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Mistaken for cheap, jug fetches US$5.6M
LONDON -- A rare Islamic crystal jug that was mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost US$5.6 million.
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Tate saves £5.7 million Rubens for nation with help from friends
Last-minute increases in grant pledges have saved a masterpiece of British heritage for the nation. The Tate has managed to raise £5.7 million to buy a sketch by the great Flemish painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens, just before the deadline for its sale.
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Funeral parlour resurrected as modern art HQ aims to refresh lifeless Paris scene
It is a vast, disused funeral parlour once known as the "factory of grief", where all Paris's coffins were once made and black horse and carts were parked as the starting point for every Parisian's final journey.
Guardian Unlimited |
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Barktoberfest to invade Town Center
Cheeks will be slobbering wet as guests participate in the kissing contest featuring dogs and their human best friends at the second annual Barktoberfest Oct. 4.
The Atascocita Observer |
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Barktoberfest to invade Town Center
Cheeks will be slobbering wet as guests participate in the kissing contest featuring dogs and their human best friends at the second annual Barktoberfest Oct. 4.
Spring Observer |
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The World
VERACRUZ, MEXICO Tropical Storm Marco hits Gulf Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico's Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms.
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Your Town: Admission free at museum for Children's Day
MONTEREY Admission free at museum for Children's Day Children's Day at the Monterey Maritime and History Museum will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 5 Custom House Plaza.
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From £200 wine jug to £3m masterpiece
A medieval ewer valued at £200 after being mistaken for a French claret jug fetched more than £3m yesterday after it was identified as a rare Islamic work.
Guardian Unlimited |
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$10k iPhone developer's prize up for grabs
The organizers of the Independent Games Festival (IGF) have announced a new US$10,000 prize for iPhone game development as part of the 2009 Independent Games Festival Mobile event.
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Community calendar
Earth Kids, 10:15 a.m., Central Wisconsin Childrens Museum, CenterPoint MarketPlace, 1201 Third Court, Stevens Point. 715-344-2003.
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Lemaoana's fabric of life
The map will replace this text. If any users do not have Flash Player 8 (or above), they'll see this message. Young artist Lawrence Lemaoana couldn't have had better luck with Art Extra's exhibition diary this year.
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CRITIC'S CHOICE
Eth6 Magazine Issue 3: Contributing Artist Exhibition Blankspace Gallery is showing artwork created by contributors to Eth6, a magazine combining social work, journalism, and art; the third issue is available in the gallery (and also online at Eth6.com).
East Bay Express |
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Chinese Qing treasures set records
A batch of rare Chinese imperial treasures including an emperor's seal and a scroll painting bucked weak sentiment in the Chinese art market, setting record prices in a Sotheby's Hong Kong sale.
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The problem with brown paintings
Just in case you were labouring under the delusion that wealthy collectors buy expensive contemporary art at auction, impelled by their unerring connoisseurship and in-depth art-historical knowledge, Amy Cappellazzo, quoted in Sarah Thornton's fascinating new book Seven Days in the Art World, will put you right.
Guardian Unlimited |
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Art Cars to roll into Northwest Houston
A definitive collection of art is coming to Northwest Houston But these 3-D works aren’t on a canvas and can’t be hung on a gallery wall.
Copperfield Sun |
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The real monsters inc.: Discovery museum exhibit reveals the world of animatronics
Some moviegoers don't care how monsters are made to look authentic.
Republican-American |
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Say what?
The title of the Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center's Connecticut Biennial exhibit is "Speak to Me," and true to its intent, there is a lot of talking going on.
Republican-American |
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Brasher's birds: Artist's surviving family is devoted to building a museum in Kent for his work
If John James Audubon hadn't been so rude, Rex Brasher might not have been so dogged. Some insults bruise men and others ruin them, but Audubon's rebuff gave Rex Brasher his life's purpose.
Republican-American |
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Art Cars to roll into Northwest Houston
A definitive collection of art is coming to Northwest Houston But these 3-D works aren’t on a canvas and can’t be hung on a gallery wall.
The Champions Sun |
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Hooping gains interest for potential fitness, meditation, fun
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- It happened at a music festival, as you probably could have guessed.
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Art Cars to roll into Northwest Houston
A definitive collection of art is coming to Northwest Houston But these 3-D works aren’t on a canvas and can’t be hung on a gallery wall.
Cy-Fair Sun |
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Celebrating 20 years with 20 artists at the Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery
For the past 30 years, Kent's Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery has presented invigorating, often surprising art, which manages to extend, rather than strain, the area's taste for contemporary art.
Republican-American |
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Through the artists' eyes: What brewers saw at the Brass City Brew Fest
WILL SISS REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN Ah, the pageantry that is the Brass City Brew Fest! From the most erudite beer connoisseur to the casual yahoo — and I was happy to see a smattering of both — attendees at Saturday's third annual celebration of beer at Waterbury's Library Park took part in what was essentially an open air art gallery.
Republican-American |
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Paper palaces: Massive paper drawings that have survived for centuries, are now on exhibit at Yale
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor at the dawn of the 16th century, was a clever, ambitious monarch whose elaborate cunning laid the groundwork for one of the most dominant dynasties in world history: The Hapsburgs. While hardly as wealthy as the shrewd Venetians or the rapacious Spanish, Maximilian had the wealth and the taste to tap some of Europe's finest artists and scholars to broadcast his ...
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Emperor's Scroll Fetches HK$67.9 Million at Sotheby's (Update2)
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- A Chinese imperial scroll that shows the Emperor Qianlong leading 16,000 troops, the star lot of Sotheby's Hong Kong art auction, fetched a less-than-expected HK$67.9 million ($8.7 million).
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