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Square Art Fair under clouds of optimism
If You Go WHAT: Monument Square Art Fair WHEN: Today 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: Festival Hall, 5 Fifth St. COST: Free RACINE — As storms approached the county Saturday afternoon, artists at the Monument Square Art Fair on the Lake were disappointed with the day’s turnout. But they remained hopeful about today’s crowd and weather conditions.
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Founding teacher at Fine Arts honored with gym name
RACINE — Bronna Wollman has spent countless hours in the gym.
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Francesco Clemente : The Sopranos Opens at Gallery Met
Artist Francesco Clemente with his painting of opera star Deborah Voigt. NEW YORK.-
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Sotheby's London To Sell Property From Estate of Haaken A. Christensen
PABLO PICASSO, 1881-1973, FEMME AU CHAPEAU ASSISE. BUSTE. signed Picasso (centre right); dated 29.10.62. on the reverse. oil on canvas, 81 by 65cm. 31⅞ by 25⅝in. Painted on 29th October 1962. Estimate: £750,000-1,000,000. © Sotheby's Images.
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High Museum of Art Presents "Houdon at the Louvre: Masterworks of the Enlightenment"
Jean-Antoine Houdon, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), 1778. Terracotta. Museé du Louvre, Department of Sculptures, RF 349. Photo © Museé du Louvre, Paris / Pierre Philbert.
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The art of tracking down the authors of graffiti
NEW YORK Graffiti artists come to New York City from all over the world to make their mark on subway cars, buildings and billboards. They spend hours surveying and then spray-painting hard-to-reach spaces with remarkable precision.
The Kansas City Star |
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Art World: Philadelphia Museum director Anne d'Harnoncourt dies
The art world suffered a stunning loss last week with the sudden death of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s beloved director Anne d’Harnoncourt.
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Best of the Blog
"The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece" by Jonathan Harr. "The Taking of Christ," a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio, has been missing for centuries.
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Art openings
For complete listings, go to Preview Extra on KansasCity .com. ART SLIDESHOW: MATTHEW COLLINS, MATT DEHAEMERS AND BRENDAN MEARA: 5:30-6:30 p.m. June 11; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick. www.kemperart.org (816-753-5784)
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Q&A: “Design Star” contestant Jennifer Bertrand
JOB DESCRIPTION: Artist and interior decorator at Bertrand Designs, which she co-owns with her husband, Chris Bertrand, and a contestant on HGTV’s “Design Star”; 913-780- 2533, www.bertranddesigns.com
The Kansas City Star |
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Art closings
DAVE REGIER, ARLIE REGIER AND DAN COBURN: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; closes June 12. Leopold Gallery, 324 W. 63rd. www.leopoldgallery.com (816-333-3111)
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Summer day camps at the county museum
REDLANDS - Registration is open for weeklong sessions of Summer Day Camp at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands. Most sessions are designed for children ages 7 to 12, with one session targeted for the younger set.
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Itinerary
For lovers of the City of Light, there is www.the parisblog.com, a cornucopia of info. You’ll be au courant on art exhibits, dining finds, hot spots and hotels.
The Kansas City Star |
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Sweltering heat doesn't stop brass bands from boogying
ASHLAND -- The 13th annual Brass Band Festival was held at Ashland Central Park on Saturday afternoon, a sign that summer has begun. PHOTO GALLERY.
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'Roadshow' rolls into city
A Clyfford Still painting was appraised at "a conservative $500,000" during the "Antiques Roadshow" taping at the Palm Springs Convention Center on Saturday, according to one of the show's production staff.
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Pinay wins int'l art competition
A thirty-year-old US Based Filipina artist wins again in an international art competition. Sherie Sta. Cruz-Sloane, a Filipino artist residing in Illinois bested hundreds of entries in the recent Strathmore ATC & ACEO International Exhibition and Art Competition held in Reno, Nevada.
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Civil Rights exhibit opens in Ga.
ATLANTA - The High Museum of Art is focusing on the civil rights era in two new exhibits timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
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Grants, awards and visibility boost KC area museums
Kansas City’s art museums have news to boast about this summer. •The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is riding high on the endorsement of $2.6 million in grant money for the fiscal year that ended April 30. The amount is almost a million dollars more than grants for the previous fiscal year.
The Kansas City Star |
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Florida editors honor Post with 14 awards
The Palm Beach Post won 14 awards Friday from the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, including first-place wins in feature photography and sports photography.
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Super Saturday sings that song: Do-Dah, Do-Dah
The fun was Do-Dah for. "Super Saturday" drew big crowds to downtown Kalamazoo Saturday for the 25th annual Do-Dah Parade, the 57th annual Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Art Fair, the 32nd annual Theo & Stacy's Kalamazoo Greek Festival and other summer fixtures.
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Weiss Gallery features 'artwear'
Art doesn't have to be something hung on a living room wall or displayed on a lawn. It can also be something that's worn. In fact, at the Jeffrey Weiss Gallery on Fairfield Avenue in the Black Rock
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Teacher shares passion for art
For 20 years, Patsy Delk has hosted a summer art workshop in her garage turned art studio north of Clovis. An art teacher at Clovis Christian School, Delk said she realized there isn’t enough art in schools and decided to do something about it.
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Having a Blue Blast
Rain has often been the determining factor in how successful the Blue Plum Festival is each year. This time the heat was the biggest concern — but it wasn’t enough to keep Blue Plum from having another big weekend.
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Heat may have thinned attendance at North Mountain Arts Festival
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. The sweltering heat Saturday afternoon might have thinned attendance at the North Mountain Arts Festival.
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West African artifacts find a new home at Newark Museum
Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art: Featuring the Bernard and Patricia Wagner Collection . Where: The Newark Museum, 49 Washington St., Newark.
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