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Auctions on eBay:A Dying Breed
As consumers opt for fixed-price purchases, what happens to the company that perfected the art of online bidding—and the scores of e-auctioneers?
BusinessWeek |
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Words of wisom from YSL
- "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)
Otago Daily Times |
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With museum complete, USGA's new call to order is bringing in fans
The U.S. Golf Association claims to have the oldest sports museum in America. Created in 1936, it's older than baseball's at Cooperstown (1938) and older than basketball's at Springfield (established in 1959).
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Essay: 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 may have created a new cultural institution.
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Weegee Found
This week the Indianapolis Museum of Art plans to announce that it has acquired a trove of work and correspondence by Weegee, the crepuscular, stogie-smoking New York photographer whose visceral pictures became a template not only for artists like Diane Arbus but also for much of the uncomfortably close tabloid imagery that exists today.
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The new Palazzo, European chic
The Venetian hotel and casino brought Renaissance Italy to Las Vegas almost nine years ago, and now its sister resort, the Palazzo, delivers an up-to-the-minute version of Mediterranean elegance to the Strip. ...
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Husband of Minneapolis artist pleads guilty in her killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The husband of a Minneapolis art student has pleaded guilty to killing his wife in their Minneapolis apartment.
Winona Daily News |
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Belvidere City Council approves Heritage Days necessities
In a few brief moves Monday, the City Council set the table for this year’s Heritage Days festival.
Rockford Register Star |
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Nude exhibition a protest, says artist
Police to investigate Melbourne exhibition of nude photographs of two young boys.
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Aboriginal artworks stolen in Kakadu
Several Aboriginal artworks worth thousands of dollars have been stolen from a cultural centre in Kakadu National Park, in the Northern Territory.
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Wired.com Photo Contest: Summer
Summer is finally here, and we under-sunned desk turds want to see what fun looks like. Remind us what it is to be young and capable of joy again with a skillfully captured frame. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best summer photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com home page. We want to see ...
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USGA museum reopens after 3-year, $20 million renovation
A museum aspiring to be "the Cooperstown of golf" will reopen today after a nearly $20 million expansion.
Winston-Salem Journal |
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'Kung Fu Panda' pushes boundaries of cartoon art
It's unusual for an animated film to combine rambunctious physical comedy and the kind of painterly refinement that makes every frame suitable for display on a museum wall.
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Stepping Up at the Metropolitan
This column is best read as an open letter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, calling upon that august institution to drop everything and stop what it is doing. Anyone who has visited the museum in the past few weeks will have noticed that most of the steps leading up to the main entrance on Fifth Avenue have been cordoned off with white linen fencing. According to the press department, this is ...
The New York Sun |
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Group considers forming Lynchburg arts council
As the number of arts organizations in Lynchburg continues to grow, several local groups are talking about forming an arts council.
The News & Advance |
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A Young Docent Shows the Mayor Around
A fourth grader from P.S. 48 of Manhattan, Martin Paulino, shows his work, 'Still Life with a Skull,' to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday at the P.S. Arts Week's opening reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Four events -- which include dance, theater, music, and visual arts -- will be held this week at marquee arts venues around the city. The visual arts exhibition will be on view through ...
The New York Sun |
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Prizes awarded for tourism photography contest
VietNamNet Bridge - Photographer Nguyen Van Quang was awarded first prize in a competition entitled “Tourism Beautiful Photographs 2007” sponsored by Vietravel for a photo entitled "Love of Vietnamese culture).
Vietnam Net |
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Mimi Gates Announces Retirement as Director of the Seattle Art Museum
Mimi Gates. Photo: ©Jennifer Richard SEATTLE.- Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Director Mimi Gates announced today that she will step aside on July 1, 2009, after fifteen years of visionary leadership.
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Black Mirror/Espejo Negro: A Museum Installation by Pedro Lasch at The Nasher Museum of Art
Pedro Lasch, "Black Mirror/Espejo Negro," 2008. Installation with dark glass sheets and works from the Nasher Museum's permanent collection. Image courtesy of the Artist.
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Ground Breakers: German Sculptures on the Grounds of the Flint Institute of Arts
FLINT, MI.- Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) announced the installation of six large outdoor sculptures.
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The McNay Art Museum Reopens with New Stieren Center for Exhibitions
Rendering of Stieren Center Exterior. SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The McNay Art Museum is ready to showcase its new Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions and with it, more of the museum’s acclaimed collection of modern French and American art.
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Police to investigate artist over nude child pics
Victoria police are investigating an artist over a series of nude photographs of 11-year-old boys set to be exhibited in Melbourne.
Stuff |
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Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick at The Fuller Craft Museum
Marjorie Schick, Band of Rings. Photo: Courtesy Fuller Craft Museum. BROCKTON, MA.-
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Selections from the Collection in Honor of Gabriella De Ferrari at Colby Museum of Art
Sol LeWitt, Arcs from 4 Corners, 1986. Woodcut on paper. Gift of Hugh J. Gourley III in honor of Gabriella De Ferrari, Commencement 2008. WATERVILLE, ME.-
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Anne d'Harnoncourt, Chief Executive of the Philadelphia Museum Art, Died at Age 64
Anne d’Harnoncourt in front of one of her favorite pieces: Rauchenberg's "Estate". PHILADELPHIA.-
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