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Hirst auction expected to raise 65 million pounds
A September auction of new works by artist Damien Hirst is expected to fetch over 65 million pounds, Sotheby's said on Monday.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Dec 2006 22:33 UTC
Apple's Mac OS X has been successfully used to boot up an Asus R2H ultra-mobile PC, which runs the operating system slowly but surely . To minimise claims that all the still photography is faked, the start-up process has been captured on video.
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Watercooler Stories
11-year-old boy a Scrabble dynamo … Trash sculpture erected in Russian city … UPS driver gets special funeral delivery … New York's Naked Cowboy cuffed in Calif. … Watercooler stories from UPI.
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Students Win Art Contest
New London - Three second-graders at Harbor School have won in the regional competition of the Coastal America's Ocean Art Contest. Winners are: Jordan Bostick
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St. Nicholas Festival is a homecoming for many
ZANESVILLE - In its 56th year, the St. Nicholas Festival with midway games, amusement rides, food booths and nightly entertainment, is more than just a school festival according to organizers.
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Hirst auction expected to raise $130 million
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A September auction of new works by British artist Damien Hirst is expected to fetch over 65 million pounds ($130 million), Sotheby's said on Monday.
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The King lives on
Behind the pompadours and the polyester jumpsuits, it's what you don't see that counts. More than 130 Elvis tribute artists again made the trek to Collingwood for the 14th annual Elvis Festival. And joining them were literally thousands of fans of either the man or the spectacle that [...]
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Acropolis now
Athens's new museum is spectacular, even without its star exhibits. Kevin Rushby gets a sneak preview
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Northern Ireland News
There's a clearer view of Omagh's sorrow and suffering today thanks to the erection of a specially commissioned sculpture made of glass and Tyrone crystal to remember the victims of the Omagh bombing ..
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Hirst auction expected to raise $130 million
A September auction of new works by British artist Damien Hirst is expected to fetch over 65 million pounds ($130 million), Sotheby's said on Monday.
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Atlantic Records Launches Fanbase and Redefines the Way Fans Connect with Their Favorite Artists
Atlantic Records today announced the launch of Fanbase, a groundbreaking digital fan experience delivered on Adobe AIR technology. T.I., Simple Plan, Shinedown and Pretty Ricky will be the first to offer Fanbase, enabling a fully branded engagement that creates an unprecedented connection between Atlantic's artists and their fans. Through Fanbase, an original Atlantic Records creation, Atlantic ...
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A lightning-quick end to fair
Forty-five minutes before severe thunderstorms brought an abrupt end to the five-day Monmouth County Fair, 30 children and 46 adults took part in an old-fashioned favorite, the pie-eating contest.
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Western artworks sell for $9.3 million
RENO – Two iconic pieces by Charles M. Russell – a painting depicting a stagecoach holdup and a bronze sculpture of two American Indians on a buffalo hunt – have sold for more than $9 million.
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Bangor the model for painting event
BANGOR, Maine - Old Town artist Anthony Watkins won first- and second-place honors in Saturday's "Paint Bangor," an event that was part competition, part fundraiser and part promotion for the Bangor Art Society.
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Sand sculptures take center stage
OTTUMWA — Sand returned to the city early this year, though most of the sand was in bags along the Des Moines River. Truth be told, no one was sorry to see those bags depart before Saturday. The new mounds placed in the parking lot of Bridge View Center were welcome replacements.
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40 years to build a dream
IT was the most generous bequest Glasgow has ever received - but it left the city with a major headache. In Day Two of our series celebrating 25 years of the Burrell Collection, SHEILA HAMILTON finds out why it took nearly 40 years for the museum dream to come true
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Inventor is Out to Prove You Can "Dust Off Your Dreams"
Inventor comes up with the GoateeSaver and now sets out on cross country trek to meet and inspire fellow Americans and find the "Nation's Ugliest Goatee." The winner gets a four-day, three night cruise for two. (PRWeb Jul 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/goateesaver/contest/prweb1105384.htm
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Atlantic Records Launches Fanbase and Redefines the Way Fans Connect with Their Favorite Artists
NEW YORK----Atlantic Records today announced the launch of Fanbase, a groundbreaking digital fan experience delivered on Adobe AIR technology. T.I., Simple Plan, Shinedown and Pretty Ricky will be the first to offer Fanbase, enabling a fully branded engagement that creates an unprecedented connection between Atlantic's artists and their fans.
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Singapore Honors Rizal
The Philippines' national hero whose writings led to a revolution that established the first republic in Asia was given an honor in Singapore by way of a bronze bust relief recently unveiled in the city-states' Asian Civilization Museum Green.
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Kray paintings fetch £16,550
Eight landscapes painted by gangster Ronnie Kray in Parkhurst prison in the Seventies were sold at auction for £16,550 yesterday.
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Russell works draw big bids at art auction
RENO -- Two pieces of artwork by Charles M. Russell -- a painting depicting a stagecoach holdup and a bronze sculpture of two Indians on a buffalo hunt -- have sold for more than $9 million at auction.
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Controversial Palestine art display opens
A CONTROVERSIAL art installation featuring 3000 hanging human figures made from wax has been unveiled at the Patriothall Gallery in Stockbridge.
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GET TO IT
44, noon-2 p.m. today, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 E. Sixth St., downtown. Bi-Okoto, African drum and dance. Bring lunch, box lunches available by preorder online.
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Festival's Charlies respond to gripes
AUSTIN, TEXAS -- The conference room at the headquarters of C3 Presents is notable for three fixtures that symbolize the aesthetic of the ambitious promoters who bring Lollapalooza to Grant Park.
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Rare LVN memorabilia find a home in Lopez Museum
LOPEZ Memorial Museum’s reputation as one of the country’s leading museums got a boost with the donation of hundreds of pieces of rare film memorabilia from LVN Pictures.
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