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Adobe launches CS4 suite of applications
Adobe's lineup of pro design apps has been refreshed. CS4 will ship in October and offers GPU-based drawing of documents in Photoshop and tighter Flash integration along with a host of other new features. Read More...
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Munch’s ‘Vampire’ could set auction record
Edvard Munch's "Vampire," a dark, brooding painting of a woman with cascading red hair kissing a man's neck, may set a new record for the Norwegian artist when it goes on the auction block this fall.
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Standard's chief photographer lectures on history of photography
From early glass plate negatives to modern digital cameras, newspaper photographers have used the technology available to capture the images of the day. Standard [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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Elton John's 'J' brooch for sale in London
A sapphire-and-diamond brooch worn by singer Elton John in one of his music videos will go under the gavel this week. The art deco piece is shaped like a "J" and was worn by John in the 1988 music video "I Don't Wanna Go on With You Like That." It is expected to fetch $22,000 when it goes up for sale at Bonhams auction house in London on Thursday. The 1930s-era brooch has brilliant-cut and ...
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US-LIFE Summary
Cartier-Bresson photographs show debt to painting
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BYS combines harvest fest, ribbon cutting for new Shelter of Hope
Over 100 people gathered Saturday morning for Butterfield Youth Services' annual Harvest Festival, which this year included a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the "Shelter of Hope," the first installment of the BYS "Outdoor Classroom."
Marshall Democrat-News |
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Louisville to hire firm to create public art plan
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government has hired Creative Time, a public art planning group, to develop a strategy for placing more public art in Louisville.
Business First of Louisville |
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Oregon Zoo set to celebrate world's cultures, animals
PORTLAND - Globetrotters on a budget can travel the world without leaving Portland during the Oregon Zoo's 10th annual World Animal Festival, Sept. 27 through Oct. 5. The festival, free with zoo admission, celebrates the many ways animals influence cultures, beliefs and customs around the globe.
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Groner School's Scholls Country Festival is Oct. 4
Groner Elementary School will celebrate the beginning of fall and raise funds for their students beginning at noon Saturday, Oct. 4, at Oktoberfest at Oregon Heritage Farms, 22801 SW Scholls Ferry Road in Hillsboro.
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Article: iPhone Gems: Every Drawing Application, Reviewed
Camera and music applications aside, the iPhone and iPod touch hold a lot of potential for creative users. Today, we look at another well-represented genre of creative tools: 15 different drawing and painting applications, ranging in price from free to $6. While they vary in utility and execution, and most are useful only for casual doodling, each allows the user to create art using nothing but ...
iLounge |
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Dali Museum Fashion Benefit In St. Pete Was Just So Surreal
Surrealism and fashion came together in the spirit of Salvador Dali today at the St. Petersburg Yacht Club to raise funds for a new $35 million building that will be double the size of the current Dali Museum.
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Video artist Mark Callahan presents video screening, gallery talk
Mark Callahan of Ideas for Creative Exploration (ICE) will present a video screening and gallery talk at Wake Forest University from noon to 1:15 p.m. in Scales Fine Arts Center, Room 102. The event is being held in conjunction with the exhibit “Perpetual Art Machine” (PAM), which is on display at the Charlotte & Philip Hanes Art Gallery through Oct. 12.
Wake Forest University News Service |
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Refurbished 'Spirit of Detroit' signals renewal for city
DETROIT -- A crowd of about 300 gathered outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the installment of the "Spirit of Detroit," the city's iconic green sculpture better known as the "Jolly Green Giant."
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Paint-Out Group plans October show
The Paint-Out Group will hold its second annual art exhibit which combined the personal and communal interpretation of nature. "In Living Color" will be Oct. 2-31 at the Art Reach Gallery in the First Congregational Church of Christ, 1126 SW Park Ave., Portland.
The Hillsboro Argus |
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Light painter
Creating images is a calling for artist Joe Galian, dabbling in watercolor, poster color, and oil paints. Yet it is through "painting with light" that he find utmost joy and fulfillment-----that maybe just an alternative phrase for the term photography.
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HP Debuts Solutions to Accelerate Growing Digital Photo and Publishing Marketplace
HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the newest additions to its digital photography portfolio, designed to empower customers to do more with their digital assets across the printing ecosystem at retail, online or at home.
Centre Daily Times |
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Superior Stampede & Mexico’s Largest Cattle Union Join Forces
(Visalia, Calif.) – Superior Stampede, a division of Superior Livestock Auction, recently entered into a joint venture with the Union Ganadera Regional De Chihuahua (UGRCH), the cattlemen’s union for the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
CattleNetwork.com |
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ZURICH, Switzerland - When Heidi Weber traded her first car 50 years ago for a collage by Le Corbusier, it launched a lifelong devotion to the artist's paintings, sculptures and furniture.
Brandon Sun |
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Vehicle stickers going to the dogs
The Chicago Department of Animal Care and Control and the City Clerk's office have teamed up to launch the city's vehicle sticker art design contest, open to all high school students.
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Artist Taps Into Anger At Corporate CEOs
A Brooklyn artist is giving Wall Streeters the opportunity to vent their irritation with corporate America. Geoffrey Raymond takes his over-sized paintings of CEOs to Wall Street, then asks passers-by to write comments on his artwork.
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Munch's dark Vampire painting to be auctioned
A dark, brooding painting by Edvard Munch titled Vampire goes on the auction block in New York in November after more than 70 years in private hands.
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Tip of the Day: Museum Adventure Pass
Here's how you can get free admission to 23 Twin Cities cultural institutions.
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The Guggenheim Museum Gets a Face-Lift
The Guggenheim museum in New York City gets a face-lift.
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Le Corbusier's paintings in his own museum
When Heidi Weber traded her first car 50 years ago for a collage by Le Corbusier, it launched a lifelong devotion to the artist's paintings, sculptures and furniture. Weber says there's something special about Le Corbusier's museum housing a retrospective...
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Artists touch up county's old residents for their close-up
Lebanon's oldest residents are getting facelifts, but instead of collagen and botox, these mugs are getting oil paints and solvents.
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