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More Munchs to go on display
Plans to build a new Munch Museum on Oslo's waterfront will allow far more of Edvard Munch's famous paintings to be put on public display. Major relocations and construction of other new museums are aimed at putting Oslo on the cultural map.
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News Briefs
Summer choir canceled Due to the lack of registrants, director Shirley Faulkner has decided to cancel the 2008 summer choir of The Community Festival Chorale.
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Arts & Entertainment Briefs
La Perla Del Mar Chapel will host the exhibit of artwork from Nipomo High School’s AP Art class from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at 205 Windward Ave. in Shell Beach.
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Multi-art program would honor artist
Robert Rauschenberg, the multitalented American pop artist who died recently at his Captiva Island home, had been honored at Art Basel/Miami Beach for his lifetime of work in various media. His work encompassed not only his signature ''combine/collage'' painting-sculptures, but also included music, dance, theater and stage design.
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'Old boy' Terfel to launch Urdd
Former contestant and opera star Bryn Terfel will open the 2009 Urdd Eisteddfod with a concert.
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MA Music Program Held in Fish Oil Tank
The town of Ísafjödur is participating in an inter-European art school project involving students from 22 art schools in Holland, the UK, Finland and Iceland.
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Sandwich’s Renaissance Man
The Arts And Crafts Of Alvin White
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Ocee Arts Center partners with Georgia Aquarium
This summer The Ocee Arts Center, a non-profit art center in Johns Creek, will team up with the Georgia Aquarium for their summer arts program. Ocee's Visual Art Camp, which serves approximately 75 children a week in grades K-5 will work on an oceanic themed sculpture to donate to the Georgia Aquarium.
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Moral crusaders play to gallery
THERE was a long moment of disbelief among opponents of censorship last week after the NSW Police raided the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Paddington before the opening of a show of photographs by Australian Bill Henson.
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New exhibitions at South Hill Park are all based around tales and stories. We profile the displays Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin. A new season of exhibitions will go on display at South Hill Park this weekend, under the umbrella title a Season of Tales and Stories.
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Silver of the Stars
Silver of the Stars, a collection of contemporary Scottish silver made by some of this country's finest artists and created in collaboration with ten of the most glittering names from the worlds of film, fashion, theatre, music and literature is now on show at Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, until Saturday, 27 September, 2008. 2008/05/30 00:00:00
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The Egyptian film “Baby Doll Night” was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France. The famous actor Omar Al Sharif and journalists Amro Adeeb and Osama Munir were present.
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Art in the Park seeks artists to display, sell work
LEOMINSTER -- Members of the Leominster Recreation Department are searching for artists to show off their work during an outdoor festival in June.
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Arts program registration deadline is June 4
The deadline to register to enter the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities' 10th annual National Arts Program at Richmond is June 4. More than $3,000 in prize money will be awarded through the program to artists of all ages and levels of experience. The program is free to enter, and all artwork submitted according to the rules will be exhibited in one of two shows ...
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Dior drops Stone from Chinese ads
Christian Dior's Shanghai headquarters has removed Sharon Stone from Dior ads in China following the Hollywood actress' recent controversial remarks. Stone suggested during an interview at the Cannes Film Festival in France that the May 12 earthquake in China, which has claimed nearly 70,000 lives, might be karma for the way the country treats Tibet. The BBC said that in addition to removing ...
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African art on display
Waverly House Gallery will host a Contemporary African Art show from June 6 through July 31 at the gallery, 2031 S. Waverly. The show opens with a reception for the artists from 5- 7:30 p.m., June 6, and the public is invited to attend. Featured artists are Ben Agbee, a successful artist from Ghana; Relique Dorcis, formerly of Togo who has work in many international and diplomatic collections; ...
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Jump to Japan: Con Foster exhibit focuses on manga, anime, culture
With the ever-soaring price of gasoline, summer travel may be out of the question for many. But for less than the price of gallon of gasoline, it's now possible to "Jump to Japan."
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Manitou Music Festival goes to new heights
The Manitou Music Festival, a summerlong celebration of outdoor concerts of many musical styles, is reaching new heights this year. For the first time in its 18 years, the series will include a concert at the top of a ski hill at the Homestead Resort.
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Class of '08 ready for graduation walk
FLINT - You could say that Herschel Roberts has a great head - inside and out. Not only is the 17-year-old Central Academy student graduating with honors Monday, but a sculpture of his head hangs in the Dow Event Center in Saginaw.
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Cops put Henson charges to DPP
POLICE have asked prosecutors to decide whether child pornography charges should be laid against celebrated photographer Bill Henson and a leading Sydney gallery that wanted to show his work.
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Ancient and modern
Beyond Sacred: Recent Painting from Australia's Remote Aboriginal Communities The Collection of Colin and Elizabeth Laverty Hardie Grant Books, 352pp, $120 AT Brisbane's World Expo in 1988, in front of a series of large Western Desert canvases, shown in "an enclosed, rather claustrophobic exhibition space", the seeds of one of Australia's great collections of modern indigenous art were sown.
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Wildlife Art Museum Looking For Attention
"The National Museum of Wildlife Art -- a low-slung, reddish flagstone building hugging a hillside along the highway north of this ski town -- was designed to fit in with its surroundings.
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Preserving Biodegradable Art
"Artworks that contain everything from chocolate syrup to exotic Amazon fruits to television tubes and radio transistors often present daunting challenges for museums, collectors, and artists themselves when it comes to preserving their art for future generations...
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University of West Florida issues national call for artists
PENSACOLA - Through the state of Florida’s Art in State Buildings program, the University of West Florida is announcing a national call for artists to commission artwork for two new buildings on the Pensacola campus.
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A magical military tour
The Veterans Federation of the Philippines Museum, Library, Archive and Theatre (VFPMLAT) in Taguig City is undoubtedly world-class. A tour has the power to put the involved viewer in a journey to a heroic era, an eventful and frequently shifting time of sacrifice and death.
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