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Cheech Marin refuses to let Chicano artwork go to pot
Cheech Marin with one of the paintings in the exhibition. (AP photo) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Far out, man! Nearly 50 pieces from the collection of Cheech Marin are on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and there's not a bong, water pipe or roach clip in sight.
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Local designer may strut on 'Project Runway'
Does the Motor City have a starring role on the new "Project Runway"? The Bravo reality series is set to return on July 16 for a fifth season of fierce fashion design competition. As the debut gets closer, local buzz is building that one of the contestants is from metro Detroit.
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ROTHBURY ARTIST SPOTLIGHT MIKE GORDON: Phish bassist tries new fest for size
Mike Gordon is certainly no stranger to festivals -- the former Phish bassist practically pioneered the modern concept with Phish festivals in the '90s -- but it's been a while since he's ventured out on his own. Now with "The Green Sparrow," his first solo album in five years, set for an August release, he has a brand new band and a brand new outlook on performing live. "Phish has been broken ...
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Hyde offers a glimpse of its modern works
Nationally recognized for its extensive permanent collection of medieval and Renaissance art, the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls is showing a different side this summer. The institution is staging a rare look at its own modernist tastes culled from the more than 300 20th-century paintings, drawings and sculptures in its holdings. "Director's Choice: Focus on Modernism" looks at some smaller ...
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Wheelwright exhibit opens on Saturday
WEST RUTLAND -- The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center hosts "Sculpture by Joseph Wheelwright -- Stone Carvings and Bronze Castings," starting Saturday and running through Aug. 10. There will be a public reception for the artist from 5 to 7 p.m. July 11. ...
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U2's painting could fetch £6m
U2 could once again feel the effects of vertigo as a painting owned by the rock band is predicted to fetch up to a lofty £6m at auction.
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Revealed: one third of Brooklyn Museum’s Coptic collection is fake
LONDON. A third of the Coptic sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum of Art are modern fakes. Its collection of late Egyptian sculpture was, until now, the second largest in North America.
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UK CORNER: Underexposed
*Four hundred and fifty people including dignitaries from the world of film and television gathered at the national portrait gallery in London on April 14 to celebrate the launch of a new photographic exhibition.
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Sheikh-down cruise: Italian line sails Arabian peninsula from Dubai
I stared for a time at the museum-case model that portrayed early Abu Dhabi as a sandy flat with a loose scattering of mud huts, on which the most sophisticated architectural feature were the goat pens. I half expected to see tiny figures swinging crude stone tools.
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AMY WINEHOUSE CALLS KANYE A 'C**T': 'Rehab' singer says it to Glastonbury crowd as an aside while praising Jay-Z. ...
*When she wasn't punching fans in the crowd, British soul singer Amy Winehouse was hurling insults at Kanye West during her set at England's Glastonbury Festival on Saturday.
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Pulitzer Prize Winner Renée Byer to Speak at Third-Annual Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference July 18-20
Renée Byer of The Sacramento Bee, 2007 Pulitzer Prize winner for Feature Photography, will speak at the third-annual Bellingham Visual Journalism Conference sponsored by Western Washington University's Department of Journalism.
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Don’t miss dragonboat action Aug. 9
The annual Bell Huntsville Dragonboat Festival is making its way to town for the fifth year in a row and promises to be bigger and better than ever. The highly-anticipated event will return to Avery Beach on Aug. 9.
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Charlie Morey's "A Face Like Yours..." Portfolio Featured in NoHo Gallery LA Exhibit
Charlie Morey's A Face Like Yours... portfolio ("Portraits of a few friends who live at the Los Angeles Zoo", as he describes it) will be featured in Paws, Claws, Applause, an August 2-29 fine art exhibit at NoHo Gallery LA in the heart of North Hollywood, California's NoHo Arts District.
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Red Daisy Photography Launches HTML Version of Website
The new site reflects the comfortable, relaxed style of the company.
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Public art supporters cite benefits of painting the town
The arts community in Lake Elsinore hopes murals will beautify and become an economic force for the city. The mural movement will start small, with the unveiling of downtown's first of two public art displays Saturday during Lake Elsinore's 120th anniversary celebration.
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GORDON — Despite the challenges leading up to the seventh annual Gordon Community Music and Arts Festival, the bands played and the people came in droves Saturday, June 21, to Gordon Community Park.
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REBUCK — The annual Himmel’s Country Festival, a day of music, food and history in the comfort of a creekside grove, is scheduled this year for Saturday, Aug. 2.
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Three paintings vanish from New Rochelle Armory
NEW ROCHELLE - Police are investigating the disappearance of three mural-size paintings dating back the 1930s and 1940s from the Armory, a building that is likely to be razed as part of the city's efforts to revitalize the Echo Bay waterfront.
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Festival honors UTEP's cultural ties to nation
Though the Kingdom of Bhutan is half a world away, El Pasoans have become familiar with the unique architecture of the South Asian nation.
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Flower Festival earns praise
Good weather and a bad economy apparently had their effects on the 56th annual Flower Festival.
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Galleries join forces to buy portrait of cotton king
The National Portrait Gallery in London (NPG) and the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston are trying to raise £420,000 to jointly buy a newly-discovered Wright of Derby portrait of cotton manufacturer Sir Richard Arkwright.
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Putting an (eBay) price on your life
I couldn't help it. The Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation, which is the all-volunteer nonprofit outfit supporting the Armstrong and Nakano theaters, staged its big gala on Friday night and made the mistake of silent-auctioning lunch with me.
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Essential services
Brandy Gomez-Duplessis gets exhausted even thinking about her schedule for this weekend's Essence Music Festival. There are the daytime seminars, panel discussions and media appearances and then the nighttime concerts, after parties and private events -- at least for her clients.
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Art sprint through Tate
An artist who won the Turner Prize with lights that switched on and off has unveiled his latest work - runners sprinting through a gallery. Work No 850 consists of a dash through Tate Britain's galleries every 30 seconds over the next four months.
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Ben Cauchi: Dead Time
Ben Cauchi Glowing Air (Photism), 2007, ambrotype. Collection of the artist Ben Cauchi’s deft manipulation of objects, light sources and darkroom or studio effects places his photography in a mysterious, illusory zone.
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