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Small Scale Abstract Works Get Big Focus in New Exhibition at Loyola University Museum of Art
Mary Abbott, Untitled, c. 1953. Private collection. CHICAGO.- Art Daily
The 25th John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize Announced
Peter McDonald's Fontana. LIVERPOOL, UK.- A painting depicting an artist slashing his canvas is announced today as the winner of this year’s John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize - the UK’s largest contemporary painting competition. Art Daily
Wendell Castle: About Time Opens at The Spencer Museum of Art
Wendell Castle, born 1932, Emporia, Kansas, Time Table, 2000, gilded jelutong, copper, ebony & mahogany veneer, gold-plated brass, clock works. Collection of the artist. Art Daily
An Exhibition of Work from the IMMA Collection at the Market House Gallery
Tony O’Malley, Vinegar Hill, From Bree Hill, 1957, Oil on canvas, 45.5 x 52.5cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art. MONAGHAN TOWN.- Art Daily
Spectacular Saturn: Images from the Cassini-Huygens Mission
Giant Planet, 2007, Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (PIA08358). Photograph courtesy of NASA/JPL/SSI/Cornell. ITHACA, NY.- The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University presents Spectacular Saturn: Images from the Cassini-Huygens Mission, on view through January 4, 2009. Art Daily
The Frye Art Museum Presents Empire, Curated By Robin Held
Dias & Riedweg. Funk Staden, 2007. Video installation. 10 x 46 x 46 ft. Image courtesy of Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo. SEATTLE, WA.- Art Daily
Kunstmuseum Bonn Presents Today Bulgarian Artist Nedko Solakov - Emotions
Nedko Solakov, The Yellow Blob Story, 1997. Yellow paint, handwritten text on wall, from "The Absent-Minded Man" project, 1997; dimensions variable.Edition of 5 and 2AP. Collections of Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig / MUMOK, Vienna; Museum of Art and Design / MARTa, Herford.Exhibition view Export-Import, Sofia City Art gallery, Sofia, 2003. Photo: Angel Tzvetanov. Art Daily
Burglar suspect: I was sent to defuse bomb
A man stuck in a vent at a museum in Knoxville, Tenn., told police he had been sent there to defuse a Soviet nuclear bomb hidden in a cow sculpture.Richard Anthony Smith, 25, of Knoxville was arrested after he was freed from the exhaust vent at the Knoxville Museum of Art early Wednesday and charged with aggravated burglary.Police released the transcript of his two conversations with a 911 ... Moldova.org
A weekend for music lovers
Every third weekend of September, a small town in Kansas erupts with music. The Walnut Valley Festival kicked off in Winfield this week, gathering fans from all over the country to enjoy bluegrass and folk music. But there's one musician at the festival who uses a different kind of instrument, real animal bones. Find out more about Barry "Bones" Patton. 49 ABC News Topeka
Liam's List - Sept. 19, 2008
Another weekend of fun and frivolity looms. From the Treasure Island Music Festival to a happy hour in Woodside, there is much to tickle your joy spot on this week's list. CBS 5 Bay Area
Performance center work to begin next month
ROCKPORT and mdash; Work is finally set to begin next month on the Rockport Chamber Music Festival's new Shalin Liu Performance Center, beginning with the removal of the Haskins Building at 37 Main Street, site of the former Madras Shop. Gloucester Daily Times
Cute cowboy contest winner
The Muskogee Shutterbug Camera Club announced winners of its photo contest at a recent monthly meeting at Muskogee Public Library. • Little Cowboy by Cliff Moore, first. Muskogee Phoenix
Memorial to David Lange unveiled
A new sculpture honoring former Prime Minister david lange has been unveiled in south Auckland where he was a well known figure. The $400 000 sculpture is engraved with text from Lange's maiden speech to Parliament, and from his famous Oxford union debate. TVNZ
New sculpture honours veterans
Pictou – It’s a familiar scene. A second World War soldier, dressed in fatigues, gets a letter from home. The News
A second chance to snap up a Damien Hirst original
In a week when Damien Hirst reinforced his reputation as the king of the saleroom with a £111 million auction at Sotheby’s, Julie Staniforth thought that she too may be sitting on a fortune. Times Online
The Troy Messenger
For weeks now, billboards and a news media blitz have announced the coming of Andy Warhol to the Johnson Center for the Arts. Read story The Troy Messenger
I never saw Gianfranco Zola as a boss, but I hope he succeeds at West Ham
Ruud Gullit is admiring £80million worth of paintings at the Royal Hospital Chelsea when someone behind him makes an amusing admission. 'I know this makes me sound like a numpty but I thought Christopher Wren was from a children's book,' he whispers. 'Not the bloke who built this place.' Daily Mail
WEEK 3
Talk about bouncing back, I went from one of my worst opening weeks ever to 13-2 straight up and 12-3 against the oddsmakers. So despite playing the opener like an exhibition I am still over .500 (just barely) versus the line and off with a strong pushstart without it. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Darren Hayes to mentor Idol contestants
Pop star Darren Hayes will be the second big name to mentor Australian Idol hopefuls after 80s icon Cyndi Lauper put them through their paces this week. The former Savage Garden frontman, guest judge The West Australian
Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
Do we really need another van Gogh show? If the show in question is Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night , opening Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art, the answer is probably no. Will it be a blockbuster? Probably yes. Arts Journal
McDonald’s ‘Fontana’ wins British art prize
The British art prize credited with launching the careers of Peter Doig and David Hockney, chose a painting of an artist slashing a canvas as the winner of its 25th award. MSNBC
9 Oregon and Washington getaways, from $69
A range of easy, affordable experiences await: bottle your own wine or sample local pinot noirs, hike the foothills of Mount Rainier, attend a festival, golf, or just kick back by the water. MSNBC