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The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan at the Rubin Museum of Art
Buddha Akshobhya, Bhutan, 18th century, Parcel gilt silver alloy with cold gold, pigments, and turquoise, 8.5 x 5 x 4 in. Norbugang Zimgong Lhakhang, Punakha Catalog Number 12.
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Looting and Restitution. Jewish-Owned Cultural Artifacts at the Jewish Museum Berlin
Jan van Goyen, winter landscape with ice skaters by a tavern,1641. © Marei von Saher, heiress to Jacques Goudstikker. BERLIN.- Sixty years after the end of the war, looting and restitution of Jewish cultural artifacts is still a topic of burning interest.
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Christie's Annual Auction of Swiss Art to Offer the Most Important Work by Fischli/Weiss Ever Offered
Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go), 1987, Mixed media installation, and film reel, installation size variable, 2 glass cabinets, 145 x 145 x 57 cm. Estimate: SFr 900,000-1,500,000. © Christie's Images Limited.
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Mika Waltari and the Visual Arts Opens at Ateneum Art Museum
Otto Mäkilä, Resurrected Gods, 1938, oil, private collection. Photo: CAA / Hannu Aaltonen. HELSINKI.- In 2008 it will be 100 years since author Mika Waltari was born. Ateneum Art Museum celebrates the anniversary with an extensive exhibition presenting the author's relationship to the visual arts.
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The Israel Museum Announces a Major Gift of Prints by The Fred Jahn Gallery
Barry Le Va, USA, born 1941, Plane View for Sculpture Occupying Wall and Floor Areas, Dissected Situations - Institutional Templates, CPE conference of Two (reading Bernhard, walking in three directions), 1991, Lithograph, 29/45, 94 x 102.8 cm. Gift of the Fred Jahn Gallery.
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Art Gallery of NSW Acquires "Bords de la Marne" by Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne, Bords de la Marne, c1888. SYDNEY.- Today the Art Gallery of NSW announced it is acquiring a pivotal painting in the history of art. The work now on public display is by Paul Cézanne entitled Bords de la Marne, c1888.
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"Salvador Dalí: A Surrealist in Istanbul" Opens Today at The Sakip Sabanci Museum
A woman observes a work at the Salvador Dali exhibition. EFE/Tolga Bozoglu. ISTANBUL.-
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Entertainment
A masterpiece by French impressionist Paul Cezanne has been bought for a record $16.2 million by the Art Gallery of NSW, in its most ambitious purchase ever.
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NSW gallery buys $16m Cezanne
The most expensive painting ever acquired by an Australian public gallery.
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History in the Making via WestportNow
More than 100 photographs that have appeared on WestportNow.com since its inception in 2003 line the walls of the Little Gallery at the Westport Historical Society.
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Art Gallery of NSW buys Cezanne for $16m
A masterpiece by French impressionist Paul Cezanne has been bought for a record $16.2 million by the Art Gallery of NSW, in its most ambitious purchase ever. Bords de la Marne, painted by Cezanne
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Detroit Institute Of Art Feels The Fiscal Pain
"Ten months after the Detroit Institute of Arts celebrated the grand opening of its $158-million renovated building and the innovative reinstallation of its permanent collection, the museum's chronic budget shortfalls -- including a $17-million loss in 2008 -- have become the top priority at the institution.
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Wife who helped husband flee federal prison pleads guilty
PROVIDENCE — Gail DeSimone, who stood accused of helping her art dealer husband Rocco P. DeSimone escape from federal prison in March, pleaded guilty yesterday to a single count of harboring a fugitive in a plea deal that could mean a lenient sentence.
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NSW gallery acquires $16m Cezanne
The Art Gallery of New South Wales has unveiled the most expensive artwork ever bought by an Australian gallery.
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Sherman Arts Fest starts Friday
One of the largest fall events in North Texas will fill downtown Sherman on Saturday with revelers of all ages as Sherman's annual Arts Festival begins.
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If this picture of last year's festival is any indication, Walnut Street will be packed this weekend. Come 10 a.m. tomorrow morning, the usual strip of retail chains, boutiques, restaurants and cafes comprising Shadyside’s shopping district will be transformed into an art mecca.
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Sapphire Lounge cancels Wednesday night hip-hop
COLUMBIA - The hip-hop event held on Wednesday nights for the past few months at the Sapphire Lounge has been cancelled, the bar's owner said Thursday afternoon, the same day a fight ended with a shot fired at police near the bar. "I cancelled it this morning," said Robin Ayers, owner of the Sapphire Lounge and Tellers Gallery & Bar, both on Broadway. "That night is done. It will never happen ...
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LeWitt panels painted over at SFMOMA
It is a tough concept to grasp - that a painting is still a painting even at the moment it is being painted over. But there it was, Wednesday morning, a set of two-story wall drawings by Sol LeWitt being primed in white and rolled over with heavy gray. There...
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Bloomberg 09/18/08
Will Lehman's Big Art Collection Be Liquidated? "Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. owns about 3,500 contemporary artworks that have been displayed in the investment bank's offices around the world, and the fate of the collection is unclear.
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Seattle Art Museum And Its Troubled Bank Partner
"WaMu owns the top four floors and rents eight more floors in Brad Cloepfil's 16-story museum expansion, which is next door to WaMu's own 42-story tower. SAM occupies four floors in its new building.
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'Big and bold' show to represent Scotland at 2009 Venice Biennale
A Glasgow-based sculptor is to be the first artist to represent Scotland with a solo show at the world's most prestigious visual arts festival.
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The accidental tourist: Argentinian woman who thought she was bound for Sydney, Australia finds herself in Sydney, N.S.
SYDNEY — It was the right city, wrong continent for a sculptor from Argentina. Monique Rozanes Torres Aguero of Buenos Aires was daydreaming about her vacation in Sydney, Australia when her Air Canada Jazz flight landed in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Wednesday.
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Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene
Art at Du Nord Welsh musician-artist Jon Langford, founding member of the Mekons, will open the first show Oct. 3 at the art gallery, as yet unnamed, at Cafe Du Nord. In conjunction with the exhibition of paintings by Langford and fellow Mekons member Rico...
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Gallery challenges students to paint
It started as a simple thought about how to give back to young Coachella Valley artists trying to tap into their creative passions.
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Heart attack patients who have seen the light during clinical death may offer answers to one of life's most baffling ...
A Glasgow-based sculptor is to be the first artist to represent Scotland with a solo show at the world's most prestigious visual arts festival. Harry Potter author JK Rowling is to be honoured today by the city where she created her world-famous wizard books.
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