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Epic journey of dance
A exhibition celebrating the tradition of the Indian Odissi dance explores the diverse ways in which this ancient art form can be interpreted.
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Museum no longer exhibiting pre-Columbian art collection
SANTA FE (AP) - The Palace of Governors has returned to its owner a collection of pre-Columbian art that museum officials once hoped would be donated to the state.
KOB-TV Albuquerque |
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The urban farmer: One man's crusade to plough up the inner city
Fritz Haeg isn't perhaps the obvious representative of a revolution in global farming. As an architecture and design academic and practitioner, the American has had his work exhibited at Tate Modern and the Whitney Museum of American Art, and has taught fine art at several US universities. Yet it is last year's community-collaborative project on an inner-city council estate in south London that ...
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Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900, Tate Liverpool
A moral conundrum this week: is it possible to know too much about an artist? Can more – in the sense of context and background – ever be less? Is honesty always the best policy? If Tate Liverpool's new Klimt show is anything to go by, then the answers to these questions are yes, yes and no, in that order. Billed, rightly, as "the first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt's work ever ...
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Review: Street Art Exhibition @ Tate Modern
Things are looking a bit different on the waterfront of the Thames this week.
My Hackney |
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Sophie Heawood: You may be a national treasure, but that doesn't mean you are valued
When John Peel died and a nation mourned, his widow said he would never have believed all the fuss, had he been there to witness it. The same is surely true of Beryl Cook, whose paintings, largely eschewed by national galleries, have been gracing the TV headlines and the front pages of newspapers after the artist's death last week. Cook, who was 81 and had been suffering quietly from cancer, ...
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Our Towns: A Bit of Unpleasantness Won’t Deter Hamptonites
No wine permitted at a gallery opening? Not to worry, the Hamptons brand still has sparkle.
New York Times |
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Fenton Auctions Off Excess Equipment
It's the latest in downsizing at Fenton Art Glass. Mike Voshel auctioned off the excess equipment the company doesn't need anymore Saturday.
WTAP Parkersburg |
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Playboy Jazz Festival Adds 2 Stars, Archival Photos
P>Two renowned musicians, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and bassist Marcus Miller, have been added to the star-studded lineup for the June 14-15 Playboy Jazz Festival in the Hollywood Bowl, along with a new element - archival photos from 29 years of festivals shown on the big screens before and after each day's lineup.
All About Jazz |
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Artist, author ... actor. Surprise new role for Alasdair Gray
famous for painting church murals and writing one of the most celebrated post-modern novels. Now Alasdair Gray has added another string to his creative bow after revealing details of his acting role in a new Scottish film.
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NM museum no longer exhibiting pre-Columbian art collection
Associated Press - May 31, 2008 6:05 PM ET SANTA FE (AP) - The Palace of Governors has returned to its owner a collection of pre-Columbian art that museum officials once hoped would be donated...
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Kids learn media, other skills from anti-violence group
TO ENGAGE MORE children in media and be able to create mini production units even in poor communities, Plan International partnered with Anak TV over the summer to train up to 200 youths aged 9 to 17 in photography and radio and video production.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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NM museum no longer exhibiting pre-Columbian art collection
SANTA FE—The Palace of Governors has returned to its owner a collection of pre-Columbian art that museum officials once hoped would be donated to the state.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Opening soon: the huge pink elephant funded by the Arts Council
Just weeks after removing grants from nearly 200 cultural groups, the Arts Council has backed a new gallery which critics fear could become a “white elephant” with £31m of funding.
Times Online |
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Into the fold: Origami exhibit to leave museum next week
Welcome to “Origami Now!,” a fun and fantastic exhibit that reveals how the world’s foremost practitioners have transformed an ancient Asian art into a contemporary art form that brings together design, music, math, meditation and cutting edge technology in utterly new ways. Time is running out: Residents only have until Sunday, June 8 to see it.
The Salem Gazette |
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Museums to show history of black art
Two museums in Washington are set to unveil displays of the works of the founding fathers of black art, museum officials said.The Washington Post said the artistic works of Jacob Lawrence and Aaron Douglas, both credited with heralding the black art movement, would be shown at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Phillips Collection.The Smithsonian retrospective on the works of Douglas is ...
Moldova.org |
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Library Offers Digital Nature Photography Workshop
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Cape May County Herald |
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Museums to show history of black art
WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) -- Two museums in Washington are set to unveil displays of the works of the founding fathers of black art, museum officials said.
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High School students painting a mural at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
A group of William Byrd High School students is making a splash at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The art students spent Saturday painting a mural on the wall in the pediatric emergency waiting room.
WDBJ 7 Roanoke |
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I dont like it when people can recognise my work
'Photography has been my way of relating to the world'
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Beryl Cook, the bikini girls and Hunter Davies
In 1975, when I was the editor of The Sunday Times Magazine, I was sent some transparencies of paintings by a woman in Plymouth called Beryl Cook. I thought they were charming and went into the art department, saying: “Hey, look at these.”
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Music fans to be jamin’ in Coffee County
ENTERPRISE - Wearing a blue cap and white T-shirt, Ronnie Gilley shakes hands and shoots the breeze with family, friends and sponsors Friday night during a barbecue at the site of the BamaJam Music & Arts Festival. He seems at ease for a man putting on a $4 million event with nearly 40 acts and an anticipated crowd of 30,000-plus people – an event that starts in just four days.
Dothan Eagle |
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OSF announces new Green Show
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's new Green Show offers a lineup of more than 50 artists performing June 3 through Oct. 12 on the OSF bricks.
Ashland Daily Tidings |
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RISD Museum opens new galleries as part of expansion project
Months before the opening of a new building at the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design, the curators have been handed an opportunity to rethink the 131-year-old museum.
Boston Globe |
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Baggs Square festival continues
The Bagg's Square Festival of the Arts begins today with additional activities Sunday. Its organizers say the fesitval's desire to highlight the region's strong art and music presence has been reaching the community as intended.
The Observer-Dispatch |
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