Collaboration/Taking Sides – Guardian Unlimited
How does the artist survive in an authoritarian society? The question haunts these engrossing, subtly linked plays by Ronald Harwood. If I prefer the new Collaboration, dealing with Richard Strauss, to the revived Taking Sides, exploring the case of
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Sony to Pay Louis Vuitton for Past Britney, Da Brat Videos – Nymag.com
The offending dashboard from the “Do Somethin’” video and offending artist Britney Spears. Photo: Getty Images If we ever trademark a special pattern made from our initials, we would hire the Louis Vuitton legal team to help protect it in a heartbeat
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About Artist Services – Amplifier
Amplifier gives you more control than ever before over the distribution of your music. Amplifier makes independent release viable and adds more tools to the artist’s promotional arsenal. Your own page, sample songs, artist profile and tour news are
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Brazilian artist Athos Bulcao dies at 90; abstract works adorn – MSN UK News
Brazilian abstract artist Athos Bulcao, whose colorful panels and paintings decorate many government and private buildings in the capital, has died. He was 90. The Athos Bulcao Foundation said in a statement the artist died early Thursday morning in
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Concrete rains on motorists from bridge – MSNBC
July 28: New York’s Coney Island hosts an annual sand sculpture contest, where beach-goers try their hand at creating masterpieces. ST. PAUL, Minn. – Authorities in Minnesota said no one was hurt when a 1,200-pound chunk of concrete tumbled onto
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Cool Kids to build canned goods sculpture – Democrat and Chronicle
Cool Kids, a program of the Brockport Integrated Service Community Organization, has two ways you can participate in its Can-imals on Parade canned goods sculpture contest on Aug. 9 during the Cool Kids Day Block Party at the Brockport Summer Arts
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Charles M. Russell oil painting, bronze sculpture fetch $9M-plus at – MetroMix
RENO, Nev. (AP) _ Two iconic pieces by turn-of-the-century artist Charles M. Russell a painting depicting a stagecoach holdup and a bronze sculpture of two Native Americans on a buffalo hunt have sold at an auction for more than $9 million
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A homeless man is beaten in a hippie haven: Why? – San Diego Union-Tribune
He had shed his middle-class respectability a job as a graphic artist in the ‘burbs strapped a guitar over his shoulder and landed here on what he told people was a spiritual journey. Bolinas seemed like a good fit. The unincorporated
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Pope indicates Australia may get its first saint; Vatican looks at – International Herald Tribune
During a visit to a chapel devoted to Mary MacKillop, who is celebrated for her work caring for children in rural towns across the country last century, nuns said Pope Benedict XVI indicated MacKillop was approaching final judgment on her
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ACC Championship Will Cater to Tampa Fans – The Ledger
TAMPA – Looks like the Super Bowl might not be the only hot championship ticket at Raymond James Stadium this football season. FLORIDA COACH URBAN MEYER speaks during media day Thursday. Meyer talked about Percy Harvin’s recovery from heel surgery
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Artists open gallery in Fountain Hills – AZCentral.com
Summertime retail sales are slow for many businesses in Fountain Hills, but a co-op of 36 Valley artists is bucking the trend. The group opened an art gallery during the simmering heat in the heart of downtown. Fountain Hills Artists’ Gallery opened
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A thousand and one knights – Salon
July 19, 2008 | There’s no such thing as a “definitive version” of Batman in comics, movies or anywhere else. He’s a corporate property and a cash cow, so there are a few things that are set in stone about him: the cape, the urban setting, the
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About Artist Services – Amplifier
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Local artist, ‘icon’ Payne died today – Asheville Citizen-Times
Local artist John Payne, a pioneer of the River Arts District, died this morning at Mission Hospitals after suffering a massive stroke earlier this week. He was 58. Payne died about 11:30 a.m. after his family took him off life support, family friend
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Artist’s mural at Irving clinic is her way of giving back to the WIC – QuickDFW.com
The children pulled down the blue drapes. Big smiles lit up their faces. On the wall behind the drapes were butterflies and bees, flowers and birds and five playful children prancing across a field. The colorful scene will now greet everyone visiting
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‘City Bits’ – Boston Globe
The Holyoke Center Exhibition Space celebrates the opening tonight of “City Bits,” a show featuring Victor Yambao’s paintings of Cambridge. The artist says these works were inspired by what he saw while walking around the city during breaks from his
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Indonesian artist paints new image of Suharto – Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) – For some Indonesians, former president Suharto was a brutal dictator who ruled with an iron fist for over three decades. For others, he was a benevolent leader during whose time life was safer, cheaper and happier. Artist
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World Reknown Artist Calls Brentwood Home – WZTV.com
He’s a Russian born and classically trained portrait artist who counts entertainers, sports heroes and world leaders among his clients. And Igor Babailov makes his home right here in middle Tennessee. From his studio in Brentwood, Babailov was
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On Second Thought: Rubins’ sculpture more memorable than he said it – Los Angeles Times Blogs
Everyone has had the experience of disagreeing with a critic, but do critics ever second-guess themselves? We asked Calendar’s critics whether there are any reviews they regret. One in a series of occasional articles. When “Helter Skelter: L.A. Art
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Jay-Z’s Beyonce bust – Boston Globe
Jay-Z demanded a watermelon carved in the shape of wife Beyonce Knowles’ bust during his stay in Africa. The rapper wanted the bizarre sculpture to be displayed in his 2,500-a-night hotel room where he was staying ahead of his performance at the
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Cubist garden sculpture, was $115, now $49.95 – Walletpop.com
From Design Toscano, Joseph Csaky garden sculpture “Monolith Man”, was $115, now $49.95 . These warm July days are best spent in the garden; not working, but enjoying the ambiance and occasional breezes, mint julep in hand. Today’s daily deal will
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Sand artist Sudarsan wins Berlin world championship – Sify
Bhubaneswar: Sand artist Sudarsan Patnaik has become the first Indian to win a world championship held in Berlin for his sculpture on global warming. His victory will see his name entering the record books again. Patnaik, who figured in the Limca
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READER TIP: PhotoBioReactor Sculpture by BIOS – Inhabitat.com
BIOS Design Collective is a working group of academic and professional designers exploring the application of biological patterns to architecture. The latest project to pull natural science into the built environment is the PhotoBioReactor
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Blazing row over Blinking Billy sculpture – Big Pond News
A proposed artwork for the lower Sandy Bay foreshore in Hobart is causing a stir amongst residents. The Hobart City Council wants to construct a $300,000 stainless steel artwork on Blinking Billy Point. The structure is over 10 metres high and has
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Chicago Olympic bid gets gold – Chicago Tribune
Chicago added more than $12 million to the war chest supporting its 2016 Olympic bid Monday as supporters gathered at Millennium Park for an afternoon and evening of athletic showmanship, a fundraising dinner and an eclectic lineup of musical
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Masters of sand make sculptures worth a long look – San Diego Union-Tribune
The winners in the Masters A category were I.B. Posse, while the Sand Squirrels won the Masters B category. A group called Si Se Puede won in the Best Sculpture division, while the Bradley family won in the Best Replica division.
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Laura Rollins – Boston Globe
Opening at the Experimental Art Gallery & Studio today is “Laura Rollins: cool blue smooth and creamy,” a show by Rollins, who, incidentally, also has a piece in the “Mementos of Celebration” exhibition at the Salem Arts Association. Rollins’s work
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Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times – Los Angeles Times
Now the global fashion crowd is moving in. Intermix opened a glossy new shop across from Ivy Restaurant last year, and Chanel recently debuted an elegant two-level store — the first in what the company hopes to be a series of boutiques merchandised
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Hunting Expo, Art Stroll Among Weekend Events – The Ledger
An event for hunters, a classic film starring Bette Davis, a ballroom dancing function, plays and other entertainment events are planned for this weekend. THE BIG BUCK EXPO will be this weekend at The Lakeland Center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m
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Putting boobies on a pedestal – Salon
Today in “eww”: South Russian men wishing for greater virility can now toddle on over to the town of Bataysk, where a sculpture of a headless woman’s torso with a man’s hand fondling the left breast was unveiled last week. Sculptor Anatoly Sknarin
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Kapoor’s ‘Giants’ to be the world’s biggest public artwork – The Independent
A decade ago, Antony Gormley’s 65ft sculpture, Angel of the North, was credited with placing Gateshead on the artistic map of Britain and starting a trend for large-scale public artworks nicknamed the “Gormley effect”. Yesterday, the nation’s
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Artists with big Seattle presence picked to exhibit at Olympics – Seattle Times
Two artists with huge Seattle presences are among seven Americans selected to show their work in the Beijing Olympics Sculpture Park: Jonathan Borofsky, whose “Hammering Man” is an icon outside Seattle Art Museum; and Dennis Oppenheim, whose enormous
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Artists excel in sand sculpture event | – Connecticut Post
Nine-year-old Kara Bowen, of Milford, gets into her work at Milford’s annual sand sculpture competition held Saturday July 12 at Walnut Beach. MILFORD Beth Holly stood a few feet from the incoming tide of Milford’s Walnut Beach and admired her
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Fair s tradition of sculptures – Daily Pilot
Saturday morning, a number of families stopped by and stared as three artists worked on the Orange County Fair s annual sand sculpture. Most of the time, though, their eyes weren t focused on the work in progress rather, they watched a tiny
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In changing face of Beijing, a look at the new China – International Herald Tribune
Over coffee in Beijing recently, Andreu described it as a place “open to ordinary citizens.” “It is a place that is very calm,” he said. “It is a building that you cannot touch. I didn’t want to remove the mystery. You arrive through trees to the
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Celebration time – Boston Globe
The Salem Arts Association’s new exhibition is an ideal companion for the Peabody Essex Museum’s “Wedded Bliss, the Marriage of Art and Ceremony.” While the Peabody show focuses on wedding traditions, the Salem Arts show, “Mementos of Celebration
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About Artist Services – Amplifier
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Hollywood Artist Explores the ‘Green’ side of Famous L.A. Landmarks – Earthtimes
LOS ANGELES , July 11 — Nathan Horner’s new installment in the ‘L.A. Icons’ series celebrating L.A.’s famous landmarks (Hollywood Boulevard, Beverly Hills , Griffith Observatory) focuses on the vegetation: the shrub outside Yamashiro restaurant, the
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Exhibit showcases Buffalo artist’s legal battle – International Herald Tribune
BUFFALO, New York : Artist Steven Kurtz has never been shy about challenging the establishment, using a blend of performance art and science with his Critical Art Ensemble to stir debate about such things as genetically modified crops and germ
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Capitol Visitor Center to open in December – Washington Post
This undated artist rendering released by the Architect of the Capitol shows pink marble floor and glass ceiling, top left, of the Great Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center project. The Center, the largest and most costly construction project in
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Morse Plans New Wing to House Objects from Tiffany’s Estate on Long – Forbes
WINTER PARK, Fla., July 4 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Trustees of the Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation announced today that the Morse Museum has begun design development on a new wing in which to exhibit most of its holdings of objects and
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John Lennon’s art comes together – Baltimore Sun
Yoko Ono promised John Lennon before he died that the world would know him as an artist. That promise came to fruition in the form of traveling exhibits that show off the ex-Beatle’s pen-and-ink artwork, from the ’60s through 1980, the year of his
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Contemporary comic-book artist Michael Turner dies – Los Angeles Times
Michael Turner, a leading contemporary comic-book artist who was known for the highly stylized covers he created for major titles and for drawing female characters with curves as commanding as their superpowers, has died. He was 37. Turner died June
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On exhibit in China’s art museums: Growing pains – International Herald Tribune
XIAN, China : This year, in a drive to promote awareness of China’s national heritage, the government introduced a free-admission policy at public museums. Officially, the cultural establishment greeted the news with smiles. But the look of anxious
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In a small world, his dome is still big – Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK Broke and despondent over his prospects, the young New Englander who had moved to Chicago stared out at Lake Michigan and thought about suicide. But instead, he decided to dedicate his life to helping humanity. That, at least, is one
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Shanghai express in three days – News.com.au
WITH so many facets and angles for exploration, Shanghai can seem a daunting destination. To help time-manage your trip and get the most from Shanghai, the following itineraries will give you suggestions for maximising your stay. If you are here for
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