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Artist features in book of favourites
Painting for only three years has not been a success barrier for Carterton artist Anna-Marie Kingsley, who had the shock of her creative career when asked to feature in a book.
Wairarapa Times-Age |
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Keeping them alive in bronze
Vietnam veteran memorializes through sculpture.
The Florida Times-Union |
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More nude 'art' photos removed
MORE nude photographs of teenagers taken by controversial photographer Bill Henson have been removed in another art gallery in a NSW country town.
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Crikey Says
No related articles. The Art Gallery of NSW makes Bill Henson part of its "for schools" program. Henson represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1995 which broke records with 123,649 people attending the exhibition. He also received a $20,000 Australia Council fellowship that same year.
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Second Henson exhibition under investigation
A series of Bill Henson photographs that were on display at the Albury Regional Art Gallery, in southern New South Wales, are being investigated by police.
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French classroom drama wins Cannes' top prize
CANNES, France -- The French film “The Class,’’ a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
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My Account
VANCOUVER - Several priceless gold works of art by legendary Haida artist Bill Reid have been taken from the University of B.C.'s Museum of Anthropology in a daring theft.
Prince George Citizen Online |
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Bill Reid gold pieces stolen from B.C. museum
Police in Vancouver are hunting thieves who stole gold pieces designed by the late Bill Reid, one of the most acclaimed Canadian artists of the 20th century.
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Gilles Peterson: Musical Tastemaker Extraordinaire
DJ, record label in-charge, festival host, radio station creator - can this man do any more?
MTV Asia |
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French film wins top prize at Cannes
CANNES, France -- The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honours Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Enter our Cute Kids competition and win a holiday
IT'S HERE! You now have your chance to enter your youngster in our Cute Kids 2008 competition. Our partners Limelights Photography will be in Stratford Shopping Centre from 10am to 4.30pm next Monday June 2 through to Saturday June 7.
Newham Recorder |
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Veterans Museum Fundraiser
People from all over the central valley gathered in downtown Fresno Sunday to honor veterans and raise money for the museum that pays tribute to them.
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Sedalia man hopes to revive Independence Day celebration
Gone are the days when Sedalia celebrated Independence Day with dunk booths, three-legged races, frog jumping contests and music. But, Terry Cockrell recently stumbled upon an old advertisement that reminded him of the day-long celebration that the community enjoyed in yesteryear.
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Eclectic Art Gallery Opens in Pasco
Warren Hughs is selling everything from comic books, to an impressive collection of rocks and minerals, to paintings and photographs, to wire sculptures.
KEPR Pasco |
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Art records tumble at Christie's HK auction
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A work by Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi sold for $9.66 million on Saturday, a new auction record for an Asian contemporary artwork, at auctioneer Christie's first evening sale of such art in Hong Kong.
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Last known WWI veteran honored for Memorial Day
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last known living American-born veteran of World War I, was honored Sunday at the Liberty Memorial during Memorial Day weekend celebrations. Photo Gallery
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A New Twist on Balloon Sculpture
A documentary examining the world of professional balloon twisters has exposed a rift between “gospel twisters,” and the “adult” twisters.
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‘Art for Conservation’: a unique exhibition at zoo
Justine Woosnam, an artist whose day job is looking after cheetahs and tigers, is the star talent behind an art exhibition opening at Auckland Zoo on Thursday, 5 June (World Environment Day) to raise funds to help endangered frogs.
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B.C. museum fears stolen Bill Reid gold pieces may be melted down
Fear is mounting at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver that the stolen gold pieces by late Haida native artist Bill Reid may be melted down because of their gold value.
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Another gallery removes Henson nudes
Another gallery has taken down Bill Henson photographs featuring naked young people amid a police investigation into his works.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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Henson's naked teen shots 'not pornography'
Betty Churcher, former director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA), says debate sparked by a Bill Henson exhibition is misguided.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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French classroom drama wins Cannes' top prize
CANNES, France - The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroom life using real students and teachers at a junior high school, won top honors Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival.
GMA News |
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Festival-goers get chance to be muralists
With a straw hat perched jauntily atop his head and a backward white shirt protecting his clothes, Russ Granberg looked at home painting a mural panel in Riverfront Park on Sunday.
The Patriot-News |
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Henson's child images 'not pornographic'
Bill Henson's controversial photographs of naked adolescents are void of any pornographic suggestion, a former director of the National Gallery of Australia says.
The West Australian |
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B.C. museum fears stolen Bill Reid gold pieces may be melted down
Fear is mounting at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver that the stolen gold artwork by late Haida native artist Bill Reid may be melted down because of their gold value.
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