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Simply Magnificent – Hillary Reynolds
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:42Gather 150 of the nation’s finest artists. Blend a variety of genres, from classic to contemporary, whimsical to elegant. Add a wide range of art on display to include paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry, ceramics and fused glass. Put it all together on the colorful palate of Chicago and you have the 15th Annual Chicago Tribune […]
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A Defining Cultural Expression – Kathy Scott
Tuesday, 22 August 2006 17:37Situated on the west coast of Ireland by the Atlantic Ocean, Galway has been long considered Ireland’s capital of culture. The fastest growing city in Europe, with a population of 75,000, Galway is a young and vibrant university city. Galway Arts Festival is the defining cultural expression of Galway and is at the heart of […]
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Sounds Sight and an Unlimited Horizon – Curator Alain Thibault
Monday, 21 August 2006 17:25Elektra, a digital arts festival held in Montreal, is the largest event of its genre in North America. Over the course of its seven editions, it has built a reputation as one of the international leaders in the diffusion of works that combine cutting-edge music and visual creation in a technological perspective. Sounds […]
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New Light Floods In – Nina Zivancevic
Monday, 21 August 2006 17:22Two years after the big construction works and the process of the entire renovation, the French MOMA in Paris has finally reopened its doors to a great number of recent visitors. The intention of the City authorities who financed this huge project was to bring back some 8,000 old masterpieces which were already in the […]
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Gravity and Grace – Nolan Wooten
Friday, 18 August 2006 16:27The Bologna art fair has the honour of being the first art fair of the year, and the 2006 fair gave the year an optimistic start, with sales and visitors in the high figures and an unusual programme of fringe events. Gravity and Grace – Nolan Wooten Bologna Art Fair The Bologna […]
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Post-Communism + Globalization = Post-Capitalism? – Dennys Matos
Friday, 18 August 2006 16:24It is curious to see how the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the appearance of a series of socio-cultural, political and ideological phenomena that are defining the development of Western societies in a way that is problematic. Post-Communism + Globalization = Post-Capitalism? – Dennys Matos Alexei Kostroma, RED (Mein Kampf), 2006 […]
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Authentic Las Vegas – Vladimir Belogolovsky
Thursday, 17 August 2006 16:55It is my third visit here and every time Las Vegas reveals something new. The city of lights is being built and rebuilt tirelessly, reinventing itself constantly and remolding from one fairytale to the next. Authentic Las Vegas – Vladimir Belogolovsky New York, New York hotel. It is my third visit here and […]
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Continue to Descend – Kate Hickey
Thursday, 17 August 2006 16:49This February, a group of 11 artists who hail from four different countries, explored the idea of "descent." From moral to physical to mental, the idea of tumbling, floating and sliding downwards was probed through a wonderful array of paintings. Continue to Descend – Kate Hickey Kai Lintumaa, Yellow Leaf, 2005. Photograph, […]
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Of Giants and Men – Kate Hickey
Wednesday, 16 August 2006 17:30From April 16th to 30th Olle Jonsson and his Swedish giants visited the Broadway Gallery, New York. This exhibition comprised of jewellery of the giants, musical instruments and drawings of the giants themselves. Of Giants and Men – Kate Hickey Courtesy of artist From April 16th to 30th Olle Jonsson and his Swedish […]
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Graciela Cassel – Christine Kennedy
Tuesday, 15 August 2006 17:15Graciela Cassel challenges us to see in a new way. Evident in all her work, from paintings to "boxes," is an obsession with movement. Cassel devises techniques to disclose the imperceptible immanent in every instant, inviting us to see the "present" from another perspective, not as what is given to us in our ordinary experience […]