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Art for the sake of beauty
The drive and energy of contemporary painting is characterized by an ever-increasing diversity of styles and methods of production.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune |
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Travel
Kingfisher Gallery’s second exhibition of art from Western Desert painters is on show now. Ikuntji Women Painters brings together the work of Aboriginal artists from Ikuntji (or Haasts Bluff), about 230km west of Alice Springs.
The West Australian |
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Local teenagers' artwork goes on show at Dulwich Picture Gallery
An exhibition of urban artwork by local teens opens at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Guardian Unlimited |
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Poster artist masters his craft
The John VanDreal fan club was out in full force First Wednesday, as Salem Art Association unveiled his oil painting and poster for the 2008 Salem Art Fair & Festival.
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Childrens' arts festival scheduled
The grown-ups won't be the only ones reveling in the arts at the Nonantum this weekend. While they'll be holding their own on Sunday, it'll be the kids' turn on Saturday, as the resort holds its second children's arts festival featuring artwork from...
York County Coast Star |
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Denmark launches performance art talent contest
Nhan Dan Online –The Embassy of Denmark yesterday announced the launch of its annual Talent Prize 2008 for performance art.
Nhân Dân |
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Post-Digital Artists Fuse Technology With Tradition At Polk Museum of Art
In the not so distant past, photographers were deciding if they should go digital or remain film purists but these days artists may use one or both methods of taking photos only to change them countless ways using other traditional media and computer technology - welcome to the post-digital age.
The Lakeland Ledger |
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Las Vegas City Council OKs downtown sculpture garden
Click image for enlargement. An Arts District property owner got permission Wednesday to take over part of a proposed sculpture garden, so long as the Las Vegas City Council gives its blessing to the final plan.
Las Vegas Review-Journal |
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In new Singh film, 'each shot worthy … of any art gallery'
The Fall While director Tarsem Singh has spent the majority of his career working on music videos (most notably R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion") and commercials (for everyone from Pepsi to Mercedes to Levi's), his first feature film, "The Cell," was a dazzling visual adventure into the mind of a serial killer.
The Daily Texan |
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Art notes
The Carnegie examines bodies through artwork, oudoor fests are on tap in Augusta and Middletown, and more.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Montserrat makes its mark in encaustic painting
BEVERLY and mdash; Two paint companies have created colors named after Montserrat College of Art, in honor of this weekend's second annual National Encaustic Painting Conference at the school. "Montserrat Magenta," by Evans Encaustics in California, and "Montserrat Orange," by R and amp;F Handmade Paints in New York, will be unveiled at the conference.
The Salem News |
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'Love's Labour's' lost to cast
STRATFORD -- There are a number of reasons to see the Stratford Festival production of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost during its run in the Tom Patterson Theatre, where it opened last weekend.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Lucian Freud painting fetches USD 12 million
Basel (Switzerland), June 5: A painting by Lucian Freud, titled "Girl in Attic Doorway", was sold to an anonymous buyer for $12 million at Art Basel, the world's largest fair of modern and contemporary art fair, seller Acquavella Galleries said here.
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Students' art exhibitions
Eighteen budding Damien Hirsts are exhibiting their work for the first time this week at the Arts Forum galleries in St Leonards in the climax to Hastings College students' annual degree jamboree. (04/06/2008 14:19:58)
Hastings Today |
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Retired art therapist spends free time painting
In the late 1950s, North Side artist Jeri Corbin hit on the idea that art could be used as a therapeutic and diagnostic tool for treating people with mental disorders. ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Chemnitz Art Installation Allows New Perspective on History
With their "Temporary Museum of Modern Marx" project, a group of Chemnitz art students is breathing new life into a sculpture that has become the city's hallmark.
Deutsche Welle |
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Madison welcomes a third year of Rooftop Cinema at MMoCA
'quot;If you show it, they will come.'quot; That's been Tom Yoshikami's experience with Rooftop Cinema at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art over the last couple of years. The UW-Madison grad student who has helped program the Wisconsin Film Festival and UW Cinematheque in recent years launched a summer series of outdoor film screenings on the roof of the downtown museum shortly after its ...
Isthmus |
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Wine, food, art set for this weekend
Music, rickshaw rides, streams of people popping in and out of shops featuring international hors d'oeuvres, arrays of wines from more than a dozen countries available for sampling a stone's throw from the banks of the Delaware River, a competition of artworks with the theme of "Frenchtown," door prizes and discounts -- they're all on tap Saturday and Sunday, when the local business and ...
Delaware Valley News |
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'Like lightning striking the same place twice'
MADISON - Tonight, in New York City's Carnegie Hall, teacher Melissa Hughey and the work of a dozen of her art students from Bob Jones High School will be recognized as the best in the nation.
The Huntsville Times |
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Children's festival has an unexpected additional performance
Visitors at the London International Children's Art Festival were treated to a different sort of show yesterday when London police chased down a suspected drug dealer in the Covent Garden Market.
London Free Press |
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Our Bluesfest picks: Hey, everybody, B.B. King's back!
Silver and blue are complementary colors. Just look at the fine array of talent lined up for the 25th annual Chicago Blues Festival, which continues daily through Sunday at six stages in Grant Park.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Legendary piano man opens 25th annual Chicago Blues Festival
Pinetop Perkins won so many W.C. Handy Awards as the best blues pianist that in 2003 he was “retired” from future consideration, and the award renamed in his honor.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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Sculpture garden opens
A SCULPTURE exhibition at Hatfield House has brought fish, unicorns and giant spiders to the centuries-old grounds. The Wilderness Garden has been transformed for the Summer months with a theme of natural forms, greeting visitors with an array of different art works.
St Albans Observer |
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Sculpture entrenched in earth
Thu, Jun 5, 2008 (2 a.m.) The truck rattles along the narrow, bumpy desert path that ribbons up Mormon Mesa and across a vast plane of brushy desert. Suddenly there is an abrupt canyon, a slice in the ground, a craggy edge atop erect walls, a void in an otherwise hard desert floor, a “gouge.”
Las Vegas Sun |
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Fashion statement
Fashion Statement: Artwork created by pupils at Longton High School has gone on display at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. Earlier this year, a dozen year seven students, aged 11 and 12, took part in a series of workshops which were designed ...
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