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August 28, 2008
FINALISTS FOR THE 8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ART ANNOUNCED
INMAN – The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced the twenty-four finalists for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art on Thursday, August 28, 2008, at the Kansas Sampler Center near Inman. Representatives of the finalists were in attendance.
In alphabetical order, the finalists are:
• Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, featuring Thomas Hart Benton's "Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley," A quintessential painting of an American scene and a hallmark Benton work.
• "Blue Sky Sculpture," Newton. Positions the viewer between sculptural imagery and the sky.
• Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, Belleville. More read more »
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FINALISTS FOR THE 8 WONDERS OF KANSAS ART ANNOUNCED
INMAN – The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced the twenty-four finalists for the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art on Thursday, August 28, 2008, at the Kansas Sampler Center near Inman. Representatives of the finalists were in attendance.
In alphabetical order, the finalists are:
• Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, featuring Thomas Hart Benton's "Ballad of the Jealous Lover of Lone Green Valley," A quintessential painting of an American scene and a hallmark Benton work.
• "Blue Sky Sculpture," Newton. Positions the viewer between sculptural imagery and the sky.
• Boyer Museum of Animated Carvings, Belleville. More read more »
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Art Basel, one of the world's largest and oldest contemporary art fairs, opens to the public today; about 55,000 people will throng to it and its satellite events. Whether you consider the crowd lemmings or pilgrims may depend upon your bias -- and your bank account -- but one thing is certain: Fairs are a power shift in the art world. For good or ill, they are changing where you buy art, how you look at it, and even how artists make it.
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So it's shedding for good the familiar yellow pavilions that for years sheltered the visual arts component of the festival, and doing away with the professional curated exhibition, as well. In their place will be 10 huge shipping containers -- a hot unit that's turning up all over in applications as varied as exhibition spaces to pre-fab homes and apartment buildings.
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The gala presentation of “Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano” (“Michelangelo: The Wise Hand”), a volume of photographs of this Renaissance master’s sculptures, may well have been the most lavish book debut in history.
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Pittsburgh's Carnegie International art festival is booming, "as visitors packed parties, filled galleries, and plumped the bottom line of cafes and gift shops. The Carnegie drew 1,377 to its Friday night gala, 933 for the Strolling Dinner with 444 more joining the festivities during the Late Nig
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Kevin Richards, President & CEO of Christiania Spirits, announced today the launch of the NEW CLASSIC NUDE 2e. Art Competition, the second installment in a series of art competitions sponsored by the Christiania Art Foundation (CAF). Submissions until 15 May.
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Cultural Association Valentin Ruiz Aznar is call for artists to participate in their Fine Arts International Competition 2008. First prize will be 2,000 Euros and a diploma/certificate. Second, Third and Honorable Mentions will also be awarded.
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