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Chinese contemporary art palls in Sotheby's HK sale
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Global financial turmoil has caught up with the red-hot Chinese contemporary art market as bidders failed to buy top-flight paintings at a major Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on Saturday.
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Seafest serves up coastal fun by the bowlful
Chowder cookoff highlights the annual San Clemente Pier party, which also has surfing, exhibits, music and more.
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Chinese contemporary art palls in Sotheby's HK sale
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Get Out: Saturday
Photo by GarySe7en via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr PARTY WITH THE DINOSAURS Day two of the Tarfest takes place at the La Brea Tar Pits and the Miracle Mile. Today is the film and music festival portion of this artsy affair. Music videos and short films will be shown at the Korean Cultural Center for free at 1 p.m., while you can listen to some great bands, including ...
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Touring Warhol show heavy in film and video
COLUMBUS (AP) - Watch Andy Warhol's films and videos and it's easy to imagine the late pop artist feeling right at home in the current age of reality TV and Web video. Discuss this Story with Others Click Here
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New Tut exhibit in Dallas has the wow factor
LONDON — Mark Lach, the celebrated designer of the Tutankhamun exhibits, admits that some have panned the latest Tut display for being a bit too "theme park-y."
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Crowd turns out for Festival of Chairs
On the surface, it was very glamorous, but underneath, it was all heart.
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Masriadi's Superman Picture Sets Record in Wary Asia Art Sale
Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesian I Nyoman Masriadi 's painting of Superman and Batman fetched a record HK$4.8 million ($618,000) in Hong Kong at Asia's first major art auction since the U.S. credit crisis began, the surprise star of a sale marked by caution.
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Grand Rapids Art Museum celebrates first anniversary
Press Photo/T.J. HamiltonThe Grand Rapids Art Museum's membership held its first annual meeting in the new building, one year after the grand opening last October that saw 10,000 people visit it in its first week. GRAND RAPIDS — The larger-than-life...
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Study: Sale Of Pollock Painting Would Hurt University
A study finds harm in the idea of selling a prized painting owned by the University of Iowa.
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U of I study advocates against selling painting
Associated Press - October 4, 2008 11:04 AM ET IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Selling a prized Jackson Pollock painting would hurt the University of Iowa's chances of borrowing art from other museums...
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Community calendar
Saturday Howling Harvest: Art with Teeth, The Chocolate Escape, 152 Main St., Wabasha. Noon-4 p.m. Grand opening includes live music and food from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Artwork will be for sale. The art show is open from noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays in
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More than 30 bands to be part of Art of Sound weekend
What: Sixth Annual Art of Sound Festival ReturnsWhen: Oct.
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NYC Artwork Features Shooting With Sarah Palin
It's quite a photo-op: Going shooting with Sarah Palin -- in Brooklyn.
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U of I study advocates against selling painting
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Selling a prized Jackson Pollock painting would hurt the University of Iowa's chances of borrowing art from other museums and lessen the chance that the university would get future art donations.
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Somerville art fest set for Sunday
"Arts & Main Street" is the new name of the fall festival sponsored by the Somerville Business Association. Main Street will be closed between Doughty Avenue and Grove Street for the festival which runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct....
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Weekend Road Closures
Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s all night art show will see several downtown streets close. Church t. will close between Gloucester and Alexander Sts., as of 3 p.m. Saturday. It will reopen Sunday at 8 a.m. The intersection of Church and Wellesley Sts. will remain open to accommodate traffic on Wellesley. Liberty St. will shut down between Dufferin St. and Jefferson Ave. from 5 p.m. Saturday ...
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Brooklyn Artwork Features Shooting with Sarah Palin
It's quite a photo-op: Going shooting with Sarah Palin - in Brooklyn.
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City plaza reinvented for MassKara Festival
ELI Tajanlangit, 29th MassKara Festival director, said the Bacolod City public plaza has been reinvented to showcase the latest festival trend that the City Government has prepared.
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FALL INTO FOOD FESTIVAL SEASON
South Carolina is simmeringwith culinary treats, whether they’re righthere in the Lowcountry,in the Upstate or somewhere inbetween.You won’thave to travelfar to enjoy chocolatein St. Mary’s, chitlins in Salley or fresh local seafood righthere in Bluffton.
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Nuit Blanche Transforms Toronto into One Big All-Night Art Show
Nuit Blanche, Toronto’s all-night art show kicks off Saturday evening at 6:52 p.m. and will continue through till sunrise Monday morning. The city will literally turn into one big art exhibit with over 155 art installations to be seen. Displays will be shown in galleries, museums, as well as in unexpected places like bridges, warehouses and stadiums. Rita Davies, director of cultural service...
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Chisholm Trail Day Festival today
One of Dickinson County’s best known festivals is gearing up for its 30th year. The Chisholm Trail Day Festival is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Dickinson County?Heritage Center, 412 S. Campbell.
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Arts & Books Digest
The Monterey Museum of Art is presenting an exhibit of contemporary art and photography by Angela Strassheim from Oct. 11 through Feb. 1.
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NY artwork features shooting with Sarah Palin
NEW YORK (AP) — It's quite a photo-op: Going shooting with Sarah Palin — in Brooklyn. Cardboard cutouts of Palin and her daughter Piper are set against a mountain, with the Alaska governor kneeling behind a slain caribou.
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Four-Hand Piano Duo to perform
Bonnie Anderson and Donna Gross Javel, who make “four hands” look and sound like “two,” will perform a 4 p.m. concert at the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury on Sunday, Oct.5.
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