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PARIS - Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.
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Young artists 'identified'
HIGH school students from the district were welcomed into the art world with the opening of their "Unidentified Artistic Materials" exhibition last night.
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Two Rivers art show to travel to McBride, Mackenzie
Local artist Peter George and Two Rivers Gallery have teamed up to create an art show that'll travel to Valemount, Mackenzie and McBride.George's show, Wet'suwet'en - New Perspectives and Long Traditions, the Art of Peter George, is the focus of this year's outreach program between Two Rivers Gallery and Valemount, Mackenzie and McBride."They are our regular outreach partners," said Yael ...
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Samurai popcorn
Aaron Timms tries to make sense of the Sydney Film Festival.
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Career change takes flight
completely different, yet equally fascinating exhibition. Hidden World is a photographic exhibition capturing up close and personal dragon flies, bees and butterflies.
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Russian monument to enemas inspired by Botticelli
INOZEMTSEVO, Russia - 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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Enema at the gates as Russian spa unveils sculpture
A MONUMENT to the enema, a procedure many people would rather not think about, has been unveiled at a spa in the Russian city of Zheleznovodsk.
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It may be bonnie, but it's not Prince Charlie, embarrassed art gallery chiefs discover
A PORTRAIT of Bonnie Prince Charlie, by the French master Maurice-Quentin La Tour, has hung with pride in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery since it was snapped up in
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Federal Panel: Changes to King Memorial Design 'Positive'
WASHINGTON — Martin Luther King Jr. didn't quite get a makeover, but a key federal panel is signaling its approval for a revised rendering of the slain civil rights leader, two months after it criticized an earlier design as "confrontational." The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts met here yesterday to consider the latest proposal for a 28-foot granite statue planned as the centerpiece of a memorial ...
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WelTec Make-up Artistry Brings Cats To Life
From May 22 - 14 June, Wellington’s Opera House hosted Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular musical masterpiece, Cats. Accompanied by the Vector Wellington Orchestra and with new production sets and costumes direct from Melbourne, this season of musical theatre was one of the best Wellington has seen.
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Native American Artifacts Displayed in Machias
MACHIAS (NEWS CENTER) -- Old Native American artifacts, including pictures of a 3,000 year old rock carving, will be on display at the University of Maine at Machias Art Gallery Friday. The artists, who are Native and non Native American women and children, have come together to show off their work.
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Spirited role for X Factor winner Steve
FIRST X Factor winner Steve Brookstein wants to shake off his rags-to-riches tag. The victor of the ITV smash-hit reality contest in 2004 visits Hanley’s Regent Theatre this month in the award-winning touring production of Madness musical Our House.
ic CheshireOnline |
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Local artists will be on hand for Blue Star's Red Dot fundraiser
Although it's a fundraiser for the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, there's more to Blue Star/Red Dot than the chance to help the organization.
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Hirst hopes to revolutionise art market with 'Golden Calf'
A calf in formaldehyde with gold-plated horns and hooves leads a collection of previously unseen work by Damien Hirst that will be auctioned off this summer in a move that could revolutionise the sale of contemporary art.
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All Events for 21 June 2008
Until 26 Jun 2008 New York oil company worker, Sean Campbell, cancels his impending trip to Disney World and brings along his son to a remote BC lake in Canada, where they end up meeting a legendary underwater...
My Village Stokenewington |
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15 nominated for Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame today announced the names of 15 people who have been nominated for 2008 induction into the hall. Of the 10 songwriters and five songwriter/artists nominated, two from the songwriter category and one from the songwriter/artist category will be inducted during the annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Oct. 26 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.
The Tennessean |
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Your Sculpted Weekend On The Purple People Bridge
Art galleries are inside, but the "Riverspan" sculpture event is outside. The artists are finished setting up and have prepared their art for viewing.
The Kentucky Post |
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Native American Artifacts Displayed in Machias
MACHIAS (NEWS CENTER) -- Old Native American artifacts, including pictures of a 3,000 year old rock carving, will be on display at the University of Maine at Machias Art Gallery Friday.
WCSH 6 Portland |
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Altered MLK memorial statue OK'd
With a few subtle changes, the 28-foot statue planned for the Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial won approval Thursday from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, which had earlier suggested the figure might be too "confrontational."
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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HOTEL HAPPENINGS: Ritz-Carlton, artist raise money for Shafallah Center
doha • The Ritz-Carlton, in association with German-born artist Nidhi Wiesner, raised QR20,000 for the Shafallah Center during the Festival of The Senses, which was held at The Ritz-Carlton from June 3 to 8.
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Sugar And Spice And All Things Nice
New exhibitors from Waiheke and Matakana join other sweet and savoury favourites at New Zealand’s most edible event, The Food Show, returning to Auckland from 31 July – 3 August.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Post garners 9 Best of the West awards
Denver Post staff members won nine Best of the West awards in the annual journalism contest, including five first-place honors.
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In Sires' hands, stone isn't silent
Sculptor Paul Sires is crazy about stone. He loves its polished surfaces, contrasting colors, how it can be cut into bold shapes. “Homage” at the Center of the Earth Gallery honors his great predecessors, Constantin Brancusi and Isamu Noguchi. When he came to Charlotte 25 years ago, Sires worked with clay. More than a decade ago, he switched to stone, mostly granite. Much of his time has gone ...
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A museum curator's parting gift
Call it Rob Williams' swan song. His final exhibit for the Mint Museum of Craft + Design is on the walls. “Possibilities: Rising Stars of Contemporary Craft in North Carolina” features six up-and-coming artists working in wood, glass, clay and metal and it brims with the qualities that have made Williams a contributor on the Charlotte art scene. It shows the power of the hand (well-made), mind ...
The Charlotte Observer |
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Ernie the Premium Bond generator to become Science Museum exhibit
It was once the fastest Premium Bond number generator in the West but now Ernie 1 is to become a museum exhibit. The historic Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment was first used in 1957, when it took two and a half days to churn out all the winning numbers.
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