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Master class: How the National Gallery is turning children on to art
Harry is five, and tired in an I'm-not-tired-Miss way, despite having travelled for four hours on a bus from Wolverhampton to the capital. He has walked up the marble entrance stairs of London's National Gallery, and up another flight to reach Room 1. Here, surrounded by artworks, his words come in a seamlessly rhythmic stream, untroubled by doubt or pauses. "When I saw a picture of it real I ...
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Over exposed: Is Annie Leibovitz worthy of a retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery?
In the announcement of the National Portrait Gallery's forthcoming retrospective of work by the celebrated New York-based portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz, one of the sponsors of the show lets us know how proud he is to be working with Annie (note the personal touch) again. Words such as trust, respect, service are bandied about. These are words that are at odds with what many of us think ...
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All Events for 20 June 2008
Until 31 Dec 2008 Interactive tours where participants can have a look at, and try, a collection of toys, costume and furniture.... more details Until 05 Oct 2008 Organised by Inspired Art Fair, each event features 12 different, talented artists working in painting, photography, drawing, sculpture and mixed media.
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Television - Entertainment
Christchurch is about to get a serving of sophisticated good times in the city's second ever Cabaret Festival.
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Virginia Town Celebrates the Photograph
NPR.org , June 18, 2008 · The tree-lined streets of downtown Charlottesville, Va., were transformed into a live gallery space over the weekend. The town hosted the second annual Look3: Festival of the Photograph — a three-day arts festival celebrating photography as a medium and the photographic community.
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Fundraiser Features Five Course Meal
Oenophiles, bibliophiles and foodies will have a field day of sorts at the Long Beach Public Library Foundation’s annual fundraiser, Grape Expectations 2008, to take place in the sculpture garden at the Museum of Latin American Art.
gazettes.com |
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Mystery and magic inform Palo Alto Art Center exhibitions
Nathan Oliveira's sculpture, Timothy Berry's drawings and paintings get a public preview Sunday.
Contra Costa Times |
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Picasso breaks Aust art sale record
An abstract portrait by Pablo Picasso smashed the record for an artwork sold in Australia, netting A$6.9 million ($NZ8.6 million) at an auction in Sydney.
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Artists go with the Flow at MCAD
A bulletproof umbrella and a book riddled with holes don't seem to have much in common, but they are both part of a new exhibit at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design which explores time and the landscape.
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Picasso breaks Aust art sale record
An abstract portrait by Pablo Picasso smashed the record for an artwork sold in Australia, netting A$6.9 million ($NZ8.6 million) at an auction in Sydney.
TVNZ |
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KC may block museum's plan for tennis club
A Kansas City Council committee today approved a zoning ordinance that would in essence bar the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art from expanding into property the museum now leases to the Rockhill Tennis Club.
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Three Lives Inspire the Portrayal of a Complex Artist
Mercedes Ruehl exchanges her jeans for more exotic fashions to portray the sculptor Louise Nevelson in the play ?Edward Albee?s Occupant.?
New York Times |
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'Yartist' welds rusted metal into yard art
WENATCHEE - Kim Jeffries often has no idea what use the rusted pieces of junk had before he welds them into lawn sculptures.
The Wenatchee World |
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Urban Art Performs in England
Two spray paintings by Banksy sold for an above-estimate $234,000 each in a London sale of urban art Tuesday. "Laugh Now but One Day We'll Be in Charge," featuring a chimpanzee wearing a sandwich board, and "Bombing Middle England," showing pensioners playing bowls with grenades, achieved the joint top price with fees at a sale by the U.K. regional auction house Dreweatts. They had been expected ...
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Portrait gallery move should require House approval: MP
An Ottawa NDP MP has brought forward a motion that would require the House of Commons to give its approval before Portrait Gallery of Canada could be moved outside the Ottawa area.
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Portrait gallery move should require House approval: MP
An Ottawa NDP MP has brought forward a motion that would require the House of Commons to give its approval before Portrait Gallery of Canada could be moved outside the Ottawa area.
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'Yasuhiro Ishimoto: Tokyo'
Photo Gallery International, Shibaura, Tokyo Closes July 4 Read the full story
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Picturing the Process: Portraiture through the Lens
Since its invention in 1839, the unique power of photography has been utilized to record the physical world and appearances.
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Pottery Camp Offers Teens Creative Outlet
This is the fourth year for the Clay Camp at the Huntington Museum of Art
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Pottery Camp Offers Teens Creative Outlet
This is the fourth year for the Clay Camp at the Huntington Museum of Art
The Charleston State Journal |
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Camp Invention fosters creativity, team work
Eighty students from local elementary schools are exploring Mars, renovating an art museum’s sculpture garden and rebuilding a polluted town this week.
Florence Morning News |
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New York flight slots auction faces flak
Legislators and airline executives criticize the Bush administration proposal.
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Coppell student selected for film contest
While most teenagers will be going to the movies this summer, Morgan Williams, 16, of Coppell will be making movies with 11 other teenagers as part of the Samsung Mobile Fresh Films Contest.
Coppell Gazette |
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Man sentenced for vandalizing ant sculpture in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- A Portsmouth, New Hampshire, man will pay for nearly tearing the head off a downtown sculpture.
7 News Boston |
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Cazenovia students display artistic talents in annual show
The following information was submitted by Teresa Campbell, fine arts department leader. Event: Cazenovia High School Art Show
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