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Surreal prices expected as French art movement's manifesto up for sale
THE only known manuscript of French poet André Breton's founding text for the surrealist movement is to be auctioned in Paris today.
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What's On
The Sand Sculpture exhibition is now open EVERYDAY! (including bank holidays) Pop down to Sunset Nurseries in St Ouen and see the new sculptures for this season!
Jersey Insight |
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Kiwi artist donates 51 works to gallery
Artist Max Gimblett is giving key works representing 40 years of his career to Auckland Art Gallery.
Stuff |
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Enrico Donati: One of the last Surrealist artists
Enrico Donati was one of the last of the generation of Surrealist artists who were active in the 1930s and 1940s, grouped around the "pope" of the movement, André Breton. Breton much admired Donati's work, writing in the preface to an early exhibition catalogue, "I love the paintings of Enrico Donati as I love a night in May".
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Remembering Rauschenberg
Students from Dick Dowling elementary view work from Robert Rauschenberg during a hands-on tour of the Rauschenberg Gallery at the Museum of the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur.
Beaumont Journal |
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Whitechapel At War: Isaac Rosenberg And His Circle, Ben Uri Gallery, London
The poet Isaac Rosenberg is the least well known of the handful of great poets – Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Edward Thomas were the others – who not only helped us to feel the full, protracted horror of the First World War, but whose work helped to define the very nature of war poetry itself.
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A box of delights: Antony Gormley's 'Sutra'
As an artist whose work is so much about the body, it seems natural that Antony Gormley should be interested in dance. For years, he has cast his own body, placing it on top of buildings, in trees and on gallery ceilings, willing us to look at our own bodies, and our selves, in a new light.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Art "CLIMATES," two large-scale installations by Sharon Kopriva, opens with a reception and gallery talk with the artist 6-8 p.m. May 16 at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, 500 Main St. The installations will be on view through July 13 in the museum's McFaddin-Ward Gallery. Also on view, "FRANK X.
Beaumont Journal |
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Johara to Open Art Show
RIYADH, 21 May 2008 — Princess Johara bint Sultan ibn Fahd will open a Pakistan art and calligraphic exhibition at Pakistan Embassy Hall at 7 p.m. today. Only women will be allowed entry at the inaugural session.
Arab News |
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The Cannes Film Festival Thus Far
Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone (By J. Hoberman)
The Village Voice |
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Some Singular Sensations: Talking with Six of Off-Broadway's Best
What makes a great actor? Shakespeare advocated temperance, Rousseau tact. Antonin Artaud looked to the sinuousness of the Balinese dancer; Heinrich von Kleist preferred the sturdiness of the bear. A pamphleteer of the 18th century insisted on "the study of painting, statues, prints, language, politics, dancing, and fencing." Stanislavsky merely wailed: "How can all these elements unite in one ...
The Village Voice |
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Wine weekend set for June
What do Jann Arden, The Temptations and The Pointer Sisters have in common? Aside from a string of musical hits between them, the diverse musical acts will share at stage in Niagara-on-the-Lake next month as part of the second annual Niagara Wine Weekend and Auction. They will be [...]
Niagara Falls Review |
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The best of food and theatre
FOOD and entertainment is set to be the main theme for Starhill Gallery’s Midsummer Nights Feast from July 11 to 20.
The Star |
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Black Chapel Wins Airplay Direct's "All Things Digital Hard Rock/Heavy Metal" Artist Contest
Throughout the month of April, AirPlay Direct ran our FREE to enter "All Things Digital Hard Rock / Heavy Metal" artist contest. The winner Black Chapel will receive the Grand Prize package which is worth over $30,000 and includes:
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This week in film
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, with cotton stuffed in your ears, you already know everything you need to know about “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” But this week also brings a crop of more under-the-radar film events, from the artsy to the ...
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Silent auction will benefit Humane Society June 6
Down the Street Art Gallery will hold a silent auction from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 6 to benefit the Payson Humane Society.
The Payson Roundup |
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Daytrippin’ In Montgomery
This week we're showing you fun places to go in our area on just one tank of gas, and today, News Three took your suggestions about where to go. Wynton Blount Cultural Park is just a few minutes from downtown Montgomery. This is where you'll find the festival, among other attractions.
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Ad-hoc committee to decide if city needs a Commission on the Arts
Prompted by a City Council resolution giving the concept a thumbs up, an ad-hoc committee on Monday started pondering ways to possibly support more public art in Jefferson City.
Jefferson City News Tribune |
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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'gallerytpw'
Hey there, arty partygoers.
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Powerball vs. D-List Ball
Hey there, arty partygoers. Where will you be this Thursday, May 22? At the Powerplant's annual fundraiser, Powerball 10: Decadence (231 Queens Quay West), or Gallery TPW's D-List Ball at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West)?
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High-End Homes Sold as Art
All Things Considered , May 20, 2008 · With the housing market in shambles, certain properties are being pitched with more than "charming" and "must see inside." They're being auctioned as art. Of course, it helps when they have a name like Richard Neutra or Louis Kahn attached to them.
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Summer art classes offered at Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts will host summer art camps offering small group lessons in drawing, painting, ceramics, and sculpture for children ages 6 to 13 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Montgomery Advertiser |
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Unburied Treasures
This presentation will feature artwork from the Permanent Collection by Lynn Green Root in conjunction with the exhibition, "Breathing Art: The Work of Myra Green and Lynn Green Root." The portrait of John Langston by Lynn Green and the portrait of Mrs. Joseph Blythe by Myra Green will be discussed.
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CMC Gallery displays memorial vases
GLENWOOD SPRINGS When Glenwood Springs artist Annette Roberts-Gray began 'In Honor, In Memory,' she thought there would be a natural conclusion to the project.
The Aspen Times |
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Students unveil work of art
A vision came to life at a local high school Tuesday. The art students at Blake High School created a beautiful stained glass window.
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