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All contents, unless so noted, ©2008 Estes Park Trail-Gazette
The three-dimensional look of Annette Kennedy’s individually designed quilts surprises the visual arts admirer. Just how does she make a quilt look like a fine art painting?
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Art deco pool is sold for £76,000
A listed art deco swimming pool which was damaged by fire, is sold at auction.
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Oliver Sacks and The Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir Team up to Discuss the Impact of Music on the Brain
Oliver Sacks, the best-selling author and neurologist who has been described as "the poet laureate of medicine," will appear with Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church Choir in an event entitled Music and the Brain, as part of the 2008 World Science Festival (www.worldsciencefestival.com).
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Monet to Picasso From the Cleveland Museum of Art June 23 - September 21, 2008
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) will present the highly acclaimed exhibition Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 23-September 21, 2008. The exhibition features 100 years of European masterworks and UMFA is one of only four North American venues hosting this international touring exhibition. None of these works have ever been to Utah.
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9th biennial exhibit open at museum
FITCHBURG -- Thirteen is a lucky number at Fitchburg Art Museum -- that's how many established and emerging New England artists have their work exhibited at the ninth biennial juried exhibition of contemporary art.
Sentinel & Enterprise |
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Brit opens Un Certain Regard section
A visceral, violent and deeply disturbing vision of life in the Maze prison is offered up by Britain's most prominent entry in the Cannes film festival
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Monet to Picasso From the Cleveland Museum of Art June 23 - September 21, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY----The Utah Museum of Fine Arts will present the highly acclaimed exhibition Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 23-September 21, 2008. The exhibition features 100 years of European masterworks and UMFA is one of only four North American venues hosting this international touring exhibition.
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Baum Gallery hosts Art in Architecture show
The Baum Gallery of Fine Arts on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas was the site of the "Art in Architecture: Historic Homes of Conway" opening exhibit and awards ceremony which took place on May 4. Guests were greeted with music provided by Alec Brown on cello and Irish whistle and Cory Winters on violin.
The Log Cabin Democrat |
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Young blood livens up classical music scene
Every great composer had to use all creative energy left in his body to compose a musical masterpiece: music with strong dramatic impact that lingers in our senses and unleashes the free-spirit that induces us to sway with the melody.
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MCC'S NEW LOOK FOR LEARNING
Artist's rendering of proposed $5 million classroom building at the MCC Mooresville Center. Students at Mitchell Community College’s Mooresville campus will soon discover that the school’s newest construction project is being built strictly with them in mind.
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National Cherry Queen candidates announced
The National Cherry Festival has announced its 19 queen candidates for the 2008 festival. A queens weekend is being held through Saturday at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville. The five finalists will be announced at the culmination of that event.
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Hot Entertainment Picks: 05/16/2008
Spear some fun at Asparagus Festival; Bless blossoms, taste wine; Curious George event canceled; Appraisal Day at Dennos Museum; Are you there, Romeo? Juliet? Poet Derrick Brown at Opera House; 'Annie' tonight and, yes, tomorrow; See art from two talented Bobs
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Anton Kannemeyer's drawings subtly skewer the pompous and profane. Sean O'Toole caught the comic artist's New York debut
was his show like?" asked a friend. "There were no penises." For anyone who has visited an exhibition by virtuoso illustrator Anton Kannemeyer, this is quite an accomplishment.
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Sharp witted
Matthew Bourne's ballet rehearsals are nothing like a Degas painting. There are no leotard-clad girls executing elegant pliés, no straight-backed women issuing instructions, and no ballet slippers.
Sydney Morning Herald |
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Schedule of weekend events at Asparagus Festival
FRIDAY • 8 p.m. – Free northern Michigan premiere screening of the film Asparagus! Stalking the American Life , Empire Township hall. • 7 p.m., sidewalk chart art on Front Street, at the township hall.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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Bacon masterpiece sets auction record with 43m pounds
London May 16 : Renowned artist Francis Bacon's masterpiece - 'Triptych', has set a new record in sales by fetching a whopping 43 million pounds at an auction in New York.
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Manitowoc, Two Rivers capture Wonders honors
MANITOWOC and TWO RIVERS Biking in Two Rivers and the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc were among the winners in travel consultant Gary Knowles annual Wonders of Wisconsin contest.
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Hidden for 164 years, Indian paintings now dazzle London (Lead)
By Dipankar De Sarkar, London, May 16 : Hidden away in underground storage vaults for 164 years, more than 100 stunning Indian paintings from the Ramayana dating back to the 17th century went on public display for the first time Friday at the British Library in London.
New Kerala |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
I'll be back Monday with some thoughts on Robert Rauschenberg and some thoughts on the most disappointing aspect of the media coverage of his death. Until then, enjoy taking the market at commerce off of your computer screen...
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Why I love the French
Just when the Cannes Film Festival had me craving something French, I remembered that the Contemporary Art Museum was screening a Godard double feature tonight. And hours earlier I had been reading a new biography of the firebrand French director.
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Exhibition "Children and the City", The Moscow Times at Art Moskva
In the framework of the international art fair ART Moskva, which is being held from the 14th to the 18th of May 2008 at the Central House of Artists on Krimsky Val, The Moscow Times presents an exhibition of works by the newspaper's photo correspondents, Igor Tabokov and Vladimir Filonov.
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Video Training Review: High-End Industry Retouching Techniques: Series One With Vitaly Druchinin
If you want to really learn the techniques of the High Fashion Photographers then you need to check out High-End Industry Retouching Techniques: Series One High-End Industry Retouching Techniques: Series One is the first in what will be a series of photographic retouching training videos that feature techniques that are in use by professionals in the fashion and beauty photography industry. ...
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Hidden for 164 years, Mewar Ramayana paintings dazzle London
By Dipankar De Sarkar, London, May 16 : Hidden away in the vaults of the British Museum for 164 years, more than 100 stunning paintings from the Ramayana, dating back to the 17th century, went on public display Friday at the British Library's central London galleries.
New Kerala |
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First Night: Hunger, Cannes Film Festival
There may not be many British films at Cannes this year, but Steve McQueen's Hunger about the death of Bobby Sands in the Maze prison was the most controversial film on la Croisette from the moment the programme was announced.
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Asparagus Fest lineup features 'mystica' touch
Do you wonder what the future holds for you? If so, you may want to take a walk along Front Street in Empire on Saturday as part of the fifth annual Asparagus Festival. A wandering "asparagus mystic" will be among the highlights of this year’s event.
Leelanau Enterprise |
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