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Cheap weekend thrills
Event Boston Dragon Boat Festival Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., along the Charles River and Memorial...
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French-born artist’s works to be on show at Marriot
doha • In another proof of its commitment to excellence, the Doha Marriott Hotel is hosting an exhibition of works by French-born artist Mireille E Reynaud at its CafŽ Trottoir and Lobby.
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Bear necessity
Fur might be a politically incorrect fashion statement on the red carpet at the world’s most-prestigious film festival. Not when you’re the star of a movie called Kung Fu Panda , though.
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Paintings part of new bilingual book
Markham
yorkregion.com |
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Museum Offers Summer Camp
The Museum of East Texas is offering a safe and cheap way to entertain the kids this summer vacation.
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Bee Ling’s web of paradox
“PORTRAITS Of Paradox” at Wei-Ling Gallery in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, marks the first solo exhibition of artist Yau Bee Ling. It takes place from July 14 to August 5.
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Demand for Insurance on Art Increases
Demand for private art insurance has risen sharply in the months after the Swiss art scene was jolted by the theft of four 19th-century paintings, the Swiss unit of German insurer Allianz said.
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Student Art Show
The Norfolk Arts Centre in co-operation with the Roman Catholic School Board and the Secondary Schools of Norfolk County present Student Art. This show is being held at the Simcoe Town Centre from June 4th to 8th during regular mall hours and at the Centre, 21 Lynnwood Ave June 4th to 6th from 10 am to 4:30 pm and 6:30 to 8:30 pm and Saturday 12 to 3 pm.
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New museum rule aims to stop looting of archaeological finds
NEW YORK -- A group of museum directors has issued new guidelines for collecting antiquities with the goal of discouraging looting of archaeological treasures.
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Art, talk, music: Arts of the Albemarle has it all Friday
Carolyn Peel seems to love a good happening almost as much as she loves fine art. She's parlayed a group show at the Arts of the Albemarle gallery into a full day of "Splash."
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PHS junior takes third place in state photo contest
For the past three years, Alice Rowson, 17, has been taking photos of anything she can, including her younger sister, Myrielle, who is seen in the background photo.
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Iconic NZ Summer Beach Scenes - Exhibition in Akld
Artist Graham Young has fallen in love with painting iconic Kiwi coast scenes, baches and beaches which evoke childhood summer memories. He is regarded as one of the foremost artists in New Zealand portraying iconic Kiwi beach scenes.
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Fabric Creations art show at City Hall
An exhibit entitled "Fabric Creations" by Lee Ann Walker is currently on display in the Rotunda at Murfreesboro's City Hall, 111 W. Vine St.
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Car show rides into Twentynine Palms
TWENTYNINE PALMS — A soapbox derby and car show, pancake breakfast, summer art gallery show, Little League games and a baccalaureate mass for graduating Twentynine Palms High School seniors will keep life interesting in Twentynine Palms this weekend.
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New museum rule aims to stop looting of archaeological finds
A group of museum directors has issued new guidelines for collecting antiquities with the goal of discouraging looting of archaeological treasures.
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Tom Friedman: Monsters and Stuff, Gagosian Gallery, London
There are a group of contemporary artists who are hunter-gatherers. They collect ordinary "stuff" and transform it into something magical. Tom Friedman is at the forefront of this school which also includes other Americans, Sarah Sze and the late Jason Rhoades, and British artist Tony Cragg. Friedman is the master of alchemy, not only collecting and arranging as Sze and Rhoades largely do but ...
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Rahalah Exhibition Concludes
JEDDAH, 4 June 2008 — The Rahalah (Traveler) Exhibition for artists concluded on Tuesday night with three artists winning the event’s associated art contest.
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You write the reviews: The Pitmen Painters, NT: Cottesloe, London
In 1934, a group of miners came together in the small Northumberland town of Ashington and enrolled in weekly art classes. Producing paintings for their own enjoyment and capturing scenes they saw around them, they achieved brief recognition in the art world, the likes of which had never been seen before. In The Pitmen Painters, Lee Hall explores the experiences of this disparate group of ...
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Jackson Liberty plans festival
JACKSON - A four-day festival with all the hoopla will be held at Jackson Liberty High School, 125 North Hope Chapel Road, June 12-15.
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Kiefer wins German Booksellers' peace prize
German artist Anselm Kiefer has won the peace prize of the German Booksellers' Association. Kiefer's paintings and sculptures, which are displayed in leading contemporary museums in Europe, often have an anti-war message.
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Mel Ferrer: Dashing actor-director disgruntled to become known as 'Mr Hepburn'
Tall and dashing, the actor-director Mel Ferrer was once described as having "the elegantly removed air of a Renaissance nobleman". The air of detachment may have contributed to his failure to become a major star, though in the Fifties he played several leading roles with flair and charisma.
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Roger Warner: Discerning antique dealer
For 50 years between 1936 and 1986, traffic on the steep High Street of Burford in Oxfordshire might be arrested by the display in a double-fronted shop. Sometimes it was dominated by a stuffed Pomeranian dog under a glass dome, or a bust of a broken-nosed Roman emperor, or a painted steed from a fairground carousel. Museum curators, eccentric collectors, local duchesses with their ...
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Painter of light gets its own LCD TV
Imagine you are enjoying the scenery in that Thomas Kinkade painting in one moment and grab the remote control in the next to exchange the picture for your evening TV news cast. Samsung believes such a scenario would open a niche in the LCD TV market and presented a prototype LCD TV that acts as a huge picture as well as a common LCD TV.
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Police find £16m, jewellery and Renaissance art in raid on safety deposit boxes
It was an unprecedented police strike against some of Britain's most wanted organised-crime bosses – an intensive investigation that took two years to pursue and delved into the murkiest depths of the criminal underworld.
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June 4: Calendar
Kokomo Strawberry Festival — beginning 11 a.m., downtown Kokomo. Free admission. For more information, call (765) 454-7926. Comic Book Heroes: Featuring the Max Simon Comic Book Collection — through May 3, 2009, Indianapolis Children’s Museum, 3000 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis.
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