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The art of war: US lieutenant brings Iraqi paintings to New York
With fiery reds and black-oil-stained browns criss-crossed with misshapen ladders, Mohammed al-Hamadany paints the violence of Baghdad, the battles over power and the shattered innocence.
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Wired.com Photo Contest: Squares
A square isn't just four right angles, it's a frame of mind (pun intended). We want you to run with this subject and show us the most interesting squares in your world. Use the Reddit widget below to submit your best squares photo and vote for your favorite among the other submissions. The 10 highest-ranked photos will appear in a gallery on the Wired.com homepage. Show us city blocks ...
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SFMoMA gets up close with ‘Frida Kahlo’
On display through Sept. 28, the exhibit’s 50 paintings from throughout the artist’s career are accompanied by portraits of Kahlo taken by leading photographers of the era.
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The art of war: US lieutenant brings Iraqi paintings to New York
With fiery reds and black-oil-stained browns criss-crossed with misshapen ladders, Mohammed al-Hamadany paints the violence of Baghdad, the battles over power and the shattered innocence.
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The art of war: US lieutenant brings Iraqi paintings to New York
NEW YORK (AFP) - With fiery reds and black-oil-stained browns criss-crossed with misshapen ladders, Mohammed al-Hamadany paints the violence of Baghdad, the battles over power and the shattered innocence.
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$400m joint venture
MANAMA: Bahrain is to establish a $400 million (BD151m) lube base oil manufacturing plant in joint venture with a Finnish company, it was revealed yesterday.
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Ad agency Interpublic Group acts as mentor to build diversity
While ad veterans from around the globe gather in France this week for the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, U.S. companies still have an issue to deal with at home: diversity.
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Cleveland Museum of Art OKs second phase of expansion, says it's raised over $200 million for construction
The Cleveland Museum of Art blew past a major milestone Monday on a 10-year, $350 million expansion and renovation it's calling the largest cultural project in Ohio history.
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Under The Needle: A lot of art students have seen a lot of this guy
Maybe in Robert Treat's nightmares, he finds himself at work fully clothed. Maybe he sees no grotesque, funhouse-mirror images of himself. Maybe roomfuls of people refuse to stare, won't scrutinize every bend and bubble of flesh.
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US department store honors Pinoy artist
A Filipino-American artist proved once more that the Filipino can hold his own with his American counterparts. Artist Fred DeAsis’ painting "Koi" dominated the front show window display of the Chicago branch of the leading, high-end department store in the US, Saks Fifth Avenue.
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More than 100 bands set for AthFest
There is dancing in the streets as AthFest, Athens' annual mini-Woodstock, takes over downtown this week. More than 100 bands will perform on outdoor stages and inside bars and theaters as part of the festival.
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Museum's treasures saved
Zhang Sufen, 96, has never in her life ever experienced anything like the Sichuan earthquake. She was alone at home at the time of the disaster, and managed to make her way down from her fourth floor flat to safety. "I'm fine - I still d ...
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Watermelon decorating contest slated for today
By CHARLES MINSHEWcharles.minshew@gaflnews.comCORDELE - If you think you have the skill to decorate, you are invited to come out to the Watermelon Decorating Contest sponsored by Keep Crisp Beautiful today at Flint River Pottery.
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Comedian Dave Wiggins returns to Hamilton
After a sell out show at the Hamilton Summer Gardens Festival award winning comedian Dave Wiggins returns to Hamilton with a new show. This time Wiggins performs as part of the Ignition Festival, Hamilton’s 2008 Fringe Festival.
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Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Presents Special Exhibit Best in the Northwest June 13th - 29th, 2008
The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is pleased to announce the upcoming first annual special exhibit Best in the Northwest! On display June 13th through 29th, enjoy bonsai from the regional private collections that have rarely - or in some cases, never - been seen by the public before. Join us between June 13th and 22nd to vote for the "Peoples Choice" award.
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Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Presents bigART at smallTREES June 14th -- August 6th, 2008
The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is pleased to present a contemporary art exhibit entitled "bigART at smallTREES." Portland, Ore., artist Tore Djupedal is a multi-talented artist who works in a variety of mediums and a constantly evolving and expanding range of styles. Within the last year, he has worked with brown paper shopping bags to create colorful geometric sculptures and installations. ...
Centre Daily Times |
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'The Sopranos' of Another Sort
It reads like the setup to a New Yorker cartoon: eight of the opera world's leading sopranos squeezed into one not especially large room. Where, exactly, will they find room to fit their egos? Such is the concentration of drama and coloratura in "The Sopranos," an exhibition of portraits of eight opera singers, including such celebrated figures as Deborah Voigt, Renée Fleming, and Angela ...
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The right place for the Fishers' art museum
Don Fisher's quest to build an art museum in the Presidio has as many layers as a Frank Stella collage, one of the great contemporary artists you'll find in the collection amassed by the Gap founder and his wife, Doris. The story in brief is that Fisher and...
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Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Presents Special Exhibit Best in the Northwest June 13th - 29th, 2008
SEATTLE----The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is pleased to announce the upcoming first annual special exhibit Best in the Northwest! On display June 13th through 29th, enjoy bonsai from the regional private collections that have rarely - or in some cases, never - been seen by the public before.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Presents bigART at smallTREES June 14th -- August 6th, 2008
SEATTLE----The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection is pleased to present a contemporary art exhibit entitled "bigART at smallTREES." Portland, Ore., artist Tore Djupedal is a multi-talented artist who works in a variety of mediums and a constantly evolving and expanding range of styles.
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DISPATCH FROM HAWAII Nature and Film Combine for Celestial Maui Fest
The Maui Film Festival would seem one of those events that's so cool it couldn't get any better. Last year it was picture-perfect. This year, the five-day fest that ran June 11 - 15 managed to up its own film paradise ante.
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Chattanooga’s Live Music Scene: Riverbend Report Card
It’s over. One of the largest music festivals in the United States has wrapped up for another year. So, how did it go? Let’s take a look at the festival, warts and all. I spent nine days reporting on Riverbend, and offer my perspective and that of people I interviewed.
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New director makes his mark on Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Hanging on the office wall behind Bill Rauch's desk is a large photo that shouts the word "YES" in bright white on red through the muted reflections of a store window. He bought it for his office after he took over in November as the new artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Art banner expresses Malaysians' support for the Beijing Olympic Games 2008
As early as 9am, a crowd had already gathered in front of the canopies erected in front of the National Art Gallery. It included a group of artists from Kedah and Penang who had made the overnight chartered bus trip to Kuala Lumpur on June 7.
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Editorials: Rise in oil price: Fact and fiction
FOLLOWING fast on the decision to boost oil production this month by 300,000 b/d, the Kingdom is to increase this by a further 200,000 b/d next month in the hope of bringing some sanity to an out-of-control market. Given that supply already exceeds demand, this should push down the price.
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