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In pictures
Contemporary statues invade the British Museum
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Photogs say their hands are clean in flap over nude Monroe pics
NEW YORK — A lawyer for two photography professionals says seven nude and seminude Marilyn Monroe photos that are the subject of a lawsuit were found in curbside garbage nearly 35 years ago.
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Art fraudster jailed for six years
A high-class fraudster who bounced cheques worth around £2 million in some of Europe's top auction houses has been jailed for six years.
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"TERRITORIES"
Oct. 4 "Photography is a form of freedom," says Larry Towell, who trains his lens on subjects shackled by political oppression (above, Israel's West Bank). From the Gaza Strip to the Mexican border, Towell eloquently documents "the culture of resistance." A Boston Palestine Film Festival selection. Director May Ellen Davis hosts a post-screening Q&A. 5:30 p.m. $10, $8 seniors and ...
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Prime Time Calendar the week Oct. 1, 2008
A Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, is performed by The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, through Sunday, Oct. 5, in the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, Drew University, 36 Madison Ave., Madison. Call 973-408-5600 or visit www.ShakespeareNJ. org. Facing Sculpture,...
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Kate Moss in solid gold unveiled in British Museum in London
London - A solid gold sculpture of British top model Kate Moss went on public display in the august surroundings of the British Museum in London Thursday alongside statues of ancient Greek beauties and works of modern art. The 50-kilogram-statue, ent...
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Gallery appeals for blood money to buy Quinn head
The National Portrait Gallery is launching an appeal to buy a £350,000 self-portrait cast made from the frozen blood of artist Marc Quinn. The Art Fund is kickstarting fundraising with a £100,000 award and the gallery has found £50,000 of its own cash.
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Everything art lovers could want
Gallery Lambton is giving art lovers all they can handle on this month's First Friday cultural and arts walkabout in downtown Sarnia. Shawn McKnight, [...]
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Fall Visual Arts Preview
As the fall season gets under way, several art galleries in Savannah have expanded. 2CarGarage Contemporary Art Gallery tripled its space with its move from the second floor of 30 W. Broughton St. to the street-level 10 W. Broughton St. Desotorow has doubled its own space in the Starland District, taking over its neighbor Truspace. Daedalus Gallery moved from their digs in the Design District ...
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Site-specific piece of art on display
Jeremy Zwiefel's piece Gordian's Knot will be at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts through June . The artwork is made of wood and wire and was built in August while the center was closed . View it during Arts Walk, ticketed events, between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Fridays or by appointment (call 360-753-8585, ext. 507). The center is at 512 Washington St. S.E., Olympia.
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Ralph Stanley sticking to his roots
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. Ralph Stanley is known as the patriarch of bluegrass. There is a museum that bears his name as well as a bluegrass festival. Musicians revere him. Banjo players want to pick like him. To this day, theres still no one on the radio who sounds like him. At 8 p.m. Saturday, Stanley will perform with the Clinch Mountain Boys at Shepherd Universitys Frank Center as part of the ...
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Gala features Page-turning author
Katherine Hall Page's latest mystery novel, "The Body in the Gallery," touches on two issues that have received a lot of attention in the news in recent years - cyberbullying and a downturn in the economy. Page will talk about writing and answer questions Saturday night at the Washington County Free Library's Gala in the Stacks 2008: Jazz It Up fundraiser.
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Exhibits
Embroiderer's Guild; Photography by Leigh-Anne Mauk; Paintings by William Carroll; Artwork by Morgan Ballard; 'Building America's Canals'; Attitude and Art; Nancy Rodig Regional Exhibit; Artist of the month; 'Essences'
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The five free things to do this weekend
Carving out an afternoon; All aboard; Taking to the streets; Swing, batter batter; Swim or fly
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Kids 'Dig' new nature center exhibit
A new exhibit at the Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center looks like the kind of playground Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm might have enjoyed in The Flintstones cartoon.
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Art front and center in Northbrook this month
October is arts month in Northbrook, and it will kick off Friday with the Northbrook Public Library's sixth annual international juried art exhibition, "Caught in the Act: Art and the Written Word," which runs throughout the month. A gala opening reception will be held Friday at the library. It is open to the public, and will feature live entertainment, refreshments and viewer's choice voting on ...
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Do You Like Your Art from Behind?
Dog-centric artists Peter Nash and Kate Hoyer approach their canine subjects from different angles in this exhibit at The Showroom, a gallery in The Arcade opened several months ago by art consultant Sera Davis. Nash--a celebrity photographer who's snapped Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Faith Hill and ...
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Francois Deschamps' "Yellow Kid" at Sarratt Gallery
A New York-based photographer and book artist, Deschamps uses his photography as a means of constructing—or in this case, reconstructing—a story. “Yellow Kid” Gerontion was a storyteller and con artist in Catskill, N.Y., who frequented the bars in his community but rarely let any...
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Memorial Tutorial
A more timely exhibit we can't imagine: Just a few days before Barack Obama and John McCain duke it out at Belmont University for the title of the Real Agent of Change, Los Angeles artist Tucker Neel's Monuments to the Pres(id)ent opens just a few blocks away at Snow Gallery. Through drawings, print...
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Marilyn Monroe Photos Were Found In Trash
A lawyer for two photography professionals says seven nude and seminude Marilyn Monroe photos that are the subject of a lawsuit in New York were found in curbside garbage nearly...
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UK's Biggest Union Sponsors the In The City 2008 Unsigned Music Festival, Manchester, October 5th - 7th
Unite, the UK's largest union, is supporting the UK's emerging musicians by sponsoring In The City 2008 Unsigned Music Festival: Music No Boundaries, kicking off this weekend in Manchester .
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Achievements of Arab women directors highlighted at MEIFF
Middle East International Film Festival showcases strong line-up in Retrospective on Palestine.
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Richard Serra: king of New York
I always associate Richard Serra with a particular memory. Serra is about to have a show of his sculpture in London - the first in more than a decade.
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Marilyn Monroe Photos Were Found In Trash
NEW YORK (AP) -- A lawyer for two photography professionals says seven nude and seminude Marilyn Monroe photos that are the subject of a lawsuit in New York were found in curbside garbage nearly 35 years ago.
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Using great outdoors as an inspiring canvas
A palette of painters who enjoy creating their artwork outdoors meets Saturdays at scenic East County locations to capture landscape views on canvas.
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