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Culture: Why it's good to be fame-hungry
What's wrong with wanting to be famous? That's the subject I'll be discussing with various critics of our celebrity-obsessed culture – Cosmo Landesman, Lynn Barber, Peter Whittle and Camilla Wright – on 29 September at the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As far as I'm aware, I'll be the only panel member actually defending the desire for fame.
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Small-town Windsor draws people, talented artists to its 'Window' fest
WINDSOR -- Overcast skies and occasional rain didn't stop a steady stream of visitors from crowding the Village Green today for the inaugural Window on the Arts Music and Arts Festival in Windsor.
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The art of love: Seduction on a grand scale
Titian: 'Bacchus and Ariadne' 1520-3, National Gallery, London
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Francis Bacon, Tate Britain, Lndon
Big shows are strange things, big shows of big painters stranger still. By and large, we come to an artist's work in dribs and drabs, a couple of pictures in this museum, half a dozen in that. To see 70-odd of one artist's paintings in one place at one time is a different experience altogether. When that artist is Francis Bacon, a man given to working on a grand scale – typically, triptychs ...
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Englewood art show elevates sense of place
ENGLEWOOD — A nautical-themed art show drew submissions from nationally recognized artists and novices entering a juried event for the first time Saturday.
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Around The UK
1 As part of the London Design Festival, 13-19-year-olds can today explore creative careers with designer Ella Doran at the Southbank Centre. The free Design Your Own Tray event kicks off at 2pm and a limited run of a participant's design will be sold in the centre's shop (southbankcentre.co.uk).
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He brought the sun to the Tate Modern. Now he's conjured waterfalls in New York. Sean O'Hagan meets Olafur Elisson ...
He brought the sun to the Tate Modern. Now he's conjured waterfalls in New York. Sean O'Hagan meets Olafur Elisson whose epic artworks of sublime beauty are lighting up our cities
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Atlanta Arts Festival draws a crowd at Piedmont Park
Shelly Wingerter knows a thing or two about art festivals. She's been to dozens, perhaps hundreds, most recently spending time at festivals in upstate New York and in Florida. "This is a great one," Wingerter, who lives on a sail boat off the coast of Jacksonville, said Saturday during her first trip to the Atlanta Arts Festival at Piedmont Park, "The art is really wonderful, and the location is ...
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GPAC to exhibit Martin Link art collection Man of many accomplishments, Martin Link, and independent curator Michele ...
GALLUP — Martin Link recalled his first job after graduating from the University of Arizona, working as a ranger-archaeologist at Canyon de Chelly. He lived near the campground in a trailer so narrow the bed fit side to side in the back.
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GPAC Director calling it quits
GALLUP — When Roy Howard opened GPAC two years ago, he wanted two things — to bring more culture to Gallup residents and not to lose his shirt. He succeeded on his first goal with GPAC — the Gallup Performing Arts Center — providing a wide range of concerts, shows and art gallery offerings.
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Milwaukee auction to feature Iowa lion's art
Associated Press - September 13, 2008 6:14 PM ET MILWAUKEE (AP) - A lion from the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines will be 1 of several zoo animals whose artwork will be auctioned Tuesday in...
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PHOTO SLIDESHOW: Swanson Family Art
Becky, Emily, Owen, and James Swanson are a LaGrange Park family with great talent. They are all artists and have an exhibit currently running at the LaGrange park library 9-13-08
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Milwaukee auction to feature Iowa lion's art
MILWAUKEE (AP) - A lion from the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines will be 1 of several zoo animals whose artwork will be auctioned Tuesday in Milwaukee. The unusual auction will raise money for the zoos to help with wildlife conservation efforts.
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Milwaukee auction to feature zoo animals' art
Associated Press - September 13, 2008 6:05 PM ET MILWAUKEE (AP) - Artwork created by zoo animals around the nation will be auctioned Tuesday in Milwaukee.
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Britney Spears Portrait Auctioned for Charity
A portrait of Britney Spears is being auctioned to raise money for the Promises Foundation, which provides assistance for low-income mothers and their children. The 5-by-4-foot oil painting was created by Daniel Maltzman. Spears also autographed the artwork. The portrait depicts the singer in a bikini with her eyes closed and her arms crossing her chest. Spears' famous belly button ring is ...
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Baguio leaders set up trust fund to buy forested land
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines—Local conservationists opened a trust fund on Tuesday to save the city’s remaining trees by buying up wooded properties from commercial developers or by contesting their investments during lease auctions.
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Violent brush, peacock throne
Aakriti Art Gallery has put up a well-chosen exhibition of non-figurative (call it abstract if you will) works titled Empty And Full. The works of six artists are on display. Akhilesh from Bhopal is known for his grey rather bleak canvases that make no reference to the world we see around us.
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Phoenix teacher may face charges for showing porn
Associated Press - September 13, 2008 5:24 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Officials say they a Phoenix high school photography teacher who was looking at porn in class and inadvertently...
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Teacher may face charges in porn incident
A Phoenix high school photography teacher who was looking at porn in class and inadvertently projected it onto a screen could faces criminal charges, police said.
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Armory Art Center exhibition has Latin American focus
Six years ago, Gilbert Brownstone donated 52 minimalist artworks to the Norton Museum. Since then, the part-time Palm Beacher's attention has ranged farther afield, particularly to Latin America.
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Woman, where art thou?
Art by women has not gained visibility in Chinas contemporary art scene. Yet, there is innovative work around; only one has to look closely. Contemporary art in China is a man’s world.
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Toronto calling!
The just concluded 33rd Toronto International Film Festival saw Nandita Das make a debut as director with Firaaq. An array of films set in India, and made by Indians raised quite a flutter, writes UMA DA CUNHA from Toronto.
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Taking it to the streets: George Segal's 'Street Scenes' marks a pivotal moment in MMOCA history
Once you've seen one, it's hardly possible to forget a George Segal sculpture. His works, done on a human scale, have a reality, a presence, and an enigma all their own -- the reasons Segal is considered one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. So imagine the reaction Madison Museum of Contemporary Art director Stephen Fleischman had when he first walked into the studio, a ...
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NZX gets a cutting edge
Waiting for new NZX chairman Andrew Harmos in the boardroom of his law firm, Harmos Horton Lusk, the first thing you notice are the paintings.
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Highs and lows from the Toronto International Film Festival
TORONTO - The Toronto International Film Festival ended Saturday after unspooling 312 films during a 10-day cinematic marathon. The Canadian Press writers who covered the festival pick some of the highs and lows among the movies they saw and the celebrities they encountered:
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