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Contemporary artist Cathy Wilkes, who lives and works in Glasgow, has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize.
Schools will be expected to offer pupils two hours of PE a week under new government guidelines published yesterday, but no time limit has been set on achieving the goal.
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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes Film Festival
It's indie movies versus Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival.
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LONDON - A massive new street art commission is applied to the river facade of the Tate Modern gallery on May 14, 2008 in London. This is the first major public museum display of street art in London, presenting the work of six internationally acclaimed artists.
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art Till May 15 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #2229 3886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm:
Endless Resonances — an exhibition of recent paintings by well-known artists. Till May 17 at Gallery 79, 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor, #2466 2837; 4 pm - 7 pm: Mystic Colours , an exhibition of watercolours and collage by Shiladitya Ganguly and Probal Das.
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Thursday, May 15 Art guild meets The Caddo River Art Guild meets at 6:30 p.m. at the Arkadelphia Recreation Center with program by Deborah Tackett on the art element of composition through photography. The public is invited.
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Canadian polygamist sect under pressure
LISTER, British Columbia - Fluorescent lights cast a yellow-green pall on the posted student artwork. Children's voices recite lessons behind closed doors. A group of seventh-grade girls giggle and whisper as they wander back to class.
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Dressed 'to the nines' at the fashion show
STERLING — The “New Look” — featuring rounded bosoms, small waists and full skirts — was one of the styles shown off Friday as Northeastern Junior College Foundation hosted the “Fabulous Forties Fashion Show” in the Tennant Art Gallery.
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"Hatakeyama Naoya: Ciel Tombe"
Taka Ishii Gallery Taka Ishii Gallery Taka Ishii Gallery Read the full story.
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Kabuki-za's Dankikusai festival: From romantic crimes to civilian sacrifices
Kabuki-za is presenting two masterworks by Kawatake Mokuami (1816-93): "Shiranami Gonin Otoko (The Five Shiranami Men)," written for Kikugoro V in 1862 and "Kiwametsuki Banzui Chobei (The Ultimate Story of Banzui Chobei)" written for Danjuro IX nearly 20 years later. A native of Nihonbashi in Edo... Read the full story.
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South Park S11 Art
Artwork now available. May 14, 2008 - On August 12, 2008, Paramount Home Entertainment will release South Park – The Complete Eleventh Season on DVD. We don't have much info at this point, such as pricing or the special features, but we knew you guys would be just as pumped as we are to hear that it's coming on the 12th of August and check out the sweet artwork.
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Swing Kids bring spirit, drive to Festival
The Swing Kids from Switzerland have an excellent reason to celebrate during their trip to the 2008 Glenn Miller Festival - they have earned the Swiss Jazz Award 2008 from the Swiss Jazz Radio of the National Broadcasting Association.
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Student Designs Presented In “Masterpiece Runway”
Fashion students at Long Beach City College (LBCC) will fuse famous works of art with cutting edge style next week during the school’s 32nd annual catwalk showcase.
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Russia groups allege 'persecution' of Sakharov museum
Russian rights groups Wednesday accused the authorities of political motives in charging a museum director with religious hate crimes over sensitive exhibits that offended Orthodox Christians.
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Russia groups allege 'persecution' of Sakharov museum
Russian rights groups Wednesday accused the authorities of political motives in charging a museum director with religious hate crimes over sensitive exhibits that offended Orthodox Christians.
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People reading exhibit closes after a spectacular run
From November 2007, until March of this year, thousands of people visited the People Reading exhibit, the inaugural show of the Spartanburg Museum of Art SAM , at its new location in the Chapman Cultural Center.
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Art exhibit at Blanchard Community Library
A solo exhibition of 30 paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolor, ink and pastel, of subjects ranging from portraits to land and seascapes, by prize-winning artist Pat High Lemmon opened May 1 at Blanchard Community Library.
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London exhibit examines lingering morbid pull of Jack the Ripper
LONDON - As you leave a new exhibition about Jack the Ripper, you're invited to feel ashamed. "The endless obsession with Jack the Ripper glamorizes serial murderers and trivializes violence against women," says a placard near the exit from the exhibition at the Museum of London in Docklands.
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Ira Epstein & Company Weekly Metal Report
In last week’s report I spent considerable time pointing out that outside market influences were having no positive impact on either Gold or Silver prices. Yesterday, Crude Oil hit nearly $127 a barrel and both Gold and Silver prices fell.
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Death of artist Robert Rauschenberg noted at Augusta's Morris Museum of Art
AUGUSTA, Ga. - The staff and board of Augusta’s Morris Museum of Art mourn the loss of Modern Art Master, Robert Rauschenberg, who died on Monday, May 12, at age 82. “It’s always a source of spiritual and intellectual invigoration to be associated with great art and great artists,” said museum founder and chairman William S. Morris III. “Bob Rauschenberg provided all of that. His like will not ...
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NEW YORK - A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon was expected to fetch as much as US$70 million, which would set a record for the British artist, at auction Wednesday night.
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School reborn as museum to help kids learn the joy of low-tech toys
A defunct 100-year-old elementary school in Tokyo that boasted 1,000 pupils in its heyday has been reborn as a museum that hopes to revive the passion of playing with toys that don't require... Read more ...
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Concert and Art Show tonight at SHS
The Saugus Department of Fine Arts invites you to an evening of music and art at Saugus High School tonight, Wednesday, May 14 at 7 p.m.
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Kaufmann House auctioned for $15 million
Modern architecture fans worship Palm Springs, and included at the altar is the city's Kaufmann House designed by Richard Neutra.
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Exhibit examines morbid pull of Jack the Ripper
LONDON---- As you leave a new exhibition about Jack the Ripper, you're invited to feel ashamed. ''The endless obsession with Jack the Ripper glamorizes serial murderers and trivializes violence against women,'' says a placard near the exit from the exhibition at the Museum of London in Docklands.
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