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	<title>Entertainment Daily &#187; Visual Arts And Design</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Models of Obama homes in Chicago and White House in holiday train shows at botanical gardens</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Model Obama homes in garden holiday train shows

NEW YORK — Models of the Obama White House, the Obama home in Chicago and the house Michelle Obama grew up in are on display at holiday train shows at the Chicago Botanic Garden and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington.
Holiday train shows are also held in other ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/23/models-of-obama-homes-in-chicago-and-white-house-in-holiday-train-shows-at-botanical-gardens-63655/">Models of Obama homes in Chicago and White House in holiday train shows at botanical gardens</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Art Basel in Miami Beach Dec. 3-6; sister show to Swiss event</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Art Basel coming soon to Miami Beach, Dec. 3-6

MIAMI — Art Basel in Miami Beach, the international art show and sister event to Art Basel in Switzerland, will take place Dec. 3-6.
More than 250 galleries from around the world will take part in the show, exhibiting 20th and 21st century art from over 2,000 artists. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/23/art-basel-in-miami-beach-dec-3-6-sister-show-to-swiss-event-63636/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Art Basel in Miami Beach Dec. 3-6; sister show to Swiss event</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Jackson &#8216;Opus&#8217; finishes what he started; elaborate book features rare photos, tributes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nekesa Mumbi Moody</dc:creator>
		
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Michael Jackson &#8216;Opus&#8217; book offers rare images
NEW YORK — Artist Nate Giorgio recalls the last time he saw Michael Jackson, just days before the singer&#8217;s death.
The pop icon wanted Giorgio to create dazzling murals of his children as well as artwork for his &#8220;This Is It&#8221; concerts, and Giorgio got out his pen .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/23/michael-jackson-opus-finishes-what-he-started-elaborate-book-features-rare-photos-tributes-63545/">Michael Jackson &#8216;Opus&#8217; finishes what he started; elaborate book features rare photos, tributes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Red Cross closes warehouse, auctions off doll, Civil War-era flag to shrink its deficit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Zongker</dc:creator>
		
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Red Cross sells pieces of history to cut deficit

WASHINGTON — Rose Percy has a long history with the American Red Cross. Complete with an extensive wardrobe and her own Tiffany jewelry, this 23-inch wax doll was first sold for $1,200 back in 1864 to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission — the precursor to one of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/16/red-cross-closes-warehouse-auctions-off-doll-civil-war-era-flag-to-shrink-its-deficit-61254/">Original article &nbsp;: Red Cross closes warehouse, auctions off doll, Civil War-era flag to shrink its deficit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Barnes Foundation breaks ground in Philadelphia after years of bitter court battles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joann Loviglio</dc:creator>
		
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Barnes Foundation breaks ground in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — The Barnes Foundation broke ground Friday on a new museum, the final chapter in its embittering quest to break its founder&#8217;s will and move its multibillion-dollar art collection from the suburbs to downtown.
About 150 people, most of them from Philadelphia&#8217;s arts and philanthropic communities, were on hand for  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/13/barnes-foundation-breaks-ground-in-philadelphia-after-years-of-bitter-court-battles-60484/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Italy tries to shed image as merely a keeper of glorious artistic past with new arts museum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicole Winfield</dc:creator>
		
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Italy opens new contemporary arts museum
ROME — Italy is opening its first national museum for contemporary arts and architecture in a bid to shed its image as merely a keeper of a glorious artistic past.

The €150 million ($223 million) Maxxi cultural center opens Saturday, for a limited weekend run before its full-fledged opening in a .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/13/italy-tries-to-shed-image-as-merely-a-keeper-of-glorious-artistic-past-with-new-arts-museum-60480/" title="Italy tries to shed image as merely a keeper of glorious artistic past with new arts museum">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese prepare for &#8216;Oba Mao&#8217; visit with flaming statue of US president, counterfeit goods</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Anna</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese greet &#8216;Oba Mao&#8217; with flaming statue, fakes

BEIJING — The Chinese have learned English from his speeches and celebrated the way he rolls up his sleeves. Now President Barack Obama is finally coming, and he&#8217;s being greeted with &#8220;Oba Mao&#8221; T-shirts and a statue of him that bursts into flames.
Sunday&#8217;s arrival of a U.S. president ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/13/chinese-prepare-for-oba-mao-visit-with-flaming-statue-of-us-president-counterfeit-goods-60459/">Chinese prepare for &#8216;Oba Mao&#8217; visit with flaming statue of US president, counterfeit goods</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nighttime theft of Munch artwork is latest in string of heists targeting Norwegian painter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Norway hit by another Munch art theft
OSLO — Thieves stole a valuable artwork by Edvard Munch from an Oslo art dealer in the latest of a string of art heists targeting work by the famous Norwegian expressionist, police said Friday.
One or more thieves stole &#8220;Historien&#8221; — or &#8220;History&#8221; — from Nyborgs Kunst in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/13/nighttime-theft-of-munch-artwork-is-latest-in-string-of-heists-targeting-norwegian-painter-60444/" title="Nighttime theft of Munch artwork is latest in string of heists targeting Norwegian painter">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Munch artwork stolen from downtown Oslo art dealership in nighttime heist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Munch artwork stolen from Oslo art dealership
OSLO — Police say thieves stole a valuable artwork by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch from an Oslo art dealer.
Police spokeswoman Britt Boerve said Friday the thieves stole &#8220;Historien&#8221; — or &#8220;History&#8221; — from Nyborgs Kunst, a private art dealership in downtown Oslo, after smashing one of the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/12/munch-artwork-stolen-from-downtown-oslo-art-dealership-in-nighttime-heist-60102/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Munch artwork stolen from downtown Oslo art dealership in nighttime heist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Warhol&#8217;s &#8216;200 1 Dollar Bills&#8217; sells for $43.8 million, well over its presale estimate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Warhol painting a hot ticket at NYC auction

NEW YORK — A painting by Andy Warhol, &#8220;200 One Dollar Bills,&#8221; brought the equivalent of 43.8 million dollar bills at auction, more than three times its highest presale estimate of $12 million.
The piece, one of Warhol&#8217;s first silk-screen paintings, sold at Sotheby&#8217;s on Wednesday evening. The auction .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/12/warhols-200-1-dollar-bills-sells-for-438-million-well-over-its-presale-estimate-60030/" title="Warhol&#8217;s &#8216;200 1 Dollar Bills&#8217; sells for $43.8 million, well over its presale estimate">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Everyday objects once belonging to French designer Yves Saint Laurent to be auctioned</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Saint Laurent&#8217;s everyday objects to be auctioned

PARIS — The 18th century porcelain Yves Saint Laurent ate from, a Cartier watch he used to wear, the leopard-print couches and gilded chairs he lounged on: It&#8217;s all to hit the auction blocks as the late French couturier&#8217;s longtime partner liquidates their art-and-knicknack-filled residences.
The sale, organized by Christie&#8217;s ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/10/everyday-objects-once-belonging-to-french-designer-yves-saint-laurent-to-be-auctioned-59083/">Original article on  : Everyday objects once belonging to French designer Yves Saint Laurent to be auctioned</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Eat, shop and explore Chicago&#8217;s ethnic neighborhoods: Chinatown, Greektown, and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caryn Rousseau</dc:creator>
		
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Eat, shop, explore Chicago&#8217;s ethnic neighborhoods

CHICAGO — From Greektown to Chinatown, from the Polish Triangle to Pakistani restaurants on Devon Avenue, Chicago has a wealth of diverse ethnic neighborhoods to explore.
Chicago is known as a city of neighborhoods and Patricia Sullivan, manager of the city&#8217;s Chicago Neighborhood Tours program, said visitors need to leave the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/09/eat-shop-and-explore-chicagos-ethnic-neighborhoods-chinatown-greektown-and-more-58701/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Eat, shop and explore Chicago&#8217;s ethnic neighborhoods: Chinatown, Greektown, and more</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Got the St. Louis blues? City focuses attention on its blues heritage</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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St. Louis highlights its blues heritage
ST. LOUIS — There&#8217;s a widely held belief that blues music was born in the Mississippi Delta, traveled up river to places like Memphis and then north to Chicago.

Not so fast, St. Louis says.
A gallery exhibit, a new book and a nonprofit group are making the case that St. Louis ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/09/got-the-st-louis-blues-city-focuses-attention-on-its-blues-heritage-58698/">Read : Got the St. Louis blues? City focuses attention on its blues heritage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Artist makes sculpture of New Zealand lawmaker from cow manure to protest pollution policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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NZ lawmaker sculpted in cow manure
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A sculpture of a New Zealand government minister crafted from cow manure sold for New Zealand dollars 3,080 ($2,220) on an auction Web site.

The bust of New Zealand Environment Minister Nick Smith, sculpted as a protest by artist Sam Mahon, attracted 112 bids before being picked .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/06/artist-makes-sculpture-of-new-zealand-lawmaker-from-cow-manure-to-protest-pollution-policy-57839/">Artist makes sculpture of New Zealand lawmaker from cow manure to protest pollution policy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Book Fair International: thousands of readers to throng literary fest even in recession</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Orkin Emmanuel</dc:creator>
		
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Less poetry, music but big Miami book fair goes on

MIAMI — Poetry and music have been cut and there will be no parade to kick off the Miami Book Fair International as in years past. But one of the nation&#8217;s leading literary festivals isn&#8217;t giving up on readers in a bad economy.
The fair that began .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/06/miami-book-fair-international-thousands-of-readers-to-throng-literary-fest-even-in-recession-57817/">Original source &nbsp;: Miami Book Fair International: thousands of readers to throng literary fest even in recession</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Datsyuk, Zetterberg score in SO, Wings snap Sharks&#8217; 6-game wining streak</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Red Wings win in SO, snap Sharks 6-game win streak

DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 win over San Jose, snapping the Sharks&#8217; six-game winning streak.
Zetterberg also had a goal in regulation, and Chris Osgood made 33 saves for Detroit.
Logan Couture scored .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/05/datsyuk-zetterberg-score-in-so-wings-snap-sharks-6-game-wining-streak-57443/">Datsyuk, Zetterberg score in SO, Wings snap Sharks&#8217; 6-game wining streak</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Paris Pompidou museum to put art under roving big top tent for rural, suburban exhibits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny Barchfield</dc:creator>
		
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Art under the big top: The roving Pompidou

PARIS — Forget the lions, tigers and bears. Paris&#8217; Pompidou Center plans to fill a colorful circus big top with Picassos, Matisses and Calders instead, creating a roving museum to take its masterpieces of modern art to France&#8217;s culturally deprived rural regions and rough suburbs.
The so-called &#8220;Pompidou Mobile&#8221; ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/05/paris-pompidou-museum-to-put-art-under-roving-big-top-tent-for-rural-suburban-exhibits-57298/" title="Paris Pompidou museum to put art under roving big top tent for rural, suburban exhibits">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maine&#8217;s Farnsworth Art Museum hires longtime director of a Maryland museum to take top spot</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Maine&#8217;s Farnsworth Art Museum hires new director

ROCKLAND, Maine — The Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine is hiring the longtime director of a Maryland museum to take its top spot.
Christopher Brownawell has agreed to become the Farnsworth director beginning Feb. 1. The museum in Rockland is one of Maine&#8217;s most prominent museums, with a gallery and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/05/maines-farnsworth-art-museum-hires-longtime-director-of-a-maryland-museum-to-take-top-spot-57292/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Maine&#8217;s Farnsworth Art Museum hires longtime director of a Maryland museum to take top spot</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>The wall that once divided Berlin threatens to keep historic Reagan, Kennedy portraits apart</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Rogers</dc:creator>
		
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Berlin Wall drives wedge through LA art community

LOS ANGELES — Call it the Irony Curtain.
The concrete wall that divided the city of Berlin for 28 years is suddenly splitting a segment of Los Angeles&#8217; art community just as the 20th anniversary of the wall&#8217;s falling nears.
The trouble began earlier this month when the Wende Museum ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/04/the-wall-that-once-divided-berlin-threatens-to-keep-historic-reagan-kennedy-portraits-apart-56844/">The wall that once divided Berlin threatens to keep historic Reagan, Kennedy portraits apart</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>20 years after its fall, remaining stretch of Berlin Wall gets facelift</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirsten Grieshaber</dc:creator>
		
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20 years after, Berlin Wall gets facelift
BERLIN — Stroke by stroke, Gerhard Kriedner applied pink acrylic paint with a small brush on a 14-yard stretch of the Berlin Wall, recreating the mural he first painted months after the Berlin Wall came down on Nov. 9, 1989.

Kriedner and 90 artists from around the world have gathered ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/03/20-years-after-its-fall-remaining-stretch-of-berlin-wall-gets-facelift-56354/">20 years after its fall, remaining stretch of Berlin Wall gets facelift</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Carrey, Zemeckis&#8217; &#8216;Christmas Carol&#8217; captures 21st century Scrooge through digital technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Germain</dc:creator>
		
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Carrey, Zemeckis capture 21st century Scrooge
LOS ANGELES — Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens&#8217; imagination.
Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis&#8217; new take on &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge&#8217;s holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed.
Animated adaptations have captured some of Dickens&#8217; ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/03/carrey-zemeckis-christmas-carol-captures-21st-century-scrooge-through-digital-technology-56288/">Carrey, Zemeckis&#8217; &#8216;Christmas Carol&#8217; captures 21st century Scrooge through digital technology</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Da Vinci mode: Shows about art, invention around the country</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Cities host shows about da Vinci art, inventions

NEW YORK — Several cities around the country are in da Vinci mode with shows about Leonardo da Vinci&#8217;s art and inventions.
In New York, &#8220;Leonardo Da Vinci&#8217;s Workshop: Inventor + Artist + Dreamer,&#8221; opens Nov. 20 at the Discovery Times Square Exposition and runs through April 4. The .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/02/da-vinci-mode-shows-about-art-invention-around-the-country-55964/">Original article &nbsp;: Da Vinci mode: Shows about art, invention around the country</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sculpture from Cleveland man&#8217;s garden fetches $118K; work created by Egyptian sculptor Mokhtar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:16:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Egyptian sculpture from OH garden sells for $118K

CLEVELAND — A bronze Egyptian sculpture from a Cleveland man&#8217;s garden that he almost let an antique dealer take for $3,000 a few years ago has sold at auction for $118,000.
The 4-foot tall sculpture of a woman carrying a water vessel on her head was in the yard .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/11/02/sculpture-from-cleveland-mans-garden-fetches-118k-work-created-by-egyptian-sculptor-mokhtar-55902/">Original article &nbsp;: Sculpture from Cleveland man&#8217;s garden fetches $118K; work created by Egyptian sculptor Mokhtar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street&#8217;s loss is art lovers&#8217; gain: Philadelphia auctioneer selling off Lehman&#8217;s art trove</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Everything must go! Lehman Bros. art auctioned off

PHILADELPHIA — Even in these trying financial times, you&#8217;re not going to see many going-out-of-business sales like this one.
On Sunday, hundreds of works from the art collection of failed banking giant Lehman Brothers will go on the auction block at Freeman&#8217;s auction house in Philadelphia.
The 200-plus pieces of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/30/wall-streets-loss-is-art-lovers-gain-philadelphia-auctioneer-selling-off-lehmans-art-trove-55156/" title="Wall Street&#8217;s loss is art lovers&#8217; gain: Philadelphia auctioneer selling off Lehman&#8217;s art trove">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>FBI investigates La. couple accused of selling forged works of folk artist Clementine Hunter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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FBI investigates forgery claims against La. couple

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana couple says they never created or sold any forgeries of works by renowned folk artist Clementine Hunter.
The FBI is investigating allegations that 78-year-old William Toye and his 68-year-old wife Beryl Ann have been selling forged paintings to unsuspecting art collectors and dealers since .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/30/fbi-investigates-la-couple-accused-of-selling-forged-works-of-folk-artist-clementine-hunter-54977/">Source article &nbsp;: FBI investigates La. couple accused of selling forged works of folk artist Clementine Hunter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Roy DeCarava, photographer who captured Harlem&#8217;s everyday life and jazz greats, dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ula Ilnytzky</dc:creator>
		
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DeCarava, photographer who recorded Harlem, dies

NEW YORK — Roy DeCarava, a photographer whose black and white images captured Harlem&#8217;s everyday life and the jazz greats who performed there, has died. He was 89.
DeCarava died in Manhattan of natural causes on Tuesday, said his daughter, Susan DeCarava. He had been teaching an advance photography course at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/29/roy-decarava-photographer-who-captured-harlems-everyday-life-and-jazz-greats-dies-54620/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Roy DeCarava, photographer who captured Harlem&#8217;s everyday life and jazz greats, dies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Museum of Modern Art&#8217;s proposed 82-story, 1,000-foot tower clears final hurdle gets final OK</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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MoMA 82-story tower approved by NYC Council

NEW YORK — A proposal for a new 82-story tower next to the Museum of Modern Art has cleared its final hurdle.
The New York City Council voted Wednesday to approve the plan for a 1000-foot mixed-use tower on West 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
The museum called the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/28/museum-of-modern-arts-proposed-82-story-1000-foot-tower-clears-final-hurdle-gets-final-ok-54209/">Museum of Modern Art&#8217;s proposed 82-story, 1,000-foot tower clears final hurdle gets final OK</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Channel your favorite TV character with clothes and accessories inspired by the small screen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa A. Flam</dc:creator>
		
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Channel TV characters with clothes and accessories

NEW YORK — So, you admire the fashions of popular TV characters. Do you want to dress just like them?
This fall, you can if you favor the slim suits worn by one smartly dressed 1960s ad man, the sexy looks of those real-life housewives or necklaces dripping with &#8220;blood&#8221; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/28/channel-your-favorite-tv-character-with-clothes-and-accessories-inspired-by-the-small-screen-54201/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Channel your favorite TV character with clothes and accessories inspired by the small screen</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Punk provocateur Malcolm McLaren gets &#8216;Shallow&#8217; in a new exhibit in Philadelphia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Punk provocateur McLaren gets &#8216;Shallow&#8217; in Philly

PHILADELPHIA — In his nearly four decades as a vanguard of pop culture, Malcolm McLaren has worn many hats: musician, producer, filmmaker, impresario, fashion designer, reality TV star. At age 63, the punk progenitor is adding another discipline to his resume: visual artist.
&#8220;Shallow 1-21,&#8221; a series of 21 short ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/28/punk-provocateur-malcolm-mclaren-gets-shallow-in-a-new-exhibit-in-philadelphia-54174/" title="Punk provocateur Malcolm McLaren gets &#8216;Shallow&#8217; in a new exhibit in Philadelphia">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New York&#8217;s Metropolitan returns ancient pharoanic artifact to Egypt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Freeman</dc:creator>
		
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The Met returns Egyptian artifact
CAIRO — New York&#8217;s Metropolitan Museum of Art will return to Egypt a fragment of an ancient pharoanic shrine it purchased from a collector, Egypt&#8217;s antiquities department said Monday.

The Supreme Council of Antiquities said that a piece of a red granite shrine, known as a &#8220;naos,&#8221; was purchased from an antiquities .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/27/new-yorks-metropolitan-returns-ancient-pharoanic-artifact-to-egypt-51663/" title="New York&#8217;s Metropolitan returns ancient pharoanic artifact to Egypt">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Housing freeze: Project to encase vacant Detroit home in ice to highlight foreclosure crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Runk</dc:creator>
		
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Artists plan to encase vacant Detroit home in ice

DETROIT — A photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit&#8217;s thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.
The project from Gregory Holm and Matthew Radune, dubbed Ice House Detroit, is the latest .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/27/housing-freeze-project-to-encase-vacant-detroit-home-in-ice-to-highlight-foreclosure-crisis-51467/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Housing freeze: Project to encase vacant Detroit home in ice to highlight foreclosure crisis</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Art Museum Director resigns as facility prepares to break ground on new building</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/26/miami-art-museum-director-resigns-as-facility-prepares-to-break-ground-on-new-building-51273/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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Miami Art Museum Director resigns
MIAMI — The director of the Miami Art Museum has resigned, effective immediately.

Aaron Podhurst, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced in an e-mail Monday that Terence Riley had stepped down.
Riley will be resuming his role as partner at Keenen/Riley Architects. Riley, appointed in 2006, will serve as a consultant at .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/26/miami-art-museum-director-resigns-as-facility-prepares-to-break-ground-on-new-building-51273/">Miami Art Museum Director resigns as facility prepares to break ground on new building</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Louisville&#8217;s 21c basks in glow of No. 1 ranking in magazine survey of top US hotels</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Schreiner</dc:creator>
		
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Louisville hotel wins top ranking
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Wade Johnson has plopped down in plenty of hotels, but the business consultant ranks his stays at 21c Museum Hotel in downtown Louisville as a one-of-a-kind experience.

Turns out, that one-of-a-kind experience has a large following.
The 90-room boutique hotel — where contemporary art is an eye-catching theme — won .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/26/louisvilles-21c-basks-in-glow-of-no-1-ranking-in-magazine-survey-of-top-us-hotels-51212/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Christie&#8217;s to auction Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson in New York</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/23/christies-to-auction-andy-warhol-portrait-of-michael-jackson-in-new-york-46717/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Solvej Schou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Christie&#8217;s auction house will offer up a portrait of Michael Jackson by Andy Warhol in New York on Nov. 10.

The auction house told The Associated Press on Friday that the 30-by-26-inch portrait should fetch an estimated $500,000 to $700,000. It&#8217;s one of a small group of Warhol silk-screened images of Jackson created ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/23/christies-to-auction-andy-warhol-portrait-of-michael-jackson-in-new-york-46717/">Christie&#8217;s to auction Andy Warhol portrait of Michael Jackson in New York</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Istanbul exhibition in Paris seeks to reveal the Turkish city&#8217;s multicultural soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Seward</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — The glories of Istanbul have arrived in Paris.

From white marble statues of Greek and Roman gods to gleaming medieval Christian icons to a huge red Ottoman tent, an exhibition devoted to Istanbul seeks to expand French awareness of the city&#8217;s multicultural heritage in a country deeply skeptical of Turkey&#8217;s European aspirations.
Some 300 works .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/22/istanbul-exhibition-in-paris-seeks-to-reveal-the-turkish-citys-multicultural-soul-46279/">Source article &nbsp;: Istanbul exhibition in Paris seeks to reveal the Turkish city&#8217;s multicultural soul</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal arts chair to see how &#8216;Rent&#8217; plays in Peoria as part of 6-month tour of US</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillel Italie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The country&#8217;s top arts official is going on the road.

Rocco Landesman, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced Wednesday that he will spend six months visiting towns and cities nationwide, starting Nov. 6. He called it the &#8220;Art Works&#8221; tour, a triple entendre referring to works of art, the effectiveness ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/21/federal-arts-chair-to-see-how-rent-plays-in-peoria-as-part-of-6-month-tour-of-us-45983/">Federal arts chair to see how &#8216;Rent&#8217; plays in Peoria as part of 6-month tour of US</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal arts chair Rocco Landesman to tour country</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hillel Italie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The country&#8217;s top arts official is going on the road.

Rocco Landesman, chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, announced Wednesday that he will spend six months visiting towns and cities nationwide, starting Nov. 6. He called it the &#8220;Art Works&#8221; tour, a triple entendre referring to works of art, the effectiveness .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/21/federal-arts-chair-rocco-landesman-to-tour-country-45974/">Original source &nbsp;: Federal arts chair Rocco Landesman to tour country</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ring with 32-carat diamond, owned by Leonore Annenberg, sells for $7.7 million at NYC auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ula Ilnytzky</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A square, 32.01-carat emerald-cut diamond that billionaire philanthropist Leonore Annenberg bought for her 90th birthday sold for $7.7 million at auction on Wednesday.

About the size of a walnut, the flawless, colorless diamond sits on a ring designed by Manhattan jeweler David Webb. It is flanked by two pear-shaped diamonds, one of them ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/21/ring-with-32-carat-diamond-owned-by-leonore-annenberg-sells-for-77-million-at-nyc-auction-45973/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Ring with 32-carat diamond, owned by Leonore Annenberg, sells for $7.7 million at NYC auction</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Let there be opulence: Versailles exhibit reflects glory of palace creator, Sun King Louis XIV</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/20/let-there-be-opulence-versailles-exhibit-reflects-glory-of-palace-creator-sun-king-louis-xiv-45279/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny Barchfield</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — The Sun King shines again at Versailles.

Hundreds of long-dispersed portraits, sculptures and tapestries celebrating Louis XIV have returned to Versailles, a former hunting lodge that the autocratic French monarch transformed as a reflection of his glory into a palace of unrivaled opulence.
The exhibit &#8220;Louis XIV: The Man and the King&#8221; gives visitors the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/20/let-there-be-opulence-versailles-exhibit-reflects-glory-of-palace-creator-sun-king-louis-xiv-45279/" title="Let there be opulence: Versailles exhibit reflects glory of palace creator, Sun King Louis XIV">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lucky magazine hosts Lucky Shops pre-holiday shopping event, Nov. 6-7</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/19/lucky-magazine-hosts-lucky-shops-pre-holiday-shopping-event-nov-6-7-45101/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Lucky Magazine is hosting its sixth annual pre-holiday &#8220;Lucky Shops&#8221; event Nov. 6-7.

Nearly 10,000 shoppers from 35 different states attended last year&#8217;s Lucky Shops.
The event showcases designer clothing, handbags, shoes, jewelry and other items, with most selling at up to 75 percent off retail. The merchandise is offered in a fun, lounge-like ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/e/2009/10/19/lucky-magazine-hosts-lucky-shops-pre-holiday-shopping-event-nov-6-7-45101/" title="Lucky magazine hosts Lucky Shops pre-holiday shopping event, Nov. 6-7">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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