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Sculpture donated to Althoff Catholic High School
A sculpture has been donated by to Althoff Catholic High School through the Sculpture in the City program.
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TV Review: American Idol - Top Three
The Top Three Sing Three Songs Each Tuesday night's American Idol show was all about the number three: three contestants and three songs performed by each. The first song was the Judge's Choice, the second was the Contestant's Choice, and the third was the Producers' Choice. Getting the show started was David Archuleta:Judge's Choice: David Archuleta - "And...
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Indicted museum director found dead at WA federal prison
The director of a Thailand museum who was indicted as part of a federal investigation into looted antiquities has been found dead at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac - apparently from natural causes.
The Fresno Bee |
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SEENEWS – news report of 14.05.2008
Updated news from Balkan Europe powered by www.seenews.com Wednesday 14 May 2008, by Emanuele G. - 0 letture Canada’s Bankers Petroleum Says Will Split Albanian, U.S. Operations Into Two Cos May 14, 2008, 16:39 CET Story SeeNews TIRANA (Albania), May 14 (SeeNews) - Canadian oil and gas company Bankers Petroleum said on Wednesday it will split into two public companies, separating its ...
Girodivite |
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Cannes film festival kicks off
CANNES, France — It’s indie movies vs. Indy’s movie at the Cannes Film Festival.
winnipegsun.com |
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Big nude breaks art record
A painting by British artist Lucian Freud set a record for a living artist when it sold for more than US$33.6 million ($44.12 million) in a New York auction yesterday.
The New Zealand Herald |
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Artist Robert Rauschenberg dead at 82
Prolific U.S. artist Robert Rauschenberg has died of heart failure, his New York gallery confirmed. He was 82.Born Milton Ernest Rauschenberg, the Texas native was a painter, photographer, printmaker, choreographer, onstage performer, set designer and composer, The New York Times said.Several of his works -- including Canyon, which featured a stuffed bald eagle affixed to a canvas; Monogram, a ...
Moldova.org |
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UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News
Artist Robert Rauschenberg dead at 82NEW YORK, May 14 (UPI) -- Prolific U.S. artist Robert Rauschenberg has died of heart failure, his New York gallery confirmed. He was 82.Born Milton Ernest Rauschenberg, the Texas native was a painter, photographer, printmaker, choreographer, onstage performer, set designer and composer, The New York Times said.Several of his works -- including Canyon, which ...
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'Bristol Gallery Night' is this Friday
What do you get when you combine art galleries, local food and live music? The owners of eight downtown art galleries hope they'll get increased art awareness and exposure when they open their doors Friday night for Bristol Gallery Night.
Bristol Phoenix |
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S&P SmallCap 600 in Focus: CPI posts sharpest gain
Shares of CPI Corp. posted the sharpest gain on the Standard & Poor's SmallCap 600 Index after the portrait and photography company said it under-reported its fiscal fourth-quarter results.
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It’s Festival time!
The 78th annual Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival (KMLF) is coming up next weekend and visitors planning on watching the annual Gala Parade are in for a treat. Each year the KMLF hosts the Gala Parade which travels through downtown Pineville.
The Middlesboro Daily |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Installing El Anatsui at the Nelson-Atkins. Doug Aitken's Migration (at the CI) meets a Disney video from Boing Boing.
Arts Journal |
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Local artist gets recognition for painting
A Lakehead University faculty member has received a major honour for one of her paintings. Clarke is only the third Northwestern Ontario artist to receive this recognition.
Thunder Bay Post |
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Saratoga Performing Arts Center facade renovation plans unveiled
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Performing Arts Center President Marcia White unveiled an artist’s rendering Wednesday morning of a new amphitheater facade that will be constructed at SPAC.
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Read your art out
Miss the exhibit? Read the book.... By Megan Voeller.For all the labor and love that goes into making art, the resulting period of display often seems no more than a blink. Enter the catalog: a glossy memento that lets an exhibit live on long after the nails have been removed from the walls and the champagne glasses have been washed. In the past month, I've heard from a trio of Bay area ...
Creative Loafing Tampa |
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Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival
Tastings, music and chefs will stimulate the senses.... By Leilani Polk.America's most beloved obsession of late is food. Luckily, the Bay area has all manner of great restaurants for taste enthusiasts, not to mention a respectable lineup of food fests, the most recent being the Tampa Bay Wine & Food Festival. Last year, the inaugural event raised $262,000 for the Abilities Foundation; this ...
Creative Loafing Tampa |
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UT Tyler Student Art Show Winners Announced
Art students at The University of Texas at Tyler were recently recognized for their work and two special awards were given for the 2008 UT Tyler Meadows Gallery Juried Student Exhibition, Ray Sikes, Meadows Gallery coordinator, announced.
KLTV 7 Tyler |
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Rem Koolhaas to design new Prada museum of contemporary art
LONDON. The Italian fashion designer Miuccia Prada is to open a 17,500 sq. m. museum in Milan to display her collection of mainly large-scale, specially-commissioned work of the past 15 years by artists including Anish Kapoor, Louise Bourgeois, Sam Taylor-Wood, Francesco Vezzoli and Thomas Demand.
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Plenty to do
There were plenty of things to do in Cape Girardeau last weekend. In fact, there's plenty to do every weekend, including the newly announced longer hours and opening of the Glenn House, The Cape River Heritage Museum, the Red House Interpretive Center and Old St. Vincent's Church.
Southeast Missourian |
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Poland gets its first contemporary collection
KRAKOW. The National Museum in Krakow is scheduled to open a new department of contemporary Western art this month—the first devoted to a collection of this kind in Poland, according to the institution.
Art Newspaper |
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LepreCon 34 Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention
Sabrina Messinger of Scottsdale looks over movie posters for sale during a break at the LepreCon 34 Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention at the Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort west of Casa Grande on May 10. The convention featured an art show, memorabilia and crafts sales, lectures, movies and presentations.
Casa Grande Dispatch |
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Star of the festival: Organic duck
MANILA, Philippines—A delightful organic food festival greeted guests during the Mangan Yaman Festival fundraiser a week ago at the Prado Farm in San Fernando, Pampanga. Organic duck cooked the Pampangueño way was the gastronomic highlight.
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
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It’s indie movies vs. Indy’s movie at Cannes fest
CANNES, France — It’s indie movies versus Indy’s movie at the Cannes Film Festival.
Chicago Sun-Times |
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My Account
NEW YORK - A collection of original art by noted psychedelic artists, depicting some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll, is going on the auction block Wednesday.
Prince George Citizen Online |
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Francis Bacon Art Could Go For $70M At NYC Auction
A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon is going on sale in Manhattan. It could fetch $70 million, which would be a record for the British artist. Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" is being offered Wednesday night at Sotheby's auction house.
WCBS-TV New York |
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