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38,000-Year-Old Cave Art Found In French Cave
January 29, 2017
While not the oldest of its kind, the engraved image offers an insight into the lives of early modern humans soon after they had migrated into Europe from Africa. The earliest modern humans that arrived in Western Europe are estimated to have migrated there from Africa about 45,000 years […] Click here to view original […]
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How Artist-Run Galleries Shaped New York’s Downtown Art Scene
January 16, 2017
Yayoi Kusama in her studio, c. 1959. Photograph by Kenneth van Sickle. Courtesy the photographer. Image courtesy of Grey Art Gallery. It was October 1959 when Yayoi Kusama made her New York solo debut, at the esteemed, artist-run Brata Gallery on 10th Street in the East Village. The five […] Click here to view original […]
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Gills will debut The Current Iowa, an art-focused hotel
December 18, 2016
Putnam/The Current guest room sketch Putnam – The Current Iowa What: The Current Iowa is a new boutique hotel being developed in the former Putnam Building in downtown Davenport. Developer: Restoration St. Louis, a development company owned by Amrit and Amy Gill. Project: The 78-room hotel is a $33 […] Click here to view original […]
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Def Leppard Drummer Pursues Art With Purpose
December 3, 2016
WHAT: A new collection of signature drums, artwork, and jewelry, Rick Allen: Angels and Icons & The Art of Drums, at Wentworth Gallery locations in Washington, D.C., Florida, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and New Jersey. WHO: Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen will appear at the Wentworth Gallery in Short Hills, NJ […] Click here to view original […]
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The More You NOLA: Where Y’Art exhibits local street artists
November 4, 2016
Where YArt Keith Eccles’ work ‘Eccles Graffiti’ is currently being displayed in Where Y’Art Gallery’s “1900 Block” exhibit. The show brings some of the city’s leading street artists together, including two members from New Orleans’ Top Mob graffiti crew and three artists who participated in ExhibitBE […] Click here to view original web page at […]
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The Next Great Art Movement Will Come At The Swipe Of A Finger
October 20, 2016
An improved app, optimized digital display and monthly art discovery service round out Electric Objects’ renewed commitment to democratizing the art world An improved app, optimized digital display and monthly art discovery service round out Electric Objects’ renewed commitment to democratizing the art world Prompted to particularize the soundtrack to […] Click here to view […]
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How to Decorate with High-Impact Wall Art
October 4, 2016
Large-scale photography in A. Rudin’s San Francisco showroom. For the avid and burgeoning collector alike, decorating can present a difficult puzzle: How best to display work you love while maintaining a distinct design style and not overshadowing your decor? In minimalist spaces, this can be an even bigger challenge, […] Click here to view original […]
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery Receives Historic $42.5 Million Gift
September 24, 2016
Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery announced today that it has received a landmark gift of $42.5 million from art patron and investor Jeffrey Gundlach for the institution’s expansion project. Gundlach, a native of the Buffalo area, made the single largest donation in the gallery’s history a challenge gift in order to […] Click here to view […]
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‘Hotbed of talent’ brewing in west-end Toronto basement turned art hub
September 10, 2016
Rustic Mosaic, seen here, is the most recent addition to UrbanArts, an initiative that works to give young people in seven high-needs neighbourhoods the opportunity to discover a passion for art. (Tina Poulin/CBC) A world of possibilities opens up for Dylan Kitchener as he pulls a kaleidoscopic band of […] Click here to view original […]
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Go Knoxville: 4 arts activities coming up
August 28, 2016
New art opening Sept. 2 at the Emporium Center include images in “We the People” by Antuco Chicaiza. ‘THE BOOR’ The collaborative project The Moving Theatre presents two performances of Anton Chekhov’s one-act “The Boor” Friday, Sept. 2, at the Fluorescent Gallery, 627 N. Central St. The event collaborates the play […] Click here to […]
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Picture This Clothing turns your kid’s crayon art into a sweet dress
August 20, 2016
It’s a magical world we live in, people. Where once our brilliant crayon drawings were condemned to live forever two-dimensionally on a piece of dog-eared construction paper, now they can be given the life they deserve — either as an endearingly grotesque plush doll or, with this new service, […] Click here to view original […]
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Arts Alive! Eureka Main Street
August 4, 2016
Saturday, August 6, 6-9 p.m. Presented by Eureka Main Street. Opening receptions for artists, exhibits and performances are held the first Saturday of each month. For more information, call 442-9054 or go to www.eurekamainstreet.org ADORNI CENTER 1011 Waterfront St . Steve Coach, […] Click here to view original web page at www.northcoastjournal.com
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Google’s New App Brings Hundreds of Museums to Your Phone
July 26, 2016
Not everyone can visit Sicily’s Valley of the Temples, home to some of the world’s oldest examples of classic Greek architecture. Nor can they view the soft colors of Claude Monet’s “Tiger Lilies” in person at Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art. Despite being made for the masses, art […] Click here to view original […]
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It’s Time You Start Collecting Some Art, Don’t You Think?
July 19, 2016
Purchasing contemporary fine art is a daunting task for novices and even well-versed connoisseurs. But starting a small collection is a worthy investment, not merely financially, but also personally. When chosen instinctively, art has the ability to transform a space, to inspire reflection and to evoke conversation. If you’ve […] Click here to view original […]
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The artist of Albania
July 12, 2016
World-renowned artist Hunt Slonem, born in Kittery, Maine, has found sweet repose in his plantation home on the bank of the Bayou Teche. Mystery shrouded the owner, sometimes resident, of Albania Plantation — rumors said he was very private. Any prior references to visiting the plantation home nestled between […] Click here to view original […]
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