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Cartier-Bresson photographs show debt to painting
CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Irving Penn once branded Henri Cartier-Bresson a "thief" after the famed photographer surreptitiously snapped Penn's portrait relaxing with his brother Arthur, then innocently talked on for 20 minutes.
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Mysterious Neolithic people made optical art
Washington, September 23 : An exhibition in the Vatican, which is displaying hundreds of artifacts, has suggested that the mysterious Neolithic people made optical art.
New Kerala |
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Artist recreates masterpiece paintings with 106,000 tin cans
London, September 23 : A photographic artist has recreated a unique version of Georges Seurat's 1884 pointilist masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.
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Heritage Picks Inlet to Stream Live Auction House Excitement
RALEIGH, N.C., BUSINESS WIRE -- Inlet Technologies today announced that Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer has chosen the Spinnaker Professional Streaming Appliance to stream interactive auctions live over the Web.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Fairbanks artists assemble Anchorage art piece
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Artwork that will grace Anchorage's new Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center is taking shape in Fairbanks. The work is called "A Dena'ina Day Around Cook Inlet" and it includes more than 4,000 pieces of stained glass.
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Sculptor constructs Yankee Stadium out of LEGO bricks
Started in 2006, this LEGO replica of Yankee Stadium is still a work in progress. But even if the New York Yankees have a new home, a LEGO fiend wants to do his part to ensure the stadium is honored in his own way. This one is just too weird not to share.
The Times of Trenton |
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Art Text 2 adds template gallery, multi layer support
Art Text 2 has added a template gallery, multi layer support and other new capabilities.
Macworld |
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Cartier-Bresson photographs show debt to painting
Irving Penn once branded Henri Cartier-Bresson a "thief" after the famed photographer surreptitiously snapped Penn's portrait relaxing with his brother Arthur, then innocently talked on for 20 minutes.
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Cartier-Bresson photographs show debt to painting
Irving Penn once branded Henri Cartier-Bresson a "thief" after the famed photographer surreptitiously snapped Penn's portrait relaxing with his brother Arthur, then innocently talked on for 20 minutes.
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Salvation Army dunks commish, raises money for teen program
The Salvation Army’s Bridging the Gap Community Food Festival raised financial support for BtG, The Salvation Army’s diversion program for teens. BtG gives opportunity to teens to learn life skills, go on site visits to community resources, colleges, and career options, as well as give back to their community through community service projects.
Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab |
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Guest commentary: Why there are Ys
As the artist who created the “Y” Project, a temporary public art project, funded in part by a Cambridge Arts Council grant, I wanted to respond to the recent articles on the project (Editorial, “We do care” on Aug. 28, and “Residents are asking: Why the Ys?” by Evelyn Ratigan on Aug. 7, 2008).
Cambridge Chronicle & Cambridge Tab |
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Memorial Art Gallery receives million-dollar gift
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester has received a $1,000,000 gift from long-time friend and supporter Helen H. Berkeley...
News 10 NBC Rochester |
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Meijer Gardens celebrates autumn with 3rd annual 'Colorfall' exhibition
Already in progress, the third annual Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park's "ColorFall" exhibition, is an annual celebration devoted to the season of colorful change. Activities, which began Sept. 13, will continue through Oct. 31.
MLive.com |
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Attendance surge seen at Wine & Harvest Festival
CEDARBURG - Perfect weather and Strawberry Festival-sized crowds helped make this past weekend's Wine & Harvest Festival a huge success - unless of course you were a dog who had to stay home this year.
Greater Milwaukee Today |
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Racist Graffiti
A graffiti artist has sprayed racist hate on a mexican restaurant and a church in Putnam County. No one was watching but an eye from above records the whole thing late Saturday night. a vandal with a shirt wrapped around his head painting graffiti on the Palmer's Restaurant storefront in downtown.
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Amazing Cars to Be Sold at No Reserve During the Inaugural Barrett-Jackson Event in Las Vegas
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----In just three weeks, the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company will bring its renowned collector car event to Las Vegas with an amazing selection of vehicles being sold at No Reserve.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Big Gift for U of R's Memorial Art Gallery
The University of Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery has received a huge gift from a long-time supporter. Helen H. Berkeley has donated $1 million to the gallery. That sum is one of the largest gifts in the gallery's history.
WROC Rochester |
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Posted By: Neil Reisner 3:44 PM Sep 22, 2008
Matt Mendelsohn Photography The Dallas paper picked up Matt Mendelsohn 's "Fathers Know Best" op-ed that ran Sept. 7 in the New York Times, but some "dopey editor" edited most of the punch lines out of the piece, says Mendelsohn.
Poynter Institute |
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
---The opening of the striking new facility for the Museum of Arts and Design (about which I will post more later). The ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Bloomberg is at 11:30 a.m. today. The museum opens to the public Saturday.
Arts Journal |
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Story of Great Artwork Began on Boy Scout Hike
As he set out to climb Oklahoma's Mt. Scott with his Boy Scout troop in 1928, Bert Ohnstad, a Scout executive and folk woodcarver, found a cedar limb that made a perfect walking stick.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Shanghai Attractions
The old neighborhoods of the city are making way for the new. Exploring the line between old China and new China in this global city's shops, restaurants and museums.
New York Times |
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'Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity'
MARQUETTE - Artist Myra Greene said when she sees a picture of a girl on a bench, she describes the subject as a white girl on a bench, while most people would not identify the race or color of the person. Greene, an artist and photography professor from Chicago, spoke at Northern Michigan University's third annual Uniting Neighbors in the Experience of Diversity conference Monday.
The Mining Journal |
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An Iowa artist reproduced Leonardo Da Vinci's world renown painting, Mona Lisa, out of sticky notes for a contest ...
The 9 foot square work of art is was made from 12,000 sticky notes in various colors and a black marker and took 40 hours to complete.
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New assumed names filed in county September 18
The Blackbird; of 405 St. Joseph’s St., Suttons Bay - By Laura A. DeGue and Patrick A. DeGue, P.O. Box 28, Suttons Bay. Dan Stewart Photography; of 2466 S. Cherry Tree Ln., Suttons Bay - By Daniel Stewart, 2466 S. Cherry Tree Ln., Suttons Bay.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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Artist Murphy to lead watercolor workshop
Traverse City artist Charles Murphy will give a watercolor workshop at the Glen Arbor Art Association Oct. 2-3. The workshop will explore the applications and effects available when developing paintings.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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