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Picasso sells for $6.5 million, breaking Australian record
A Picasso painting has sold in Sydney for $6.5 million, making it the most expensive piece of art to ever be auctioned in Australia.
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Russian monument to enemas inspired by Botticelli
INOZEMTSEVO, Russia (Reuters Life!) - A health spa in Russia has unveiled a bronze monument of three cherubs carrying an enema, a design inspired by the 15th century Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Damien Hirst with "The Golden Calf" © Damien Hirst. Photo: Prudence Cumming Less powerful, high-profile artists might not get away with it, but Damien Hirst has just dealt a body blow to the gallery system.
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Showing a father’s love through photography
Few people from yesteryears have pictures of themselves when they were babies. Probably because it wasn’t digital then and photographs couldn’t be produced instantly; most parents didn’t practice documenting their children’s early years through pictures.
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West Boca High student’s artwork of manatees wins award
With her stained glass inspired image of two manatees swimming together, a junior art student at West Boca Raton High School captured top honors in the 2008-2009 manatee decal art contest sponsored by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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Opening America's Waters to Energy Production: A Positive Step in the Fight Against High Energy Prices
Washington, D.C., must do something about the increasing price of gasoline, now topping $4.00 per gallon. One important step would be to tap our own supplies of oil. Yet for decades, overlapping congressional and presidential restrictions on drilling for energy in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) have stood in the way of lower prices for oil and natural gas.
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Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. Announces the Closing of Oilfield Acquisition with Substantial CO2-EOR Potential
June 19, 2008 - Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. today announces that further to a press release dated May 28, 2008 the Company has completed the acquisition of an additional New Mexico oilfield that the Company's independent consultants has identified as having considerable enhanced oil recovery potential.
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Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. Announces the Closing of Oilfield Acquisition with Substantial CO2-EOR Potential
June 19, 2008 - Enhanced Oil Resources, Inc. today announces that further to a press release dated May 28, 2008 the Company has completed the acquisition of an additional New Mexico oilfield that the Company's independent consultants has identified as having considerable enhanced oil recovery potential.
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Library Art Unveiled in New Concord
If you walk into one of the six libraries in the Muskingum County Library System you will notice public art scenes. Zanesville artist Karen Bogard has crafted glass window scenes in the libraries. ...
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Go! Out to a summer festival!
Festivalgoers are in for a treat again this year, as they gear up to experience some of the best summer festivals around. These festivals, most of which are held right here in Southwest Ohio, promise many different things to do.
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Hong Kong's Art Aspirations
The city wants to be Asia's culture capital, and ART HK 08, a glittering event of high-profile artworks and VIPs, may be just the ticket
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Flora and Fauna
The Wildling Art Museum latest exhibit, Endangered Species: Flora and Fauna in Peril , depicts more than 47 species, like the California condor, northern spotted owl, grizzly bear, and black-footed ferret.
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Smithsonian's Folklife Festival Celebrates NASA's 50 Years
Moon buggies, stardust and space food are a few of the things visitors will learn about at the "NASA: 50 Years and Beyond" program during this summer's Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
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French filmmaker dies at 100
French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, prize-winner at the 1946 Cannes film festival for La symphonie pastorale (Pastoral Symphony), has died at age 100.
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North Shore Arts Association plans yard sale for June 21
The North Shore Arts Association will hold a yard sale fundraiser on Saturday, June 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Items will include treasures such as gently used art supplies, art books, white elephant items, small furniture, unsigned artwork and more.
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'Rembrandt Laughing' is self-portrait
The auction house thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3,100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing.
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Picasso sells for $6.5 million, breaking Australian record
(AP:SYDNEY, Australia) A Picasso painting has sold in Sydney for $6.5 million, making it the most expensive piece of art to ever be auctioned in Australia.
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Lt. Gov. Quinn unveils memorial for fallen soldiers
"We are standing on hallowed ground to have the portraits of these soldiers here," said Lt. Governor Pat Quinn as he unveiled the Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibition Wednesday at Spoon River College.
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Open house set at Morton Village Excavations
LEWISTOWN - Dickson Mounds Museum invites the public to an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 21 to view the ongoing excavations of the Morton Village, a prehistoric Native American site that dates to about A.D. 1300.
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Washington Square Music Festival is a classic
Washington Square Music Festival Begins June 21 at 5 p.m. Continues July 8, 15, 22 and 29 at 8 p.m. Washington Square Park, Southeast quadrant Free; 212-252-3621; washingtonsquaremusicfestival.org
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Capturing Street Life with Photography
Historian Luc Sante has spent years documenting the street life and culture of New York City through words and photos. And he's a judge for WNYC's Street Photography contest. Streetshots producer Ben....
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Not your typical summer crafts
The First Baptist Church is holding a re-enactment of a Jewish marketplace during the last week of Jesus' life. The marketplace includes leatherworking, pottery, basketweaving and other shops that would have been present in New Testament times.
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BU assistant professor examines the art of seeing art
Transforming voyeurism into art, Dana Clancy observes strangers in public places, capturing their encounters and reveries in probing paintings brimming with subdued tension.
The MetroWest Daily News |
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Kate Moss, Mother of the Year?
Model mother, she isn't. Kate Moss bared, well, everything in a sheer dress while attending an Istanbul art exhibit earlier this week with her rocker boyfriend and 5-year-old daughter.
New York Daily News |
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Picasso sells for $6.5 million, breaking Australian record
A Picasso painting has sold in Sydney for $6.5 million, making it the most expensive piece of art to ever be auctioned in Australia.
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