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NUS Museum exhibits works by Indonesian artist Sudjojono
SINGAPORE: In a new record for a Southeast Asian painting, a contemporary painting from Indonesia fetched over S$450,000 at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong last month.
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Slow comments, sharp comments and no comment
This week your comments come from a real mixed bag of sources and topics, among which Canadian troops in Afghanistan, bar room language in Dutch parliament and two controversial photo exhibitions in Sri Lanka.
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Bacon painting fetches $86M at auction
A 1976 triptych by late Irish-born painter Francis Bacon reportedly was sold for a record $86.3 million at Sotheby's in New York.The price is the highest ever paid for a contemporary work of art sold at auction, The New York Times said. The work is comprised of three panels, each measuring about 6 1/2 feet by 5 feet.The Times said three telephone bidders competed for the painting, which was ...
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Artist of the Month
Judy Worrell is May Artist of the Month, selected by the Lampasas Art Club. Mrs. Worrell has a display on exhibit at the entrance to Lampasas Art Gallery at My Girls on Courtyard Square.
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Old Time Radio — Hear it on line — Read the story Saturday
Old Time Radio Player club member art Osborne demonstrates how a radio play works for the audience at the 2003 Bushplane Museum fundraiser. Watch Saturday's Sault Star and website for the story.
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Bacon painting fetches $86M at auction
NEW YORK, May 16 (UPI) -- A 1976 triptych by late Irish-born painter Francis Bacon reportedly was sold for a record $86.3 million at Sotheby's in New York.
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Namibia: Child Art Exhibition Launched
The Santam 43rd Child Art exhibition project was this week ceremonially launched under the theme, "Magical Moments", for final judgment of 489 visual arts entries from the Namibian youth.
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Unioto celebrates first elementary art show
Ann Dye hopes she is building character for her students at Unioto Elementary.
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Getting a head start on marketing
Best-in-show winners were announced in the Create an Ad/Write an Editorial contest.
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Hear a boom in downtown Tampa? Don't worry
If you hear a big bang in the downtown Tampa area this morning, don’t panic. Contractors plan to test the strength of the ground around the new Tampa Museum of Art, and they'll be making some noise when they do it
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Art market faces jittery times, despite Monets making money
NEW YORK (AP) -- It took only about 120 seconds last week for a Monet to exchange hands for a small fortune. Christie's auctioneer Christopher Burge started the bidding at $26 million for a 1873 Claude Monet painting of two puffing locomotives crossing a river bridge.
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Reviled poet's work to fetch high price at auction
May 16: He was mocked during his lifetime, but the 19th-century Scottish poet William McGonagall's reputation is rising
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Assisted-living center’s program allows residents an outlet for their creativity By Anya Semenoff The Reporter-Herald
Residents of The Courtyard of Loveland assisted-living center showed the power of creativity Thursday through watercolor paintings.
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Top Scoops
In this week's SRB picks: Kiwi writers getting noticed in Britain, Istanbul city of sleuths, Fritzl's fictional forebears and Auckland's Writers and Readers Festival gets underway.
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Statue on its way to Toronto
Al Purdy has been a big part of Edwin and Veronica Dam de Nogales' lives both figuratively and physically for several years. And now he is gone. The artist couple transported the 10-foot high, one-ton bronze sculpture of the famous Canadian poet to Toronto [...]
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Local News
Junior Caitlin Price works on her western painting in teacher Kelly Friend's Art class Thursday morning. Five Marysville High School students were selected to create paintings for the new teen section in the Marysville Public Library.
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Canning News
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts: The Gallery features works by artist Tony Myers' ?Journey to the Border?...
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Browse, buy art designed to wear
The second annual MAMo Wearable Art Show, a show and sale of designer wear, will be held at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kona Moku Ballroom of the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.
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Go-ahead for arts centre
A BID to create a multimillion pound international sculpture centre in Edinburgh has been given the go-ahead.
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ART NEWS: ART NEWS by Bobbi Seidel
An exhibit of the photography of Sandy Cook of Ocean Township runs Sunday through June 27 at Terner Gallery, adjacent to the public library, 701 Deal Road, Ocean Township. "A Photographic Journey of the Local Region, Alaska, Tuscany & Exotic Critters" is an exhibit of 38 photographs. A free reception with refreshments takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Indie possibilities
Editor's note: Some of the films listed below were featured at the Hawaii International Film Festival's Spring Showcase last month. Firm dates for wider openings in Honolulu aren't available.
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Rainbow Film Festival aims for wide appeal
After almost two decades of paying homage to gay- and lesbian-themed cinema, the 19th annual Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival opens this year with a full roster of films that explores themes from teenage angst to baby drama (the funny kind) to transgender-identity issues to gay pageants.
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Prague Castle new home of 19th century art
Prague, May 15 (CTK) - The St George monastery, at Prague Castle, which until recently hosted the National Gallery's (NG) collections of Baroque art, will from now on offer a permanent display of the 19th century art, which the NG presented to journalists Thursday.
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Art on the Square: Everything you need to know
The 7th annual Art on the Square will be held in downtown Belleville this weekend. The show was named the nation's No. 1 art show in 2007 (Art Fair Source Book) with 112 artists from 30 states, Germany, England, Israel and Belgium.
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OnMilwaukee.com Weekend Preview: May 16-18
Get amped up for the release of the new Indiana Jones flick and the big Milwaukee festival season, score some free yard bird from McDonald's, and watch the Milwaukee Ballet wrap up its season or communicate with the dead.
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