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eMyproperty infiltrates strikingly in Cityscape Dubai 2008
eMyproperty, Dubai based development & property consultancy company, will debut at the cityscape Dubai 2008, being held in Dubai International Exhibition Centre from 6-9 October 2008.
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Get hungry at IMA? Dining changes are afoot
The Indianapolis Museum of Art is still searching for an exclusive food-service provider. But visitors will begin to see some changes to the current dining operation this month under the agreement with Wolfgang Puck's catering company.
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City Council cuts MAM's janitorial funding
The Missoula Art Museum on Monday lost a “significant” amount of ongoing city support for janitorial services and instead will have to ask each year for the appropriation.
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ARTS 4 p.m. — “The Art of Three: Rolly, Tina and Kristine Zepeda — A Family Exhibit” to open on Oct. 30
“The Art of Three: Rolly, Tina and Kristine Zepeda — A Family Exhibit” at the Bank of Guam. The artwork will be featured at the bank’s second floor. The show opens at 4 p.m. today, and will continue through Oct. 30. The exhibit may be viewed during normal banking hours.
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Museum is a tribute to a King
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Cape Cod Times |
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Kumartuli's sculptors fear their craft may die
By Aparajita Gupta, Kolkata, Oct 7 : They have churned out giant idols of Goddess Durga and her children for decades, but the artisans of Kumartuli - the potter's colony here famed for its sculptures - now fear that their craft might die with them as the younger generation is shifting to more lucrative professions.
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King Tut exhibit begins another run in the US
DALLAS - An exhibit showcasing items buried in the Egyptian tomb of King Tut is back in the United States. "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opened over the weekend at the Dallas Museum of Art, the first of three museums to host the exhibit's encore tour.
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Students perform at Tuesday Noon Concerts series
Today's Tuesday Noon Concerts series at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art features students from the Larry Hammett Guitar Studio.The 30-minute program includes a variety of pieces from Bach to Tarrega, Richard Rogers and more.
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Paris exhibit showcases what Picasso learned from masters of the past
PARIS (AP) _ When Velazquez painted a 17th century Spanish princess, he gave her wispy hair, pale skin and a cautious gaze. Three centuries later, Picasso turned the girl's face into a Cubist maze of green and purple, yet he captured her essence — that same mysterious gaze.
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Ranjit Singh's bust sells for USD 192,000 in London
By Dipankar De Sarkar, London, Oct 7 : Far more important and wealthy than his son in real life, a marble bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh has fetched only a fraction of the price a sculpture of Duleep Singh commanded last year.
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UTA students participate in the Arlington Beautification Project
Terence Sweatt has combined his passion for painting with community service to beautify Arlington. For the UTA art alumnus, the completion of the Arlington Beautification Project murals gives him a chance to display his work and help the community.
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Class Acts: Madison-Grant United School Corp.
♦Six students recently won awards in the annual Garfield Art Contest. In the colored pencil division, first place went to Marisa Freeman, second place to Jacob Click and third place to Andrea Myers.
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From St John's Wood to Kings Road: is it third time lucky for Saatchi gallery?
It is fair to say the 205-year-old military barracks in Chelsea, the Duke of York's headquarters, have never housed anything quite like it.
Guardian Unlimited |
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KATONAH - Famed sculptor Michelangelo once said, "In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me." More LEWISBORO - A Waccabuc lawyer is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday to face accusations that he plotted to harm witnesses' family members in a case where he represented a reputed drug kingpin.
The Journal News |
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Brown Wields Heavy Brush; Rosler Dangles Fake Leg: Hot Art
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- In Cecily Brown 's large-scale paintings at the Gagosian Gallery , sexual couplings are camouflaged with torrents of robust, expressionistic brushstrokes.
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Painter cavorts in creepiest crannies
UNM student Jonathan Grimes hung his first art show of abstract paintings at Winning Coffee Co. last week. They resemble square, green and gold kaleidoscopic jewels - an impressive and well-executed series for someone with no art training. "It's kind of a regurgitation of very primal things I don't know how to communicate in any other way except for painting," Grimes said.
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Arts festival to extend next year's season
The Ringling Museum and Baryshnikov Center are teaming up to host a multidiscipline festival in Sarasota a year from now.
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Necklace With 102-Carat Diamond May Boost Hong Kong Art Auction
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A necklace set with a 102.56-carat yellow diamond -- the biggest of its kind to appear at auction -- is the highlight of a jewelry sale in Hong Kong today that Sotheby's estimates will total HK$500 million ($64 million).
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Natural wonders: Book explores Kansas beauty through photography, prose and science
“A survey line is straight; no river is. A river bends, curls, snakes twists, shifts, shaping and shaped by the land’s body. A survey line is static; no river is. Living water, it flows. It may wind and wander, rage and roar, but it is always journeying. Creeks, like capillaries, merge with it, spreading life throughout the land.”
Lawrence Journal-World |
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Perps return 'Sam the Bugler'
SARATOGA SPRINGS -Sam the Bugler is back where he belongs. About a month after being stolen from the Holiday Inn on Broadway, a painting of the famous racetrack bugler has been returned by the crime's perpetrators.
The Saratogian |
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Today's Agenda: Canola Oil Fry Contest at the State Fair, two pianists for Cliburn at the Kimbell
Arteries, start your engines Finally! A showcase for fried food at the State Fair! Get out the door now so you can be sure to check out the Canola Oil Fry Contest at 10:30 a.m. at the Contest Kitchen at the State Fair, Fair Park in Dallas. It’s free. And remember, you don’t have to eat everything on a stick. It just makes it that much more fun. Two for the ivories It’s two. Two. Two ...
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International exposure
IT WAS a dream come true for SM Poi Lam student Teoh Mei Sim when she was chosen to participate in the 16th International High School Shodo calligraphy exhibition in Japan earlier this year.
The Star |
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Some slog for Hartslog
ALEXANDRIA - The Hartslog Day sign is posted along Route 22, numbers are painted on Main Street and residents are cleaning their yards in preparation for their town's big day Saturday. With the brisk feeling of fall also comes the buzz of Hartslog Day, a one-day festival in Alexandria each year.
Altoona Mirror |
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Russian Group Buys Auction House
Phillips de Pury & Company, the auction house and art dealership, has been acquired by the Mercury Group, a luxury distributor in Moscow.
New York Times |
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Cooper-Hewitt Is Poised for an Expansion and a Sprucing Up
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum plans to begin work in January on the renovation and expansion of its ornate Fifth Avenue mansion.
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