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Free brain food in Britain
In 2001, the British Government did a very good thing. Finally honouring a four-year-old election pledge, it set tax breaks and rules in motion that meant entry to many museums in Britain would be free.
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Warhol album art 'eternally young,' says Montreal collector
Artist Andy Warhol set a new standard for record album covers - transforming them into serious art, says a Montrealer who has collected every cover by the pop artist.
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The Malkies at Cumberland Arms, Newcastle
Renowned folk artist Alastair Hulett and his new band the Malkies are performing in Newcastle this Sunday. The Malkies have recently released their first album, Suited and Booted to rave reviews.
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Yasser Alwan: The Liberty Of Appearing
Yasser Alwan’s photographs of Egypt’s workers raise questions of representation and photography. This forms part of Photomonth 08, the acclaimed east London photography festival. Many of the photos were also exhibited at the Marxism festival earlier this year.
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Thai film delves into murky Muslim insurgency
BANGKOK, (Reuters) - Five years on, the insurgency in Thailand's mainly Muslim south continues to defy attempts to placate it and a new Thai documentary uses the brutal death of a young Buddhist art teacher to examine why.
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Dancer Khan is captured on canvas
A portrait of dancer Akram Khan is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London
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When And When Not To Use The Flash Feature In Taking Puppy Pictures
The flash feature in your cameras is a very important tool used in photography. Although it is highly useful, you do not have to use the flash feature at all times. There are instances when you have to refrain from using it.
Turks.US |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
A couple weeks ago I noted how gee-whiz cool it was that Lynne Cooke's essay about Francis Alys' Fabiola projatect was available on LACMA's website. (The exhibition on view at LACMA.) I wondered why more museums didn't post scholarship related to exhibitions on their websites.
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PSE Team Wins ENERGY STAR(R) "Recycle My Old Fridge" Refrigerator Art Contest
BELLEVUE, Wash.----Puget Sound Energy project team members have turned a 1952 refrigerator door into an award-winning work of art - and a reminder that we can all help the environment and save energy by recycling old, inefficient appliances.
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Grant Career Center opens restaurant
The Culinary Careers Program has opened the Sports Gallery Restaurant at the Career Center.
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The New Yorker's Fourth Annual Passport to the Arts Event
On Saturday, November 8, 2008, the New Yorker Promotion Department hosts its fourth annual Passport to the Arts event, featuring a self-guided tour of twenty-eight leading Chelsea galleries, an evening cocktail reception, and a silent auction benefitting Friends of the High Line.
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Black History Month events
Saturday & Sunday 4/5 October 2008 , 1.30pm & 3.30pm ( International Slavery Museum , Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AQ), Being Black in Britain - this performance explores the Black British experience. FREE, tickets available on the day at the information desk.
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Parents hope school for autism can take flight
The skillful rendering of Winnie the Pooh's pal Tigger hanging at Elmhurst's Karen Solem Gallery looked to be the work of a seasoned cartoonist. The attached card revealed the creator to be Michael Maggiore, a 13-year-old Elmwood Park resident with a passion for drawing and a mind for intricacy. Maggiore, like the dozens of other young artists who contributed their work to the Sept. 26 art ...
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Historical Society seeks Marco’s assistance to save about $100,000
The Marco Island Historical Society has steadily worked toward the goal of bringing a museum to the island for eight years. The three-building complex to be surrounded by water will represent a Calusa village. With the majority of funding in place, construction of the museum near the Marco Island Branch Library on South Heathwood, is ready to begin and projected to be complete in fall 2009. ...
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ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE: 'The Women' is the authentic 'Sex and the City'
In the heart of Balboa Park, after a short walk through the leafy pathway behind the Casa del Prado Theatre and the San Diego Museum of Art, lies the Old Globe Theatre - a convincing replica of Shakespeare's famous theater. It is here where on Sept. 13, the premier of Clare Boothe Luce's "The Women" took place. With the recent screen adaptation of the film - perhaps you've seen previews for ...
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Art Attack! Chelsea Art Museum Cancels Exhibit in Attempt to Remain Obselete
The Museum's president, Dorothea Keeser, told AFC that, “I do not think that an artist should show children and women which are torn apart by bombs. That is not the question for the artist."
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Noteworthy
Noteworthy ‘Aqua’ show at career and arts center SHAMOKIN — The Northumberland County Council for the Arts and Humanities will host a thematic invitational art exhibition titled “Aqua” at the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center Fine Art Gallery. The exhibit will feature 32 works of 13 regional artists’ renderings of water in various forms, with a variety of interpretations and mediums.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Two artists are hosting receptions Friday in Salinas. "Adventures A Broad," travel posters by Joan Chu, has been hanging at the CherryBean since Sept. 1. "Bomba," photography by Jesus and Juan Espinoza, is at Bay Photo Gallery.
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Top RP lensmen showcase works
MANILA, Philippines—Some of the country’s top photojournalists, dahlings, recently gathered for the 2008 World Press Photo Exhibition at The Podium in Ortigas Center.
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Reader survey winner plans to help food bank with prize
In August, The Arizona Republic asked readers for their feedback on proposed designs for the newspaper's community editions, including The Surprise Republic. From among all those who submitted their opinions, Yvonne Curtiss, 65, of Surprise, was randomly selected as the winner of the reader survey contest. Curtiss recently spoke with The Republic about her win.
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Erotic Artists Wanted! San Francisco's Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo Seeks Talented Artists for Erotic Arts Festival, ...
Perry Mann's 29th Annual Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo, the internationally acclaimed Celebration of Flesh, Fetish, and Fantasy, and -- according to E! Entertainment TV -- "The World's #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party," is putting out the call for erotic artists to participate in its Erotic Arts Festival, part of the "Exotic Erotic" weekend of themed entertainment. 30,000 people are expected to ...
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DRIFT 08 brings accessible contemporary art to the Thames
A laser recreation of the old Blackfriars Railway Bridge and sounds of the seaside on the Millennium Bridge are two of the highlights of DRIFT 08 which launched last week.
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Jones exhibit opens at Riverland gallery
The James Wegner Art Gallery opens its 2008-09 season with “Labyrinth,” a show of recent drawings and paintings by Riverland art instructor Tim Jones.
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Friend crosses Sen. Stevens in gift-giving trial
Wealthy oil contractor Bill Allen, a longtime friend of Sen. Ted Stevens whose company rebuilt the senator's home, took the stand Tuesday as the star witness in the Alaska Republican's corruption trial.
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