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Frank Lloyd Wright works exhibited in Nevada
Will Bruder likes to think that Frank Lloyd Wright would feel at home in the Nevada Museum of Art. The most famous architect in American history inspired a generation of architects, including Bruder, who grew up in Wright's home state of Wisconsin and designed the Reno museum that is hosting the exhibit Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful through July 20.
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globally and locally. Investors continue to buy pieces at record prices, particularly contemporary works. The most expensive paintings in the world - by American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, and owned by music mogul David Geffen - are each worth more than US$140m.
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North Central Texas College announces art show winners
The Art Department at North Central Texas College recently announced the list of winners in the 43rd annual NCTC Art Show, which challenged artists to illustrate the theme of “Friends.”
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Sydney police probing photo exhibit portraying nude teens
SYDNEY, Australia - Police investigated Friday whether any laws were broken by a Sydney art exhibition that the prime minister called revolting for its portrayal of nude 12- and 13-year-old children.
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Southeastern Minnesota digest
: New Smith wood carvings on display The Minnesota Marine Art Museum is displaying new artifacts from its collection of wood carvings from Leo and Marilyn Smith beginning June 3 and will also have a storytelling time from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 31.
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Lowertown Preps For Art and Music Festival
If you like good music, food and plenty of artwork, drop by Paducah's LowerTown neighborhood this weekend.
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Community briefs: Meet the Artists at Art Attack Gallery and other briefs
At a Meet the Artists reception from 2 to 5:30 p.m., Saturday in the Christmas Tree Village in Incline Village everyone is invited to come for refreshments, door prizes (each artist will donate a door prize) and meet area artists and view their work.
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It's a heartfelt search for parents
Although it's only been up and running for about six months, the Solano Heart Gallery is starting to show some results in helping children find adoptive parents. The gallery started with 17 children ranging from 3 to 16 years old and already has placed four siblings in a home with the potential for adoption and has set up a teenager with a prospective parent.
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The Royal Yachting Association
At the bottom of the painting is a subtle nod from artist to athlete to bring home the silverware from Beijing. A gold medal presents a ghostly image in the waters surrounding the 24 Team GB sailors in the painting, drawing them closer and closer to the main prize.
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SNAPSHOT: FACULTY ART SHOW
Brockton public schools art faculty will once again exhibit in the Joseph A. Driscoll Art Gallery at the Brockton Public Library. The show includes collage, paintings, sculpture and graphic art by Annmarie Sherrick, Joseph Fontinha, William Descilian, Erin Kirrane, Kevin Flanagan, Amy Koenigbauer, Diane Prince, Jon Garcea, Carol McParland, Mark Cunningham, Amanda Palmer, Beth Delaney, ...
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Australia Police: Charges Likely Over Naked Teen Photos
Australia police: Charges likely over photo exhibit showing young teens naked.
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Historical society to hold photo contest
WINDSOR — On Tuesday, June 3, the Windsor Historical Society will hold a “Visions of Windsor” photography contest for those who live or work in town. The event takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. at the historical society, located at 96 Palisado Ave.
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J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM DEPICTS CHRIST AS HUMAN AND DIVINE: 16th century painting has Jesus with five disembodied wounds ...
Imagine Christ not as a picture of perfection in human form, but as a batch of disembodied wounds. Sixteenth century Flemish illuminator Simon Bening did so in a richly illustrated prayer book commissioned by Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg.
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Heffel auction nets record prices for Canadian art
Paintings by several renowned Canadian artists sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars Thursday at the Heffel spring auction in Vancouver, trouncing previous records set by the painters' work.
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Munch's Scream back on display
Edvard Munch's painting The Scream, damaged by armed robbers in 2004, goes back on public display in Norway.
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Museum exhibit blends ancient and modern
EUSTIS - When Sue Gross and Joan Johnson entered the Lake Eustis Museum of Art late Thursday, the first sight to grab their attention was a series of decorative kimonos.
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Community briefs
Shelter seeks volunteers to make lunches this winter; School and gallery seeks volunteers and donations; Boat reservations accepted; Historical society grant will fund John Brown brochure; Summer lunch program set for Washington County kids
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Top Stories
H-BLOCK Hunger Striker and Sinn Féin Assembly member Raymond McCartney has hit back at knee-jerk unionist criticism of a new film on the 1981 Hunger Strike being showcased at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Fest to decide rapper issue
The organizer of the Monterey Music Summit is expected to announce today whether the festival will go on as planned.
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Variety of activities will keep holiday weekend full
Even without the much-heralded return of a certain whip-cracking archaeologist to the silver screen this Memorial Day holiday weekend, there should be plenty of excitement from events planned by local organizers. Here is a roundup of some activities. Check the briefs listings throughout Showcase for more possibilities. SEASIDE — The Seaside Jazz Festival: A Journey through Jazz continues ...
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Cannes Film Festival - Highlander Remake On The Way
The seemingly endless list of films to receive a remake is set to get another addition, as it has emerged that cult fantasy flick HIGHLANDER is to get a ...
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Royal portrait set to fetch £50k at city auction
A PORTRAIT of the Queen Mother and her two daughters went on display today, along with a letter she wrote to commission it.
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'Twisted' tells squeaky, sweet balloon-maker tales
It may not be the most revered art form, and it definitely isn't the most permanent, but balloon-animal making is certainly the squeakiest. And, based on the amiable documentary "Twisted: A Balloonamentary," it looks like scrunching those latex tubes into all kinds of sculptures is a lot of fun, and a surprisingly good way to make a buck. Sara Taksler and Naomi Greenfield's documentary looks at ...
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British star Hall lands role as Allen's `Vicky'
With her biggest film break yet, a lead role in a Woody Allen flick, Rebecca Hall landed on one of the most-glamorous spots on Earth: the star-packed red carpet at a Cannes Film Festival premiere.
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Picasso's Guernica gets a new setting at Spanish museum
Madrid - Guernica, Pablo Picasso's 1937 large anti-war painting, has been given a new illumination and will be repositioned at Madrid's Reina Sofia museum of modern art, Spanish press reports said Friday. The black-and-white painting measuring 3.5 x ...
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