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Louvre Persuades Queen Elizabeth to Loan Magnificent Mantegna
Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Organizing an exhibition of Renaissance paintings is about as difficult as launching a rocket to the moon. Because of their fragility, curators hate to loan them to other museums.
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Kate Moss on exhibit
France's Musee des Arts Decoratifs will commemorate the British supermodel's 19-year career, in an attempt to "decode the phenomenon".
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Sir John Trimmer to open Vincents Exhibition
Royal New Zealand ballet star Sir Jon Trimmer, this year celebrating the 50th year of his dancing career, is to open the Vincents Art Workshop Annual Group Fundraising Exhibition.
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Color him grateful
Cancer survivor Billy Jones shows gratitude by painting portraits of staff that helped him.
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Dan Brouillette's Passion For Photography
Local Photographer Dan Brouillette finally gets his break and captures Houston Texans star Mario Williams.
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Galway, Ireland
A portrait of Wexford man John Barry, who emigrated to the United States and received the first commission in the US Navy from George Washington in 1790, is on sale in the US. By artist Gilbert Stuart, the 200-year-old painting has had an asking price of $300k placed on it by art dealer Bruce Gimelson.
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Amazing Macro Photography Makes the Tiny Big, Beautiful [Big Pictures Of Little Things]
Here's a cool collection from a Wired contest that details some of the best macro photography we've seen in at least the past couple days. The bad boy above is a jumping spider sitting on a DVD....
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Local Artists To Showcase Talents In Malaysia
Bandar Seri Begawan - Fifteen local artists are set to display their- artwork for the first time in the upcoming contemporary painting exhibition at the art station of Penang, West Malaysia.
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Exhibit shows Braun in swim of city's art scene
Christo Braun's works delightfully straddle the line between abstraction and representation, thus allowing the viewer a chance for a more emotive response to his work rather than falling back on literal interpretation.
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Despite soggy weather, spirits high at Hoboken festival
Today's moist weather didn't dampen the spirits of the thousands who turned out to the Hoboken Arts and Musical Festival or the voice of Mary Weiss, former lead singer of the 60s girl band the Shangri-Las.
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Bacon painting to fetch €9.4m
A FRANCIS BACON portrait of his friend is expected to fetch £7.5 million (€9.4m) at auction.
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Art Galleries
Palo Alto Art Center Presents Fall 2008 Exhibitions "The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf," exhibition and U.S. tour premier of engaging work by a leading art jeweler. "In the Bigger Picture: Richard Misrach," landscapes by the acclaimed photographer.
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Art Festival Gets Large Crowds
This was the last day residents could purchase original works of art on the Peoria Riverfront. Kim Armstrong of the Peoria Art Guild says around 20–thousand people attended yesterday alone, exceeding her expectations after last week's flood.
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Morris football notebook: Redskins trying to paint championship picture
ROMEOVILLE - Sometimes a work of art can often resemble an abstract painting. One person can look and see the beauty of it while others can view it with a critical eye and wonder what the artist was thinking.
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CMFF less than a week away
MIDDLESBORO — The annual Cumberland Mountain Fall Festival (CMFF) is just around the bend. Chairman Bo Farmer and the Festival Committee are continuing to prepare and finalize the festival’s many activities and events. The CMFF will be held Friday, October 3 through Sunday, October 5.
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DISABILITY DISCLOSURE
I have a fledgling photography business, mostly shooting aspiring models. I am a full-time wheelchair user. When I mention that in e-mail messages when booking a shoot, I get a lot of cancellations -- a model suddenly remembers a prior engagement -- or just out-and-out no-shows. Is it ethical not to say up front that I have a disability? -- Jack Heniford, York, S.C.
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Art project to tell women’s stories
The stories and experiences of women living in Maitland are set to be showcased in a permanent public art installation destined for the new-look Maitland Regional Art Gallery.
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Fleming pieces illustrate Buddhist leaders
For an awe-inspiring exhibit of Tibetan art, "Buddha in Paradise," head to higher ground.
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Auction Proceeds Will Help NC Pottery Center
Supporters of the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove hope an auction of old pottery will raise as much as $20,000 to keep the center open.
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Hindu festivals still a must for Azamgarh royals
AZAMGARH: When 'Kot ka Qila', the 335-year-old residence of the erstwhile ruler of Azamgarh, Nawab Azam Shah, was claimed by the floods last year, Naiyyar-e-Azam, a descendent of the Shah dynasty, decided to make "a few utilitarian changes in the new layout".
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Alley art contest comes to local neighborhood
VIEW SLIDESHOW DENVER - Garbage cans. Cats. Trash. Chipped paint. Spider webs. These are things you'd likely find in any alley, anywhere around town.
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This Weeks Events
Until 31 Dec 2008 Time Out First Thursdays opens up over 70 contemporary art galleries and museums across East London until late on the first Thursday of every month. Pocket-sized First Thursdays East End art maps...
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New home of New York City's Museum of Arts and Design opens
NEW YORK - For years, it was one of the more visually unusual structures in midtown Manhattan - a mostly windowless, white marble construction by Edward Durell Stone known as "The Lollipop Building" after a disparaging comment from an architecture critic's review.
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art September 29 - October 4 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street, #2229 8641; 2 pm - 7 pm:
Pyramid presents the fifth solo exhibition of metal collage by Dr Arun Kumar Majumder. Inauguration today at 5 pm by Rabin Mondal. Till September 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Group, an association of women artists, presents a silver jubilee art exhibition on Creativity and Women Artist . Till September 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The ...
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Shopping festival
Puja shopping festivals, in association with The Telegraph , at Mani Square, City Centre and South City Mall. Attractions include Rock n Groove with Miss Jojo at Mani Square, 11am to 7.30pm.
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