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Hirst auction beats £62m estimate
The first of a three-session auction of Hirst art work out-strips a top estimate of £62.3m to pull in a total of £70.5m.
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Motion Graphics Festival Line-up Announced for Create Chaos 2008
Motion Graphics Festival (MG Fest) has announced its session line-up for Create Chaos 2008. As a Create
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Gallery 194 hosts exhibits of Michigan artists through September
LAPEER -- Gallery 194 in downtown Lapeer is currently hosting an exhibit of sculpted mud metal and stone featuring two Michigan artists -- Tom Hoyt of Leonard and Sam Machulis of Alpena -- through Sept. 27.
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Damien Hirst auction begins with sale of pickled shark for $18 million
LONDON - Sotheby's auction house has sold a pickled shark by British art provocateur Damien Hirst for 9.6 million pounds or more than C$18 million.
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Smithsonian Institute to digitize its collection
The Smithsonian Institution will work to digitize its collections to make science, history and cultural artifacts accessible online and dramatically expand its outreach to schools, the museum complex's new chief said Monday.
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Smithsonian Institute to digitize its collection
(AP) WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian Institution will work to digitize its collections to make science, history and cultural artifacts accessible online and dramatically expand its outreach to schools, the museum complex’s new chief said Monday.
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Dallas's Meadows Museum Presents Exclusive U.S. Showing of 'From Manet to Miro: Modern Drawings From the Abello ...
The Meadows Museum presents From Manet to Miro: Modern Drawings from the Abello Collection, an exhibit of works by 45 of the most important artists of the past two centuries, from September 14 through December 2, 2008. The drawings, by such artists as Manet, Degas, Dali and Miro, are from the private collection of Juan Abello and his wife, Anna Gamazo, of Madrid, who were recently named among ...
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LONDON - Telephone bidders take instructions from clients by phone during the Damien Hirst Evening Sale of Beautiful Inside My Head Forever at Sotheby's Auction House on September 15, 2008 in central London, England.
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Calling All Political Enthusiasts, Artists and Designers - What Are You Voting For?
SAN MATEO, Calif.----CafePress.com, the leader in user-generated commerce, has announced a T-Shirt design and slogan contest to raise money for Rock the Vote and rally political passion around the November election where the question, "What are you voting for?" will be tackled.
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Peace Offering? "After the Flood," the final lot in today's Hirst sale Wild whoops, mad applause (including claps from auctioneer Oliver Barker directed towards the deep-pocketed attendees). What more can one say?
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Motion Graphics Festival Line-up Announced for Create Chaos 2008
ORLANDO, Fla.----Motion Graphics Festival has announced its session line-up for Create Chaos 2008. As a Create Chaos 2008 co-locating conference, MG Fest will be held Oct. 13-17, 2008 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, FL.
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Smithsonian Institute to digitize its collection
By BRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press Writer. The Smithsonian Institution will work to digitize its collections to make science, history and cultural artifacts accessible online and dramatically expand its outreach to schools, the museum complex's new chief said Monday.
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Survivor, Craig Morgan headline this year's Coconut Festival in Cape Coral
Music fans longing for a return to 1980s synth pop and guitar rock have their chance to do that for one night, Nov.
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Smithsonian Institute to digitize its collection
The Smithsonian Institution will work to digitize its collections to make science, history and cultural artifacts accessible online and dramatically expand its outreach to schools, the museum complex's new chief said Monday. "I worry about museums becoming less relevant to society," said Secretary G. Wayne Clough in his first interviews since taking the Smithsonian's helm in July. Clough, 66, ...
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Artwork will be for sale during production of 'Art'
Life will imitate art when Limestone College theater students perform the Tony- Award winning comedy "Art" on Sept. 25-28. Community members are asked to donate some of their own artwork for sale in a fundraiser the theater department will hold at their shows. Profits will be used to help pay for a field trip to New York City next May.
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Record start for artist Damien Hirst's London sale
Damien Hirst's bull in a tank of formaldehyde with its head crowned by a gold disc sold for 10.35 million pounds on Monday, a record at auction for one of the contemporary art world's stars, Sotheby's said.
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Regal Entertainment Group Announces Extensive Remodeling and New Amenities for Fredericksburg Theatre
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the largest theatre circuit in the United States, today announced remodeling plans for Regal Cinemas in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and is scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2009. The theatre will remain open continuously throughout the ...
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Jennifer Hudson Engaged to Reality Show Contestant
Fiancee David Otunga was a suitor on 'I Love New York 2' Jennifer Hudson wasn't so lucky in love in her Oscar-winning performance in "Dreamgirls," but luckily her life doesn't imitate art.
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Lance Newman displays work in senior art show at ECU
ADA — Lance Newman of Oklahoma City, a 24-year-old graduating artist at East Central University, will display a barrage of artwork for his final undergraduate show Sept. 19-26 in ECU’s Art Department. A reception for the artist will be held from 5-8 p.m. Sept. 19.
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Damien Hirst auction gets off to flying start in London
An unprecedented auction of works by British artist Damien Hirst was headed for the record books Monday, making more than 43 million pounds (78 million dollars, 55 million euros) in the first 90 minutes.
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Review: The von Liebig Art Center’s 2008 faculty biennial is an “art party” worth attending
Wandering through a group art exhibit often feels like dropping in at a large cocktail party. The room is humming with a medley of voices, some familiar and some not. Everyone’s talking at once, all telling a different story.
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Damien Hirst auction gets off to flying start in London
LONDON (AFP) - An unprecedented auction of works by British artist Damien Hirst was headed for the record books Monday, making more than 43 million pounds (78 million dollars, 55 million euros) in the first 90 minutes.
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Damien Hirst auction gets off to flying start in London
An unprecedented auction of works by British artist Damien Hirst was headed for the record books Monday, making more than 43 million pounds (78 million dollars, 55 million euros) in the first 90 minutes.
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Hirst breaks auction record
Art buyers have shelled out more than £70 million for works by Damien Hirst.
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Regal Entertainment Group Announces Extensive Remodeling and New Amenities for Fredericksburg Theatre
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC), a leading motion picture exhibitor owning and operating the
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