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Second Superman auction surpasses $50,000 goal
CLEVELAND -- More than $53,000 was raised as of this morning to save the Glenville house where young Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created Superman. Early Tuesday morning, sales in the second of four eBay auctions reached $18,996. That, combined...
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Keeping the mind sharp in a very colorful way
Tuesday, September 16 BENNINGTON — While old dogs might have trouble learning new tricks, some humans at the Bennington Senior Citizens Center are getting by. The trick being taught every Monday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. is that of painting. Leonard "Len" Robinson, a senior citizen himself and multitalented artist, gives free painting lessons to anyone 50 or over.
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HBA Creates Natural Luxury in Ireland's Hotel Europe
The Gallery, HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates' London-based studio, has added another feather to its cap with the striking redesign of Hotel Europe. Completed in July, the resort hotel and spa exudes contemporary, natural luxury as it overlooks Killarney's majestic Loch Lein.
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Making creative connections
Oakland woman opens studio, gallery
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Museum closed two weeks for renovations
The Children’s Museum will close its doors for two weeks to prepare for its upcoming fall events and conduct its annual cleaning.
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British artist Hirst bucks financial downturn with record auction
British artist Damien Hirst with his exhibit, 'The Incredible Jouney', at Sotheby's art gallery and auction house in London, September 8. An unprecedented auction by Hirst raked in more millions Tuesday after breaking art world records even in the teeth of the global financial downturn.
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Judge rules against photography of witnesses at trial
The judge presiding over the trial of three men accused in a brazen daytime murder at a crowded Lakewood barbershop ruled this morning that the media will be prohibited from taking photographs of witnesses during the proceedings.
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Fundraising Campaign to Save Ih Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
The Mississippi Valley Blues Society today announced it is planning a fundraising campaign in an effort to raise the $100,000 in seed money required to have its blues festival in 2009.
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Cop chief readies festival security plan
SENIOR Superintendent Lurimer Detran, chief of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), announced he is readying a security plan to be implemented during the two weeks long Zamboanga Hermosa Festival slated next month.
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British artist Hirst bucks financial downturn with record auction
LONDON (AFP) - An unprecedented auction by British artist Damien Hirst raked in more millions on Tuesday, after breaking art world records even in the teeth of the global financial downturn.
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Hirst sale defies economic gloom
Artist Damien Hirst has defied the economic gloom once more by setting a new record for an auction of one artist's work.
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Hirst auction breaks sales record at Sotheby's
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press Writer. Damien Hirst's gamble has paid off. A sale of pickled sharks, butterfly paintings and other pieces by the provocative British artist has raised $168 million _ a record for an auction of works by a single artist.
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S.C. Auction To Have Paintings By Penguin, Sea Lions
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- This art is created not by hands, but by paws and claws. Paintings featuring the brush strokes and paw prints of animals such as snow leopards and sea lions from zoos around the nation will be sold Tuesday.
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Crandall Canyon memorial dedicated near mine site
The Crandall Canyon Miners Monument was dedicated on Sunday evening with the unveiling of the "Heroes Among Us," sculpture prepared by Karen Templeton.
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Dead Animals in Formaldehyde Sell For Millions [Art]
Animal-loving British artist Damien Hirst's London Sotheby's auction set a new record for a sale of a single artist's work. (The last one was set by Picasso.) "Golden Calf," a bull suspended in a...
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Templeton offers personal take on creating memorial
For Karen Templeton the project "Heroes Among Us" has been a labor of love, but she has mixed feelings now that the sculpture is complete. Just before the ceremony she described how the sculpture came to be and how connected ...
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Let the Games Begin: Arthouse Presents RESET/PLAY
Arthouse RESET/PLAY , Arthouse 's interactive multimedia exhibit curated by Marcin Ramocki and Paul Slocum, borrows much of its aesthetics directly from old video games, but no one looking for nostalgia will find sentimentality here. The exhibition seems sparse at first, with an almost jarring amount of wall space between each screen, but the unique melding of science and politics with ...
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Local artists display photos in Helper
Malcolm Howard points out a point of interest in one of his pieces. Howard along with Sande Riggs and Sue Ann Martel showed their work at the Helper Mining and Railroad Museum this Saturday for patrons of the museum and art ...
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Former Kent County commissioner's huge camera, photography collection up for sale
From Gerald R. Ford to Ted Kennedy, the assortment of national figures photographed by Clarence Blakeslee is matched only by the collection of cameras he used to film them. • Read the story and view a photo gallery
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Hirst auction breaks sales record at Sotheby's
By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) -- Damien Hirst's gamble has paid off. A sale of pickled sharks, butterfly paintings and other pieces by the provocative British artist has raised $168 million _ a record for an auction of works by a single artist.
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Learn new ways to help environment at free event
At a free event Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m., Marea Bishop of Photography By Marea will discuss ways to lessen your impact on the planet and create a healthier world for future generations.
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Artist Hirst bucks financial downturn with record auction
An unprecedented auction by artist Damien Hirst raked in more millions on Tuesday, after breaking art world records even in the teeth of the global financial downturn.
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Artist Hirst bucks financial downturn with record auction
LONDON (AFP) - An unprecedented auction by artist Damien Hirst raked in more millions on Tuesday, after breaking art world records even in the teeth of the global financial downturn.
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Pickled sharks and gilded calves spark gold rush as Damien Hirst auction breaks sales records
LONDON - Damien Hirst's gamble has paid off. A sale of pickled sharks, butterfly paintings and other pieces by the provocative British artist has raised $168 million — a record for an auction of works by a single artist.
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British artist Hirst bucks financial downturn with record auction
An unprecedented auction by British artist Damien Hirst raked in more millions on Tuesday, after breaking art world records even in the teeth of the global financial downturn.
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