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ART NEWS: ART NEWS By Bobbi Seidel
"Faces from Places Around the World," an exhibit of 21 oil portraits by Barbara Benko of Manchester, runs through September at the Manchester branch of the Ocean County Library. A reception takes place from 2 to 4 p.m at the library, 21 Colonial Drive. (732) 323-0940.
Asbury Park Press |
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UGA Today
• Meeting: Arch Foundation Board of Trustees. 9:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Ed and Phoebe Forio Studio Classroom, Georgia Museum of Art. • Performance: Hugh Hodgson School of Music Faculty. Part of the UGA Arts Festival. 10:30 a.m. to noon . Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Edge Recital Hall.
The Red and Black |
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Artist finishes Gee's Bend quilt murals
GEE'S BEND -- An artist has finished painting wooden murals of some of the famous quilts made in the Wilcox County community of Gee's Bend.
Montgomery Advertiser |
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Vienna paints a Van Gogh picture
Vienna’s Albertina museum will display 170 works by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh from this Friday. The exhibition called 'Vincent van Gogh: Drawn Pictures' will focus on drawings and paintings created in Paris and Arles where the the trailblazer of the expressionist movement spent his final years.
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IBC 2008 Exhibitor Profiles
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, BUSINESS WIRE -- IBC 2008 takes place 12 - 16 September, 2008 at the RAI Centre in Amsterdam. Listed below are IBC 2008 exhibitor profiles.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Warhol exhibit comes to Maine
PRESQUE ISLE (AP) - An Andy Warhol exhibit is coming to Maine. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has donated more than 28,500 original photographs valued at more than $28 million to 183 college and university art museums.
The Lewiston Sun Journal |
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In Brief
Art exhibition
The Herald News |
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Peace scultpure highlights ceremony
DEVILS TOWER -- For Mako Miller, a new sculpture at Devils Tower National Monument represents a connection to people across the globe. The third piece in a world peace project, Miller said the Wind Circle sculpture is a significant showcase of unity.
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Kennewick woman's mixed media photos on display in Richland
LuAnn Ostergaard Rastovich is one of 60 artists from around the Mid-Columbia whose work will be featured at the Chancellor's Exhibition Series show at WSU Tri-Cities in Richland.
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Dasha puts up the cash for party at Serpentine gallery
She is best known in London as an heiress, fashion designer and the girlfriend of Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich - but now Dasha Zhukova is making waves in the world of art.
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You’re Giving Me That Room? No Way nytimes.com
WHEN C. Leonard Gordon, a venture capitalist, travels with his wife, Margot, an art dealer, he never goes straight to the assigned hotel room with her. “Instead, I sit with the luggage in the lobby and read until she’s decided on a room,” he said. “She usually rejects the first one or two they show her. So I don’t go up with her after we check in, unless I feel like I need exercise.” The fussy ...
Hospitality Net |
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Artwalk puts Italian spin on exhibits
La Festa Italiana may be over, but the Italian vibe hasn’t quite left downtown Scranton.
The Scranton Times-Tribune |
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TODAY First Friday debut: “Wild Times,” photography exhibit, opening reception 6 to 9 p.m., The Scranton Times Building, 149 Penn Ave.
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Self-taught artist began as an observer
EUREKA -- A new exhibition of paintings by Lida Penkova titled “Narratives” will open on Saturday during Arts Alive! from 6 to 9 p.m.
Eureka Times-Standard |
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Community Calendar
Art for Little Fingers, 10:15 a.m., Central Wisconsin Childrens Museum, CenterPoint MarketPlace, 1201 Third Court, Stevens Point. 715-344-2003.
Stevens Point Journal |
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Best Bets: Sept. 5, 2008
Greek Festival Indulge in a lively Mediterranean experience at the 28th annual Greek Festival with plenty of Greek food, from veggie temptations like moussaka to traditional plates of lamb or calamari.
Santa Cruz Sentinel |
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The Daily Buzz Unveils New Image and Brand Identity Created by Students at Full Sail University
The Daily Buzz ( www.dailybuzz.tv ), a nationally syndicated morning talk show owned by ACME Communications, and award-winning Full Sail University, ( www.fullsail.edu ) announce today the exciting culmination of a design contest that began in 2007 to redevelop the image and branding of the popular television program using only students from Full Sail. The new show image, logo and website ( ...
PRWeb |
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War film kicks off 33rd fest
The federal government dodged a bullet last night when the Toronto International Film Festival opened with much hoopla but a conspicuous absence of the traditional congratulatory speech from a cabinet minister.
Toronto Star |
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Birmingham museum prepares for da Vinci tour
BIRMINGHAM The Birmingham Museum of Art is preparing for an exhibit of Leonardo da Vinci drawings that will be shown later this month for the first time in the United States.The exhibition, Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, opens Sept. 28 and runs through Nov. 9 in Birmingham.
The Tuscaloosa News |
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TODAY’S BEST BET
“No Simple Highway,” featuring the work of photography instructor James Gavenus, opens tonight through Oct. 17 at the Schulman Gallery, Luzerne County Community College campus center, Nanticoke. The exhibit opens with a public reception tonight from 6 to 8. Call 740-0319 for information.
The Citizens' Voice |
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Director's cut of Winslow Homer film debuts in Syracuse
Emmy-award winning director Steven John Ross will premiere the director's cut of his latest documentary "Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude" at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse this Saturday. The film focuses on the life and work of American artist Winslow Homer.
Daily Orange |
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Chrome's jittered JavaScript kills Silverlight?
The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight Web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's Tech.Ed conference in Sydney this morning.
ZDNet Australia |
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Moving art causes traffic changes in downtown Roanoke
Center in the Square is closing some roads around the Taubman Museum of Art Friday in order to move art. Kirk Avenue between Jefferson and Market Streets will be closed between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. so art can be moved from Center in the Square to the new museum.
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OSPAC festival features contemporary, Brazilian sounds
Jazz singer Kate Baker is planning to revisit pop standards from her childhood in New Jersey. "It's a very special project," she said. "Besides being standards, it's songs I grew up with in New Jersey."
Daily Record |
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Tattoo on Man, Sold to Collector, Debuts at Shanghai Art Fair
Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- A Swiss man with a tattoo of the Virgin Mary on his back, which was sold to a German art collector, will go on show for the first time next week at Shanghai's SHContemporary fair, said Wim Delvoye, the Belgian artist who created the work.
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