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NY's Cooper-Hewitt museum to expand
NEW YORK - The renovation and expansion of Manhattan's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum will begin in January.
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Pumpkin fest spirit will help feed those in need
By Nadine Armstrong The Hants Journal/NovaNewsNow.com The Utata Gallery and Art Centre may be new to the area, but members there are already showing their community spirit...
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Color Play: Exploring the Art & Science of Color at The Children's Museum of Memphis
The Children's Museum of Memphis is hosting Color Play: Exploring the Art & Science of Color October 11-January 4. The exhibit invites children to play with colors through hands-on interactives, including whole-body experiences and opportunities for fantasy play. The exhibit's centerpiece is the Color Playhouse that beckons children to enter its front door and explore.
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What has gone wrong with the Turner prize?
Four artists compete for the world's most notorious and important art trophy - and not one of them comes across in the exhibition at Tate Britain like an artist of true significance or value. Well, maybe one.
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Rising from the ashes
What was once one of the most important entertainment spots for oil drillers and settlers along Kings County's West Side sits empty today, with scorched artwork, sagging rusted beams and crumbling concrete walls as a few reminders of life at the Avenal Theater.
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Sotheby's Fails to Sell Diamond Necklace Valued at $9.5 Million
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A necklace set with a 102.56-carat yellow diamond -- the biggest of its kind to appear at auction -- failed to sell at Sotheby's in Hong Kong today.
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Kushboo Speaks On Rudra [Gallery]
Kushboo, a prominent actress of the yesteryear is now a busy comparer and a serial artist. The actress is going steady in her career who acted earlier in the renowned serial Kalki that was relayed in Jaya channel. The former was a home production and now Rudra is the next to be relayed on Zee Tamil produced by Kushboo in her home banner. Another movie titled Aindham Padai is being produced, with ...
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Local artist carves World War II soldier into tree
McHENRY – Those who venture to the back of the McHenry Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall are treated to a stunning sight – a 12-foot-tall oak tree trunk caught between its life as a tree and its future as a carving.
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Education in Brief: 10/07/2008
Fall Food Festival Friday at SBHS; 'Rescue Day' offers fun at Cherryland; Motherbaby Film Fest at The State; College Night set at Maritime Academy; Safety program coming to Cadillac; 'Lights On' program at Traverse Heights; 'Lights On' program at Traverse Heights; Leelanau MARSP sets next meeting; 'How Kids Are Wired' at NMC
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Rare Middle East ewer sells for 3.2 millioln pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - A 1,000-year-old carved rock crystal ewer, one of only seven known surviving examples, fetched 3.2 million pounds at auction on Tuesday, Christie's said.
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Picture yourself with a future masterpiece
IT'S all about art for art's sake, but buyers may take home more than they bargained for from an exhibition which opens tonight.
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Culture Monster (LA Times) 10/07/08
Maybe It Could Replace A Question About Flag Pins? The moderator of tonight's presidential debate, NBC's Tom Brokaw, sits on the board of LA's Norton Simon Museum of Art, and has a long history of supporting art and culture.
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SSMART S.A. and Signaal Hellas S.A. Exhibiting at Defendory International
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- SSMART S.A. and Signaal Hellas S.A. are exhibiting at Defendory International 2008, Oct. 7 - 11 in Athens, Greece, at the Hellenikon Exhibition Center.
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Rademacher: As a judge, I'm just warming up
Photo Courtesy Patricia ChapmanNot sew simple: Tom Rademacher stands next to the quilt he picked as best among 300 or so on display during Quilts on the Grand 2008. I've judged artwork, woodwork, chili, essays, splash dives, beauty queens, spaghetti-eating...
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Atlanta Prepares for Second Annual Contemporary Jewelry Show
The Atlanta Contemporary Jewelry Show announced that it has added four top jewelry creators to the roster of artists exhibiting at its second annual event. The newly announced artists include Marcia Macdonald, Chihiro Makio, Steve Midgett and Jerry Scavezze. The show will be held at the Defoor Centre in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, November 8, from 10 ...
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Collages question ash borer response
Cathy Van Raay-Myers is using art to ask questions. The Chatham resident's upcoming exhibit Emerald Ash, being showcased at ARTspace from Thursday to Nov. [...]
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Community Coffee Art Contest
Community Coffee’s 90th Birthday is April 1, 2009. To help celebrate students 6th thru 12th are invited to submit hand-drawn art for the front of a 90th Birthday card.
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Goya’s prints depict war suffering
A collection of 46 etching of the series Disaster of War by the world famous Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes is on display at an exhibition in the Fine Arts Museum of Viet Nam in Ha Noi.
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Kuntzleman to speak at agency's luncheon
The Salvation Army's civic luncheon is set for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 21 at the Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History, 3225 Fourth St. The luncheon is open to all area business and community leaders. Guest speaker Dr. Charles Kuntzleman...
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Meditate for Three Seconds to Look Better in Photos [Photography]
The Photojojo photography site parcels out 10 tips for looking good in portraits, whether you're setting the timer and running or handing over your rig to another shooter. Along with choosing the...
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Henson photography studied in schools
BILL Henson's controversial photography is being studied in school art classes by thousands of children as young as 12.
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Henson photography studied in schools
BILL Henson's photography is being studied in Victoria's school visual art classes by children as young as 12.
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Artist Could Be Jailed For Defacing His Own Mural
"Artist Ed Stross faces a 30-day stint in jail unless the American Civil Liberties Union manages to overturn his conviction for painting the word "love" on his mural in this Detroit suburb.
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FA chief fears '£3bn' club debts
FA chairman Lord Triesman says the current global credit crisis could pose a "terrible danger" to clubs contesting spiralling debts.
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US choreographer transcends boundaries for MEIFF 2008
Esteemed American director and choreographer, Otis Sallid, will return to the Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) - being held in Abu Dhabi from 10 to 19 October and organized by Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH)- to create the festival's opening and closing ceremonies for the second year running.
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