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Family fun for less than $50
Great art is not found only at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Just across Woodward Avenue, you can see the work of burgeoning artistic talent during the 71st annual Detroit Public Schools Exhibition at Adam Strohm Hall at the Detroit Public Library, showing now through May 17. The DIA and the Detroit Public Schools organized the exhibition.
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Auctions: Bakelite jewelry and rare Warhols
Twentieth- and 21st-century art and design will be the focus of two major catalog sales May 17. Preceding them will be an estate-jewelry sale that also has its contemporary moments, particularly if you like Bakelite.
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Obscenity charges against Husain dropped
Type verification code in the box and submit. New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the "new puritanism" being carried out by "ignorant people", the Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed criminal proceedings against eminent painter M.F. Husain, overruling the charges of obscenity against his paintings.
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Evangelical Christian takes step toward new building
Evangelical Christian School faculty and staff are one step closer to their dream of building a $16 million fine arts building.
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Local black artists probe the Memphis milieu's depths
On learning that an out-of-town collector attended the opening reception for Glen Ligon's "Love & Theft" exhibition at Power House Memphis and paid more than $100,000 for the word "America" spelled in neon, Anthony Lee let out a whistle of astonishment and admiration.
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Proposed statue of MLK prompts debate
Construction of the national Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial has been postponed after a federal commission likened its proposed sculpture to the art of totalitarian regimes.
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For lovers of contemporary art, or anyone interested in learning something about it, or for those who want something different to do on a weekend other than a movie or concert, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles presents "Collecting Collections: Highlights from the Permanent Collection."
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Design Change Sought For King Memorial
The United States Commission of Fine Arts has asked the creators of a sculpture of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the Washington Mall to change it.
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Sculptor denies objectors vandalised warrior statue
CLAIMS that a controversial bronze sculpture of a Xhosa warrior in Duncan Village was vandalised by people who objected to the statue looking like a Zulu were scotched by sculptor Maureen Quin.
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Rebranding the Hirshhorn
The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, a contemporary art museum, in Washington, D.C. "'Um, interesting painting, but could you please tell me where all the airplanes are?'
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An Identity Crisis? Hirshhorn Embraces It
For the first time in its 34-year existence, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has begun blanketing Washington with ads in order to define itself in the public?s mind.
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Rastafari Culture at the Smithsonian
The "Discovering Rastafari!" exhibit, featuring art and artifacts from the Jamaican-born subculture, is on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C., through Nov. 8, 2008.
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New business owner's fresh idea meets the 'old school methods' of baked goods
After spending 30 years as an oil and gas geologist, John McBryde was tired of the 9 to 5 routine.
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Art and jazz festival a feast for the senses
All that jazz and more art take over Main Street this weekend for the 20th annual Wells Fargo Art and Jazz Festival.
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Lawrence's 'Migration' reunified
Jacob Lawrences "The Migration of the Negro" is now being shown in its entirety at the Phillips Collection, which owns half of the tempura paintings. This epic series of 60 panels portrays the shift...
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Harlem Silhouettes
The conflicting artistic strains in the murals by Aaron Douglas, the foremost visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance, are all too evident in a new survey of works by Mr. Douglas (1899-1979) at the...
The Washington Times |
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Area in Brief
GANADO — Hubbell Trading Post Native American Art Auction will be May 10, at the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, Ganado. Preview will be 9-11 a.m.,auction will be noon. Info call 928-755-3475.
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Union Station looks ahead to more exhibits
Attendance at the “Bodies Revealed” exhibit at Union Station is on track with projections, and officials are looking toward future blockbusters, including “Titanic II” and “Star Wars.”
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SPORTS HEADLINES
MUSKEGON — Muskegon Community College's 44th Student Fine Art and Graphic Design Exhibition will open Saturday, May 17. The exhibition is being held in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of MCC's Mayfest Celebration.
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The Smile They 'Idol'-ize
Grateful, happy, excited, humbled and exhausted "American Idol" contestant Syesha Mercado rolled through Tampa, Bradenton and Sarasota on Friday on a "surreal" homecoming tour.
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Events happening in southwestern Michigan
v The Portage District Library, 300 Library Lane, is hosting ``MAGIC REALITY: AN INTERPLAY OF POETRY AND VISUAL ART.'' The event includes an artists' reception for an exhibit featuring artworks by Nancy Stroupe, Barbara Andreadis, Gretchen Huggett, Maryellen Hains, Sheila Genteman, Mary Whalen, Elaine Seaman, Kirsten Field and Liz Faust.
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Albany Kicks Off 60th Annual Tulip Festival
This year's celebration begins one day earlier than usual and features a pyrotechnic display. In sluggish economic times, the weekend's festivities are expected to benefit families, merchants, and the city.
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'Confrontational' King Draws Panel's Criticism
A powerful federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial on the National Mall be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.
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Chattanooga Times Free Press wins 8 1st-place awards
KNOXVILLE — The Chattanooga Times Free Press won 30 awards in the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists annual journalism contest.
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Camera given as prize would sell for about $20
Q:I know my old camera was a contest prize in the mid-1950s. It's marked "Foldex 20." What is it worth? -- W.C., Manakin-Sabot Answer: Pho-Tak Corp. of Chicago manufactured this Foldex 20 folding camera with a flash attachment in the early 1950s. It was a cheap camera, and many were given away as prizes. Pho-Tak made inexpensive cameras, including ones merchandised by the Boy Scouts of America. ...
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