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Finishing off Farmers Market
Vendors at Saturday's Metamora Farmers' Market say the spiraling economy is not affecting their produce sales. Members at the market held their second annual Fall Fest and Art Fair. The fall festival showcased art displays, assorted fall produce and ornamental crops.
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Take a glimpse behind the door
"Red Door" by Roberta Scott "Archi-Textures: Houses & Huts/Windows & Doors," an exhibition of photographs by Middlesex resident Roberta Scott, will be on view at Bernardsville Library during the month of October. An opening reception will be held at the...
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Cliburn at the Kimbell presents piano duo
Cliburn at the Kimbell presents piano duo Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Anderson are an unusual piano team in that their creative energy and verve add up to more than the sum of the two artists onstage. Some have dubbed these two the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of the collaborative keyboard. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Kimbell Art Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth. $35. Central ...
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Photos: Oktoberfest/Volkswalk
Brooke Parrish, age 5, of Manitowoc gets a rainbow face painting from Lincoln Key Club member Vikki Lor during the Sunrise Optimist ClubÕs Art in the Park event at Washington Park.
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'Maestro' Winner Up For Another Top Prize
The remaining nominees for the Stonewall awards have been announced. The winner of BBC's conducting contest Maestro, lesbian comedian Sue Perkins, Queen of Shops host Mary Portas, Simon Amstell from Never Mind the Buzzcocks , and singer Sam Sparro are among those shortlisted for ‘Entertainer of the Year’ at the awards.
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Holmes Brothers at institute
Blues veterans The Holmes Brothers will open the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute American Roots Series, co-presented with the Mohawk Valley Blues Society, at 8 p.m. today in the Museum of Art Auditorium.
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Debate-watch party, auction
Local artists Eve Werner and Brooke Bishop are inviting you to join Obama-minded neighbors for a free debate-watch party and silent auction to benefit the Obama for President campaign at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct.
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Head of failed Lehman sees wife make art fortune
It is one investment that did not go wrong. While Richard Fuld, the boss of Lehman Brothers, lost a fortune as his bank collapsed, his wife amassed a fine collection of modern art. She is now set to make up to £11m from it.
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Money for Nothing, as Seen by an Artist
An artist plans to give away signed and numbered originals of ?The Zero Dollar,? a downsized rendering of the $1 bill with zeros in place of the ones.
New York Times |
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Cabot's Pueblo Museum plans Day of the Dead bash
Cabot's Pueblo Museum will celebrate the art of the Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) traditional holiday 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov 2. The free family event will include refreshments.
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U of I Study Advocates Against Selling Painting
IOWA CITY (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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Museum Showing 17th And 18th-Century Russian Icons
Religious icons were found everywhere in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. But when the Communists took power, they tore down churches, publicly burned icons and persecuted believers.
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St. James art show: It's a scene
Thousands of people came out to the nationally acclaimed St. James Court Art Show in Louisville today.
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Around the world and off the wall
Some weeks the Boston film scene serves up loads of what can best be described as "quirk" - international works that tilt to the avant-garde, festival concepts that are clever and weird, and programs of short films that are long on creativity if short on narrative structure.
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Lehman Specter Spooks Hong Kong Art Sale as Paintings Go Unsold
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Sotheby's first evening auction of Asian paintings in Hong Kong ended last night with about 40 percent of the lots unsold as buyers dithered amid the global economic slowdown and bank bailouts.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008, 3:26 p.m.
Waner/Gilmore face off in debate by Candace Sipos and Peter Velz, ct staff Saturday, October 4; 3:03 AM Former governors and candidates for the U.S. Senate, Mark Warner and Jim Gilmore, competed in their third debate at the Taubman Museum of Art in downtown Roanoke on Friday night.
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Harvard 'Re-View'
Art by Cézanne, Degas, Picasso, Matisse and Van Gogh are among 600 works on display at Harvard's Arthur M. Sackler Museum in a show called "Re-View."
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Contemporary Chinese Artists Push the Limits
Eager to cash in on the boom, Chinese authorities relax restrictions on contemporary artists. Are they for real?
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Weird Exhibits Compete for Britain's Turner Prize
Britain's Turner Prize does, and makes no apologies for it. Just don't touch that garbage on the floor.
Newsweek |
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Closed Catholic Schools Clean House
When the Catholic Diocese closed 13 schools in our area, there were many used books, desks and chairs that weren't needed anymore. Much of that went to auction. What was left became part of a huge garage sale Saturday.
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Oil wealth flows but gulf states remain wary
While the U.S. reels under the weight of the financial crisis, the sheikdoms of the Arabian peninsula are enjoying their riches from oil but also seeking to invest for a post-oil future in booming spots like Doha, Qatar, the Tribune's Liz Sly reports. Bloomberg News photo
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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 Saturday.
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Chinese contemporary art palls in Sotheby's HK sale
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 Saturday.
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Gallery prepares for curator search
Art Gallery of Algoma's search for a new curator is about to start. A national effort to find Michael Burtch's successor will get underway [...]
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Art show will feature 89-year-old artist's work
Helen L. Cooper didn't know an artist was hiding deep inside her until she bought watercolors for her grandson 30 years ago. Cooper, 89, rarely has been without a paintbrush since. The Newton O. Belt Art Association's annual art show will feature her work later this month. Painting wasn't a part of Cooper's life when she was growing up on a farm in Miller City, Ill. "I had no idea I ...
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