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Overblown, overpaid and over here
Arts & entertainment: It's still all about sex, money and platform boots for Kiss, who headline Download festival
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Mayor's U-turn over fourth plinth for war hero
Contemporary art on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square looks due to stay after Boris Johnson withdrew his support for a permanent statue
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No Parking Anytime: Is Sound Transit fighter plane sculpture threatened?
In an email circulating on the Web, the sculptor proposing chopped-up jet fighters at Sound Transit's future Broadway light rail station says his project is now in trouble.
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Troy Planning Commissioner stresses need for public art
Troy won't ever be another Palm Desert in terms of weather — but one community leader believes it can copy the California city's reputation as an arts center.
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A Scot who picked up a painting on impulse at Glasgow’s Barrowland market for 50p in the 1970s was celebrating ...
Student journalists from the universities of both Glasgow and Edinburgh had an excellent year in The Herald’s 12th annual Scottish Student Press Awards.
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Alexander exhibits showcase journey of New Old Master
The last pieces in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's John Alexander: A Retrospective seem to imply a culmination that seals his New Old Master status. But it's McClain Gallery's John Alexander: New Paintings and Drawings that closes the deal.
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Community House offers art classes
Artists can express themselves in a new series of classes being offered at The Community House. Artists' Oil and Acrylic Painting: Award winning artist Karen Halpern will provide information about materials, techniques, color theory, composition, shading, and perspective. She fosters advancement for each student in a supportive setting. Bring a sketch pad (12-by-18-inches minimum), pencil and ...
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Detectives investigating allegations of abuse at a former Jersey children’s home said yesterday new tests had proved ...
A Scot who picked up a painting on impulse at Glasgow’s Barrowland market for 50p in the 1970s was celebrating yesterday after it sold at auction for nearly £35,000.
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Jessops focuses on rising margins
JESSOPS, the photography retailer, has assured investors that it is on a sounder footing after efforts to improve margins helped compensate for a sharp fall in sales.
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Raphael: The Freeing of St Peter (1514)
Site-specific is a bit of art-speak coined in the 1970s and still current. It describes, obviously, an artwork made specifically for and in response to a particular place. It need not be a permanent fixture. Often it isn't.
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Painting bought for just 50p sells for £35,000
A Scot who picked up a painting on impulse at Glasgow's Barrowland market for 50p in the 1970s was celebrating yesterday after it sold at auction for nearly £35,000.
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Brandon Benson, who won the Jerry Frutkoff Preakness Photography Award at the Alibi Breakfast on May 15, died on May 22. The 21-year-old photographer's work appeared frequently in THOROUGHBRED TIMES.
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Dirty Pretty Things - a band on the run
Three years ago, at the Isle of Wight Festival, Dirty Pretty Things doggedly went through the motions, seeming unsure of who they were. Fresh from the Libertines' acrimonious split, Carl Barat had taken their drummer Gary Powell and New York guitarist Anthony Rossomando, the ousted Pete Doherty's replacement. Adding bassist Didz Hammond, they bashed out Dirty Pretty Things' debut album, ...
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Woodstock Museum Opens
BETHEL New York -- Richie Havens was on stage in 1969, adjusting his guitar strings, when he felt the enormity of Woodstock and the massive crowd sprawled across the field in front of him.
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9 public-art projects OK'd
Nine new public art projects will come to Phoenix in coming years under the public-art plan passed this week by the City Council.
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Pleissner exhibit has unveiling this Sunday
Thursday, May 29 MANCHESTER — After three years of planning and a month of preparation, an exhibit with more than 50 works by one of the most well-known sporting artists in American history will be unveiled Sunday in Manchester. Display up until October The works of the late Ogden M. Pleissner, a noted American artist whose works appear in such places as the Metropolitan Museum of
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The art of parklife by Tracey (and Charlie)
A sun-drenched dachshund called Charlie was one of the first to enjoy an exhibition of deckchairs unveiled in London's Hyde Park yesterday, each one dreamed up by artists and celebrities including Tracey Emin and Joanna Lumley.
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The art of Adolf Hitler (with a little help from the Chapman brothers)
When the artists Jake and Dinos Chapman bought a series of paintings by Adolf Hitler for £115,000, many questioned the morality of paying for works produced by one of history's most brutal dictators.
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A second annual children and young people's festival is to take place in Sandwell, when hundreds of school pupils will sing their hearts out in a showcase of talent.
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Lower Providence Planning Commission Recommends Approval of The American Revolution Center
The Lower Providence Township Planning Commission last night unanimously recommended preliminary approval of The American Revolution Center museum and educational conference center land development plan.
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Estatheo proving he can ruck and roll in martial art
Former Maitland Blacks front rower Goerdie Estatheo is the newly crowned NSW Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) heavyweight champion. Contestants from across NSW and interstate competed in the BJJ State titles, which were held in Manly on May 17.
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COME CELEBRATE US: Food, drink, music and more
Michigan's music lovers enjoy an abundance of riches when it comes to summer festivals. The annual docket will get a high-profile shot of energy this year with the new Rothbury mega-fest in western Michigan. Here are some to check out. June 13-15 Southfield Civic Center, Southfield
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Oppenheim's big cones are a caution
Five of Dennis Oppenheim's 18-foot-high fiberglass traffic cones are scattered through the Olympic Sculpture Park.
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Auction to clean out Baxter detention centre
Hundreds of prospective buyers are expected at a clearance auction at Baxter detention centre near Port Augusta in South Australia today.
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I had a chance to check out the latest temporary exhibit at the Durham Western Heritage Museum last weekend, Baseball in Omaha . While the exhibit barely makes mention of our Omaha Royals and takes just a brief glimpse at the College World Series, it definitely hits a stand-up double.
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