuses New Mexico with World Class Artistry
The 22nd Annual Festival Flamenco Internacional de Alburquerque comes to Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 6-15. This festival is the largest in North America, and the Festival Flamenco de Jerez, Spain, has recognized it as one of the largest festivals outside of Spain.
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Photo show focuses on Iranian heritage
The photography exhibition "After the Revolution" takes its name from the fact that the participating artists - five living in Iran, five of Iranian descent living in California - were all born around or after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Choosing...
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Grant Middle School Arts Festival Part of a Plan
Arts in Mind pilot project in four City schools: “We call them the 21st Century Stars,” Marilyn Barletta said proudly. She is the teacher in charge of Grant Middle
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Exhibition Reveals History of Church-State Separation
VATICAN CITY, MAY 29, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- A display presented today in the Vatican Museums reveals the period of struggle between popes and emperors that led to the Western modern concept of the separation of powers.
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Youngster with cystic fibrosis raises funds for 'kids who are sick'
With a pencil and paper in hand and an infectious grin on her face, Madison MacGregor has big goals for a little girl. The nine-year-old Mississauga girl has put together an art show to raise funds for "kids who are sick, who are hooked up to tubes" and she hopes her artwork may someday fund a cure for cystic fibrosis, a disease she knows first-hand.
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Days in the Desert
International photographer Meg Jette is showcasing her exhibit Water Is Life from her time spent with the Tuareg people of northern Africa.
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Calendar of events
Today Music 10 a.m., Crochet Club 10 a.m., lunch and boat ride at Spadra Marina, oil painting 1 p.m. basic Tai Chi 1:30 p.m., Canasta and Pitch 6 p.m., Pope County Senior Activity Center.
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Oil Refineries Publishes Hebrew Shelf Prospectus
Oil Refineries Ltd. announced today that, in line with its strategic plan, it has filed a shelf prospectus in Hebrew. This shelf prospectus will enable the Company to swiftly and efficiently raise capital from the Israeli capital market during the next two years, in order to finance the investment and acquisition plan outlined in the Company's strategic plan, as well as to meet the Company's ...
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