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Offshore borrowing lends Monet weight
MONET and the Impressionists, which opens at the Art Gallery of NSW in Sydney tomorrow, is an impressive exhibition on loan from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, supplemented by pieces from Australian institutions.
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Cleveland Art Museum Painting Put On Stamp
Cleveland, OH - An Italian Renaissance painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art will adorn millions of postage stamps this holiday season.
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Pearl Harbor survivors unveil memorial art - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — A painting of the USS Oklahoma Memorial was unveiled Wednesday at the state Capitol by two survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that sank the battleship, killing 429 sailors and Marines on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Fests flutter like autumn leaves this weekend
The first hint of fall in the air plus a football-free weekend (for FSU and FAMU fans, at least) add up to a flurry of festivals and celebrations.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Cleveland art museum painting put on stamp
CLEVELAND (AP) — An Italian Renaissance painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art will adorn millions of postage stamps this holiday season. The U.S. Postal Service has chosen Sandro Botticelli’s “Virgin and Child with the Young John the Baptist” as its 2008 Christmas stamp.
Port Clinton News Herald |
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Second City second only in name
Anyone who has passed the Englert Theatre lately has probably noticed the posters of John McCain and Barack Obama: The two nominees' mug shots look as if a mad marker with ulterior political motives scribbled all over them. If the artwork has angered or humored passersby, well, that was the point - the posters were the product of Second City for its new red, white, and blue revue, DeFace the ...
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RI woman seeks return of portrait in Nazi-era case
(AP:PROVIDENCE, R.I.) A lawyer asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to overturn a decision forcing a woman to surrender a portrait to the estate of a late Jewish art dealer who fled the Nazis seven decades ago.
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Filming beyond mere plot
Everything has a beginning, middle, and an end, whether it's a children's book or a blockbuster hit. Well, almost everything. Experimental film, an unconventional genre of cinema, goes beyond storytelling. That genre is experimental film. Dozens of 8 mm, 16 mm, Super 8 film, and a bevy of other video medium will be screened today through Saturday at the Iowa City Experimental Film Festival.
The Daily Iowan |
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Urban Planner: October 9, 2008
PHOTOGRAPHY: Tonight at Lennox Contemporary , join the Magenta Foundation for the launch of Flash Forward 2008 , a photographic anthology showcasing up-and-coming photographers.
Torontoist |
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Today's Edition »
SIERRA VISTA — When I sat down to judge the chili contest at Tombstone’s Vigilante Days in August, I had no idea what I had gotten myself into. Roy Hannon talks about the basics of competitive chili cooking Wednesday night.
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The collectors
Many of the photographic portraits that Richard Avedon took in the course of his long and celebrated career are bound up with the idea of fame. His subjects were frequently figures in public life, and being photographed by him served to reinforce their celebrity.
Guardian Unlimited |
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Chinese calligraphy candidate for world heritage designation
Chinese calligraphy has been submitted to the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a candidate for the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity (MOIHH) designation. MOIHH is defined by the UNESCO as the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of ...
People's Daily |
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Banksy (And Animatronic Friends) In The Great Indoors
"The rumors are true: Banksy is -- or was, or has been -- in town, and he's doing more than just painting, or hiding."
Arts Journal |
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Exhibition shows art exploring 'loss'
ART work exploring the themes of loss and belonging have gone on show at Harborough Museum. (09/10/2008)
Harborough Mail |
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Painting From Cleveland Art Museum On Christmas Stamp
600 million copies of the new stamp will be printed.
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Festival seeks to empower women
The multicultural 'Women of Our World' festival is aimed at empowering women to make time to take care of themselves, while finding their place in the world. Several workshops center on such personal issues as beauty and fitness, as well as career-oriented concerns such as ways to increase marketable skills and start a business.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Gallery Alleges Extortion Attempt By Former Enron Exec
"Enron Corp.'s former chief operating officer of global markets, Jeff Shankman, was sued by a New York art gallery for allegedly trying to extort more than $150,000 by claiming a painting he bought was a forgery."
Arts Journal |
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John Lennon's 'Imagine Peace' Art Opens in SoHo
When it comes to the Beatles, even doodles are a treasure. John Lennon's doodles and drawings -- some erotic -- will be on display at a SoHo gallery starting Thursday evening, on what would have been Lennon's 68th birthday.
1010 WINS New York |
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Caption competition
A woman in red. A giant head made of ash. What's being said at the Saatchi Gallery? Send us your caption.
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Horse Ploughing Day at the National Folk Museum Cregneash
On Saturday 11th October from 10am the National Folk Museum at Cregneash is holding a ‘Plough Day’. Skilled ploughmen and their teams of working horses will practise their ploughing techniques in preparation for the highly competitive 2008-2009 ploughing match season.
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All News... KCC deny interfering in 'Angel of the South' contest
Kent County Council has denied it is politically interfering in the £2million artistic competition to find a landmark sculpture to be "the angel of the south".
The Kent Messenger |
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Florida's Heritage Comes Alive at Barberville Fall Country Jamboree
Step back to simpler times and experience central Florida's rich history and folk culture at the Volusia County Pioneer Settlement's Fall Jamboree Nov. 1 and 2, one of the longest-lived heritage festivals in Florida.
Centre Daily Times |
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News Briefs
Library hosts art show
Elk Grove Times |
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Art: Photo exhibit spans globe for subjects
Images from around the world can be seen in the International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography's return to Fort Collins.
The Fort Collins Coloradoan |
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Young designers and crafts to life your spirits
If your spirits need lifting - and I'd hazard a guess that they do - let me direct you to a couple of things that had me smiling this week. First off, the new Saatchi gallery in the Duke of York's parade off Sloane Square in Chelsea is simply ravishing.
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