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Japanese Comic-book Phenomenon Manga on View at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Kenji Yanobe, Biografen i skoven, 2004. Photo: Seiji Toyonaga. Courtesy: Yamamoto Gendai. HUMLEBAEK.- The Japanese comic-book phenomenon manga has a fascinating global appeal today, with millions of comic books sold month after month. In the exhibition Manga!
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Exhibition at Bass Museum Features Works by Today's Leading Russian Artists
Vladimir Tarasov. Chusala, 2005. Mixed media installation, sound. 240 x 700 x 800 cm. Courtesy of the artist and the Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. MIAMI.-
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Kunsthaus Zürich Announces Giacometti Exhibition Next Year
ZURICH.- From 27 February to 24 May 2009, the Kunsthaus Zürich exhibits masterpieces from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin – including busts of Akhenaton and Nefertiti, the block statue of Senemut, and the so-called Berlin Green Head – together with sculptures, paintings and drawings by Alberto Giacometti, who was profoundly influenced by ancient Egyptian art.
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University of Michigan Museum of Art Announces Grand Reopening
University of Michigan Museum of Art - looking southeast towards the exterior of the Frankel Wing and original Beaux-Arts building. Photography from October 2008 as construction neared completion. Photo: Richard Barnes/University of Michigan Museum of Art 2008.
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Tiepolo Masterpiece - Previously Hidden in the Attic of a Chateau in France - Sells for $4,227,780
Giovanni Antonio Canal, The Grand Canal, Venice, looking north-west from the Ca’ Corner to the Ca’ Contarini degli Scrigni, with the campanile of Santa Maria della Carità (detail), oil on canvas, 18½ x 30¾ in. (47 x 78.2 cm), Estimate: £3,000,000 to £5,000,000.© Christie's Images Limited.
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Carlo Cardazzo: A New Vision for Art on View at Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice
View of the exhibition. Photo: © Andrea Sarti. VENICE.- In this 60th anniversary year of Peggy Guggenheim ’s collection in Venice, her museum will host an exhibition dedicated to a major figure in Italian and international art of the mid 20th century: Carlo Cardazzo (1908-1963), a Venetian whose centenary is this year and who shared with Peggy Guggenheim his passion for contemporary art.
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Museo del Prado Presents Restored Purification of Mary Made by Peeter de Kempeneer
The Purification of Mary in the temple after it was restored. MADRID.- After a long and complex restoration process undertaken in their studios, the Museo del Prado temporarily presents in hall 56 B one of the seminal works of art from the Renaissance: La Purificación de María(The Purification of Mary), made by Flemish artist Peeter de Kempeneer in 1556. Conceived as a central part of the ...
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SAN MARCOS: College art sale begins Thursday
SAN MARCOS ---- As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, dozens of students will put their artwork up for sale in the semi-annual art, glass and pottery sale starting Thursday at Palomar College.
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Beyonce to perform at Essence Fest in New Orleans
Beyonce is the first artist lined up for next year's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Organizers of the festival announced Tuesday the singer has confirmed her participation. The July event will mark the 15th anniversary of the celebration of black music and culture. The festival will include more than 12 musical acts a day. The festival had one of its biggest ...
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Fernley Festival of Trees
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In Clemson, it's in season, every season
Clemson holiday festival features snow, ice skating, lighting ceremony in a scene right out of the inside of a snow globe.
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‘Nostalgic’ moment captures poetry championship for teen
Caitlin Walker’s moment of inspiration and touch of nostalgia has catapulted her to the status of published poet. Fifteen-year-old Walker won the General Federation of Women’s Club’s International Poetry Contest as an eighth-grader at Ashley Academy with her poem “Nostalgic.”
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PharmaCare of Frostburg featuring artist Patrick Kelly
Patrick D. Kelly, watercolorist and digital artist, is currently featuring his paintings at PharmaCare of Frostburg’s retail pharmacy location.
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National theatre festival gets a bit experimental
VietNamNet Bridge – Artists from 13 theatres nationwide have joined together to perform at the first National Festival of Experimental Dramas, which kicked off in Hanoi last night.
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Red Reduces Prices, Announces Trade-In Program [Digital Cameras]
Jim Jannard has announced a price reduction on their Scarlet and EPIC cameras, their latest modular systems for still and motion photography. Plus, now there are multiple trade-in upgrade paths: 1....
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Community Calendar
Film Showing: "Shiloh", Prendergast Library Art Gallery, Jamestown, 509 Cherry St. The film showing will be held in the library's Fireplace Room and is free and open to the public.
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Community Calendar
EXHIBIT — Through Our Eyes: Creations by Artists in The Resource Center’s Day Services Art Program. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wright Gallery, Third Street. Jamestown.
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Australia opens new gallery amid economic gloom
CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - It cost nearly $20 million more than planned, and opens amid fear of recession, but Australians are hailing a new portrait gallery as a celebration of national identity.
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"An Olde Fashioned Christmas"
Parker Museum will be open for their Annual Holiday Open House Weekend, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, and from 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7. The Evening...
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College to present annual Christmas concert, art show
The North Platte Community College Music and Art Departments will present their annual fall concert and art Showing at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11. The concert is free and open to the public.
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A hot LaChappelle exhibit on a cold Basel night
Dozens of black sweater-clad art aficionados braved the frigid temps (Ok, in the 50s) to check out shock artist David LaChapelle's exhibit Jesus Is My Home Boy. The collection of photographs at Wolfgang Roth features Jesus in various urban settings.
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First Fridays at Gallery 108
Gallery 108 in Dillon (124 Main St., Suite 108) honors the work of local or regional artists each month with an exhibition and a First Friday opening party.
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All Dates for this Event:
Bismarck Art and Galleries Association: Through Dec. 20 , the Member Artists Holiday Art Show, includes the work of more than 40 artists. Opening reception Dec. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Northwest Art Center, Minot State University: Through Dec. 4 , watercolors by Caroline Doucette, Rugby, and Dec. 9-31, "Americas 2000: Before and Beyond," works from the MSU permanent collection, in Hartnett Hall Gallery.
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Painting Found in Attic Fetches $4.2 Million in Old-Master Test
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- A 18th-century Italian painting found in an attic more than trebled its estimate to fetch 2.8 million pounds ($4.2 million) with fees at Christie’s International as the market for Old Masters was tested in the financial crisis.
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