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Exhibition unwrapped
One group of women have made it their mission to spread the story behind how a homemade rug came to share its name with a town in the Riverina. As unlikely as the name Matilda, Wagga is not just a name, but a blanket unique to Australian history and the outback.
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Warhol's Rock-Star Photos, Drag Queens, Rare Movies Put on Show
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Andy Warhol was a hard man to pin down. According to him, that's because there wasn't anything to discover. ``Just look at the surface of my paintings and films and me, and there I am,'' he said in 1966, ``There's nothing behind it.''
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Vampire Picasso Faces His Masters in Marathon Paris Exhibit
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Marina Picasso remembers her famous grandfather as a ``vampire'': ``He squeezed everyone out like his tubes,'' she told the German news magazine Der Spiegel.
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Gems of time
High-end luxury watches and collectors’ items will be showcased at Starhill Gallery’s ‘A Journey Through Time II’ for admirers and purchasers, writes ZUHAILA SIDEK.
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Pop art is popping up around Colorado Springs, with a political twist. The artwork has President Abraham Lincoln's face blended with Senator Barack Obama's face, in the style of Andy Warhol. The question was whether the mural was artwork or a political sign.
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Dream away the economic recession at Dunedin Fine Arts Center
By Megan Voeller These days, it's hardly an exaggeration to call the evening news the stuff of nightmares. Between the implosion of Wall Street and the prospect of the other guy winning the election, the current state of national affairs might be enough to have you waking up in a cold sweat. Floridians in particular -- at the mercy of an economy dependent on the battered industries of real ...
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Bleu Acier and Bustillo y Diaz Cigar Factory: Artists Handwriting and 2008 FloCas
By Megan Voeller Around this time each year, fall arts season kicks into full gear, and the sheer number of visual arts exhibitions can be difficult to keep up with. For your perusing pleasure, here are a couple of shows currently on view or opening this week that are worth making time for. • Tampa Heights print atelier Bleu Acier invites artists represented by New York's Haim Chanin Fine Arts ...
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County Council considers regional asset funding
Erie County Council tonight will consider an ordinance that would provide funding to eight local regional assets, including the Erie Zoo and the Erie Art Museum.
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Exhibition of Denis Healey's photographs goes on show at Sussex University
Denis Healey's photographs of international figures and his family to raise eyebrows in East Sussex
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Design Art London: Capital collection of creative ideas
The fashion world has gone back to its atelier and this month, London plays host to the arts. Collecting art is no longer just about acquiring paintings to hang on the wall; nowadays it's about the design itself becoming the art. Which means that instead of just buying something to sit on while you watch television, you are investing in a piece of furniture that is also a work of art. It's also ...
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Concrete and Glass Festival, Various venues, London
Music-and-art-hybrid events in east London are increasingly common these days, but you would be hard-pressed to find something so plugged in and comprehensive as this two-day festival featuring more than 100 bands and 50 visual artists spread across 20 venues about Shoreditch. On display were industry buzz-bands such as Twisted Wheel and Flashguns along with more established talent that equally ...
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Paris exhibition traces Picasso's influences
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...
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Promoting culture via exhibition
LEARN about Botswana culture at the art exhibition that is on at the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur.
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The Soul of Cherokee Street
The current photography project sponsored by the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri - St Louis, "Cherokee Street and Benton West Neighborhood," is a genuine work of honesty, spirit and pride. The exhibit is part of the PPRC's ongoing "Point-Of-View" community photography series.
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Ex-Artist Says She Dated Vilar to Get Information (Update1)
Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- When Lisa Mayer, a former artist and art gallery employee, couldn't get money manager Alberto Vilar to return calls or letters about her family's $11 million investment, she tried a new approach: she dated him.
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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
Creating beauty out of nothing is one of the things that motivates Marico Murase, a Japanese modern artist who lives in Jeddah with her Saudi husband.
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Light up the night at the Scottsdale Waterfront
Looking for some free entertainment in these tough economic times? Scottsdale Public Art will sponsor three free art and music events along the canal at Scottsdale and Camelback roads this year.
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Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze - The Art Newspaper
The first exhibition dedicated to Renaissance sculptor Andrea Riccio (1470-1532) presents nearly 40 figurative statuettes and narrative reliefs including three bronzes derived from the artist's lost compositions, and two life-size terracotta sculptures representing both classical and religious subjects.
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Contemporary art meets Chabad at new exhibition in Moscow
There was an unusual addition to the champagne-sipping crowd at the launch of The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow: Chasidic Jews. Before you continue...
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$10,000 IPhone Game Prize up for Grabs at Upcoming Dev Event
The organizers of the Independent Games Festival (IGF) have announced a new US$10,000 prize for iPhone game development as...
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Beerfest: Local brewers gear up for this week's Great American Beer Festivalf
One-ounce samples, three days, more than 400 breweries, 1,900 brews and more than 46,000 people. Now that's a party. It's time once again for the Great American Beer Festival, hosted by the Boulder-based Brewers Association.
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
White confirmed what UIMA previously reported regarding Max Beckmann's Karnival Triptych and other pieces. (From the report: "Sotheby's also suggested the possibility of selling other UIMA pieces, such as Max Beckmann's Triptych..."
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art Till October 12 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275, 2461 8812; 3 pm - 8 pm:
Chitrakoot Art Gallery presents Puja Celebration of Art . Featuring prints, photographs, paintings and sculptures, both old and new. Till October 12 (except Saturday) at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park, #2471 2612; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture presents Durga 2008 , an exhibition of paintings and drawings.
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It’s the spirit that counts
The concept behind True Spirit Puja is very good. It’s very environment-friendly and that’s what I liked the most. It’s also a very well-organised Puja contest.
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TINA B. - The Prague Contemporary Art Festival
The third edition of TINA B. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, organised by Prague's Galerie Vernon, aims yet again to combine the creative energy of the cultural scene in Central and Eastern Europe with emerging talents and trends from around the world in the Czech Republic's vibrant capital.
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