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'Elvis' sculpture stars in auction
An ancient marble sculpture with an uncanny likeness to Elvis Presley is to go under the hammer at the London auction of a major Australian art dealer's collection.
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New, vintage works blend
LENOX — A felicitous combination of the newer Elliott Carter oeuvre alongside a vintage milestone in the composer's considerable output graced the opening concert of Tanglewood's 2008 Festival of Contemporary Music Sunday morning in Seiji Ozawa Hall.
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Jane Yelliott Is In Town Gallery Featured Artist For August
In Town Gallery will feature a series of whimsical watercolors entitled Family Zoo by artist Jane Yelliott in August. Visitors to the gallery may meet the artist at an opening reception on the First Friday, Aug. 1, from 5-8 p.m.
The Chattanoogan |
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Cooperative art gallery opens
Lafayette's first cooperative art gallery, pARTiculars, will open Aug. 1 in Old Town.
Boulder Daily Camera |
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One-in, one-out at Swedish art house
Antony Gormley and David Chipperfield team up for an art and architecture exhibition
Guardian Unlimited |
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Maverick artist Lee Miller returns in force
Following a major exhibition of her photographs at the V&A Museum last year, Miller is now to be the subject of a new play, film and exhibition
Guardian Unlimited |
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By two votes, heron wins People's Choice award
MOSES LAKE - Jud Turner wasn't aware of the local significance of the great blue heron when he submitted a heron sculpture to a Moses Lake program.
Columbia Basin Herald |
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Clips for July 23-25
On the last Friday of each month, the Kimball Art Center and the Park City Gallery Association present the Park City Gallery Stroll.
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The really Wilde show: Matthew Bourne take on Dorian Gray
"I'm actually quite scared of Dorian Gray," says Matthew Bourne, whose new dance-theatre version of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece is tipped as the hot ticket at this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Surely it's not the adaptation that worries him? Bourne's ability successfully to marry dance and story-telling has worked to quirky perfection in such classics as his male Swan Lake, ...
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Due North: The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams
Are Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins trying to embarrass the Edinburgh Film Festival? Its patron and former artistic director, respectively, they are starting their own festival on the dates that were this year abandoned by the event. Not only that, but they're creating a festival that's innovative, individual and getting the sort of buzz that's usually the preserve of Cannes, Venice and Sundance.
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Wink The Other Eye, Wilton's Music Hall, London
Though "music hall" is part of Wilton's name, this ghostly theatre, where the visitor feels he has stepped into a Sickert painting, has not played host to such entertainment in 120 years. The current show goes back to the past, but the irony and allusiveness of writer and director Angus Barr downplay the direct, emotional appeal of this popular art.
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You Write The Reviews: Rufus Wainwright, Wollaton Park, Nottingham
It would be fair to say that festivals present challenges for an artist. First, they are not playing to a fully partisan crowd, and second, they are restricted by time constraints and the logistics of equipment and entourage. Festivals, then, are a measure of a performer's ability to make the conditions work for them.
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Injection of Diesel to drive Viktor & Rolf around globe
The timing couldn't be more perfect. Just as the Dutch design pairing, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren, are wowing London with a show featuring probably the world's most glamorous doll's house at the Barbican Art Gallery, it was announced that they have sold a majority shareholding in their company to Renzo Rosso, owner and founder of Diesel and the aptly named holding company, Only The Brave ...
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Foreclosure.com and LoanResolve.com Forge Partnership to Connect Distressed Homeowners With Eager Buyers
Companies plan to short circuit foreclosure process by negotiating loan defaults direct with lenders and offering homes at reduced prices before they head to auction. (PRWeb Jul 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1135764.htm
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On Dining: Art museum takes its Taste to a stylish level
Taste restaurant ditches the sleek and cold look for something warmer and more inviting.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival
Tonight Dress rehearsal for "The Wizard of Oz" No Community Sing.
Redlands Daily Facts |
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LONDON - Zara Phillips unveils a four-meter high hyperrealist portrait of herself at the Royal Geographical Society on July 22, 2008 in London, England. Zara unveiled the portrait to mark the opening of the Portraits of Adventure exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society.
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Local folk from around the world lively up Lowell fest
The last weekend of every July, the Lowell Folk Festival highlights a few top-notch, nationally known roots musicians. Billed as "the largest free folk festival...
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Cultural Memory: Whangerai Art Exhibition
Whangarei Art Museum will be lavishing its walls with a ravishing array of heritage and modern works from the public art collection.
Scoop.co.nz |
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House Committee Looks into Union Station Photo Flap
Our story about security guards restricting photography in DC's Union Station got lots of attention on the web. A guard tried to stop our crew from taping while interviewing a spokesperson that said there were no restrictions! DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton got fired up and now she had a Congressional Hearing to get some answers.
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Northern National Art Competition Opens
RHINELANDER - The art gallery at Nicolet College in Rhinelander is opening its doors tonight for the 21st annual Northern National Art Competition.
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Banned nude still scandalises
An oil painting of a nude woman went back on show yesterday more than 60 years after it was banned for being “too brazen” – only to receive complaints about it because she is smoking.
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Senior Calendar
Austin Palette Club art exhibition— 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Sept. 3. Paintings at the Corridor of Art, Chase Bank. 700 Lavaca St. Free. 442-5925.
Austin American-Statesman |
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Bele Chere set for weekend in downtown Asheville
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Bele Chere festival celebrates its 30th birthday this weekend, and weather permitting it should bring 350,000-plus people to the blocked-off streets of downtown. It’s one of the largest outdoor street festivals in the Southeast — and it’s still largely free.
Johnson City Press |
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Foreclosure.com and LoanResolve.com Forge Partnership to Connect Distressed Homeowners With Eager Buyers
Companies plan to short circuit foreclosure process by negotiating loan defaults direct with lenders and offering homes at reduced prices before they head to auction.
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