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World's leading art fair opens in Switzerland as demand for paintings stays high
BASEL, Switzerland - The largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulence.
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Art Basel — world's largest art fair — opens in Switzerland
The largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday in Basel, Switzerland, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulence.
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Get tickets to the 2008 Miss Tennessee Scholarship Pageant
Thirty-six contestants will compete for the title of Miss Tennessee 2008 this month. Preliminary competition for the pageant begins at 8 p.m. June 18 and ends June 20 at the Carl Perkins Civic Center.
The Jackson Sun |
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Tyler Green's modern & contemporary art blog
Roberta Smith picks up where I left off on Anne d'Harnoncourt yesterday. Note the absence of 'the Tuts...' Jonathan Jones in the Guardian: Banksy, Twombly and graffiti art.
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Art Basel _ world's largest art fair _ opens in Switzerland
By HANNS NEUERBOURG BASEL, Switzerland (AP) -- The largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulence.
Bay News 9 Tampa Bay |
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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts to rock expanded Artscape festival
Performances at the Everyman Theatre and the Charles will be among the new entertainment options at Artscape, Baltimore's largest outdoor festival.
Baltimore Business Journal |
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Boris Doris ON THE TOWN
Bubbly Bash “Champagne at the Allis” was flowing, necessitating a second shipment to be brought in mid-party at the Charles Allis Art Museum. Britishness was in the air with Ellen Zilli’s delicious figs and Stilton cheese and a UW-Milwaukee ensemble in top hats and formal attire, loaned by Suzann Campbell...
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Best Bets for today, Thursday
bToday/b The exhibit at the Center for the Visual Arts, 427 N. Fourth St., Wausau, features the work of artists who use their mediums to explore the world around them. Landescapes highlights the landscape painting of Kelly Meredith of Butternut and the fiber art of Bonnie Peterson of Elmhurst, Ill. It will be on display through June 22. CVA hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays ...
Wausau Daily Herald |
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French authorities recover stolen artwork
French police have recovered a quartet of Impressionist and Renaissance paintings snatched during a daylight heist in southern France last summer.
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Buffalo artist cleared after bioterror probe plans exhibit
Associated Press - June 4, 2008 2:35 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A Buffalo artist cleared of fraud charges after a 4-year battle with the government is planning a new exhibit based on works and...
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Markets (June 4)
STRATEGY Nokia targets youth with N78 mobile Chennai, June 4 Nokia has launched its ‘N78’ mobile phone, a multimedia device that fuses music, navigation, photography and mobility. The product is targeted at the youth and the ‘tech savvy’, “who are always on ...
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Tattoos Are Art Too
What do guys with pot bellies and babes in bikinis have in common? Their tattoos. Tats got some respect recently at the Baltimore Museum of Art. There was a runway show with with guys and gals displaying their skin art and a panel discussion with top tattoo artists.
KTHV Little Rock |
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Museums Art Houses Taste Ashes Of Universal Fire
The fire that raged through a city-block-sized area at Universal Studios over the weekend destroyed prints of classic movies that had reportedly been scheduled to be ...
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Art Exhibits, Andy Dick and Adoption
Greece is just about as far away from Columbia as you can get, but we here in the Capital City can get a little slice of the Hellenic Republic starting today at the Columbia Museum of Art — today marks the opening of Columbia-born photographer Constantine Manos’ award-winning A Greek Portfolio exhibit.
Free Times |
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Web Link: Artscape
Selected as a "standout festival worth planning for now" by O, The Oprah Magazine , April issue.
WBAL-TV Baltimore |
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BASEL, Switzerland - The world's largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday and will be watched as a key indicator of whether world art prices will continue to boom despite economic woes.
Brandon Sun |
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Judicial complex, museum get go-ahead
Gov. Bill Ritter has signed legislation giving the go-ahead to construction of a $295 million state judicial complex in downtown Denver on the site of the Colorado History Museum, which will be moved.
BizJournals |
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Interview: Tracey Emin
British artist Tracey Emin talks to Nicholas Glass about her curatorial debut at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition. From President Ahmadinejad in Tehran, to the Pogues' Shane McGowan in a hotel room - interviews in full.
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Art Announcements
A reception for Annapolis Arts Alliance's "Splash!" exhibit artists will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the City Hall Gallery, 160 Duke of Gloucester St. in Annapolis.
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Controversial Vancouver sculpture bound for Calgary
If art is meant to get people talking, then a sculpture entitled Device to Root Out Evil was a success. Now the piece some have dubbed the upside down church is being dismantled and shipped to Calgary where it will be reassembled at the Glenbow Museum.
Kelowna Capital News |
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Madonna Film Fest tickets on sale Saturday
Tickets for pop artist Madonna's documentary and appearance at the Traverse City Film Festival go on sale Saturday morning, exclusively at the State Theatre box office downtown.
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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Creative Growth Art Center celebrates $1 million expansion
Oakland gallery for artists with disabilities opens exhibit, 'New Walls
Contra Costa Times |
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Children's garden grows!
Parents everywhere are groaning about fuel prices. With gasoline at record highs many families are expected to stick close to home this summer. Long trips are out; short trips are in. So consider this: Grand Rapids is just 2 1/2 hours away from Detroit, and there's lots to do! Michigan's second largest city has a thriving downtown and first-class museums, parks and restaurants. (Check out ...
Detroit Free Press |
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More shocks from 'bad girl' Emin
The "bad girl" of British art caused a ripple among the establishment today as she unveiled her selection for this year's Summer Exhibition. The Royal Academy has invited Tracey Emin to curate her first show for its annual celebration, now in its 240th year.
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Louisiana Festival teaches students about state's cultures
DONALDSONVILE - Long after most everyone retired to their classrooms May 20, A'Leya Chatman continued to hold a carrot in her hand for the doe camped out at Lowery Elementary School.
Gonzales Weekly Citizen |
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