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Visual Arts Summer Preview 2012: Aspen Art Museum remembers, Clyfford till Museum renews, Denver Art Museum redesigns

Aspen can be a pricey place, but there's one genuine bargain in town: the Aspen Art Museum, which is now free. Every day. This year the museum rounds up 21 big names in contemporary art for a group show that looks at the heady topic of memory.

From Overbrook dreamer to Broadway mogul

It was Peter Pan who long ago captured a little guy in Overbrook named Stephen C. Byrd and goaded him, during the next several decades, to Neverland. His grandma was an accessory to this - she took him to see the play at a theater in Philadelphia.

Visual Arts Summer Preview 2012: Aspen Art Museum remembers, Clyfford till Museum renews, Denver Art Museum redesigns

Aspen can be a pricey place, but there's one genuine bargain in town: the Aspen Art Museum, which is now free. Every day. This year the museum rounds up 21 big names in contemporary art for a group show that looks at the heady topic of memory.

Indian Valley Public Library hosts annual Penn Foundation Recovery Art and Poetry Show

Most people don’t typically think of a library as a venue to hold an art show. But the Indian Valley Public Library is hosting the Penn Foundation’s Recovery Art and Poetry Show and Sale.

Rowayton Preschool Art Show Celebrates 50 Years

NORWALK, Conn. – The Community Cooperative Nursery School’s annual art show has been a tradition for Norwalk and Darien families for 50 years. This year the Rowayton school is celebrating its 50th anniversary by bringing back featured artists from previous years. The walls of ...

Art & Soul: Beach Institute exhibit explores changing attitudes toward war

THE ART OF WAR "I paint the barbarities of war to tell men they should not be barbarians." - Francisco Goya (1746-1828) Matt Sesow's studio in Washington, D.C., overlooks the U.S.

Art car show brings family fun to Victoria (Video)

After seeing pregnancy pictures of Tracye Boyd with a banana shaped car in front of the Nave Museum on Saturday, Linda Dentler and her two children decided to go and see the cars for themselves.

Art galleries and openings in Utah

OPENING EXHIBITIONS Salt Lake City Library (210 E. 400 South, 801-524-8200) — "I Make a Difference," teen art...

Fringe Review: …SINCE CARRIE: A Celebration of (Recent) Broadway Bombs!

Here’s my confession: I’m a closet fan of Taboo, Rosie O’Donnell-produced Boy George/ musical. No numbers from that nuclear bomb are included in …SINCE CARRIE: A Celebration of (Recent) Broadway Bombs!, a celebration of critically and commercially cursed shows that failed to recoup their Broadway production costs. Eric Michaud, who admits to attending Dance of [...]

Student art show wraps up successfully

The annual Ballard student art show wrapped up at the Ballard location of the Seattle Public Library on Saturday, May 19th. Thirty-two student artists and 13 film makers showed around 200 art pieces and sold 27 of them for a total of $663 in sales. "All money generated goes directly to each individual artist, which they love," said Kim Owens, Chair of ArtWalk 2012 and BHS Art Booster. "I spoke ...

Lost Vegas

Don't you love it when life imitates art? Here we are in Las Vegas, soaking up a mix of sport, fine dining and the excesses of Sin City, and suddenly we find ourselves in our own private episode of The Hangover.

Gunter Sachs art collection to be auctioned in UK

A modern art collection, including works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Salvador Dali, will be sold next week in London, Sotheby's said Saturday.

Art auction, historic window preservation events taking place Sunday in Saline

From the Circle of Art websiteSaline will be the home to two interesting events Sunday - a benefit auction for Food Gatherers at Saline Picture Frame and an educational program about window restoration at the Rentschler Farm. Saline Picture...

Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera

All the lovely singing fails to save the Vienna State Opera's new production of Mozart's "La Clemenza di Tito."

Las Vegas shooting range instructor shows Rihanna the Navy way in 'Battleship'

Jacqueline Carrizosa can say she's doubled for the sexiest woman alive. The 22-year-old U.S. Navy veteran and Las Vegas resident was a stunt double for Rihanna and taught the singer, model and now movie star how to act like a weapon-wielding sailor for the movie "Battleship," which opens nationwide this weekend.

Sky Vegas Sings for England With Classic Blackjack Games

LONDON, May 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Sky Vegas' England Blackjack Game one of many variants on much loved old classicSky Vegas, the thrilling onsite casino leader, is always innovating the casino experience, ...

Fandom 5: 'Tintin' Art Auction, 'Arrow' Teaser Debuts, Obama Sees 'Avengers'

Borys Kit, Andy Lewis The week's biggest news in the world of fanboy entertainment read more

Vegas-Bound Flight Returns to Duluth Safely Following Engine Failure

Duluth, MN (Northland's NewsCenter) - A Vegas-bound Allegiant flight returned to Duluth International Airport Friday night following apparent engine failure.

German baritone opera singer Fischer-Dieskau dead

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the renowned German baritone who performed for more than five decades on stages in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York, died Friday. He was 86.

Pa. art collection completes controversial move

The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see.

Famed art collection completes controversial move to Philadelphia; bitterness lingers

PHILADELPHIA - The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see.

Philadelphia (finally) gets the Barnes art collection

More than 50 years after Dr. Albert Barnes' death, his renowned art collection finds a lovely new home in Philadelphia, against the wishes of many of his fans.

Warsaw fires architect of planned art museum

Officials have fired the Swiss architect tapped to design an ambitious museum of modern art in Poland's capital, throwing the whole project off track.

Memorial Day Art Show a new venture for Boca Grande Art Alliance

The Boca Grande Art Alliance is preparing for the First Annual Memorial Day Weekend Art Show, displaying the talents of many of Gasparilla Island’s year-round residents.

NWHS art show, Festival of the Bands May 18

NAPPANEE — The public is invited to attend the NorthWood High School student art show Friday, May 18 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the north surge area of the school. Following the art show, in the school auditorium, band students will present “Festival of the Bands.”

After Revolt,' Art Was Changed Forever'

Despite Nepal's troubles, contemporary arts in the capital of Katmandu are percolating.

SALINE: Annual art auction brings artists, appreciators together for Food Gatherers

Area residents will have the chance to purchase original artwork while helping to feed local hungry people during the eighth annual Circle of Art event on May 20 at the Saline Picture Frame Company.

Hong Kong in art bonanza - but will it last?

HONG KONG (Reuters) - The eyes of the global art world are fixed on Hong Kong - for now. Hong Kong's art scene has been expanding for the past few years, but this week's flurry of high profile international gallery openings alongside the city's annual art fair has brought a hype and frenzy unlike anything seen before. But it also comes at a time when Chinese growth is slowing, raising concerns ...

Heffel 2012 Spring Auction Reaches $14.6 Million in Sales

Rare Canadian works of art exceed estimates with Jean Paul Lemieux's La plage américaine selling for $1.8 million and Emily Carr's Eagle Totem capturing $1.6 million HighlightsHeffel's Spring 2012 auction ...

Heffel's spring auction of Canadian fine art tops $14 million in sales

VANCOUVER - This spring's Heffel auction of Canadian post-war and contemporary art far exceeded organizers expectations with sales totalling $14.6 million.

Wayne Newton sued over Las Vegas home museum plans

Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment.

Art notes: Cordell Taylor, Wasatch Back Student Art Show, much more

Art notes: Cordell Taylor, Wasatch Back Student Art Show, much more Published May 18, 2012 04:43PM MDT Claudia Sisemore & Friends An art exhibit honoring Claudia Sisemore, a former creative writing teacher at Hillside Junior High School, who went on to complete an MFA in painting and filmmaking at the University of Utah, and studying at Weber State College and the former Salt Lake Art Center. On ...

Mattila withdraws from new Met Opera 'Ballo'

Soprano Karita Mattila has withdrawn from the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball)."

Insomniac Announces EDC Week Events Surrounding Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, NV-- - Insomniac Events extends festivities surrounding the 16th Annual Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas by revealing non-stop events and shows planned for EDC Week, June 5-12, 2012. The ...

Windham District Art Show draws record crowd (SLIDESHOW)

Windham-Raymond District Art Show The Windham-Raymond District Art Show, now in its 12th year, drew a record crowd to its opening night gala at the Windham High School earlier this week.

Spotlight on Asian art as Hong Kong fair opens

The glittering Hong Kong International Art Fair opened Thursday, featuring works by artists from Picasso to Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei and cementing the city's status as a global art hub.

Canada museum kills masturbation video after outcry

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said. The Canada Science and Technology Museum will open the "Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition" on Thursday as planned despite strong criticism from Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore, who has called it an insult to taxpayers. ...

British Airways Announce High Rolling Route from Gatwick to Vegas

LONDON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --British Airways is launching another new high rolling route from Gatwick with the start of flights to Las Vegas from October 29 2012.The three-times-a-week service will ...

Beatrice Terry, Associate Director of Broadway Shows, Dies

Beatrice Terry, a theatre director who was the associate director on several Broadway shows, died May 15 at her home in Jackson Heights, Queens. She had been battling cancer.

Rodin Museum in Philadelphia to reopen in July

The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia is getting ready to reopen after three years of renovations.

Book Talk: Museum conservator finds life in automaton

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A museum conservator and horologist loses her colleague and married lover of 13 years, forcing her to use the intricate restoration of a 19th century automaton and the diaries of the man who commissioned it as the means to cope with her grief. Set in London in 2010, "The Chemistry of Tears" is the 12th novel by Australian-born Peter Carey, winner of two Booker Prizes for "Oscar and Lucinda" and "True History of the Kelly Gang". ...

Farmington students get ready for art show

Area art lovers can look forward to seeing some oil paintings and a stained glass piece made with the help of the former superintendent next month.

VIDEO: First Look at CBS' New Shows Elementary, Vegas and More!

CBS has released trailers for its new fall series Elementary, Partners and more. Check them out below.

'Newsies' choreographer draws on his background

Seventeen young dancers stop horsing around on the Nederlander Theatre stage as Christopher Gattelli approaches.

Telemann's 'Orpheus' given staging by NYC Opera

No longer a major institution and now a shrunken, vagabond company, New York City Opera is ending its first season since departing Lincoln Center with a handsome staging of Georg Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus," a work premiered in 1726 that was long lost before it was rediscovered in 1978.

NY's Met Museum lets visitors climb to cloud nine

Go ahead. Poke your head in the clouds.

NY's Met Museum lets visitors climb to cloud 9

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is big on bubbles.

Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show and Polygon Partner to Maximize Exposure

LAS VEGAS, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Antique Shows, a major producer of antique shows in North America, announced today that the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show has partnered with Polygon, ...

Santa Fe festival will honor Navajo artist

Artist Tony Abeyta just can't help himself.

Up on the roof of NY's Met museum in "Cloud City"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno combines art, architecture and science in a striking installation on the rooftop garden of The Metropolitan Museum of Art that gives visitors a different perspective of the sky, clouds and the city around them. "Cloud City," which opens on Tuesday and runs for six months, is a giant jumble of interconnecting modules, measuring 54 feet long and 28 feet high, that rises to varying levels and incorporates reflective materials, mirrors and glass with New York's skyline and Central Park as the backdrop. ...