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Have you heard the one about the peer, the art student, and the bubble-wrap? James McAvoy yesterday spoke of his concern and "terror" over the proposed changes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
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Police raid on naked kids 'art'
CHILDREN who posed naked for a controversial art exhibition will be interviewed by police. Vote
News Interactive |
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Lawmakers Share Challenges At Annual Breakfast
PLANT CITY Offshore oil drilling, the budget squeeze and the declining economy were among the topics at an annual breakfast where local lawmakers shared with the community highlights of the recent legislative session.
Plant City Courier & Tribune |
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2 Picasso etchings stolen from Fla. art gallery
Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach.
Seattle Times |
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Students’ voices heard through outdoor art show
Through the various artistic places on display as part of the Student Outdoor Sculptures display at the Duxbury Art Complex Museum, teenagers on the South Shore are expressing their views about the world they live in.
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Local Memorial Day weekend events
In Ann Arbor, city pools will open Friday. Discount season passes are available at the pools through Monday. On Friday, the PhoenixPhest! three-day chamber music festival is offering a faculty concert at 7:30 p.m. for $10 at Greenhills School, 850 Greenhills Drive. Details: 734-358-2100.
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I would recommend dramatically increasing the number of national pavilions
In our January issue, the commissioner of the 2007 Venice Biennale, Robert Storr, responded to his critics on a variety of contentious issues which had arisen even before his exhibitions had opened.
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German gallery tries to block sale of works by Joseph Beuys
NEW YORK. Negotiations between the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum in Krefeld, Germany, and art collector Helga Lauffs continue as the museum tries to stop five Joseph Beuys sculptures from being sold. The works were installed in the museum by the artist (who was born in Krefeld) in two specially built rooms.
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Copyright, conflicts of interest, and how to deal with Uncle Sam
A visitor to Van Gogh’s bedroom in Second Life. Versions of the original painting are in the Art Institute of Chicago, the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris
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Westminster Council rejects gift of £2.5m Caro sculpture
The Art Newspaper has revealed that a gift to London from Sir Anthony Caro, Britain’s leading sculptor, has been declined. Millbank Steps , his largest and most ambitious work, is therefore up for sale for £2.5m. It has just gone on display at the New Art Centre at Roche Court, near Salisbury.
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City gets ready for arts festival
The Perth Festival of the Arts begins with pop, classical and comedy acts performing.
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Maryland Inn to Host Prints by Late Beatle John Lennon
The artwork of John Lennon is coming to Annapolis. Limited edition prints made from the late Beatles star's pen and ink drawings will be displayed and sold at The Maryland Inn at the end of the month.
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Playing with Dolls at O2 Wireless
NOW in its fourth year, the O2 Wireless Festival is the perfect festival for people who don't like to get their feet dirty.
Romford Recorder |
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Rescued from a skip - the table which went under the hammer for £40,000
A rare walnut table which was rescued from a skip has fetched £40,000 at auction.
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2 Picasso etchings stolen from Fla. art gallery
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Police say two Pablo Picasso etchings worth a combined $450,000 have been stolen from a gallery in Palm Beach, Florida. Authorities responded to an alarm at Gallery Biba early this morning.
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Police close naked teen photograph exhibition
A controversial exhibition in Sydney featuring nude photos of underage girls has been cancelled.
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Student artists can also draw crowd
NEWINGTON — The typically bland corridors of Town Hall are transformed into a gallery of student art through May 28. About 2,000 works of art including paintings, drawings, photographs, jewelry and sculpture by students at all grade levels are taking up nearly every inch of wall space on the building’s...
The New Britain Herald |
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Retired fighter pilot looking forward to May Fly
A restored U.S. Air Force T-33 Silver Star jet will be among the attractions Saturday and Sunday during the May Fly Air Show and Festival at the Florence Regional Airport
Florence Morning News |
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Junk meets art to play golf
This weekend, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis launches a summerlong celebration of the 20th anniversary of its sculpture garden. There will be exhibits, a huge "Rock the Garden" concert, and a brand new mini-golf course. Fourteen teams of designers, architects, painters, sculptors and other creative types each built green-themed holes.
Minnesota Public Radio |
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Flawed sporting legends shine at Cannes
Two documentaries at this year's Cannes Film Festival deal with sporting legends.
CNN.com |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
One of the great joys of visiting an art museum is the freedom to study, to look at the art as intensely as you like. The best museums do all they can to encourage quiet, prolonged contemplation: They light artworks just so.
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A Modern Collection, Awash With Color
When the artist Rosalyn Ackerman Engelman and her husband, Irwin, relocated to Manhattan from Westport, Conn., they insisted that their apartment be filled with light, surrounded by green, and within walking distance of museums. They settled on a Fifth Avenue two-bedroom with sweeping views of Central Park, which they then gutted, knocking down some walls and building others, to create the right ...
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Guilty Pleasures of Plundered Treasures
In an excellent catalog essay for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exquisite, concentrated show "Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum," the V&A's Paul Williamson informs us that "[e]very medieval or Renaissance work of art has a story to tell." For most antiquities, however, their stories — whether through plunder, dislocation, recycling, or destruction by ...
The New York Sun |
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Leiter's Lovely Ladies
An article I once read about detecting painting forgeries said that even the best forgers have contemporary painting mannerisms that get incorporated in their work. The forgery may initially be impossible to detect, but over time, as painting techniques change, the differences between the forged paintings and authentic ones become increasingly evident. Something similar but in reverse happens ...
The New York Sun |
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Photographer's images capture heady days of jazz
Herb Snitzer's photography from a half-century ago shows there's more than one way to record a jazz musician. Beyond the turntable or downloaded tracks, his black-and-white photographs capture for the eyes what music does for the ears, freezing moments to allow for replay later.
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