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Bodies of Work
Sensitive Content, the new exhibition at the phd gallery (2300 Cherokee Street; 314-664-6644 or www.phdstl.com), showcases two artists' differing approaches to black-and-white nude photography. On display are Jeff Palmer's highly sexualized male nudes, attuned to the shape and texture of the human b ...
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What is BIG? It’s apparently art
“What is BIG?,” an exhibit of work that is oversized or challenges the idea of scale, will be on view July 10 to Aug. 16 at the Brickbottom Gallery at 1 Fitchburg St.
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Grand Illusion
Despite the potentially murky bait-and-switch nature of its new show, Miami Art Museum (MAM) delivers an intelligent spectacle of diversity in "Disappearances, Shadows & Illusions." The exhibit, which aspires to challenge traditional notions of how the public views art, features upward of 50 works b ...
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St. Louis Art Capsules
Ongoing John Armleder and Olivier Mosset Making good on its new curatorial team's promise to present more artist-centered exhibitions, the Contemporary has handed over its main gallery space to two European heavyweights. Though their styles are wildly different, for this show, custom made for the Co ...
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MoCA's Battle of the Bands
Rock geeks across the county have already shuffled (real rockers don't run or flock) to check out MoCA's superhip summer exhibition, "Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967." But the whiz-bang opening, featuring bands in a soundproof box, and free "What Would Neil Young Do?" was ju ...
Miami New Times |
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Timeless Beauty Exhibit extended due to high demand
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center’s current exhibition, “Timeless Beauty: Pueblo Women Artists of the 20th Century,” is extended through August 31 due to the overwhelming response to the exhibit.
Native Times |
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Prescott presents Indian art market
The 11th Annual Prescott Indian Art Market (PIAM) will be held on the tree-shaded grounds of the Sharlot Hall Museum on Saturday and Sunday, July 12 and 13.
Wickenburg Sun |
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Art meets refugees in Scottsdale exhibit
Sometimes the best idea is an old one. “Flight,” a portfolio of 11 lithographs and one serigraph from prominent 20th century artists including Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall and Joan Miró, makes its Valley debut at Gebert Contemporary Art Gallery in downtown Scottsdale.
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Up comes a bubbling crude?
A San Antonio Oil Company plans to apply for a drilling permit for a Smackover zone well under and around Cedar Creek Lake.Black Brush Oil and Gas wants to drill both vertically and horizontally.County Judge David Holstein has some concerns about it, because of the high volume of Hydrogen sulfide in the area, but he wants to know more.
Cedar Creek Pilot |
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Still time to enter Blooming Garden contest
One of the features of East York that has always made it special has been the former borough's unique feeling of peacefulness and civility that is akin to living in a small town. In the summertime t...
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4:00 pm American Masterpieces
Among the grandest, most astonishing, and original visions in the art of the past 100 years are the largescale works of artist-environment builders. In the hands of these artists, patches of wasteland have become transcendent kingdoms; homes and yards are simultaneously museum and masterpiece.
Winona Post |
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Army Commander contributes to biggest sculpture work
The ongoing sculpture work of the country's biggest Buddha statue in stone in Rambadagalla, Ethugalpura, Kurunegala, sculpted from a single natural block of rock formations (boulder) received a welcome fillip on Tuesday when the Commander of the Army Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka on hearing of its construction donated a sum of Rs. 2 million for the project.
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Cleveland Museum of Art re-opens its original building on Sunday
Some familiar friends are waiting for you to see them again Sunday at University Circle. They are hanging on the walls of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Art that was stored away three years ago when the museum's expansion and renovation project began has been re-installed in the original 1916 building. It's the first part of the museum complex ready to re-open to the public. WKSU's Vivian Goodman ...
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Bainbridge Gallery Receives $1 Million Donation
The nonprofit Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, struggling in a slowing economy, gets the money from an anonymous art lover on the island.
Bainbridge Islander |
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$40,000 Painting Dropped Off At Goodwill
A painting dropped off at a Goodwill store recently sold at an auction for more than $40,000.
NBC 6 Miami |
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Chatuaquah speaker coming to Neosho
He was an innovator in such aspects of filmmaking as animation design, sound and color and wildlife photography.
The Neosho Daily News |
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Buzz Briefs: Amy Winehouse, Alec Baldwin
Man acquitted in Amy Winehouse's hubby's barroom brawl case. Alec Baldwin lends his voice to the homeless. "Batman" Christian Bale discusses his close connection to Heath Ledger. Dennis Rodman pleads no contest to spousal battery.
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Portage la Prairie News
Sun Media Photo/Rob Swystun/Daily Graphic/24/06/08 Darlene Vust, left, Anena Eades, centre, and Val Harrison, discuss sketching in Island Park in Portage la Prairie, Tuesday morning. The three were in the park with the Herman Prior Painting Group.
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Gallery: Surreal to Sublime, Wired.com Readers' Geekiest ASCII Art
: We asked for ASCII, and you delivered. Two weeks ago, Wired.com launched an art contest inspired by our gallery, " Art and ASCII: The Stories Behind All Those Brackets, Slashes and Carets ." Thanks to all you keyboard art experts, we got dozens of entries that blew our minds. To help us judge the contest, we solicited the help of two ASCII art experts from Japan, entrepreneur ...
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WELCOME GUEST! Ethiopia has slapped a ban on what had been billed as the Horn of Africa nation's first exhibition of nude photography, the photographer behind the show said Wednesday.
Fijilive.com |
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Let's Get Festival
Mark Masuoka spends a lot of time thinking about creativity. He’s worked hard to put creativity at the heart of the Bemis Center, where he’s been the director for five years, and it’s at the heart of the newest, big Bemis event set to begin Thursday night.
The Reader |
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THEATER: Bell Buckle Bard
This weekend, Bell Buckle seriously ups its résumé with the debut of the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival (TSF) and its production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Nashville Scene |
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Shutterbug success
The Couvrette Studio in Ottawa's Centretown is one of the only full-time photographic studios in the city's downtown area. Founder and president Paul Couvrette, 56, in the business for more than 30 years, owns the building where his full-time, 4,000-square-foot studio is located.
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Portage la Prairie News
Sun Media Photo/Rob Swystun/Daily Graphic/24/06/08 Darlene Vust, left, Anena Eades, centre, and Val Harrison, discuss sketching in Island Park in Portage la Prairie, Tuesday morning. The three were in the park with the Herman Prior Painting Group.
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Bainbridge Arts and Crafts receives a $1 million gift
The economy may be sliding, but donors with deep pockets are helping keep local arts organizations going. Not long after Bainbridge Arts...
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