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BASEL, SWITZERLAND - A visitor looks at Nathan Carter and Tobias Nolte's artwork called "The pool of la Cumbre", during the preview day of the Art 39 Basel fair and exhibition on June 3, 2008 in Basel. The international art show features 290 leading art galleries from all continents. Tiscali
Festival subtracts fireworks, adds beer
MIDDLETOWN — Middletown's Main Street Art and Music Festival is returning for a third year, but minus one feature: fireworks. "We tried, but we couldn't get enough money," said Linda Moorman, one of the festival's organizers. "We'll try again for it next year." The Oxford Press
art Till June 4 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm:
The sixth group show of painting, collage and sculpture by Young Painters. Till June 7 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Shabbir Hasan Quazi, Siddhartha Sengupta, Sheikh Abdullah and Krishna Dey. The Telegraph
Festival subtracts fireworks, adds beer
Middletown's Main Street Art and Music Festival is returning for a third year, but minus one feature: fireworks. Middletown Journal
Critics' Picks: Yellow Swans and more (Critics' Picks)
With summer upon us, seasonal events like the Minnesota Museum of American Art's weekly Patio Nights kick off the season of warm nights spent outside listening to your favorite live music and throwing back a couple of thirst-quenching adult beverages. City Pages
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The "Cooper Union End of Year Show," an annual event that turns the philanthropic design school on Astor Place into a temporary art gallery showing art, architecture and engineering works, will mount its 42nd installment through Tuesday. The Star-Ledger
Alton Kelley, creator of psychedelic rock posters, dies
Artist Alton Kelley, who created the psychedelic style of posters and other art associated with the 1960s San Francisco rock scene, has died. He was 67. Kelley died Sunday of complications from osteoporosis in his Petaluma home, according to his publicist, Jennifer Gross. The artwork that Kelley and his lifelong collaborator, Stanley Mouse, churned out from their studio, a converted firehouse ... The Charlotte Observer
CMA Music Festival
Now in its 37th year, CMA Music Festival takes place Thursday through Sunday, June 5-8, in downtown Nashville. The Country Music Association presents this world-class event that attracts more than 161,000 fans from around the world. News Channel 5 Nashville
Dubai delegation visits Switzerland art show
DUBAI — Fourteen Emirati women reached Switzerland yesterday to attend the 'Art Basel' exhibition as part of the 'Art Exchange Program', launched by Shaikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Women’s Establishment. Khaleej Times
Civil War Preservation Trust Announces Rules for New, All Digital Photography Contest
This summer, the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) is teaming up with The History Channel and the Center for Civil War Photography (CCWP) to sponsor a national photography competition to promote appreciation of Americas rich Civil War heritage. For the first time, all entries to the popular, long-running contest will be submitted digitally, allowing more people to participate than ever before. PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
My show is not shocking, it's titillating, says Tracey Emin
Two hundred years ago the Royal Academy placed fig leaves over the male sculptures that were exhibited in its Summer Exhibition. Times Online
First Friday raises funds for Myanmar relief
The theme of Gallery DeForest's newest art show, 'Opening the Closed,' took on new meaning when local poet Derek Pyle approached Cathy DeForest to raise money for the relief effort for Burmese cyclone victims. Ashland Daily Tidings
Age of Impressionism - Denver Art
Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism celebrates the great outdoors with some of the finest examples of mid- and late-19th century French and American landscape paintings. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum of Art with works from its own collection, this traveling exhibition offers a broad survey of landscape painting as practiced by renowned artists including Monet, Courbet, Daubigny, Renoir ... North Denver News
Dolphin presents its last Crossroads show
This week's First Fridays marks a milestone in the Kansas City art community. The Dolphin Gallery will present its final show, “Art for Arts' Sake,” at 1901 Baltimore, which has functioned as the Crossroads Art District's epicenter for more than a decade. The Kansas City Star
Food Notes
The Newport Yachting Center’s annual International Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festival includes all-you-can-eat chowder and music. Chefs will serve samples of their creations competing for Best Clam, Best Seafood and Best Creative chowder. The Providence Journal
13th Graphic Expo
AS the country’s premier trade show in desktop publishing, graphic design, digital imaging and photography, pre-press, print production, large format advertising, web publishing, multimedia, and animation, Graphic Expo, now on its 13th run, has continually showcased the unique concept of "digital work flow" and process complementation involving various stages of creative design, imaging, ... Manila Bulletin
Concerts, movies, festivals usher in summer
Break out your lawn chairs, picnic baskets and bug spray, because it's time to celebrate summer. West County Journal
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PITTSBURGH - It's a contemporary art exhibition uniquely rooted in the past, with a history that stretches back more than a century and a tradition fostered by a Gilded Age industrialist. Brandon Sun
It Starts in Parks Festival
June 7, 2008: Celebrate Richmond parks at the It Starts in Parks Festival with games, music, dancing and more at Byrd Park. Richmond Times-Dispatch
Museum showing 2008 Carnegie International art exhibition
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Carnegie International a contemporary art exhibition uniquely rooted in the past. It has a history that stretches back more than a century and a tradition fostered by a Gilded Age industrialist. WFMJ Youngstown
Belvidere woman puts together some sweet sculptures
A brown leather briefcase stands upright on the kitchen counter, such an ordinary object in such an ordinary place that it doesn’t attract much attention at first. Then Marcia Puri points out that the briefcase is not leather at all. It’s sugar. Rockford Register Star
Marty Stuart photos turn airport into gallery of stars
The American Odyssey installment features about 40 of Stuart's photos of country and rockabilly artists as well as members of the Lakota Tribe of North Dakota. The Tennessean
Bernanke's comments put a dent in oil prices
Oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday as the dollar jumped higher on foreign exchange markets in the wake of comments from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance
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Islamabad, June 3: The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation front will formally kick off its Safr-e-Azadi campaign in Pakistan tomorrow. In this connection a photo and video exhibition will be held at National Art Gallery in here at 3:30 PM on Wednesday. Greater Kashmir
Major Fine Arts Festival Returns to Downtown Burbank June 21 & 22, 2008
Make it a weekend of great art, music & food at the Downtown Burbank Fine Arts Festival, one of largest open-air art markets in the region. For two days, Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, Downtown Burbank streets will be filled with more than 100 award-winning artists selling original works and demonstrating their craft. PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance