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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-04-22 18:18 GMT: Stocks decline as oil rises, Street examines earnings
NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling more than 140 points, as a rush of quarter results from bellwethers like AT&T Corp., DuPont and McDonald's Corp. failed to impress investors. Oil prices also reached fresh highs, raising concerns about inflation.
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German artist seeks subject willing to die for art
A controversial German sculptor and installation artist known for exploring the theme of death is searching for a dying volunteer to take part in an upcoming artwork.
CBC |
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Artist's Plan to Put Death on Display Draws Disgust
German artist Gregor Schneider's plan to feature a dying or recently dead person in an exhibition about the "beauty of death" has been panned by critics who say he's going too far.
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What Do You Want?
What do You Want? is a collection of work from five female artists living in India and working among a new politically aware generation of artists. The exhibition includes photography, performance, objects, video and new media to look at problems Indian women face today.
Socialist Worker |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Yesterday I said that museum blogs should focus more on their communities and less on the art world, that they should seek to engage non-art-bloggers and others in their towns. Some more things for art museum-affiliated bloggers to keep in mind...
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Art by elementary school students being featured at the
From now through May 22 the River Level Gallery at the Arts Commerce & Visitors Centre will feature art done by elementary school students from Bluffton, Lancaster, Southern Wells schools, home schoolers and the Boys & Girls Club.
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Sights and sounds
Have you seen an outstanding slice of entertainment recently in the Beaches area? A good band? An interesting art exhibit? A play not to be missed? Do you know of a good attraction that's coming our way? Please let others know by going to Shorelines.com and blogging about it. Thanks! - Fine Wine Gala - The Ponte Vedra Woman's Club and The Fresh Market will host a Fine Wine Gala tonight from 7 to ...
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Artist's vibrant compositions to be displayed
Abstract expressionist painter James Bohary's new works will be featured in a solo show opening Friday at the J. Johnson Gallery in Jacksonville Beach.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Stocks decline as oil rises, Street examines earnings
(AP:NEW YORK) Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling more than 140 points, as a rush of quarter results from bellwethers like AT&T Corp., DuPont and McDonald's Corp. failed to impress investors. Oil prices also reached fresh highs, raising concerns about inflation.
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Scottsdale to host Via Colori street painting festival
Via Colori, the Italian Street Painting Festival, coming in October to Scottsdale will feature Melanie Stimmell, an internationally recognized street painter.
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Lowe Enterprises Unveils ''Hulls'' at 500 Terry Francois - An Impressive Stainless Steel Sculpture That Pays Tribute ...
SAN FRANCISCO----Commissioned by Lowe Enterprises for the plaza at 500 Terry Francois in Mission Bay - the company's 300,000-square-foot office building development -- "Hulls" is the vision of Richard Deutsch, an award winning sculptor who brings together form, movement, the organization of space and human interaction to create public artworks that are site specific and reflect the social ...
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Stocks decline as oil rises, Street examines earnings
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling more than 140 points, as a rush of quarter results from bellwethers like AT&T Corp., DuPont and McDonald's Corp. failed to impress investors.
IWon - Money |
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LONDON - An exhibition of Linda McCartney's photographs, hand-picked by her husband, will be put on display later this week at the James Hyman Gallery in west London.
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Tacoma students join Earth Day art contest
Lister Elementary third-grader Virginia Kingsbury drew this picture as part of the 2008 EnviroChallenger/EnviroKids Earth Day art contest.
Tacoma Daily Index |
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Authentication of painting questioned
A fingerprint analyst says evidence used to authenticate a purported Jackson Pollock artwork found in a New York garage may have been copied onto the painting.Artwork authenticator Peter Paul Biro recently declared the artwork was a Pollock work after saying fingerprints found on the painting matched prints found on a paint can stored in Pollack's East Hampton, N.Y., studio, the New York Post ...
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Wacom announces new capacitive touchscreen technology
Apr 22 — Wacom introduced new innovation in capacitive touchscreen technology, called Reversing Ramped Field Capacitive (RRFC) touch, that will be publicly unveiled at the International Society for Information Display Exhibition, booth #1129, May 20 to 22, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.
Computer Technology Review |
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Stocks decline as oil rises, Street examines earnings
Wall Street pulled back Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrials tumbling more than 140 points, as a rush of quarter results from bellwethers like AT&T Corp., DuPont and McDonald's Corp. failed to impress investors.
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West Liberty to host animation festival Thursday
WEST LIBERTY — The public is invited to the eighth-annual West Virginia Flash Animation Festival, scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the R. Emmett Bo...
Weirton Daily Times |
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Art fair held
ORIENT — An art fair was held April 8 at Orient-Macksburg School. Demonstrators were Jeff Brennecke of Waukee with chainsaw carving, Kelly Shatto of Oakland with glass bead making and Carole Lundy of Greenfield with wheel throwing and hand-built ceramics.
Creston News Advertiser |
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Fine arts students hold eclectic exhibit
A showcase of artwork in media including photography, glass and wood is on display through May 3 at Jacksonville University's Phillips Fine Arts Building, in an exhibit by graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students.
The Florida Times-Union |
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Case dismissed against artist over biological material
Federal authorities in Buffalo, N.Y., are deciding whether to appeal a judge's dismissal yesterday of the case against a college professor accused of illegally obtaining biological materials from a University of Pittsburgh human genetics professor for use in an art exhibit
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Mayor Slay breaks ground for new garden
As steady rain fell, Mayor Francis Slay led a groundbreaking ceremony this morning for a sculpture-and-landscape garden that will be built across two blocks of downtown’s Gateway Mall.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
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Art/Culture Review
Botswana only managed to field five contestants in M-Net's ongoing Idols, singing talent search, which was broadcast on DStv last Sunday.The show, which came on at around 17:00 on DStv's M-Net 102 show, left much to be desired as it seemed like the judges were not going to get much talent from the Gaborone auditions, which were conducted on March 28 at the Grand Palm Hotel.
Mmegi |
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Annual Hispanic Youth Symposium to be held this weekend
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - About 300 Latino high school students will gather in Sun Valley this weekend to attend the Hispanic Youth Symposium. The symposium features motivational speakers, interactive workshops and art, speech, talent and skills contests.
FOX 12 Idaho |
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Propaganda photos of Paris under the Nazis draw fire
A photography exhibit depicting Second World War Paris as rosy and romantic, despite the Nazi occupation, is drawing criticism in France.
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