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African 'Gwan' sculpture among LACMA's latest purchases
The L.A. County Museum of Art has signaled its commitment to African art by paying $1 million for a 3-foot-high "Gwan" sculpture of a mother and infant, believed to help ensure healthy childbirth by the Bamana peoples of Mali. "It's one of the oldest...Tags: Museums, Washington, DC, Services and Shopping, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Arts and Culture
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Urs Fischer and 1,000 volunteers go big — and messy — at MOCA
As Urs Fischer stood inside the Geffen Contemporary last month preparing for his big MOCA survey, the museum's much-discussed financial troubles did not seem to be weighing on him. "I don't care about any of that; I care about art," said the beefy 39-...
Tags: Museums, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Artists, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists
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O.L. Samuels sculptures kick off Heritage Center folk festival
Self-taught and nationally recognized African-American folk artist O.L. Samuels will open an exhibition of his elaborately carved wood sculptures on April 19 at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center in Winter Park. "Preaching to the Trees and the Animals:...
Tags: Mennello Museum of American Art, Entertainment, Music, Fine Artists, Arts and Culture
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Paper perfect: Fort Lauderdale artist puts knife to paper for her creations
Christina Lihan builds South Florida hotels, houses and skyscrapers without ever having to break ground. She uses thick watercolor paper and Exacto knives to create multidimensional, cut paper sculptures of cityscapes and European buildings —...
Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale, Coral Gables, Arts and Culture
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Review: 'Sicily' at Getty Villa looms larger than life
There are at least three great reasons to see "Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome," the newly opened antiquities exhibition at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. A major sculpture anchors each of the show's three rooms, and together they...
Tags: Getty Villa, Greek Gods and Goddesses, Fine Artists, Rome (Italy), Arts and Culture
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Maryland seeks historic status for Fort Carroll
When she thinks of Fort Carroll, the abandoned 19th-century military installation in the Patapsco River, Beverly Eisenberg thinks of her grandfather — and of duckpin bowling balls. She visited the six-sided artificial island as a little girl, just...
Tags: Conservation, Government, Preservation Maryland, Endangered Species, Science and Technology
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Martinsburg's founder is difficult to picture
matthewu@herald-mail.comRevolutionary War Major Gen. Adam Stephen, Martinsburg’s founder, was a rival of George Washington’s in Virginia politics before he was removed from his post in the Army, his biographer said Tuesday. Stephen’s dismissal after the...Tags: General Practitioners, Revolutions, Arts and Culture, Armed Forces, U.S. Army
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'On Nature' Group Show At Whitney Center
The Hartford CourantPaulette Rosen has been creating artwork on the subject of birds for years. So it was only natural that when she found a dead bird in her yard, that it would make its way into her work. "I collected it so I could do some drawing. Then it occurred to...Tags: Arts and Culture, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Arts, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Politics
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Art and antique shop finds home in former Bay Shore church
BAY SHORE -- Bay Shore's historic St. Francis Solanus Catholic Church recently has been transformed into a store featuring a variety of antiques and art. Launched last year, Bay Shore Art and Antiques is scheduled to reopen for its 2013 season...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts
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Preview Of Summer Arts Events All Around Connecticut
There's a lot coming to Hartford-area museums this summer. Here's just a few of the biggest events: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St. in Hartford, will present “Virgil Marti / MATRIX 167” opening on Aug. 1. Marti’s...
Tags: Norwich, New Britain, Museums, Nassau County, University of Connecticut
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Luxor Museum: Easily Egypt's best
While Egypt has many of the world’s greatest ancient archeological sites, its museums are generally dreary. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, while old school, is world class simply by the brute magnificence of the treasures it displays. The Luxor...
Tags: Cairo (Egypt), Museums, Greek Gods and Goddesses, Arts and Culture, Arts
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UNLV to build Tarkanian statue
ReutersThe Sports Xchange UNLV to build Tarkanian statue UNLV plans to construct a statue of former coach Jerry Tarkanian. The Las Vegas Sun reported Friday that university officials are expected to make a formal announcement next Wednesday. "We are...Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts
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