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Shortlist Announced for Turner Prize
A mannequin perched on a toilet and a cartoon cat were among the artworks chosen on Tuesday to compete for the Turner Prize, a traditional flash point for controversy about British art, Reuters reported. No painters made the shortlist of four artists. The nominees were sculptors and visual artists: Runa Islam, Goshka Macuga, Cathy Wilkes and Mark Leckey. Mr. Leckey features cartoon characters in ...
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Colors lend verve to still-life exhibit
There's a certain quality to the chiaroscuro lighting Howard Nathenson achieves in his still-life photographs that not only emphasizes the depth of field, but the colors in them.
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Lucian Freud painting breaks record
A LUCIAN Freud painting sold for $US33.64 million ($35.76m) at Christie's art auction in New York today, shattering the record for a piece by a living artist.
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Watch your step
Lord Fairfax Community College student Arifa Toukhi of Woodstock walks by a work of art, “Mr. Wilson,” created by fellow student Dave Moran. The piece is part of a student art show currently on display in the atrium gallery at the college’s Middletown campus.
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A giant of contemporary art
Artist Robert Rauschenberg, whose life and work seemed to perfectly capture the tumult and hedonism of the 1960s, died Monday, it was announced yesterday. He was 82.
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Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008: Artist's influence felt around the world ... and where he came from w/VIDEO AND PHOTO ...
John Alexander was a young art student the first time he stood in front of a Robert Rauschenberg piece. "I'd never seen anything like it before," he said. "There was a freedom in his work that was moving and electrifying. In those days it was so far ahead of its time."
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Redesigning a Building to Preserve Peace in the Neighborhood
Should the plan for the Parke-Bernet Gallery building be approved, it would only underscore the bizarre thinking behind decisions governing historic landmark cases today.
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Uncertain Futures for Bounty at Cannes
With the 61st Cannes Film Festival, hurdles lie between festival screens and American theaters.
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Jay-Z hits back at Noel Gallagher
Jay-Z has hit back at Noel Gallagher saying his Glastonbury slot is an evolution of the music festival. The New York rapper has broken his silence over his controversial headlining appearance, and insists the Oasis guitarist should be more open-minded about rap music.
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Barred artwork triumphs on appeal
It took about 70 years, but Tanner Clark's artwork will finally get its day in court. As an aspiring artist in 1936, the young New Brunswick native won a contest and was commissioned to paint two murals for the opening of the new federal courthouse and post office in Newark.
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The Green Man, a guardian of the forest and wildlife, which Newcomb stumbled across in a book when looking for an image to replicate in glass, has become the icon for Greenbelt’s Green Man Festival, in its fourth year.
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Class Notes
HORRY AND GEORGETOWN COUNTIES Student artists receive awards Conway High School student Ryan D'Allesandro was awarded a $2,500 college scholarship April 11 in the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum's ninth annual Horry/Georgetown High Schools Juried Fine Art Exhibition, co-sponsored by First Federal bank.
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Lucian Freud nude sets record auction price for work by living artist
New York - A life-sized nude by the British painter Lucian Freud sold for 33.6 million dollars, the highest price ever paid at auction for the work of a living artist. Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sold Tuesday night after a bidding war to an anonymou...
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Ice man dreams of King Kong, L St. Brownies
Curious what the First Night ice sculpture guy does in the offseason? Chances are, there are not any swans involved (those are so cliche, he says). The chainsaw artist...
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Youth photo exhibit scheduled at library
SPRINGFIELD - A photo exhibition, "Voices of Latino/a Youth," will be held at the Springfield Public Library (main branch), 220 State St., from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 19.
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Volunteers' efforts bloom
HOLYOKE - The gardens of the Wistariahurst Museum may not be what they were in the estate's heyday, but better days are on the horizon. Intensive restoration of the gardens is under way, with 15 volunteers pitching in each Tuesday morning from May through November.
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Monson Arts Council nameswinners of annual exhibit
MONSON - Eighty regional artists were showcased at the recent "The Dance of Texture, Light & Color," Monson Arts Council's 15th annual art exhibition and sale, held at the House of Art, 200 Main St.
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Obituary: Robert Rauschenberg / Avant-garde artist from a Texas town changed course of American art
Robert Rauschenberg, the protean artist from small-town Texas whose imaginative commitment to hybrid forms of painting and sculpture changed the course of American and European art, died Monday ...
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Heart Gallery celebrates National Foster Care Awareness
An exhibit entitled Alabama’s Waiting Children will be on display through June 4 at the Old Supreme Court Library at the Capital. The exhibit is sponsored by the Heart Gallery of Alabama.
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Jazz benefit aids sculpture symposium
NASHUA -- Everyone seems to agree that the sculpture symposium that begins here Sunday is a great idea to enliven the city's arts scene. ... - By PATRICK MEIGHAN Staff Writer
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Pop artist used odd, everyday items
Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg’s media knew few bounds. One of his most famous works or “combines” was “Bed,” created when he woke up in the mood to paint but had no money for a canvas. His solution was to take the quilt off his bed and use paint, toothpaste and fingernail polish for his creation. He was also a sculptor and a choreographer. Rauschenberg died Monday in Florida of heart failure ...
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Finding joy in oils
Once Palm Beach Gardens artist Barbara Danenberg moved to Florida full-time 13 years ago, she developed her love for painting. Five years ago, Danenberg met Gary Katz, an instructor of the Lighthouse School for the Arts in Tequesta and began to take lessons.
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McConnell named Artist of Year by Franklin Fine Arts Council
John McConnell poses with Ronnie Beith, Franklin's events and marketing coordinator. John McConnell, former general manager of the Barrow-Civic Theatre, is the 2008 Franklin Fine Arts Council Artist of the Year.
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Artist leads workshop on da Vinci method
WEST SPRINGFIELD - The West Springfield Public Library, 200 Park St., will host award-winning artist Gregory John Maichack on May 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a free workshop, "The New Art of Pastel Painting: The da Vinci Mode," designed for both beginners and advanced painters.
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30 Years Later, Artist Returns With Collaborative Works
North Carolina-based artist Marsha Hammel returns to her artistic roots with a show of her oil paintings at Hyde Park Fine Arts, running Thursday through May 31.
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