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The Wedgewood Museum
There was one down side to the creation of the visitor centre at Wedgwood's manufacturing headquarters near Stoke-on-Trent, 10 years ago. It meant there was no longer any space for the museum which until then had borne testament to the life and work of Josiah Wedgwood and his descendants.
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5 art galleries in the South-east: Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham
Located in Sir Stanley Spencer's home village on the Thames in Berkshire, the gallery (pictured below) displays more than 100 of paintings and drawings within a former chapel.
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5 art galleries in the South-east: Modern Art Oxford
Founded in 1965, the gallery has regular exhibitions, highlighting developments in modern art.
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5 art galleries in the South-east: Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Aspex is situated on Portsmouth's waterfront in the 19th-century Vulcan Building. The main gallery shows five temporary exhibitions a year and is run alongside the Intro project space, which displays work by emerging artists.
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5 art galleries in the South-east: Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
Built in 1712, Pallant House boasts one of the best collections of 20th-century British art in the country.
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5 art galleries in the South-east: De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill
The Grade I listed building underwent a £9m refurbishment in 2005 and now hosts contemporary art (pictured above) across two galleries.
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Is Lily Cole's appearance in 'Playboy' really art?
YES But is it art? That’s the question they asked about édouard Manet’s Olympia when it went on view at the Paris Salon of 1865. The painting scandalised Paris. Not because Olympia was nude. But because she was naked. It’s the same difference with Lily Cole. An artistic “nude”, so tradition has it, wears no clothes save, occasionally, for a wisp of drapery that falls, ever so ...
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Super slabs and steely nerves: gallery makes room for heavy metal show
Giant of modern art Serra unveils new works for first London show in 16 years
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A Grand Time Was Had by All
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The fifth annual Grand Avenue Festival drew more than 25,000 people to Downtown Los Angeles.
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Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film The Queen of Spades has been called 'a masterpiece' by Martin Scorsese - so why is his ...
Thorold Dickinson's 1949 film The Queen of Spades has been called 'a masterpiece' by Martin Scorsese - so why is his work not better known? Philip Horne celebrates a daring director who was beset by bad luck
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Canal setting for Bigman festival
A festival will be held in Glasgow to celebrate the giant steel sculpture, "Bigman", which will double as a footbridge.
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Galleries
Alternatives Heritage Gallery "Fernald State School: Then, Now ... And Again?" by Derrick A. Tepaske, through Dec. 27. "Zentangle," exhibit by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, through Nov. 30. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. (508) 234-6232.
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Win tickets to Francis Bacon and the Turner prize - an exclusive private view at Tate Britain
The Guardian and The Observer have 150 pairs of tickets to an exclusive private view at Tate Britain, where winners will enjoy exclusive access to two fantastic exhibitions: Francis Bacon and the Turner prize 2008.
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Midwest: All Over the Map
Oshkosh: Exhibit closings. The Oshkosh Public Museum, 1331 Algoma Blvd., and The Paine Art Center and Gardens, 1410 Algoma Blvd., both have exhibits closing next Sunday. The museum features "The Tsar and the President," which looks at ...
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Books preview: Cheltenham Literature Festival
Various venues, starts October 10
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Safer creates artwork for '60 Minutes'
NEW YORK -- Morley Safer has created a work of art celebrating the 40th anniversary of "60 Minutes." It will be unveiled at a party Monday. It's the face of a clock (like the famous CBS newsmagazine's stopwatch) etched in marble with
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Palm Beach County History Museum marks killer 1928 hurricane with exhibit
When the storm roared into Palm Beach around 6 p.m. Sept. 26, 1928, it was packing winds of 150 mph. It blanketed the island with water and tossed boats onto the shore. In West Palm Beach, buildings collapsed like houses of cards.
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Urban Gardener: French lessons
It's taken a long time to get to the Chaumont-sur-Loire International Garden Festival in France. Sixteen years to be exact. I'd meant to go in the early years when my first tentative steps into the world of garden design had me wondering just how far boundaries could be pushed in the UK. Tradition hindered experimentation in urban gardens in those days, despite the fact that the majority, with ...
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Live streaming video: The Mark Warner-Jim Gilmore debate
If the video does not automatically start, please press the play button. The debate between former Gov. Jim Gilmore and former Gov. Mark Warner will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke. Video courtesy of WSLS-TV, Roanoke
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Dakota Fanning's a runaway hit at Mill Valley
Fourteen-year-old Dakota Fanning couldn't stick around for the post-screening Q&A Thursday at the opening night of the 31st annual Mill Valley Film Festival. She had to catch a flight back to Los Angeles so that she could be back in class on Friday. These...
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The Indy 's summer concert and festival roundup
As we all know, " summertime" is "funner time!" Given that having "fun" in Colorado Springs can sometimes mean leaving Colorado Springs, we thought we'd also include with a checklist of some of the biggest, baddest, most whoopassinist events of this, your Even Funner Summer 2003.
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Brad Howe sculptures on display at COC gallery
By Signal Staff Posted: Oct. 3, 2008 2:56 p.m. Works by internationally known sculptor Brad Howe are on display at the College of the Canyons Art Gallery through Oct. 23.
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West Babylon's rising student artists
Santapogue Elementary School in the West Babylon School District selected Olivia Golebiewski's artwork to be featured as "Artist of the Week" for September 22, 2008. She created a "Mondrian Mouse Maze", inspired by the artist Piet Mondrian concentrating on vertical and horizontal lines along with shapes and primary colors.
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Crossing New England III
Guyra Artist Anna Henderson, is organising Crossing New England III. This exhibition is now in its third year and Anna is delighted that so many talented regional artists are taking part.
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Celebrate milestone with Boonshoft at Oct. 5 open house
In many ways, the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has always had an open-door policy, but today, Oct. 5, is a special occasion — an open house for the community.
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