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GeekDad Contest: Parent-Child D&D Portraits
The fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons is slated for June 6, and that is also the deadline for entering the GeekDad portrait contest. Send us a drawing of yourself and your child (or children) as D&D characters, and you could be win a copy of the 4th Edition Players Handbook.
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Head of the Philadelphia Art Museum Dies at 64
Innovative Director of the Philadelphia Art Museum dies suddenly at 64.
TheCelebrityCafe.com |
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Foreign Art Dealers Set Up Shop In China
"China's art boom lures more overseas galleries to set up shop in the Chinese capital and the country's economic growth and Olympic Games draw more business travelers and tourists."
Arts Journal |
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Quotes from Yves Saint Laurent
Quotes from legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, who died Sunday: “I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting ... but whatever it's worth I did it.” (2002)
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Artists with Disabilities Exhibit Unveiled
A new art exhibition was unveiled at the Capitol Monday. The highlight wasn't so much the art but rather, the artists themselves.
WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg |
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Police probe nude exhibition protest
POLICE are investigating an artist over nude photographs of 11-year-old boys set to be exhibited in Melbourne tonight.
Adelaide Now |
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My China Now short films unveiled in London gallery
A series of short films showcasing the creative voice of 25 Chinese artists were launched on Monday night at the Hayward Gallery by London's South bank Center, Britain's largest arts center. Capturing the prevailing mood of life in ...
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The Times (UK) 06/01/08
Why Is Klimt Worth $135 Million? "With Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet - and now with Francis Bacon - you know exactly how the attraction works and why the auction records are blown. These are familiar giants. But Klimt was a Viennese petit maître. He didn't create an unstoppable movement.
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Highlands offers summer fun program for youngsters
ASHLAND -- The Highlands Museum and Discovery Center announces Fun in the Sun! summer workshops. The following summer programs will be at the museum at 1620 Winchester Ave. in Ashland:
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An Overflowing Five-Day Banquet of Science and Its Meanings
The World Science Festival in New York City did not go off without a hitch, but the organizers got a lot right and may have created a new cultural institution.
New York Times |
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Art Student Loses Eye In Shooting
Police are searching for the man who attacked a Kansas City Art Institute student last month.
KMBC-TV Kansas City |
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Police to attend nude boys exhibit
POLICE will attend an exhibition of nude photographs of 11-year-old boys which a Melbourne artist is staging tonight in Melbourne's CBD.
Herald Sun |
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Olympics, Rising Wealth Tempt Galleries to Beijing (Update1)
June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Stainless steel baby armor and milk- bottle weapons by Chinese artist Shi Jinsong drew plenty of second looks at the CIGE art fair in Beijing, just no buyers. At a New York show this year, most of the sculptor's works sold.
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Museum of Art CEO Dies Suddenly at 64
Philadelphia Museum of Art chief executive Anne D'Harnoncourt died unexpectedly at her home on Monday morning, following recent surgery. Mayor Nutter called her death a tremendous loss to the city, the region, and the art world.
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Top Italian director is honoured
Italian film Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and his brothers) will be screened today at the Cultural Hall at Al Fateh Corniche. It is part of the Film Review and Art Exhibition being held in honour of Italian director Luchino Visconti and to mark Italy's National Day which fell yesterday.
Gulf Daily News |
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Expo a showcase for young artists
MORE than 60 students are taking part in the 16th Annual St Christopher's Art Exhibition. The exhibition, held at the school in Isa Town, featured more than 1,000 works by GCSE and A level art students, aged between 15 and 18.
Gulf Daily News |
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ASIAN FILMS out of Cannes limelight
A scene from My Magic. Asian films did not make it this year in the often heartless and relentless world of the Cannes Film Festival. GERTJAN ZUILHOF has the story.
The New Straits Times |
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Regina media arts festival adds live performance
Patrons of the seventh biennial International Lesbian and Gay Media Arts Festival of Regina are going to have a more diverse choice of events to attend this year.
Regina Leader-Post |
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Auction supports coastal art
THIS Queen’s Birthday holiday weekend will have a huge focus on art in the Bega Valley.
Bega District News |
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Crowds flock to gallery
CLOSE to 3000 people flocked to Bendigo Art Gallery at the weekend to catch a glimpse of Australia’s most extraordinary art event, the Archibald Prize.
Bendigo Advertiser |
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New ideas take flight in the City of Angels
Four postcards from Los Angeles - where the roadside attractions include oil derricks, office towers, ocean views and a Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery billboard that promises "We treat everybody like a celebrity." For those of you who find San Jose's Santana Row...
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Dealers face first test of retail market since record auctions
Francis Bacon is poised to be the priciest artist on the market for the second time in under a month, with an $80m triptych dominating Marlborough’s stand (V2) at Art Basel. Just last month in New York, Bacon made headlines when the mint-hued 1976 Triptych fetched $86.3m at Sotheby’s.
Art Newspaper |
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Kansas City Art Student Shot 8 Times
Police said a 19-year-old art student was shot eight times while he was walking home from work.
KCTV 5 Kansas City |
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An expanded USGA Museum reopens in New Jersey
FAR HILLS, N.J. - A museum aspiring to be "the Cooperstown of golf" reopens Tuesday after a nearly US$20 million expansion.
Slam! Sports |
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Roanoke high school students design bus shelter
Public art can inspire and entertain, and sometimes it offers shelter from the wind and rain. Monday morning, students from Patrick Henry High School showed off their design for a Valley Metro bus shelter at a city council meeting.
WDBJ 7 Roanoke |
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