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Authentication committee refused to give an opinion on my Basquiat, says collector
LONDON. Swedish entrepreneur and art collector Gerard De Geer has filed a complaint against the authentication committee for the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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Petition launches to restore controversial photo exhibit
CALGARY -- A petition has started in support of a pulled photography display meant to give voice to former sex-trade workers as organizers of the display continue working to have it reinstated.
Vancouver Sun |
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Annual festival takes to streets
An annual arts festival featuring more than 60 events is set to launch for a sixth year in Suffolk.
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Sculptor Alexander Calder, ex-Moore chairman Harold Jacobs forged a bond in France
SIPPING COFFEE in the sunroom of his rambling rural property in the Touraine region of France, Harold Jacobs contemplated the idea that his life might have been different if he had not met the sculptor Alexander Calder.
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Alexander Calder's work in Philly, abroad
Alexander Calder's work can be seen all around Philadelphia: _ The artist's "Ghost" mobile hangs in the Great Stair Hall of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Philadelphia Daily News |
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An intriguing exhibition
THE Hans Arkveld Transient exhibition is at the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre gallery until this Saturday.
Mandurah Mail |
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Preservation & Conservation
When Mark Tullos tells people he's director of the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum, he braces for the odd look and the usual question -what do you guys do at the museum?
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser |
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The web time forgot
Belgium's Mundaneum Museum honors one of the first plans for a world wide web, sketched out by Paul Otlet in 1934 as a global network of computers, or "electric telescopes."
International Herald Tribune |
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Mutilation art show gets warning
Police tell Sydney show featuring self-mutilation and dead birds to upgrade warnings.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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An important baby contest update
Greetings, Players of "My Incredibly Cute Baby!" We've got some news. First, the pot in everybody's favorite cute baby contest just got a little sweeter.
Orange County Register |
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Riding the Wave
The music industry sees potential and profits in outdoor concerts like Baltimore's Virgin Festival I n the past few years, shrinking album sales and illegal downloads have shaken up the music industry. But after a downturn in the late '90s, live music festivals are once again flourishing - offering some hope for a struggling industry.
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R.A.L.A. SUMMER FESTIVAL RUNS JUNE 28 TO 29
For 32 years, the Roycrofters At-Large Association (RALA) has presented an art festival drawing over 8,000 attendees from the Western New York and Rochester areas. This year's dates are set for Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Global economy sparks greater demand for art insurance
This still life painting may merit protection with art insurance. (Photo provided) On the international scene, the demand for private art insurance has risen sharply in recent months. Compared with the overall insurance market, the art-insurance market itself is relatively small.
Kingston Daily Freeman |
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view HANNSIKAA MOTWANI picture gallery
Forget AAP KAA SURROOR - THE MOVIE where Hansika Motwani was seen as a plump 16 year old trying to fit into heroine mould alongside Himesh Reshammiya in her first ever leading lady role.
Glamsham.com |
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King Cat Theater finds a new life
King Cat Theater is open again, at 2130 Sixth Ave. in Seattle, with business meetings, concerts, film festivals — as well as showing of Indian films like "Sarkar Raj," and live music with XIL Records.
Seattle Times |
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Bill Rauch faces change at 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...
Seattle Times |
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Actress Rossellini probes insect sex in phone-films
PARIS - A FILM festival just for pocket-sized movies on mobile telephones came of age in its fourth edition this weekend, with a series of flicks on the sex lives of insects by the actress Isabella Rossellini.
Straits Times |
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In the area: Events and meetings in Silver City
The Grant County Art Guild invites area artists to participate in a workshop taught by Victoria and Michael Copeland on June 27 and 28. The Copelands are gallery owners in Alamogordo, and have combined experience of 30 years teaching art.
Silver City Sun-News |
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The 3-minute interview: Shane Pomajambo
Instead of lamenting D.C.'s scene, New York transfer Shane Pomajambo opened Art Whino gallery to house hipster art deemed lowbrow to pop-surrealist. This Saturday, he'll celebrate International Surfing Day with the opening of a new collection showcasing water-themed pieces. Live music, live painting and activities will run from noon to midnight. The gallery is at National Harbor, 173 Waterfront ...
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Arts patron Sample dies at 88
Miriam Sample, known throughout the area for her generosity and support of visual art, died Monday. She was 88. Sample, of Billings, leaves a legacy of artwork she purchased from the state's most important artists and donated to area museums. ...
Billings Gazette |
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Local painter blends the outdoors with indoors
Liz Collins' oil pastels have a cozy touch to them. She often draws rooms, packed with heavy upholstered furniture, with views of emerald green oceans, reddish-amber mountains and wind-bent cypress trees.
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This idea flies Airport hosts portrait gallery of children who need homes
Stephanie P. has yet to be adopted. The 16-year-old is still looking for her "forever family" after seven foster homes, four group homes and 13 years in the child-care system.
Erie Times-News |
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Audio slideshow
A huge archive of WWII aerial photography
BBC News |
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Urban Zebra Productions Makes Waves at Cannes
New Independent Film Company Urban Zebra Productions represented three films at the May, 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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End of an era
An iconic Paris hotel goes under the auctioneer's hammer this week.
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