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Art on the lakefront
CEDAR LAKE After a nine year absence from the art scene, painter Michael Jones is debuting a collection of his artwork, deeply rooted in realpolitik and social awareness. "Belief over Confirmation" will be shown at Pier 74 in Cedar Lake throughout August.
The Times of Northwest Indiana |
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Summer Interlude series begins Sunday
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Richmond Chamber Players will present the 23rd annual Summer Interlude concert series beginning Sunday at 3 p.m.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Garden Calendar
Today: An Evening Walk in the Dixon Gardens: 7 p.m. at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 4339 Park. Director of horticulture Dale Skaggs talks about the plants that provide summer interest and contribute to the summer lushness at the Dixon. Free with admission. Meet in the cutting garden. Call 761-5250. Online: dixon.org.
Memphis Commercial Appeal |
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Detroit Jazz fest treats fans to Pre-Fest
The Detroit Jazz Festival is gearing up for its annual Labor Day weekend run with a Budweiser-sponsored Pre-Fest, a series of weekly gigs at area nightclubs.
Detroit News |
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McCain, Obama as comic-book heroes
By DAVID TWIDDY KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s a year of superheroes in Hollywood, with the big-budget epics The Dark Knight, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, but a big-budget production out of Washington, D.C., is carving a niche in the trend. Presumptive major-party nominees John McCain and Barack Obama will star this fall in their own comic books put out by IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Political art on exhibit at Women's Museum in Dallas
August is Women’s Suffrage Month, and the Women’s Museum in Dallas celebrates with the exhibit "Redefining the Disfranchised: The Political Art of Nina Allender." Allender contributed political cartoons to The Suffragist , the weekly publication of the National Women’s Party, and is thought of as one of the most important figures in the early-20th-century movement. The museum will screen the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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In the galleries: James Gill at the Milan Gallery
Thirty years ago, pop artist James Gill hung up his paintbrushes and rode off into the sunset of obscurity, abandoning an art career that was at a peak. Now, he’s back with a show of work at the Milan Gallery. To catch up with Gill and see examples of his work, watch the Forrest Sawyer interview with him on www.youtube.com (search for "James Francis Gill"). — Gaile Robinson Pop art ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Waxahachie's Webb Gallery features vintage-sign exhibit
The Webb Gallery, Waxahachie’s terrific little go-to place for folk art and interesting ephemera (that’s a nicer word than kitsch, right?), opens its latest exhibit, "What Is It? Where’d You Get It? Can I Have It?" It showcases vintage signs, advertising and design art. The opening party, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, features the Austin band the Golden Boys, plus Pinky Diablo and the Sewing Cowboy. — ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 1/8
An exhibition on Viet Nam traditional folk fine art has opened last Saturday at General Museum in the central Binh Dinh Province on the occasion of Tay Son-Binh Dinh Festival.
Vietnam Net |
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Aztec and Maya Revival
The Aztec and Maya revival style refers to a resurgence of Pre-Columbian motifs and patterns in Mexico's modern arts. In the late 19th century, Mexico began to embrace its pre-Columbian past and indigenous roots.
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Family Fun! Pop Go the Wiggles Live!, Meet the Impressionists Family Festival, Grandma's Place
As long as there are toddlers and preschoolers, Australian entertainers the Wiggles will always have new fans — and the moms and dads to buy tickets to their endless touring shows. Anthony, Murray, Jeff and the newest member, Sam, do two shows Saturday and are encouraging the audience to wear costumes and bring colorful signs, roses and bones (the latter two for the characters Dorothy the ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Out and about with the artists
BRIGHOUSE Art Circle members held an enjoyable outdoor painting session at the Tolson Museum, Huddersfield. (31/07/2008)
Brighouse Today |
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Cynthia Camlin: Extremities & Marianne Green: Silence and Sound
Aztec and Maya Revival The Aztec and Maya revival style refers to a resurgence of Pre-Columbian motifs and patterns in Mexico's modern arts. In the late 19th century, Mexico began to embrace its pre-Columbian past and indigenous roots.
News 8 Austin |
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Aztec and Maya Revival
Play It By Ear Listen. Can you hear it? Bam, whiz, pow! Come explore the art and science of tinkering with sound in our new feature exhibit. Bring to life artworks created by sound artists. Make your own sound art. Experiment with echoes. Change your voice to sound like a robot.
News 8 Austin |
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Illuminating hidden art
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A team of European scientists yesterday unveiled a new method for extracting images hidden under old-master paintings, re-creating a color portrait of a woman's face unseen since Vincent van Gogh painted over it in 1887.
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Two UMD students exhibit sculpture at Dartmouth gallery
Kevin Arruda and Ryan Collins are art students enrolled in sculpture programs at UMass Dartmouth; Mr. Arruda is a senior working toward his BFA and Mr. Collins a grad student pursuing his MFA. Their respective work is the feature of an exhibition at the...
The Standard-Times |
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More Beatles for Sale
A tape of the Beatles laughing during a recording session will be auctioned, The Associated Press reported.
New York Times |
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Museum and Gallery Listings
Selective listings from art critics of The New York Times.
New York Times |
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Art in Review
Jane and Louise Wilson at 303 Gallery, John Armleder, Olivier Mosset, Haim Steinbach at Nicole Klagsbrun, ?The Future as Disruption? at the Kitchen and more.
New York Times |
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Tales of Ipswich Lace and Stitches of Salem
A novel about Ipswich lace has received so much attention that William Morrow bought it and is promoting it with a contest set in the author?s hometown, Salem, Mass.
New York Times |
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Say 'hi' to HD-enabled gadgets
HONG KONG : Panasonic is continuing its push into digital photography with a slew of imaging goodies.
Channel NewsAsia |
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Photography Gift for Israel Museum
A trove of photographs spanning 160 years has been donated to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem by the New York collectors Noel and Harriette Levine.
New York Times |
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Third Ward fest will sizzle with sounds of jazz
Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard is tonight’s headliner at the annual Third Ward Summer Sizzle, a free festival that celebrates the many varieties of jazz music.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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Berlin?s Street Scenes
The portraits of stylishly dressed streetwalkers by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner at the Museum of Modern Art have a bracing ugliness and a burning emotional intensity. Ken Johnson reviews.
New York Times |
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Perfect Gifts for Mom
Warmth and love is stated in every hear, especially in moms’ heart. In August, River City’s Management invites you to make special gift for your mom in “Perfect Gifts for Mom” Exhibition and Sale duri
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