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Works from the masters to local artists to go on exhibit
Tribune criticThe major art event this year is the May 16 opening of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. Other venues have clustered big exhibitions around it, and the Institute itself will, of course, be additionally transformed by new installations of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Libraries and Museums, University of Chicago, Sculpture, Philosophy
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California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art
Times Art CriticIn the 2008 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, the tour de force is an animatronic sculpture by Daniel J. Martinez. It resonates in many ways. ¶ Beneath bright white fluorescent lights, Martinez has constructed a low white platform in...Tags: Orange (Orange, California), Los Angeles, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Landforms, Sculpture
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Edward Dolnick's "The Forger's Spell" and "The Man Who Made Vermeers," by Jonathan Lopez
Published within three months of each other, these two wildly contrasting books about Dutch forger Han van Meegeren strikingly demonstrate that attitude indelibly shapes content. In "The Forger's Spell," Edward Dolnick spins the swashbuckling tale of...Tags: Books and Magazines, Adolf Hitler, Diseases, Emmaus, Howard Hughes
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The Panther Valley School Board can be a real scream
The German term ''angst,'' when not capitalized, is likely to come up in any discussion of existentialism. It means anxiety or emotional strife. If capitalized, ''Angst'' is a family name that means Â… well, at times, it seems to mean the same thing. In...Tags: Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Radio Industry, Freedom of the Press, Censorship
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Guns guard Damien Hirst's lamb at BCAM
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs you stroll through the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, images of guns confront you, including Andy Warhol's hip-swiveling, gun-slinging "Elvis," Chris Burden's Los Angeles policemen and the gun-brandishing fascist thugs of Leon Golub. And there are...Tags: Venice, Police, Firearms, Libraries and Museums, Los Angeles
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MoMA offers work of Danish artist Olafur Eliasson
Special to NewsdayInsubstantial is the word that comes to mind when describing the art of Olafur Eliasson, whose infatuation with light leads him to make things that glint, glow, sparkle and ripple. His works literally lack substance - they often consist of nothing more...Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Long Island, Long Island City, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights
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Tweaks send Google critics into orbit
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterShould the world's most-used search engine be more of a Yankee Google Dandy? Google Inc. occasionally features light-hearted doodles on its colorful home-page logo to commemorate special occasions. But now they are drawing criticism from conservatives...Tags: Online, Ceremonies, Employees, Internet, National Government
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Appeals in Munch Theft Begin
An appeal of convictions and acquittals in the 2004 theft of the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna" opened in Oslo on Tuesday with the court rejecting defense demands for a postponement. The paintings -- considered priceless -- were...Tags: Crimes, Punishment, Justice System, Death and Dying, Police
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You can feel the power
Times Staff WriterIt's not often, OK never, that I leave a fashion show feeling empowered. But with Nancy Pelosi leading the House of Representatives and Hillary Rodham Clinton leading the charge to the White House, Marc Jacobs seized the moment of girl power on Monday...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Mary Tyler Moore, Lil' Kim , Fashion Trends, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Nykvist Dies
Zap2It.comSven Nykvist, the Oscar-winning cinematographer and filmmaker whose naturalistic, straightforward camera work distinguished the movies of directors Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen, died Wednesday. He was 83. Nykvist had battled a long illness and was...Tags: Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Nora Ephron, Death and Dying, Movies
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"The Scream" may be found
Police recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold, daylight raid, authorities announced Thursday. Both...Tags: Death and Dying, Police, Madonna, Police Investigations
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'Lonesome Jim'
NewsdayWhen you are feeling like a loser, taking a trip to loser-land may not be the most consoling recourse. Such, more or less, is the conclusion reached early on by Jim, the eponymous slacker played by Casey Affleck in Steve Buscemi's low-key comedy...Tags: Movies, Kevin Corrigan, Steve Buscemi, Liv Tyler, Casey Affleck
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