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More than 100 attend over 50s' art exhibition
DOZENS of art lovers turned out to see a showcase of work from an over 50s art group in Blyth. (07/05/2008 14:15:58)
Blyth and Wansbeck Today |
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Overweight nude to set art world record
A picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch, painted by the British artist Lucian Freud, is expected to set a record for any work by a living artist when it goes up for auction Tuesday night.
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Turner Prize shortlist announced
Four artists have been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Turner Prize, with sculpture, film and mixed media dominating the nominations.
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Mrinal Sen to receive lifetime achievement award at Osian
Mumbai, May 13 : Veteran Bengali filmmaker Mrinal Sen, who turned 85 Tuesday, will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 10th Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, starting July 10 in the capital.
New Kerala |
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Lucian Freud's naked Jobcentre supervisor painting set to smash auction records
A life-size Lucian Freud painting of a naked Jobcentre supervisor sleeping is expected to smash auction records when it is sold today. The masterpiece, which is being sold by a private European collector, is predicted to fetch up to £18 million in New York. Auction house Christie's believes that Benefits Supervisor Sleeping will beat the current world auction record for a work by a living artist
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Wildlife photos to go on sale
A COUNTRY park is set to host a plant and wildlife photography sale to help boost funds. (13/05/2008)
Peterborough Today |
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Art exhibition aims to draw in funds for hospice
AN exhibition to raise money for a city hospice will be held in Edinburgh next month.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Demarco has second show
A SMALL city gallery is to host an exhibition by Edinburgh-born artist Richard Demarco.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Group asks that No. 4 be 'historic'
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission on Monday voted to negotiate with Bank of America to save a historic downtown firehouse. Built in the 1920s, Charlotte Fire Station No. 4 was a working firehouse until 1972. The station located on West Fifth Street in Fourth Ward now serves as a firefighter museum. On Monday the commission recommended the structure be designated a historic ...
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Museum for modern art to be built in Kolkata
Kolkata, May 13 : A museum for modern art will be built here by one of the world's leading architecture firms Herzog & de Meuron to revive the city's heritage, said a company official.
New Kerala |
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Tuesday
SHAH ALAM, May 13 (Bernama) -- Connoisseurs of abstract and graphic art are in for an exquisite treat of the Slovakian kind. Forty renowned Slovakian painters will display a total of 106 paintings in the two-week long Slovakia Contemporary Graphic Art Exhibition at the Shah Alam Gallery gallery.
Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA) |
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Local filmmakers screen at Cannes Film Festival
In last year's Milwaukee 48-Hour Film Project contest, a short called "Weeds" won Best Picture, Best Musical Score, Best Special Effects, Best use of Prop, Best Graphics, Best Sound Design and Audience Choice Honors. The locally-made film now screens at Cannes.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Grand designs on site for sculptors
A MULTI-MILLION-POUND international sculpture centre – the first of its kind in the UK – is set to get the go-ahead to open in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Evening News |
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Mrinal Sen, Pete Lacaba to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Osian's-Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema today announced the winners of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Glamsham.com |
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Telluride Festival of the Arts Announces Dates for 2008
The Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association (TMVOA), sponsors and organizers of the Telluride Festival of the Arts announced today the dates for the 2008 program, which will take place Thursday, Aug. 14 through Sunday, Aug. 17. Bringing together culinary experts from a variety of cuisines as well as both renowned and emerging visual artists from across the United States, the Telluride ...
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Iced coffee sculpture coming to Brewer
BREWER, Maine - A 10-ton pile of sand was dumped in the parking lot of the Dunkin’ Donuts on outer Wilson Street and will be sculpted into a massive iced coffee for Thursday’s free iced coffee giveaway.
Bangor Daily News |
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Wolf Trap visits Clearview
State funding for most nongovernmental arts organizations has been eliminated for fiscal 2009, meaning that Virginia preschools will no longer benefit from a program that visited Clearview Early Learning Center last week.
Martinsville Bulletin |
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Miniature choppers offer bird s eye view
By GEOFF CUNNINGHAM Jr. ALAN RAMSDELL , owner of Maine Aerial Photography, uses a radio-controlled helicopter with a Canon G-9 camera mounted to it to take photographs of residential and commercial buildings as well as aerial landscapes of the region.
The Citizen of Laconia |
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POETRY IN MOTION
THE Island Storytellers have enlisted the help of Alfred Lord Tennyson to promote this month’s storytelling festival.
Isle of Wight County Press |
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New festival on tap this weekend
Get a taste of Richmond and sample from a variety of Richmond restaurants at the Broad Appetit Food Festival. Plus the Lebanese Food Festival and Strawberry Fields Festival are this weekend.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Portrait exhibit puts face on talent of self-taught Leesburg artist Glenda Dupuis
Glenda Dupuis debuts at Leesburg arts center Glenda Dupuis is not pretentious about painting.
Orlando Sentinel |
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SLOVAK ART EXHIBITION FOR CONNOISSEURS OF ABSTRACT AND GRAPHIC ART
SHAH ALAM, May 13 (Bernama) -- Connoisseurs of abstract and graphic art are in for an exqusite treat of the Slovakian kind.
Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News |
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Get Loose drummer tagged in T.O.; Shane Tyrer accused of painting graffiti
The former drummer of a St. Catharines punk band whose name, Get Loose, became a blight on the Garden City landscape last year, has been arrested in connection with a four-month graffiti bender in Toronto. Shane Tyrer, 20, has been charged with seven counts of mischief under [...]
St. Catharines Standard |
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Zion man wants name 'In God We Trust'
Zion resident Steve Kreuscher wants to be like God. Well, at least share the name. The 57-year-old school bus driver and artist is on a crusade to change his birth name to "In God We Trust." "I was looking for a signature which would best express my character of trust in God and most of my artworks, which faithfully express my trust in God," he said. Kreuscher said he wants a powerful signature ...
Lake County News Sun |
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Making A Good Impression: Nanoimprint Lithography Tests At NIST
In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped resolve two important questions about an emerging microcircuit manufacturing technology called nanoimprint lithography yes, it can accurately stamp delicate insulating structures on advanced microchips, and, no, it doesn't damage them, in fact ...
TestandMeasurement.com |
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