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Spain's Prado museum opens 'disturbing' Goya exhibition
Spain's Prado museum unveiled an exhibition featuring some 200 paintings and drawings by Spanish master Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes, including many depicting in unnerving detail the horrors man is capable of unleashing.
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FESTIVALS Doc Aviv's 10th Anniversary Presents a Strong Israeli Scene
The appearance of Shimon Peres on stage for the opening night of Doc Aviv 's 10th anniversary was an early indicator that the Israeli documentary scene deserves attention.
indieWIRE |
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Kahlil Gibran, sculptor and painter, dead at 85
BOSTON - Kahlil Gibran, a sculptor and painter who wrote a biography of his famous poet cousin of the same name, has died. He was 85. Gibran died Sunday of heart failure,...
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Lee Rosenbaum's cultural commentary
After yesterday's accolades, here are my selections (by no means comprehensive) of the worst new museum architecture completed last year. Consider these as stand-ins for similar examples that share the same basic problem epitomized by each of these three.
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Education in Brief: 04/15/2008
Scholarship deadlines today; Chinese Night at Traverse Heights; West, Zonta put on dress sale and swap; West, Zonta put on dress sale and swap; TC Christian stages Jane Austen play; TBA-ISD sets Month of the Child events; Children's House fundraiser set; Meet the board candidates for ERPS; Pathfinder School has summer camps; Nominate teachers for Odyssey Award; Museum closed to install exhibit; ...
Traverse City Record-Eagle |
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:: Malaya - The National Newspaper ::
duardo "Edd" Aragon, 59, Australia based Filipino artist and opinion editorial cartoonist for The Sydney Morning Herald, is in town for his Tres Kantos, a tripartite exhibit involving three genres in three different venues.
Malaya |
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Kahlil Gibran, sculptor and painter, dead at 85
Kahlil Gibran, a sculptor and painter who wrote a biography of his famous poet cousin of the same name, has died. He was 85.
Boston Globe |
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Exhibition focuses on singing sensation
BRIMMING with pride, former teacher Mildred Watson holds a favourite photograph of a pupil who went on to become a star.
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Baroness Loses Appeal In Nazi-Era Art Case
A German baroness living in Providence is appealing a court decision forcing her to give a portrait auctioned by the Nazis to the estate of a late Jewish art dealer.
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Spring Gallery Night highlights
With a record 74 participants, Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19's Gallery Night and Day promises to be our largest artsy fartsy weekend ever. Here are just a handful of the hundreds of ogling options around town.
OnMilwaukee.com |
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Downtown Memorial For Constabulary
The capital city is moving ahead with plans to construct an RNC memorial at the intersection of Gower Street , Long's Hill and Queen's Road. Councillor Shannie Duff says the site will include a sculpture depicting an RNC officer assisting a young girl.
Voice of the Common Man |
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Hadrian bronze in wall exhibition
A bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian is to feature at an exhibition at a Tyneside museum.
BBC News |
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City given extra time to prepare gallery bid
The federal government has granted an extra month for the city to prepare its bid to host the national portrait gallery. Final submissions were supposed to be ready by tomorrow, but Ald. Joe Ceci said the government accepted a request from Calgary for more time to prepare a pitch for the facility.
Calgary Sun |
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Amherst Media, Inc Presents a New Book by Industry Great, Bill Hurter; The Best of Portrait Photography
This complete guide encapsulates everything needed to know about posing, eliciting expressions, creating dynamic compositions, utilizing traditional lighting setups and more. Learn how to best pose and light small children, how to compose family portraits to promote a feeling of harmony and even position problematic hands in a group portrait. Also learned is how to elicit expressions that feel ...
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Amherst Media, Inc Presents a New Book by Industry Great, Bill Hurter; The Best of Portrait Photography
This complete guide encapsulates everything needed to know about posing, eliciting expressions, creating dynamic compositions, utilizing traditional lighting setups and more.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Governor examines proposal to drill for oil near 'Jetty'
The mix of oil and art and whether the late artist Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" will suffer as a result of drilling operations five miles away drew the attention this week of Utah Gov. Jon Hunstman Jr.
Deseret Morning News |
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An eye for etching - California man displaying passion for Rembrandt in UM show
John Villarino talks about the gallery full of Rembrandt etchings that he has collected since 1994. Villarino, a movie set construction designer, is in Missoula to see the gallery show of the pieces he owns and to unveil a new purchase.
Missoulian |
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Studio art master's candidates showcase work in XII exhibit
From sculptures and paintings to installations and photography, each of the 13 students completing their Master of Fine Arts degrees have chosen works that best reflect the individual style they have developed through the three-year graduate program at UT.
The Daily Texan |
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Visions of the city
Artist Zaki Knapen of Glen Ellyn started painting at the age of 6, inspired by his grandfather, August Kreps, an expert painter of oils.
Daily Herald |
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Budget cuts leave UF art students in limbo
Budget cuts have left UF art students with an abstract future. About 125 students in the School of Art and Art History have been stuck in a state of uncertainty for the past month, waiting to hear if they have been accepted into their desired majors.
Independent Florida Alligator |
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Titirangi Genius Discovered In Greece By Harvey
One of the most influential artists of the 1950s and ‘60s, David Kennedy, will be celebrated at an exhibition at Lopdell House opening on Thursday (April 17).
Scoop.co.nz |
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The clues behind a masterpiece
Along with a few squishy facts about his life, what is left of Antonio Rossellino, the 15th-century Italian sculptor, is his art. Whether he created certain art works long attributed to him can be a squishy proposition, too.
Concord Monitor |
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Afterimage exhibits LIFE
Just five short minutes from campus in the Quadrangle lies Afterimage Gallery, one of the oldest art galleries in the world devoted solely to photography. After 36 years of operation, Afterimage Gallery still shows the works of some of America's best contemporary photographers and photojournalists.
SMU Daily Campus |
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Voting for 'Cutest Critter' helps animals in need
LORAIN -- From roosters to horses to a South American raccoon, readers of The Morning Journal have entered their pets in the first annual Cutest Critter Pet Contest presented by The Morning Journal in partnership with Partners with Paws of WOBL/WDLW in Oberlin.
The Morning Journal |
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Talkers: Offering on eBay would be pricey to ship
BERWYN, Ill. A towering sculpture of eight cars made famous in the movie “Wayne’s World” is for sale on eBay.
The Kansas City Star |
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