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Aon Notes Need to Protect Art as Prices of Works Soar
A classical nude "Venus" she's not, but that didn't seem to matter to whoever paid $33.6 million (£17.2 million) for Lucien Freud's painting - "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping." The price was the highest
Insurance Journal |
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Sean Penn: Obama has a lot to live up to
The Cannes Film Festival takes on a political flavour, as jury members Sean Penn and Natalie Portman talk about Obama and Clinton.
rediff.com |
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Ogunquit Art Association opens spring show
OGUNQUIT — The Ogunquit Art Association will have its spring show May 21 to June 21 at the Barn Gallery, corner of Bourne Lane and Shore Road.
York County Coast Star |
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Weekend Best Bets: San Diego
The 12th annual North Park Festival of the Arts will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Organizers say they expect 35,000 people.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Weekend Best Bets: East County
An artist's reception for the third annual El Cajon Invitational Art Exhibit will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the St. Clair Gallery, on the second floor of the East County Business Center, 270 E. Douglas Ave., El Cajon. Fourteen artists will host the reception, which is open to the public.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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UP returns to Cityscape Abu Dhabi to showcase MotorCity, Index and Limestone House
Union Properties PJSC (UP), one of the leading property developers in the United Arab Emirates and a proud recipient of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award for Real Estate Development are showcasing three of its projects at Cityscape Abu Dhabi from the 13 -16 May at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
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Keizer celebrates irises and kindness
The Keizer Iris Festival is in full swing today with a host of activities — some of which are free.
Salem Statesman Journal |
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Run errands, appreciate artwork at same time
Gainesville is one town where art is grafted onto every corner. While multi tasking is not a method I recommend for appreciating the masterpieces, it is a useful skill for adding a little culture to a busy day.
The Gainesville Sun |
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Calligrapher stresses impact of Web marketing
Artist Jan Owen has exhibited her calligraphic works all over the world. She has taught across the country and has been reviewed by nationwide publications.
Bangor Daily News |
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UM names new art museum director
George Kinghorn, who has spent the last nine years at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Jacksonville, Fla., has been named the new director of the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, according to a source at the university.
Bangor Daily News |
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New Bumbershoot Buzz
Seattle's Bumbershoot Festival just keeps on getting bigger and better as a few more additions were recently added to this year's lineup over Labor Day weekend August 30 - September 1.
POLLSTAR |
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Nature program funded
The Virginia Museum of Natural History and The Harvest Foundation have announced a new initiative titled the Children and Nature Educational Network, in which nature will be used as an educational laboratory.
Martinsville Bulletin |
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TNC Photo Contest Award Ceremony Cancelled -- Funding to go Towards Relief Efforts
International non-governmental organization The Nature Conservancy announced today that its has cancelled Nature Reserves of China, Through the Viewfinder photo contest award ceremony to donate all event funds to the earthquake relief efforts in Sichuan province.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Blundering Katie Derham calls overweight job centre worker who posed for Lucian Freud painting 'Fat Sue' live on ITV
Newsreader Katie Derham infuriated an overweight job centre worker who posed naked for Lucian Freud live on TV yesterday by referring to her as Fat Sue.
Evening Standard |
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Shootback: The Keenest Eyes of Africa
A Paris exhibition shows how young photographers from a Nairobi Slum capture a truth outsiders miss
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Smith Micro Software's Consumer Group Signs Agreement to Publish New ArtRage Deluxe 2.5
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.----Smith Micro Software, Inc. Consumer Group has signed an agreement with Ambient Design to publish ArtRage Deluxe 2.5™, a computer-based painting and drawing application that provides a comprehensive range of tools for both novice and accomplished artists.
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Calgary folk festival lineup
From the obscure to the world's folky favourites, the 2008 Calgary Folk Music Festival has got them all. Organizers announced the summer lineup this week and it's full of Canadian favourites.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Bacon triptych breaks record
A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions, selling for more than $86 million after three bidders vied for it in New York.
The Cincinnati Enquirer |
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Drawing the line on clean water
Rich Gaskill likes the annual "Clean Water Begins and Ends With You" drawing contest sponsored by the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the Delaware Department of Transportation for a couple of good reasons.
The News Journal |
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It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at Cannes fest
The Cannes Film Festival opens this week. The big question is whether indie movies will be overshadowed by Indy's movie - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which plays here this weekend.
Richmond Times-Dispatch |
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Blundering Katie Derham calls overweight job centre worker who posed for Lucian Freud painting 'Fat Sue' live on ITV
Newsreader Katie Derham infuriated an overweight job centre worker who posed naked for Lucian Freud live on TV yesterday by referring to her as Fat Sue
Daily Mail |
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Lucian Freud nude sets new world record at auction
NEW YORK (AFP) - "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," a nude by artist Lucian Freud, sold for more than 34 million dollars (22 million euros) in New York, becoming the most expensive work ever by a living artist.
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Lucian Freud nude sets new world record at auction
"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," a nude by artist Lucian Freud, sold for more than 34 million dollars (22 million euros) in New York, becoming the most expensive work ever by a living artist.
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Lucian Freud nude sets new world record at auction
"Benefits Supervisor Sleeping," a nude by artist Lucian Freud, sold for more than 34 million dollars (22 million euros) in New York, becoming the most expensive work ever by a living artist.
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Winehouse sculpture on display
Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been immortalised in bronze for an art exhibition in London.
world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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