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Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The famed "Roundel" -- symbol of the "Tube," London's famed Underground, the world's oldest subway system -- is one of the most recognized logos in the world, and it's celebrating its 100 birthday. In honor of the occasion the Transport for London has commissioned 100 artists to produce 100 "brand new works of art that are inspired by the Roundel as a contemporary symbol for a world class transport...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
AUGUSTA, GA.- It's a Dog's Life: Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection opens to the public on October 11, 2008, and remains on view through January 4, 2009, at the Morris Museum of Art. The Morris Museum is the only venue in the state to host Wegman's Polaroid Collection exhibition, which includes twenty-nine photographs by one of the art world's best-known
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
WOLFSBURG, GERMANY.- Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg presents today Edward Steichen In High Fashion, on view through January 4, 2009. In the fourteen years since it opened, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg has regularly presented the medium of photography in exhibitions devoted to the work of individual artists. To date these have included Lee Miller, Cecil Beaton, Brassaï,
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This is London (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Crystallised through the stark imagery of French Surrealism, ENO's new staging of Partenope is packed with riches.
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Howling Point (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
At least there’s no smog check. [via PolitickerCA]
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M Audio Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
admin: and ended up with Roland in a Sussex farmhouse, being visited by Saul Steinberg, Picasso and Man Ray, amongst many other esteemed Surrealists. If any ‘Johnny Foreigners’ arrived at Lewes station looking lost, the taxi drivers would take … Read more
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Cotswold Chatterblog (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
[ September 27, 2008 10:00 am to November 23, 2008 4:00 pm. ] Saturday 27th September – Sunday 23rd November 2008 - Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum Significant Surrealist works of art return to Gloucestershire at Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum to celebrate a momentous chapter in the history of Surrealism. Drawn from collections all over Britain, visitors can enjoy seeing pictures and sculptures by...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
NEW YORK.- This exhibition traces the evolution of photography in the 20th and 21st centuries, from early Pictorialist works that mimic the moodiness of late 19th-century painting, through the Modern formal experimentations of the Constructivist and Bauhaus schools, to the documentary ethos of mid-century America and the large-scale, staged tableaux of our own time. As indicated by its
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
MONTCLAIR, NJ.- The Montclair Art Museum presents Cezanne and American Modernism, on view through January 3, 2010. It is widely known that Paul Cézanne (18391906) deeply influenced Cubism and the direction of 20th-century art. However, relatively little comprehensive research has considered the specific impact of Cézanne on the work of key American artists. The Montclair Art
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Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Listen to The Kinks performed at St. Johns University on March 31, 1973
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Metroblogging Seattle (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
If you’ve ever attended a silent film screening with live music, you know just how awesome the experience can be. Back in the days before sound in in cinema it probably got to be a little old hat, but for modern audiences, it’s a real treat. SIFF Cinema is giving you the chance to experience [...]
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Uncertain Times (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Photo of Antonin Artaud (b. Sept. 4, 1896.) taken by Man Ray in 1926. Artaud's The Theatre and Its Double resonated with me and was a big influence on the thespian adventures of my youth. Some Artaud quotes via Ordinary finds
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SHOWstudio (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
With her A/W 2008 collection inspired by the universe of David Lynch’s High School femme fatale and Man Ray’s Solarisation techniques, it may be expected that Danish designer Louise Amstrup’s contribution to Future Tense would be a somewhat dark and mournful affair. The resulting film - created with photographer Mads... [ more ]
