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Powerful Images by Ed Kashi Illustrate Oil Exploitation in Africa's Niger Delta
A young girl walks across the NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum) pipelines that run through her town. Okrika is a troubled area near Port Harcourt that has oil, refineries, pipelines and violence. Factional fighting is common here. These pipelines often explode and catch fire.
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This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs at The Huntington
Images from the exhibition, inside the Boone Gallery. © The Huntington. SAN MARINO, CA.- Contrary to popular belief, Los Angeles does not defy description so much as provoke it.
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The de Young Museum hosts Dale Chihuly's First Major Exhibition in San Francisco,
Dale Chihuly, "Sun" (detail) at the Legion of Honor, 2008. Photo by Terry Rishel. SAN FRANCISCO.-
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Picasso and His Collection on View at Queensland Art Gallery
Paul Cézanne 1839–1906 Cinq baigneuses (Five bathers) 1877–78 Oil on canvas 45.8 x 55.7cm RF 1973-61 Donation Picasso 1973–78 Collection: musée national Picasso, Paris Photo RMN / © René-Gabriel Ojéda.
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Series memories still vivid for for ex-Sox Podsednik
Before he re-entered U.S. Cellular Field Friday afternoon, Scott Podsednik stopped to study the 2005 World Series sculpture outside the front entrance.
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Getting a taste of 'A Vivid View'
VIEW SLIDESHOW DENVER - Like the crystal blue sky and the majestic Rocky Mountains, the Denver Black Arts Festival hopes to showcase an array of African-American arts and cultural delights.
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Mountain Heritage festival kicks off in Harpers Ferry
HARPERS FERRY, W.VA. Leave it to the biannual Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival to combine the discoveries of "happy feet" and a piece of carefully whittled white pine, transformed into male-faced carrots.
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Picasso's engraving at Sao Paulo's gallery stolen
Criminals stole four art masterpieces, including two engravings by Pablo Picasso, from a picture gallery run by the Sao Paulo state government, local media reported on Thursday. They took away Picasso's engravings, The Artist and Hi ...
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Urban Arts Festival for Kingston
Kingston on the Edge (KOTE), a new twist to Kingston's arts scene which was introduced last year, will be staged this year from June 20-28.
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Florida man wins 'best in show' at Boardwalk
VIRGINIA BEACH The piece of art that has won andquot;best in showandquot; at this weekend's Boardwalk Art Show andamp; Festival partly honors the bravery of canines in war. The mixed-media piece, called andquot;Cur age,andquot; is by Tony Savoie of Orlando, Fla. Winners of the show, which conti ...
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Woman Gets 5 Years for Branding Ex-Lover Over Failure to Phone
A New York college student who branded a former lover's body with a scalding piece of metal as payback for not calling her after they had sex was sentenced to five years in prison Friday. Kristina Caban had no comment as state Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus sentenced her for what he called a crime that was "not remotely justifiable." Caban, a photography student, was allowed to graduate from ...
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Indian sand sculptor wins top honours at Berlin fest 14 Jun 2008, 0255 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN
NEW DELHI: By choosing 'global warming' — the hottest topic in the world today — as the theme of his sand sculpture at the Berlin International sand artists' competition, India's Sudarshan Pattnaik caught the eyes of the public and the jury alike to win the first prize.
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Artifacts stolen from Indio museum returned to owners
PALM SPRINGS - After a lengthy investigation and a conviction, several Indian artifacts valued at $140,000 to $160,000 were returned Friday to their rightful owners.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Artist gives gift from the heart to Pa. church
WAYNESBORO, PA. Marjorie Tressler found herself stuck when trying to title her painting that had been a work in progress for eight years.
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Birthday Honours - Part Two
Order of the British Empire, Civil: MBE Mrs Sonia Coode-Adams. For services to the Contemporary Arts and to the community in Essex. (Colchester, Esex); Mrs Marilyn Lesley Addis. For voluntary service to the community in Long Ashton, Bristol. (Bristol); Wale Adeyemi. Designer.
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Gallery: Satellites Document War, Destruction From Outer Space
: Photos: Courtesy AAAS Science and Human Rights, © 2007 DigitalGlobe If your town was bombed out of existence, would anyone care? If you live in one of the dusty, poor corners of the world, maybe not. Carnage in developing countries often goes unnoticed in the more wired, wealthy parts of the world. That's where the American Academy for the Advancement of Sciences' Geospatial ...
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Peace sculpture to be unveiled in Garstang
Artwork featuring machine guns, grenades and other weapons is set to be built in a Lancashire town. (13/06/2008 16:50:41)
prestontoday.net |
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Picasso Paintings Stolen from Brazilian Museum
Thieves stole two Picasso paintings and paintings by a local artist in a daytime heist at a Sao Paulo museum.
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Affordable Art Fair cashes in on economic gloom
NEW YORK - Lauren Albert couldn't resist the floppy-eared clay dog sculpture sitting on a pedestal, and the best thing about it was the price -- just $528, which makes it cheap even at a show called the Affordable Art Fair.
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Alluring London
The best of shopping, theatre, museums, music and the arts can be found in multi-cultural London.
The Star |
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News & Star
STUDENTS at the University of Cumbria burnt the midnight oil to launch their final-year displays which went on show yesterday.
The News and Star |
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Five Questions: George Decker
George Decker is the owner and photographer of Memorable Photography, a local studio which recently opened above the Soft-Tex outlet at 103 Remsen St. in Cohoes.
The Troy Record |
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Thomson fifth-grader's award brings $1,500 to school
Bryana Motto's art won first place in the SafeSkin Ad Contest for the Melanoma Foundation of New England.
North Andover Citizen |
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Agee Unfettered
Does this new edition of ?A Death in the Family? right an injustice done to James Agee?s masterpiece by a previous editor?
New York Times |
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When one door closes ...
Robert Gonzalez carefully feels his way around a masonry board Friday as he adds granite cubes to a sculpture by Jesus Moroles at the Ellen Noël Art Museum.
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