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Leckey Wins Turner; Controversy Is Conspicuously Missing
"A witty meditation on the nature of film in popular culture taking in Felix the Cat, Homer Simpson, Titanic the movie and Philip Guston, tonight helped Mark Leckey win what is still acknowledged as the country's most important contemporary art prize."
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D'oh! Homer Simpson wins the Turner Prize in a decidedly uncontroversial year
A naked shop dummy sitting on a lavatory, a woman smashing china, and a collection of unwashed cereal bowls - it could only be the Turner Prize exhibition.
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Art Collectors Hunt Hot Talent, Bargains at U.K. Graduate Show
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Collectors looking for the new stars of British art are being offered affordable works by new graduates at a London show as recession crunches the market.
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Joint Marketer No Longer Option
BENTONVILLE -- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art hopes to find ways to partner with the Rogers and Bentonville convention and visitors bureaus other than splitting the salary of a group sales manager position, said Sandy Edwards, the museum's associate director.
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Napa's Copia Files For Bankruptcy Protection
"Copia, the ambitious food, wine and art museum in Napa, Calif., today filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. In addition to the bankruptcy filing, Copia announced that it had secured a $2 million line of credit to fund its day-to-day operations while it looks for other ways out of a financial crisis that had been mounting for years."
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Hooked on Art fundraiser and silent auction ends Saturday
The finale for the Hooked on Art fundraiser and silent auction is Saturday, and community members have until then to bid on ornaments that are in the silent auction, as well as purchase raffle tickets for remaining ornaments.
The Daily Sentinel |
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Museum of Idaho Moves Out Priceless Artifacts
Although the display is over, the museum is still teeming with activity. Crews are now working around the clock to pack up, and move the exhibit to the next city.
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by Eric Gallina
New exhibit is located in the 'Streetscape' section at the Petersen. Click for larger images Southern California is home to more automotive design studios than anywhere else in the world, and to commemorate that relationship and celebrate Art Center College of Design's 60th Anniversary, the Petersen Automotive Museum is putting on a new permanent exhibition among its rolling time capsules and ...
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Museum opens doors to public
DOHA: The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha’s most important cultural landmark, opened its doors to the public yesterday. The 382,000 square feet, five-storey building has a treasured collection of more than 800 priceless exhibits that represent the full scope of Islamic art.
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Forgotten flagpole given a new home
2 December 2008 A largely forgotten Maori flagpole given to Prince Edward in 1920 is being given a new home at Cambridge University. A ceremony to install the eight metre pole will be held on Thursday at the university's Museum of Archeology and Anthropology.
NZCity |
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Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, various venues, Huddersfield
Is it a sculptured flower, is it the latest designer toy? The curved blossoms of stainless steel and polycarbonate cones sprout from a keyboard on thin legs that might have been borrowed from a Giacometti sculpture. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of the Piano Baschet-Malbos, making its first British appearance at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. For those interested in ...
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Frisson of power: blockbusting art shows
I've got this idea for an exhibition. The centrepiece would be a light spectacular, a ring of 150 searchlights beaming straight up into the darkness like columns. There'd be heroic statues, too, and projections of formation movement, and uniforms and flags. The gist of the show would be that a bit of history, normally seen in political and military terms, actually offers a rich visual ...
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The Big Question: Has the bottom dropped out of the contemporary art market?
Why are we asking this now? Because the art market is showing sure signs of faltering after six years of boom.
Independent |
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Opening: Recollecting: Looted Art and Restitution
From Wednesday 3, Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna
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Walking the walk in Oak Bay
Oak Bay’s Avenue Gallery Walk is celebrating half a decade. Nine art galleries and shops featuring original work are throwing open their doors Thursday (Dec. 4) for the fifth annual event and many artists will be present during the receptions.
Victoria News |
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Art Basel Miami Beach exhibitors prepare for more subdued fair
The seventh edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will open Wednesday with a VIP preview in a far soberer atmosphere than the feeding frenzy and party-until-you-drop mood of past fairs.
Palm Beach Daily News |
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Officials endorse Air Force One Museum in Port City
A group of Southeastern North Carolina elected officials Monday afternoon unanimously endorsed a private proposal to build an Air Force One Museum and White House Photo Gallery in Wilmington.
The Wilmington Star-News |
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Book Review: Gothic Art Now by Jasmine Becket-Griffith
A chimerical showcase of gothic talent that spans the realms of painting, sculpture, mixed media, and multimedia art forms. Subcultures regularly concoct personal fashions or musical scenes but on rare occasions they can radiate and crystalize into whole visual art movements. Gothic subculture is a rare example of how a subculture can construct a viable and unique visual arts ministry. Art ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Southland Students Bring Together Water Conservation, Art
There is probably no more relevant wall calendar for 2009 in Southern California than one loaded with water-saving tips. And 36 students from throughout the Southland have contributed their conservation ideas and artwork for Metropolitan Water District’s annual “Water is Life” student art calendar.
Centre Daily Times |
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Plensa sculpture shines in Durham
The sculpture, by noted Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, will shoot a shaft of bright blue light straight to the sky at the new Durham Performing Arts Center.
WRAL.com Raleigh |
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Artistic teens
Autumn Von Plinsky, 18, and Nicole Bustamente, 17, love art. The John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School seniors take Advanced Placement art and also delve into other art classes such as ceramics. Nicole also takes photography.
The Augusta Chronicle |
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Los Angeles contemporary art museum is on the brink
The LA Museum of Contemporary Art's Grand Avenue, main building. The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is apparently teetering on the edge of extinction, at least as an independent museum. This become public knowledge almost two weeks ago, after...
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Paris auction of Impressionist paintings falls well short of expectations as crisis bites
PARIS - A benchmark Paris sale of Impressionist and Modern paintings that belonged to French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin fell well short of pre-sale expectations Monday, in a clear signal the financial crisis is hitting the previously resilient art market.
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune |
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Paris auction of Impressionist works falls short
A benchmark Paris sale of Impressionist and Modern paintings that belonged to French fashion designer Jeanne Lanvin fell well short of pre-sale expectations Monday, in a clear signal the financial crisis is hitting the previously resilient art market.
Miami Herald |
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Palin campaigns in Ga.'s Senate runoff
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is imploring Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff. She told cheering crowds today that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state.
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