New York Times
Art Review: Tomás Saraceno’s ‘Cloud City,’ on the Met’s Roof
The interactive Tomás Saraceno sculpture “Cloud City,” on the roof of the Met, is the latest example of scientific-based fun-house formalism.
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AP
Ex-Senegalese president denies he stole cars, art
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The ex-president of Senegal won praise from around the world earlier this year when he gracefully conceded defeat, even picking up the phone to congratulate his longtime rival, a move that momentarily erased the memories of a violent election season....
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Huffington Post
Johnny Nevin: Dance That Looks Like Music Sounds: Hubbard Street's Alejandro Cerrudo
One of the most revolutionary developments in the art of choreography occurred gradually and unnoticed, as the ability to select music from multiple sources, and reconstruct that music into what is essentially a new structure, became widely available through software-based edititng.
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BoingBoing
Tron: Uprising first episode online
Tron: Uprising premiers on June 7 on Disney XD. They've posted the first episode, titled "Beck's Beginning, in its entirety to YouTube. I think Alberto Mieglo's fantastic art direction is in the tradition of Peter Chung's "Aeon Flux" and Bruce Timm's "Batman: The Animated Series." Mieglo posted some stunning production art on his personal blog.
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Daily Mail
It's psychedelic baby! Stella McCartney dons swirl print dress for charity pop art ball
Last night Stella McCartney got back into the swing of things as she attended a pop art themed charity ball in the capital.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Gilbert and Sullivan: They are the very model of a modern music art form
Its easy to pooh-pooh Gilbert and Sullivan as dusty English relics, but as The Globes theatre critic observes, the operetta-writing duo are not only surprisingly influential but downright hip
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Canadian art on display in Massachusetts
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el universal
La película No es premiada en Cannes
La cinta, de Pablo Larraín y donde participa el mexicano Gael García, se hizo acreedora al galardón Art Cinema Award de la Quincena de Realizadores en Cannes
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Huffington Post
Amazon Promises To Improve Working Conditions
Online retail giant Amazon.com has vowed to improve working conditions at its warehouses. The change in policy comes eight months after a report surfaced from an Amazon-owned warehouse where workers were allegedly subjected to unpleasant working conditions.More than 100 protestors, headed by labor rally group Working Washington with the help of advocacy group Color of Change, crashed Amazon's s...
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Reuters
Berlin red light district turns into art hub
BERLIN (Reuters) - A shabby area of Berlin best known for its curb-crawling prostitutes and drug dealers is recovering some of the Bohemian allure of its glory days in the 1920s as low rents and its...
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TechCrunch
Exec, The YC-Backed Mobile App For Instantly Doing Your Errands, Raises $3.3M
Exec, a mobile app that instantly gets people to do your errands, has raised $3.3 million, according to an SEC filing. The company's co-founder Justin Kan, who is also behind Justin.tv, Twitch.tv and SocialCam, is getting back to us on who invested in this round.
What's Exec? It's kind of comparable to TaskRabbit, because you can call on people to run your errands from an app. But Exec doesn't...
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Slashdot
Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair
Hugh Pickens writes "AP reports that a fire that swept through a nuclear-powered submarine in dry dock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has caused such extensive damage to its forward compartments that the 22-year-old Los Angeles-class attack submarine might have to be scrapped. 'These submarines were designed decades ago. So they're no longer state of the art,' says analyst Loren Thompson. 'If thi...
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DerSpiegel
Nippes-Sammler Selim Varol: Himmler blieb im Zoll hängen
Er sammelt Manga-Püppchen ebenso wie Roboter und Nazis aus Plastik: Der 39-Jährige Düsseldorfer Selim Varol hat die für seine Generation typische Leidenschaft für Street Art, Popkultur-Nippes und Obskures auf die Spitze getrieben - nun zeigt eine Berliner Ausstellung seine Riesensammlung.
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kicker
OKC: Der donnernde Weg ins Conference-Finale
Zum zweiten Mal in Folge stehen die Oklahoma City Thunder im Finale der Western Conference. Als Nummer zwei der Hauptrunde ist das eigentlich keine große Überraschung - die Art und Weise, wie sie auf dem Weg dahin zwei routinierte Teams wie den aktuellen Meister Dallas Mavericks (4:0) und zuletzt die Los Angeles Lakers (4:1) aus dem Weg räumten, dagegen schon. Gegen die San Antonio Spurs winkt ...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
A fine dance
TAKE This Waltz continues Sarah Polley's mixing of art and life.
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APA-OTS
ART for ART übergibt Wotruba-Kostüme an das Österreichische Theatermuseum
Wien (OTS) - Rechtzeitig zum 10-jährigen Direktionsjubiläum von
Thomas Trabitsch erhält das Österreichische Theatermuseum von ART for
ART, Kostümwerkstätten der Bundestheater, ein großzügiges Geschenk.
Für 3 Inszenierungen des Burgtheaters, König Ödipus, Antigone und
Elektra, hat …
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science blogs
Religion und Fortpflanzung [Astrodicticum Simplex]
Hans Rosling ist Professor für Internationale Gesundheit am Institutionen för Folkhälsovetenskap des Karolinska Institutet in Schweden. Er hat die Gapminder-Stiftunggegründet, deren Ziel es ist, öffentlich zugängliche Statistiken aufzubereiten und darzustellen um die Welt besser verstehen zu können. Außerdem hält Hans Rosling mitreißende und faszinierende Vorträge. Über sein Lob der Wa...
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science blogs
Kommentar von cydonia bei "Religion und Fortpflanzung" (Astrodicticum Simplex) am 25.05.2012
Davon mal abgesehen, dass Blume der allerschnellste war, weil er den Beitrag in seinem eigenen Blog schon gestern kommentiert hat:
Sehr schöner Post, und jetzt gehn wer rüber zu Blume und schauen uns an, wie er es zum zigsten Mal schafft, einen Beitrag der fast gar nichts mit seinen steilen Thesen zu tun hat, dennoch für genau diese zu instrumentalisieren......Es ist schon ein echtes Kreuz mit...
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Times LIVE
Contemporary art often controversial: gallery
In order for a contemporary art gallery to be successful it cannot have an overt political, religious or ideological agenda, the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg said on Friday.
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omg
Mass. native O'Brien talks about start in comedy
Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien visited Boston to talk about the art of comedy and how he got started in it.
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Los Angeles Times
Music for your Memorial Day weekend
The Pop & Hiss run-down of the weekend's top shows has returned. Plans can be resumed.
Thursday-Monday
• Lightning in a Bottle Festival @ Oak Canyon Ranch. This long-running dance event blows up the festival-within-a-festival that is the Do Lab's little bass-thumping pocket of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Over four days in Silver...
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physorg
Oldest art even older
New dates from Geißenklösterle Cave in Southwest Germany document the early arrival of modern humans and early appearance of art and music.
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Daily Mail
Great Dames: All honoured as titans of the arts, this week they met the Queen for a unique photo. So which Dame has a tattoo?
The Queen met 24 dames from the world of arts at the Royal Academy of Art in London. Those attending included deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie and philanthropist Jillian Sackler.
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Irish Times
Mount Congreve porcelain bowl sells for £157,250
A slightly chipped soup bowl from a house in Co Waterford has sold for £157,250 (€195,000) at auction in London. The 18th- century French porcelain piece was among the lots in a sale of art and antiques from Mount Congreve – the Kilmeaden home of reclusive millionaire businessman Ambrose Congreve, who died last year aged 104.
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Irish Times
Court to hear O'Donnell case next month
A DISPUTE about the ownership and value of art, antiques, furniture and other contents of luxury homes in Dublin and London linked to solicitor Brian O’Donnell and his family will come before the Commercial Court next month.
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Wired
Sad Vader and Other Star Wars Art for Your Empire's Walls
Two generations of artists, photographers, and graphic designers have been inspired by the original Star Wars trilogy. Here are few of our favorite arty interpretations.
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Daily Mail
Why Trent Bridge is more like the swing bridge
Trent Bridge has become a haven for swing bowling — and there’s been no finer exponent of the art than Jimmy Anderson. Here Wisden Editor LAWRENCE BOOTH examines the theories...
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sueddeutsche
Es bleibt spannend: Auf die holländische Art
Fürstenfeldbruck vergibt zum Relegationsauftakt in Freising einen Elfmeter und spielt nur 1:1 - Eching geht 0:3 in Pullach unter
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The Nation
Cuba artist Lam fetches record price
A PAINTING by Cuban surrealist artist Wifredo Lam fetched a record personal price at a Latin American art sale at auctioneers Sotheby’s in New York.
An unnamed South American collector paid $4.5m for Lam’s 1944 Idol (Oya/Divinite de l’Air et de la mort), well above the $2m-3m guide price. Demand was also high for Venezuelan artists, such as Armando Reveron. But Diego ...
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Wired
Exclusive Video: The Link Explores Connections Between Ancient and Modern Tech
In this exclusive sneak preview of the new National Geographic Channel show, The Link, we see the history of the humble chain drive, which was invented in ancient Greece, yet didn’t find widespread use until the 20th century when the bicycle-repairing Wright Brothers used it to help build the first powered airplane.
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DieZeit
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate: Vielfalt und Innovation im konservativen Sharjah
Das kleine Emirat Sharjah fördert die Kunst aus der gesamten arabischen Welt. Die Barjeel Art Foundation erreicht zunehmend das internationale Publikum. Von K. Pfannkuch
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Telegraph
Fashionable phone boxes
As part of this summer's BT ArtBox project - a vast open-air public art exhibition set to take over London in June and July - BT have asked over 80 leading artists, architects and designers to transform full-size replicas of a much-loved British icon, the K6 kiosk phone box. Here are a selection of the designs you can look forward to popping up around the capital this summer - and there's even ...
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Mail & Guardian
The fine art of drawing the line
Sean O'Toole explores some of the portrayals of the naked black body that have elicited fierce reactions in SA's recent past.
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Art Review
jojo marengo shared jojo marengo's blog post on Facebook
jojo marengo shared jojo marengo's blog post on FacebookJOJO MARENGO and the World Art Foundation helped hundreds of artists grow their career.
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APA-OTS
Grapevine feiert Debüt der Zugräuber-Figuren auf Grapevines-Glockenspiel-Uhrturm
Grapevine, Texas (ots/PRNewswire) -- Grapevine ist der einzige Ort
in Nordamerika, an dem ein Uhrturm dieser Art besichtigt werden kann
GRAPEVINE, Texas, 24. Mai 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grapevine, Texas (USA)
hat Zuwachs bekommen. Um diesen zu sehen, müssen Sie aber 75 Fuß in
die Höhe blicken …
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WirtschaftsWoche
Stahlriese : Gefährliche Karriere-Schmelze
Wechselt ThyssenKrupp-Stahlchef Edwin Eichler an die Spitze eines Reisekonzerns? Es bleibt ein Gerücht, aber die Art und Weise wie TUI-Aufsichtsratschef Klaus Mangold dementiert, öffnet Spekulationen Tür und Tor.
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Mail & Guardian
The art of blackness: Joining the humour race
A new cultural movement is reinvigorating racial discourse in the US, driven by humour. Can comedy work to ease South Africa's race tensions?
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perez hilton
Scarlett Johansson: What's It Like Getting Naked Next To Her?
Seeing as how Scarlett Johansson is always admired for her art of a body (after her talented acting, of course), we're sure everyone would feel a little insecure taking their clothes off in front of her!
But let's ask Paul Brannigan, shall we??
The Scottish actor had to strip down for her in Under the Skin, where [...]
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Al Jazhera
Jacob Zuma asks court to ban 'Spear' portrait
South Africa's president takes legal action against art gallery for painting that depicts his genitals.
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BBC
In pictures: Royal arts gathering
Stars from the world of art and entertainment join the Queen
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BBC
'Obscene' Zuma art case in court
South Africa's ruling party takes legal action to try and remove a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma from public view.
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BBC
AUDIO: Artists gather for Jubilee celebration
James Naughtie attended last night's jubilee celebration of British art and culture.
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Mashable
Art Galleries Embrace Animated GIFs
Animated GIFs may be the latest way to crack a joke, but at one London exhibit, they’re also an art form.
Born in 1987: The Animated GIF,…
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Krone
Stumpfnasenaffen in Burma sind eine neue Art
Eine Genanalyse hat jetzt den Beweis erbracht: Die von Forschern in Burma entdeckten stupsnäsigen Affen, die angeblich bei Regen niesen, sind eine neue Art. Jäger hatten Wissenschaftler vor zwei Jahren auf die Fährte der Tiere gebracht. Bisher waren vier Arten von Stumpfnasenaffen in China und Vietnam bekannt.
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The Guardian
Jacob Zuma goes to court to ban penis painting
South African president brings legal action against 'outrageous' artwork defaced at Johannesburg gallery earlier this weekJacob Zuma, the South African president, is going to court to argue that a painting that depicted him with an exposed penis should be banned.Zuma's governing African National Congress (ANC) is bringing a legal action against the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg over the work...
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Zeit
Art Brut: Nachbilder der Seele
Der Schriftsteller Gerhard Roth begleitet seit Langem die Patienten im Haus der Künstler der Nervenheilanstalt Gugging. Ein Vorabdruck seines neuen Bildbandes
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La Voix du Nord
Cinéma et littérature sur la Croisette... « La beauté est dans l´oeil de celui qui regarde »
D'un côté, une fervente déclaration au septième art ;de l'autre une pâle adaptation d'un chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature. À Cannes,tous les coups sont permis.Articles en rapportRythmes scolaires, 60 000 postes : Peillon décidera « fin juillet »Florence Cassez : une nouvelle accusation et... un proche espoir ŸDemandez la sortie !LE MONDE À L´ENVERSLE VISAGE
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New York Times
State of the Art: New Google and Bing Engines Go Beyond Search - State of the Art
Microsoft and Google jostle for bigger shares of the search market by including more data on search subjects.
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Gizmodo
How Can This Giant Twisting Bench Weigh Just Eleven Pounds? [Art]
Based on a smaller design he created a few years ago, Mathias Bengtsson's gigantic Spun bench is now on display at an art gallery in Washington DC. But how can this giant installation only weigh just eleven pounds? It's made from that uber-material known as carbon fiber. More »
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National Post
Canadian artists browse Sotheby’s auction
Ahead of the Sotheby's 'Important Canadian Art' auction, Melissa Leong took three Canadian artists shopping at the Royal Ontario Museum for their dream purchases with the Post’s imaginary credit card
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China Daily
China marks 70th anniversary of Mao speech
A symposium was held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of a celebrated speech on art and literature delivered by late Chairman Mao Zedong at the former revolutionary base of Yan'an on May 23, 1942.
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Times LIVE
Security guard appears in court
The security guard who restrained one of the men who allegedly defaced a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma at a Johannesburg art gallery has appeared in court.
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FT
Dubai creates another enterprise from art
The city’s growing artistic scene plays to its multicultural and expatriate strengths, but will be tested by censorship and high living costs
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Rolling Stone
Tour Alert: Peter Gabriel Returns to America
Peter Gabriel The British art rock legend will return to the road in the United States this fall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his multi-platinum album So 9/16 Quebec City QC - Colisee Pepsi 9/18 Montreal QC - Bell Centre 9/19 Toronto ON - Air Canada Centre 9/21 Philadelphia PA -...
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NZZ
Der Steuerstreit der anderen Art
Die Kantone müssen zum Verhandlungsmandat der Schweiz mit der EU zur Unternehmensbesteuerung Farbe bekennen
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BBC
In pictures: Mumbai's wall art
Hundreds of budding artists join Mumbai's wall art project
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Nature
Antibiotics: Recover the lost art of drug discovery
Bacterial evolution is overwhelming our antibiotic defences, says Kim Lewis. Using modern technology to replicate past success might tip the balance in our favour.
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politico
Obama super PAC pounces on Stevens
Maggie posted earlier on Romney senior adviser Stuart Stevens's description of the Obama team's Bain advertising as "performance art gibberish" -- and Democrats are already brandishing the comment as an example of rhetorical callousness.
Priorities USA Action strategies Bill Burton swung hard in a statement:
Mitt Romney’s clear disdain for the middle class men and women who lost everything wh...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Collecting Matisse: Two sisters ahead of their time
Claribel and Etta Cone amassed an extraordinary collection of works of art that is on display at the Vancouver Art Gallery this summer. While the art is remarkable, so is the story of these sisters lives
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ElPais
Fine Arts Academy votes in third female member
Guggenheim curator Carmen Giménez has modernized Spain’s museums
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National Post
South African President Jacob Zuma penis painting vandalized in gallery
Two men on Tuesday vandalised a portrait of President Jacob Zuma posing as Vladimir Lenin with his genitals exposed in a Johannesburg gallery, prompting the curator to take down the painting.
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Telegraph
Giro d'Italia 2012: Team Sky's Michael Barry and IG-Sigma Sport's Dan Lloyd on the art of descending
Team Sky's Michael Barry on the art of descending ahead of Wednesday's tough 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia that includes four categorised climbs including the 2,236m high Passo Giau.
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Telegraph
Paul Simon: I won't record with Garfunkel again
Paul Simon will never record with former partner Art Garfunkel again because he does not want to "go back and visit the past".
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FTD
OECD-Wirtschaftsausblick: Eurobonds sollen Abwärtsspirale stoppen
Deutschland bleibt nach Einschätzung der OECD eine Art Wachstumsoase in der konjunkturellen Wüste Euroland. Die Industrieländerorganisation spricht sich zudem für Eurobonds aus - und gegen Sparen um jeden Preis.
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Daily Telegraph
will.i.am to let you play the MCA
BLACK Eyed Peas' will.i.am is transforming the Museum of Contemporary Art building into a musical instrument.
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Handelsblatt
Art Amsterdam: Aus für holländische Kunstmesse
Die Art Amsterdam ist die größte Messe für zeitgenössische Kunst in den Niederlanden. In diesem Jahr ist Schluss, weil sich zu wenig Aussteller angemeldet haben.
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Los Angeles Times
LACMA to unveil 'Levitated Mass' and its 340-ton rock on June 24
The massive boulder that the Los Angeles County Museum of Art transported from a Riverside quarry to its Wilshire Boulevard campus will be unveiled June 24 as the main component of Michael Heizer's sculpture "Levitated Mass."
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WSJ
South Africa's Zuma Angered by Portrait
President Jacob Zuma is seeking to block a local art gallery from displaying a painting that depicts him in a state of overexposure, adding fuel to a debate over whether South Africa's ruling party is trying to curb political freedoms.
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The Jerusalem Post
Mixing art, dance and life
The Jasmin Vardimon dance company brings its experimental vibes to Israel for a second time.
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NEWS.au.com
Minister buys art with invoice for Maccas
A SOUTH African politician has bought a painting with government money by masking it as a McDonald's purchase.
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Science Daily
Morphing robots and shape-shifting sculptures: Origami-inspired design merges engineering, art
Researchers have shown how to create morphing robotic mechanisms and shape-shifting sculptures from a single sheet of paper in a method reminiscent of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding.
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Mail & Guardian
Fine art and fragile egos
The M&G rounds up other artworks in SA that have ruffled the feathers of politicians.
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Orf
Was Facebook darf und was nicht
Facebook gehört für viele Menschen schon zum Alltag. Dass sie mit jedem Eintrag Daten von sich preisgeben, die kommerzeill genutzt werden, ist vielen nicht bewusst. Regelmäßig wird die Art, wie Facebook Daten verwendet, kritisiert. Da das Unternehmen seinen Sitz in Irland hat, unterliegt es dem europäischen Datenschutzrecht. In der Realität hält sich Facebook aber nicht immer an die geltenden...
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Krone
Trotz CL-Triumphs: Torres droht Chelsea mit Abgang
Nach der "größten Enttäuschung" seines Lebens droht Stürmer Fernando Torres Champions-League-Sieger Chelsea mit Abschied. "Sie haben mich in einer Art behandelt, die ich nicht erwartet hatte", sagte Torres der spanischen Sporttageszeitung "AS" über seine Rolle als Joker im Finale gegen Bayern München und fügte unmissverständlich hinzu: "Ich hatte eine schwierige Zeit, die schlimmste in meiner K...
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APA-OTS
Obwohl alle privaten Galerien von der Schließung bedroht sind, wird das ?Golden Masterpiece' der CF Art Group ausgestellt
Moskau (ots/PRNewswire) -
?Die Staatliche Tretjakow-Galerie zeigt die beste Investition in
Russlands Moderne Künste
Die grössten privaten Galerien für Moderne Kunst in Russland
werden geschlossen. Die Moskauer Besitzer der Guelman Gallery, der
Aidan Gallery und der XL Gallery …
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Telegraph
David Cameron: a master of the art of chillaxing
David Cameron is not the first politician to make full use of his free time, says Ed Cumming.
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The New Yorker
David Denby: “The Dictator,” “The Intouchables” reviews.
Sacha Baron Cohen could be the Groucho Marx, Sid Caesar, and Lenny Bruce of his generation, if he would define and discipline his art as they did. He has a long and lanky clown’s body. He’s fearless and dangerously knowing. His comedy is as broad as . . . (Subscription required.)
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Daily Mail
CSI technology could finally unlock the secrets of the people in dozens of famous paintings
Ground-breaking technology could be used to clear up art mysteries, such as the identity of the Girl with the Pearl Earring.
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Daily Mail
Even cavemen used social networks! Bronze age tribes used granite rocks as prehistoric version of Facebook
Archaeologists believe art scrawled on stones in sites in Sweden and Russia indicates that prehistoric man communicated with one another in a fashion similar to a modern day social networking site
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ARD
Piraten beraten über Probleme bei "Liquid-Feedback"
Bei den Piraten sollen alle alles mitentscheiden können - auch mit Hilfe von "Liquid Feedback". Doch wie so ziemlich jede Software hat auch die ihre Macken. In Berlin gibt es deshalb heute eine Art Krisenkonferenz, den "LQFB-Thementag".
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Goal.com
Champions-League-Niederlage für die Fans nur schwer zu verkraften
Schon bei der sich abzeichnenden Niederlage der Bayern im Elfmeterschießen, verarbeiteten einige Fans ihren Zorn und ihre Enttäuschung auf unrühmliche Art und Weise.
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Eurosport
Moto - Grand Prix de France - Pedrosa coiffe Stoner
L'Espagnol Dani Pedrosa (Honda HRC) a obtenu la pole position en MotoGP samedi au Mans, devant son coéquipier australien Casey Stoner (Honda HRC) et l'Italien Andrea Dovizioso (Yamaha Tech 3). Douzième temps pour le Français Randy de Puniet (ART).
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New York Times
‘Midtown Games’ Like Flash Ping-Pong Performed as Art Project
An unorthodox table-tennis tournament played against the Bank of America building in Manhattan on Friday was part of a project by the artist Zefrey Throwell.
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The Lancet
[Correspondence] BiDil: alive and kicking
I am writing to correct Sheldon Krimsky's presumption in his Art of Medicine essay (Jan 14, p 114) that BiDil (hydralazine hydrochloride plus isosorbide dinitrate) is no longer available.
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Irish Times
Gallery to exhibit . . . invisible works
A LEADING London gallery is to push the boundaries of visual art with an exhibition that cannot be seen.
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dlisted
Performance (F)Art: Courtney Stodden As A Cat
Only press play if you're okay with using X amount of seconds of your day and okay with straining several muscles in your face from mouthing the words "what in every God's name am I watching..." on a loop. The porn iguana Courtney Stodden should be sitting in a chair in school, but instead she's using her time to make performance art pieces like this one of her as a cat. Courtney...
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Hoy
Una cantera para el Womad del futuro
Los colectivos artísticos Art Tree, de Reino Unido, y Purple Moon Art, de Gran Canaria ofrecieron ayer sus primeros talleres infantiles, en los que se están elaborando flores hechas a partir de botellas y otros materiales reciclados y mariposas de gran tamaño. La cita continúa hoy a las 11,00 y a las 16,00 en el Centro Cultural San Jorge. Mañana a las 13,00 horas habrá un desfile que saldrá de ...
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BnAmericas
Seguros - Argentina - Primas de automóviles y ART impulsarán crecimiento del sector el 2012 en medio de desaceleración de PIB
Las primas de los segmentos de seguros de automóviles y de riesgos del trabajo (ART) debieran seguir encabezando el crecimiento en la industria argentina de seguros generales este año, gracias a un au...
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FOCUS
Herthas-Einspruch nach Skandal-Spiel - DFB-Sportgericht vertagt Entscheidung
Nach stundenlangen Verhandlungen gibt es eine Art Ergebnis: Die Entscheidung über den Einspruch von Hertha BSC gegen die Wertung des Relegations-Rückspiels bei Fortuna Düsseldorf fällt erst am Montag.Mehr zum Thema„Das größte Spiel unseres Lebens“ - Bengalische Fackeln beim Abschlusstraining der Bayern„Das größte Spiel unseres Lebens“ - Bengalische Fackeln beim Abschlusstraining der Bayern„Das ...
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BnAmericas
Insurance - Argentina - Car, ART premiums to fuel insurance sector growth in 2012 amid GDP slowdown
Premiums in the auto and workers compensation (ART) segments are expected to keep leading growth in Argentina's P&C insurance industry this year on the back of higher car sales and a reduction in unem...
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AP
Pa. art collection completes controversial move
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Barnes Foundation is no longer the greatest art collection you'll never see....
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New York Times
At War Blog: Spying Balloons as Artistic Muse
One reader sees art in the specter of all-seeing eye in the skies over Afghanistan.
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Washington Post
Potomac Nationals owner retires as first-base coach to honor Mariano Rivera, Jackie Robinson
I would try to re-write Thursday’s Potomac Nationals press release about the retirement of owner Art Silber as part-time first base coach, but I couldn’t do better than the original, so here ya go:
Art Silber, owner of the Potomac Nationals, Minor League Affiliate of the Washington Nationals, announced today that he will no longer coach first base. Silber, 71, who is now in his 23rd season as o...
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China Daily
China holds on to its top billing for art revenues
Total global revenue from art sales hit $11.57 billion in 2011, a rise of $2 billion from 2010, the best performance of the decade.
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Irish Times
Invisible art: minimalism in the extreme
A leading British gallery is to push the boundaries of visual art with an exhibition of works which cannot be seen.
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Irish Times
'Invisible art' to go on exhibition
A leading British gallery is to push the boundaries of visual art with an exhibition of works which cannot be seen.
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Goal.com
Allianz, partner del Bayern, sponsorizza '3-D Art' a Londra e Monaco di Baviera prima della finale di Champions League
L'Allianz ha finanziato la mostra di opere d'arte in Inghilterra e in Germania. I pezzi rimarranno esposti fino a dopo la finale di Champions League.
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FTD
Pressestimmen zum Röttgen-Rauswurf: "Angela Merkel eiskalt"
Deutschlands Leitartikler zeigen sich verwundert über Merkels schroffe Art bei Röttgens Zwei-Minuten-Rausschmiss, erkennen dafür aber gute Gründe. Einer sieht die alte Merkel zurückkehren.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Queen Elizabeth portraits displayed in honour of Diamond Jubilee
The Queen: Art & Image, an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, opens in London, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee
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Zeit
City Guide Lissabon: Portugals Trost auf Schienen
Die Straßenbahn ist vielleicht nicht die bequemste, aber die schönste Art Lissabon zu erkunden: Eine Fahrt in der berühmten Linie 28 kann sogar Liebeskummer heilen.
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Telegraph
Is Titian self portrait hidden in The Martyrdom of St Lawrence?
As one of the grisliest pictures he painted, Titian's The Martyrdom of St Lawrence has exerted a horrified fascination for art lovers for centuries.
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Daily Mail
Time for that upgrade! Container terminal earmarked for £30m in new equipment left in disarray as ferry destroys crane
It was announced only yesterday that Poland's Baltic Container Terminal would get a multi-million-pound refit. Today, it looked like someone had turned it into modern art.
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Fortune
Facebook IPO: The art of pricing the right pop
With seemingly unceasing demand for Facebook's initial public offering, the banks in charge of selling the stock to investors might seem to have the easiest job in the world.
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Gizmodo
Ein Videotribut an MCA
Alles an diesem Videoclip ist einfach wunderbar. Während die Welt immer noch dem verstorbenen Adam „MCA“ Yauch von den Beastie Boys nachtrauert hat James Winters aus Portland kurzerhand seine Kinder und seinen Neffen versammelt, um MCA auf seine Art Tribut zu zollen. Er machte eine neue Variante des Musikvideos zur Single „Sabotage“. mehr...
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SI
Ann Killion: Former ace Lincecum struggling to get his groove back
SAN FRANCISCO -- "Used to" isn't an encouraging way to describe an athlete who's 27, never had a major injury and was considered state-of-the art just 18 months ago.
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Zeit
Quiz: Aktienflop oder Kurswunder – welches Unternehmen war's?
Facebook ist nicht die erste Tech-Firma, deren Börsengang für Aufregung sorgt. Manche floppten, manche wurden auf leisere Art groß. Erkennen Sie die Börsenkurse?
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Times LIVE
'Halo 4' cover art cracked by fans
Thirty-two mysterious pieces of a picture-puzzle were assembled by Halo fans in order to recreate Halo 4's cover art.
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APA-OTS
Schneeberger, Drexler, Strommer: "Eigenständigkeit der Länder, wo sinnvoll - gemeinsam, wo notwendig"
Utl.: Bei der ersten gemeinsamen Klausur der Landtagsklubs
Niederösterreich, Steiermark und Burgenland wurden wichtige
Landesthemen diskutiert =
St. Pölten (OTS/NÖI) - Zu einer Premiere der besonderen Art kam es
in Bad Erlach. Die Abgeordneten der ÖVP-Landtagsklubs …
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Heise
Domain unter .secure nur mit Sicherheitsvorgaben
Unter der gTLD .secure will Artemis eine Art Hochsicherheitstrakt im Internet errichten, über den vertrauenswürdige und sichere Dienste bereitstehen sollen. Die künftigen .secure-Anbieter müssen dazu diverse Voraussetzungen erfüllen.
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Los Angeles Times
The National Teacher of the Year on what makes a great teacher
Luther Burbank Middle School's National Teacher of the Year talks about what makes a great teacher -- and it's not teaching to the test.The class clown from Mr. Gadberry's high school art class has made good — and how. Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches seventh-grade English at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank — but not next year. Instead, she'll be on the road as the National Teacher of the Yea...
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webwire
Third Annual HBA HBA Metro Chapter Charity MS Golf Open
FAIRFIELD , NJ—May 15, 2012— The Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Metro Chapter is hosting its Take a Swing at MS Charity Golf and Spa Event[/...
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Deutscher Bundestag
"Frauen und Technik - von alten Bildern zu neuen Rollen?" Öffentlicher Workshop
Öffentlicher Workshop des Ausschusses für Bildung, Forschung und Technikfolgenabschätzung, des Deutschen Frauenrats und des Büros für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (TAB)
Rasante technische Entwicklungen beeinflussen und durchdringen auf vielfältige Art und Weise unsere Produktions- und Lebenswelten. Bei Entscheidungen in Bezug auf technische Entwicklungen scheinen Frauen...
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FOCUS
CSU-Chef Seehofer - Ein ungewöhnliches Interview im ZDF
Das ZDF-"heute journal" hat am Montagabend ein Interview der besonderen Art mit CSU-Chef Horst Seehofer gezeigt. Denn gesendet wurde auch das Nachgespräch zwischen Moderator Claus Kleber und dem bayerischen Politiker, der dann auf einmal Klartext redete.
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China Daily
Body art
The type of body art is called Light Fantastic.
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New York Times
Observatory: Oldest Cave Art Includes Drawings of Female Anatomy
Researchers have discovered illustrations of female anatomy in a rock shelter in France that date back 37,000 years.
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The Nation
Exhibition kicks off
LAHORE - Major solo paintings exhibition of well-known artist Mashkoor Raza kicked off at the Revivers Galleria in Gulberg on Monday.Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rahman was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony. He cut the ribbon to inaugurate the art show and then took a round along with artist Mashkoor Raza, art critic Nadeem Zuberi, Sara Anjum and other guests and highly ...
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The Nation
Exhibition kicks off
LAHORE - Major solo paintings exhibition of well-known artist Mashkoor Raza kicked off at the Revivers Galleria in Gulberg on Monday.Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rahman was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony. He cut the ribbon to inaugurate the art show and then took a round along with artist Mashkoor Raza, art critic Nadeem Zuberi, Sara Anjum and other guests and highly ...
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The Nation
Exhibition kicks off
LAHORE - Major solo paintings exhibition of well-known artist Mashkoor Raza kicked off at the Revivers Galleria in Gulberg on Monday.Punjab Education Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rahman was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony. He cut the ribbon to inaugurate the art show and then took a round along with artist Mashkoor Raza, art critic Nadeem Zuberi, Sara Anjum and other guests and highly ...
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American Scientist
Font for Digits Lets Numbers Punch Their Weight
THE symbols we use to represent numbers are, mathematically speaking, arbitrary. Now there is a way to write numbers so that their areas equal their numerical values. The font, called FatFonts, could transform the art of data visualisation, allowing a single infographic to convey both a visual overview and exact values.
from New Scientist
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Reuters
Shock-seekers snap up new Aussie art dare
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Smelling excrement may not be everyone's idea of fun, but for those who like to push the boundaries, Australia's most controversial new museum may be just what they are looking for.
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FOX
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Le Figaro
Les 10 films qui vont marquer le Festival de Cannes
La 65e édition de la plus grande manifestation mondiale du septième art, dont le jury est présidé par Nanni Moretti, ouvre ses portes mercredi prochain. Coup de projecteur sur dix films qui feront sensation. » INTERVIEW - Frémaux aimerait «présenter des films comiques à Cannes!»Articles en rapportFrémaux aimerait «présenter des films comiques à Cannes !»
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el universal
Convierten maraña de cables en obra de arte
En Bangkok, el exceso de cableado que invade la ciudad la afea, dice el creador Eiji Sumi, cuya obra se expone en la galería Koi Art de la capital tailandesa
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FT
The art market: that’s Scream spirit
The big international auction houses are shrieking about new world records this week, with all the frenzied excitement of top-class athletes
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Le Figaro
Cannes : les 10 films qui vont marquer
La 65e édition de la plus grande manifestation mondiale du septième art, dont le jury est présidé par Nanni Moretti, ouvre ses portes mercredi prochain. Coup de projecteur sur dix films qui feront sensation.
» INTERVIEW - Frémaux aimerait «présenter des films comiques à Cannes!»
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science blogs
Fermentation: To Infinity and Beyond! [Casaubon's Book]
I get a lot of books for review, and for the most part, they are wonderful surprises. Because I receive and read so many books, I rarely sit around saying "Hey, where's my review copy of...X?" Generally I've got a giant pile of books that I need to get to anyway, so I'm much more likely to say "Oh, I didn't realize X was out." So let us first note that I was so anxious for my review copy of...
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FAZ
Baden-Württemberg: Das Leben geht weiter
Seit genau einem Jahr regiert Winfried Kretschmann in Stuttgart - als eine Art Bürgerpräsident. „Teufel light“ hat die Opposition ihn jüngst genannt, und das ist gar nicht so falsch. Für ein zukünftiges Modell Schwarz-Grün steht er aber nicht, auch wenn mancher das gerne hätte.
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Orf
Literarische Sabotage visueller Medien
Franz Kafka, Robert Musil und Charles Baudelaire waren sehr unterschiedlich, hatten aber eines gemeinsam: Sie schrieben "literarische Miniaturen", in denen sie zwei Phänomene reflektierten. Auf der einen Seite die rasche Modernisierung der Städte, auf der anderen Seite die Art, wie Fotografie und Film die Wahrnehmung änderten.
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CNN
Home search is about missing artwork, alleged mobster's lawyer says
Law enforcement agents began searching the Connecticut home of an alleged mobster on Thursday. But the suspect's attorney says authorities are actually hunting for hundreds of millions of dollars in stolen art that went missing from a Boston museum more than 20 years ago.
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Les Echos
STYLEES
Dans l'Olympe de la mode, elles s'apprécieraient sans doute : Elsa Schiaparelli (photographiée par George Hoyningen-Huene) et Miuccia Prada entament en tout cas un dialogue de style au Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York. Entre robes et dessins, photos et vidéos où les deux femmes semblent...
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Bild
Champions-League-Finale - Das Vorspiel der Superstars
Vor dem Champions-League-Finale wartet auf die Fans ein Vorspiel der besonderen Art. Die „World All Stars“ treffen in München auf die „FC Bayern All Stars“.Foto: picture-alliance, Getty Images, dpa, WittersMehr zum ThemaJungen in Klinik missbraucht - Drei Jahre Knast für Klinik-KinderschänderBreivik-Prozess – Tag 16 - „Er trat nach der Toten, dann schoss er wieder“17 Märkte im Test - Wo sind L...
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Washington Post
The art of Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie
The chatter surrounding Facebook’s roadshow this week has reached a fever, er, pitch, right down to what CEO Mark Zuckerberg was wearing. Though he was absent on the second day of the company’s pitches to investors in advance of the company’s pending IPO, Zuckerberg was criticized on Tuesday for wearing a hoodie to meet with Wall Street bankers. “He’s actually showing investors he doesn’t care...
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Le Point
Royal de Luxe annule sa venue à Art Rock à Saint-Brieuc après un décès
La compagnie de théâtre de rue Royal de Luxe, qui devait présenter en...
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news.com.au
Art of the pancake - getting creative with breakfast
HE'S a maths teacher by trade and a self-proclaimed "professional dad", but Nathan Shields has another love - pancake art.
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Irish Times
Bacon painting fetches €34m at auction
A male nude painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon sold for $44.8 million (€34.5 million) at a Sotheby’s art auction in New York last night.
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taz
Sönke Wortmanns „Das Hochzeitsvideo“: Eine Art Horrorfilm
Sönke Wortmanns Beziehungskomödie „Das Hochzeitsvideo“ bedient sich der Handkamera-Ästhetik, Laiendarstellern – und beschert ihrem Publikum viel Leid. mehr...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Warhol's 'Elvis' sells for $37-million at New York auction
Andy Warhol's Double Elvis sold for $37 million and works by Roy Lichtenstein and Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei broke their own records at Sotheby's contemporary art sale on Wednesday.
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USA Today
'Ninja Turtles' art comes out of sewers, onto auction block
Creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's first drawing, from 1983, already has bids of over $50,000.
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Entertainment Online
Kardashian-News: Kris Jenner dementiert Fehde mit ihren Töchtern
Das ist sicherlich nicht die netteste Art, den bevorstehenden Muttertag am Wochenende anzugehen.
Der US-Zeitschrift Touch Weekly zufolge soll es einen wachsenden Graben zwischen Kim...
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Daily Mail
Lord Sugar sends home Laura after she fails to bring the money in on The Apprentice art task
Laura couldn't help but shed a tear as she realised that would be her last time in the boardroom and that she could kiss a partnership with Lord Sugar goodbye.
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The Sun
Rothko’s Orange, red, yellow sold for £53m
MARK Rothko’s Orange, red, yellow has been sold for £53.8m — the highest ever price for contemporary art
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Times of India
Rothko's 'Orange' painting squeezes record $86.9 million at Christie's
A sunset-colored painting by Mark Rothko became the world's most expensive contemporary art work Tuesday when it fetched $86.9 million in a stunningly lucrative auction at Christie's in New York.
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AP
Asia's superrich build their own art museums
HONG KONG (AP) -- Over the past two years Wang Wei and her husband Liu Yiqian dropped a reported $317 million on their hobby. Now they need somewhere to display the collection they've amassed. The solution: a private art museum that Wang hopes will impart some class to China's flashy nouveau riche....
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FOXnews
From Scarlett Johansson to Rihanna: Best dressed at the Met Costume Gala?
Monday night was the annual Costume Institute Benefit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and as usual, tons of stars showed up in hopes of making it onto fashion editors' best-dressed lists.
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Salon
The art of awkward timing
All signs suggest the timing was purely coincidental, but when it comes to understanding the conflicting impulses at work with President Obama’s gay marriage evolution, Joe Biden sure picked the perfect time to open his mouth.The vice president’s comments on Sunday turned the White House’s internal discussions over when Obama should formally express his support for marriage equality into a nati...
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Washington Post
Sacha Baron Cohen tries to punk Washington
Invitations have been arriving in mailboxes around Washington for an event that might raise eyebrows even in this invite-overloaded town.
Below an image of the flag of Zimbabwe, the script on the thick-stock paper reads: “President Robert Mugabe and the Ministry of Education, Sport, Art, and Culture invite you to the Premiere of The Dictator.”
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manager magazin
Mode-Gala in New York: Viel Bein, viel Ehr'
Sie ist die Mode-Party des Jahres in New York: Am Montag defilierten Modemacher, Hollywood-Promis und Musiker bei der alljährlichen "Costume Institute Gala" des Metropolitan Museum of Art über den roten Teppich. Gerne wurde Bein gezeigt - und mutig die Grenzen des guten Geschmacks gesucht.
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FOCUS
Costume Institute Gala im Metropolitain Museum - Stars bringen New York zum Leuchten
Sie ist die Mode-Party des Jahres in New York: Am Montag (Ortszeit) defilierten wieder zahlreiche Modedesigner, Hollywood-Prominente und Musiker bei der alljährlichen "Costume Institute Gala" des Metropolitan Museum of Art über den roten Teppich.
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Gala
MET Costume Institute Gala : Die "Mut"-Gala
Viele gewagte Kleider waren bei der diesjährigen Costume Institute Gala im New Yorker Metropolitan Museum of Art zu bewundern, auf der gefühlt ganz Hollywood vertreten war
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FAZ
China weist Korrespondentin aus
China setzt ausländische Berichterstatter unter Druck. Eine Journalistin des arabischen Fernsehsenders Al-Dschasira wird des Landes verwiesen. Es ist der erste Fall dieser Art seit 14 Jahren.
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Los Angeles Times
Met Gala 2012: Gwyneth, Kanye, Rihanna and more rock museum glam
The Costume Institute Gala held at the New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is excessively referred to as "fashion's Oscars," and the Ministry is always proud to see our Hollywood favorites bring their sartorial A-game.
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Entertainment Online
Les looks les plus marquants du Gala de l'Institut du Costume du Met
Lundi soir, les plus grands noms de la mode se retrouveront au New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art pour le Gala annuel de l'Institut du costume. On a trop hâte de voir nos...
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Salon
It pays to be trash TV
TV was created to sell soap. It’s not glorious, but there it is. For most of its not very long history, television was a medium designed to get an audience to stay tuned for the next set of commercials. It’s only in the last two decades that making quality TV -- nudged along by a trickle, and then a flood, of ambitious showrunners with explicitly artistic intentions -- has become an end unto i...
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BBC
VIDEO: Frieze Art fair takes on New York
London's famous Frieze Art Fair takes on New York
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Entertainment Online
Met Costume Institute Gala's Most Memorable Looks
Tonight, the biggest names in fashion will gather at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for the annual Costume Institute Gala. We couldn't be more excited to see our favorite...
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Times of India
Govt set to clear Rs 2,900 crore deal for trainer jets
The government is finally set to clear the long delayed Rs 2,900 crore deal for acquisition of 75 Swiss Pilatus basic trainer aircraft (BTA) to initiate rookie pilots into the inherently-dangerous art of combat flying.
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Hoy
Arte en la punta de los dedos
El 'nail art' ha convertido el embellecimiento de las uñas en un fenómeno comercial y estético.
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Mail & Guardian
Amazon spoof reviews bring art of satire to website
It was started by a handful of isolated enthusiasts, gradually became a cult craze, and is now threatening to become a commercial enterprise.
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Daily Mail
Formula 1 photographed: The art of speed: Trackside with McLaren's F1 team
From Jenson Button's pit change in Singapore to celebrating with Lewis Hamilton their second 1-2 of the season.
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New York Times
Editorial | Sunday Observer: Back to ‘Graceland’
A new film brings back the time when Paul Simon and South African artists recorded “Graceland,” a startling work of art created during the bitter years of of apartheid.
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Times of India
The Scream seals history
Expressionism and shades of pastel can rule the roost. Auction history was made at Sotheby’s when Edvard Munch’s iconic masterpiece The Scream sold for $119,922,500 / £73,921,284 / €91,033,826 in New York, marking a new world record for any work of art at auction. The Scream is officially the most expensive artwork in the world, at $120 million, topping a Picasso sold for $106 million. The Scr...
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National Post
The case for making the documentary Canada’s official art form
The last few weeks were bad for documentary filmmakers in Canada, what with the federal government slicing the budgets of the CBC, Telefilm and the NFB
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New York Times
A Hospital in Bloom
To commemorate the closing of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center’s old building in 2003, the artist Anna Schuleit was asked to create a work of art on the abandoned site. Some 28,000 pots of flowers were used for the “Bloom” installation.
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USA Today
Ex-NFL, Ohio St QB faces 10-plus years for ticket scheme
The painful saga of ex-Ohio State and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Art Schlichter came to a close Friday.
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Le Figaro
New York, l'art contemporain au top
Inaugurée jeudi, la Frieze Art Fair, une nouvelle foire d'art contemporain, prouve le dynamisme et la vitalité d'un marché qui attire des collectionneurs du monde entier. » Les enchères avec Le Figaro Enchères
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siliconindia
Misuse of Customers by Banks
by danendra jain Officers got Promotion by Window Dressing
Senior bank officials working as Branch Head or Regional Head or Circle Head or Zonal Head or Central Head, all have barring some exceptions resorted to window dressing in the past and it is their mastery in art of window dressing that they continued to be blessed with one after other promotions superseding honest performers.
They ...
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FOCUS
Junioren - 52 Elfmeter bis zur Entscheidung
Einen Pokalkrimi der besonderen Art erlebten rund 50 Zuschauer im Landkreis Rottal-Inn beim Viertelfinale der A-Junioren zwischen dem SV Reut und dem ASC Simbach.
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APA-OTS
EANS-News: Hypoport AG / Bekanntmachung gemäß Art. 4 Abs. 2 der Verordnung (EG)
Nr. 2273/2003
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Corporate News übermittelt durch euro adhoc. Für den Inhalt ist der
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Reuters
Valuable art recovered in Alaska wildlife trafficking case
(Reuters) - Federal prosecutors are seeking to take control of five paintings - one valued at up to $50,000 - seized in one of Alaska's biggest wildlife-trafficking cases in recent years.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Baird is right to hold onto art
Foreign Affairs' 22 paintings carry symbolic value
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China Daily
Stella McCartney donates sketch to auction
Stella McCartney has donated a signed sketch to a charity art auction.
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DomainGang
Frank Schilling: TheScream.com and $119.9 million dollars
Despite his uber-domainer status, domain investor, Frank Schilling, maintains a low profile and an even lower demeanor among the domain community. The soft-spoken Frankie rarely reveals his best domains, among the thousands in his Domain Name Sales portfolio. But one domain recently stood out due to its affiliation to a large art sale – or [...]
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The Sun
Courtney muscles in on the art world
COURTNEY Love flashes sinewy arms at the launch of her art collection in New York
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WSJ
'The Scream' Fetches $119.9 Million
One of the art world's most recognizable images, Edvard Munch's "The Scream," sold for a record $119,922,500 at auction in New York City.
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Los Angeles Times
New Museum of Art and History prepares to open in Lancaster
Lancaster Museum: A new Museum of Art and History to scheduled to open in Lancaster on Saturday, May 5.
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Times of India
Don't marry if you cannot maintain a wife: HC
Don't marry if you cannot maintain a wife, the Bombay high court on Wednesday told an art director while hearing his appeal against the family court's order rejecting his divorce plea.
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Daily Telegraph
OMG! This art is worth $80m - what a Scream!
ONE of the most famous paintings in the world, The Scream, is to go on sale today in New York for a lot of money.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
May 2: Seeing Black and red and other letters
Today's topics: Seeing black and red; the art of losing; the big DFAIT sell-off; the scrapie affair; pachydermatous plight ... and more
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Daily Telegraph
Cole shows off large cheeky bum tattoo
SHE'S known for her love of body art, having already undergone around eight tattoos, including a sprawling back inking
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Irish Times
Google's window on the world of art
The new Google Art Project by the world’s favourite search engine isn’t everything – there are copyright issues, some of Ireland’s best artists don’t feature – but it is fascinating and addictive, writesGEMMA TIPTON
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Eurosport
Football - Liga - Benzema: "C'est mon moment"
Au sommet de son art avec le Real, Karim Benzema peut remporter sa première Liga dès mercredi sur le terrain de Bilbao. Fêter le titre à une journée du terme, permettrait au Français de se projeter plus rapidement sur l'Euro.
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Le Figaro
Michèle Venard lit Vargas Llosa
Loin de tout tapage et de toute aide, certains artistes poursuivent leur chemin sans faiblesse. Michèle venard est de ceux la. Elle a fait depuis très longtemps de la lecture un grand art. Ecoutez la. ...
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Barrons
Art for Art's Sake? Or To Protect Wealth?
The uber-rich send prices of top-end art and properties soaring. The attraction may be more a hedge against inflation or confiscation.
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USA Today
Study to ID art subjects with face recognition
Researchers turn to facial recognition software to ID subjects of historical artworks.
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Times LIVE
The music behind the mayhem
Album covers may be on the way to becoming a lost art form, but they're not gone yet, writes Oliver Roberts
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La Voix du Nord
Noordpeene : la 36e marche flamande de la Peene perturbée par un énergumène
Articles en rapportMontreuil-sur-Mer : le cinéma labellisé art et essaiEtaples : Matthieu Bataille stoppé net aux championnats de judo en RussieBlendecques : trois blessés dans un accident, ce midiCalaisis: quatre pompiers rallient les Vosges à véloAudomarois : InSolo, un artiste arrivé au tournant de sa vie d´homme
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Handelsblatt
Dutschke spricht: Sozialdarwinismus ist im Kommen
In Deutschland ist der Sozialdarwinismus im Kommen. Mit der Diskussion um das Betreuungsgeld geht diese Art der Politik in die nächste Runde. Ein Kind, dessen Eltern arbeiten, ist mehr wert als eines von Arbeitslosen.
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Irish Times
A unique eye
LOUIS LE BROCQUY was one of our great modernists, absorbing European influences when, with a few exceptions, the art world here was perhaps still one of limited and insular vision.
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BBC
Ukraine art 'swapped for fakes'
Two valuable paintings in the offices of the Ukrainian government have been mysteriously swapped for replicas, it is claimed.
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USA Today
10 great places to sketch your vacation
Journalist Gabriel Campanario, author of The Art of Urban Sketching, shares his favorite places to draw vacation memories.
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Entertainment Online
Parks and Recreation Scoop: Rob Lowe Teases New Love Interest for Chris That'll "Rock His World"!
Chris Traeger (Rob Lowe) is literally about to have his world rocked on Parks and Recreation.
Yes, Lowe sure has mastered the art of the television tease and put these talents on display...
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Domainnamewire
Aremi Group applies for .art (and claims trademarks)
Company announces plans for .art and says it has trademarks for it as well. Aremi Group is the latest to announce a formal application for a top level domain, announcing (pdf) that it has applied for .art. The Luxembourg company says the mission of .art is to “provide a unique online space in which creatively-inclined [...]
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FOCUS
Nervenzellen für erdmagnetische Infos - Tauben haben ihr eigenes Navi im Gehirn
Im Taubenhirn haben Forscher ein Navigationssystem aus speziellen Nervenzellen aufgespürt: Diese Neuronen im Stammhirn verarbeiten erdmagnetische Infos zu einer Art GPS-System. Wo die Vögel den Sinnesreiz verarbeiten, ist unklar.
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AllThingsDigital
Exclusive: Amazon Starts Bringing the Art of Recommendations to Daily Deals
In the daily deals space, men still are being offered Brazilian bikini waxes and women are pitched discounts to the barbershop. Here's how Amazon is starting to fix that.
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BBC
Showing paintings of British suburban houses to Saudis
Showing Lowry and suburbia to Saudi art lovers
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Reuters
Chicago OKs private investment for infrastructure
CHICAGO, April 24 (Reuters) - A controversial plan to tap
private investment to rebuild Chicago's infrastructure, p art of
a larger spending plan for $7.2 billion, won approval from the
city council...
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People
Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev Master the Art of Sneaky PDA in Bel Air
Plus: More star sightings!
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FOCUS
Hochbeiniger Angreifer
Honda war in den vergangenen Jahren bei den Reiseenduros stark vertreten. Mit der Crosstourer gehen die Japaner neue Wege, wollen aber an alte Erfolge anknüpfen. Dabei soll nicht zuletzt eine variable Art der Schaltung helfen.Mehr zum ThemaUnfallstatistik - Mehr Verkehrstote im FebruarToyota in Peking - Studien für China und die WeltJaguar F-Type - Durchtrainierte KatzeElektromobilität in China...
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Rolling Stone
Art Dealer Chic Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Is Miguel an arty infiltrator of the mainstream or a pop dude slumming underground? It's unclear – but the music is undeniable His new EPs strike a delicious balance between pro forma R&B seduction and the Weeknd's psychedelic bedroom jams "Adorn" and "Arch n Point" are eerily beautiful with Miguel's...
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USA Today
Big push to restore art to Calif. schools
Politicians, business leaders, educators, artists and parents are making a big push to restore the arts to California public schools..
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Technology Review
An Algorithm for Preserving Art
A medieval art museum models the building's climate using wireless sensors to better maintain its collection.
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L'EQUIPE
Patinage art. - T. Mondial - La France 3e ex aequo
La France a pris la troisième place ex aequo avec le Canada du...
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Los Angeles Times
Matt Kemp leads Dodgers past Astros, 3-1
Matt Kemp hits a two-run home run as the Dodgers overcome a shaky start by Ted Lilly to improve to 11-3 with a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros.It is not required during the course of a season that all victories must be works of art. Mangled, difficult and uncomfortable victories, they ultimately count just the same.
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Technology Review
A 3-D Tablet
Glimpses of the technology, which should be available in 2013.
Because no gadget, work of art, or experience is complete without a 3-D option, you can soon expect to see the third dimension coming to a tablet near you. This week, the LA Times went hands on with one of the more promising offerings in the offing: a Qualcomm tablet that uses MasterImage’s 3-D display. (Full name: “Cell-Matrix Para...
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THE AUSTRALIAN
The art of working with nothing
THE aged care package is an exercise of doing something with nothing.
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Telegraph
Liverpool top the diving league, but Gareth Bale is worst offender
Stats: see which teams and players lead the way in the dark art of simulation this season. Liverpool fans look away now...
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AP
W.Va. artist charged with littering in potty prank
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia artist is charged with littering after he placed a toilet on a pedestal in a city square in what he says was a plea for more public art....
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siliconindia
Richest Owners in Sports
The billionaires of the world often own something extravagant like a yacht, an extensive art collection, massive mansions, helicopters, or even a collection of fancy cars but only a few can own a major sports team.
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The Jerusalem Post
50 years On, Eichmann on display at the UN
Prominently displayed in the UN’s visitor’s lobby, exhibition documents Nazi's trial through photographs, news clippings and works of art.
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amNY
Weekend Picks: Esperanza Spalding, The Affordable Art Fair, more
Listen to the soulful sounds of Esperanza Spalding. (Sat., 7 p.m., $40-$45, Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St., 212-614-0420.)
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Daily Mail
New tattoo laser method removes body art in less than half the time
New York doctors are singing the praises of a new laser technique that cuts the time of removing tattoos from a year to a few months.
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Zeit
Mehrwertsteuererhöhung: Gleicher Steuersatz für Schnittblumen und Kunst
Die EU-Kommission verlangt, dass der ermäßigte Steuersatz für Kunst von 7 Prozent auf 19 Prozent angehoben wird. Die Erhöhung wird auf der Art Cologne heftig diskutiert.
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Daily Mail
Italian museum burning its art in protest at brutal funding cuts
As Italy makes budget cuts to its art and heritage sector, one museum director has found a new way to protest - setting fire to paintings, he even has the support of the artists.
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AP
NYC feminist art center marks 5th anniversary
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Brooklyn Museum's feminist art center is marking its fifth anniversary this year by commemorating famous women of the next millennium - placing them alongside luminaries of the past....
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AP
Union Rags replaces Hansen atop AP's Derby Top 10
Hansen blue his chance to be a Kentucky Derby favorite. He finished second in the Blue Grass Stakes after a daylong art project in which the near-white colt's tail was dyed blue, only to be rinsed off before the race....
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Times of India
RBI's cup of many woes
Politics, said that economist-turned-astute-politician Dr Manmohan Singh, is 'the art of the possible'. Politics, yes! But central banking?
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USA Today
Overcome your shyness; get out and network
The art of building relationships has been lost through too much reliance on technical gadgets.
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New York Times
IHT Rendezvous: The Weiwei Way on View in Paris
For all his renown as the bad boy of Chinese art, precious little of Ai Weiwei's work has been seen in the outside world. An exhibit at the Jeu de Paume aims to change that.
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National Post
Student’s artwork sparks controversy over portrayal of Muslim dress
A Muslim-Canadian fine arts student in Kamloops, B.C., didn’t expect to find herself in the middle of a virtual hostage-taking when her photography project was hung in the hallways of the university’s art department
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Scientific American
MIND Reviews: The Age of Insight
The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present [More]
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Rolling Stone
The Three Stooges
There's an idea at play in this rampant idiocy as well as considerable risk In trying to introduce a new generation to the slapstick art of the Three Stooges directors and co-writers Bobby and Peter Farrelly do it the hard way Instead of a standard biopic that might explain how...
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Zeit
Heiter bis glücklich: Gewinnspiel: Siebdrucke des Künstlers Christoph Niemann
Der Künstler Christoph Niemann erklärt diese Woche im ZEITmagazin auf seine Art, wie schwer es ist, kreativ zu sein. Wir verlosen fünf signierte Siebdrucke von Christoph Niemann. Die Preisf...
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La Voix du Nord
Lille Art Fair, l´art contemporain « dans ses diversités »
Lille Art Fair, cinquième du nom, ouvre ses portes ce jeudi (à Lille Grand Palais) pour quatre jours dédiés à l'art contemporain dans toutes ses diversités, comme aime à le souligner son directeur artistique, Didier Vesse. Une cinquième édition que ses initiateurs entendent placer sous le signe du « plus » au regard des années précédentes : plus de galeries (95), plus d'espace (12 000 m²), plus...
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New York Times
State of the Art: Reviewing the Next Issue App, a Buffet of Magazines - State of the Art
The Next Issue app, available for some Android tablets, offers unlimited downloads of a host of popular magazines for one flat fee.
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Russian Government
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin greets participants, organisers and guests of the 27th Conference of the Association of Folk Art and Crafts of Russia |
lesoir
Art Mengo & Lara Guirao en duo pour l'album « Ce petit chemin »
Art Mengo nous revient en compagnie de l'actrice et chanteuse Lara Guirao. L'album « Ce petit chemin » est une promenade en duo, d'un pas léger, sur les traces de ...lire la suite
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The Sun
Ronnie Wood takes bite out of Big Apple’s art market
ROLLING Stone rocker puts on latest exhibition of his painting in New York gallery
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FOCUS
Ramsauer gegen die „Kampf-Radler“ - Verkehrsminister will Fahrrad-Rowdies nicht hinnehmen
Verkehrsminister Ramsauer fordert ein härteres Vorgehen gegen aggressive Radfahrer. Die Art, mit der diese "Kampf-Radler" Verkehrsregeln missachteten, sei nicht hinnehmbar. Zudem im Plan: ein Comeback von "Der 7. Sinn".Mehr zum ThemaDobrindt findet Struktur der Piraten gefährlichTrotz Kritik aus Israel - Günter Grass behält seinen LiteraturnobelpreisRamsauer gegen die „Kampf-Radler“ - Verkehrsm...
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Telegraph
Star Wars entrepreneur's toys for grown-ups
The entrepreneur who secured the first Star Wars product license in Europe is entering the global adult collectable art toys market with the launch of Dudebox next month.
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The Sun
Art and craft
GUNNERS boss praised his side’s mental strength on the day City went belly-up
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The Sun
Art and craft
GUNNERS boss praised his side’s mental strength on the day City went belly-up
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FOCUS
Erster Prototyp aus Project Glass - Google stellt intelligente Computerbrille vor
Der Internetkonzern Google arbeitet im Project Glass an einer Brille, die Informationen aller Art in das Sichtfeld einblendet. Marktreif ist die intelligente Sehhilfe noch nicht, soll aber auf lange Sicht das Smartphone ersetzen.
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BBC
In pictures: From elephant stampedes to hairdos in Zimbabwe art
Perils of rural Zimbabwe life depicted in art
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Rolling Stone
Beastie Boys' Mike D Curates Art and Music Festival in Los Angeles
As a member of the Beastie Boys Mike Diamond has been an honorary member of the visual arts community for years "As somebody who's been making music most of their life I've always been interested and I've had the good fortune of meeting a fair number of visual artists" Diamond...
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AP
Google Art Project premieres upgrades in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) -- High technology merged with high culture Tuesday at The Art Institute of Chicago when Google Inc. announced an upgrade to its Google Art Project initiative, adding thousands of works in dozens more countries....
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APA-OTS
Die Presse - Leitartikel: "Das bequeme Gejammer über den hohen Benzinpreis", von Gerhard Hofer
Utl.: Ausgabe vom 04.04.2012 =
Wien (OTS) - Ausgerechnet Vater Staat wird immer wieder um Hilfe
angefleht, wenn es um hohe Spritpreise geht. Dabei ist es der Staat,
der an der Zapfsäule am besten verdient.
Es ist mittlerweile zu einer Art Osterbrauch geworden, das
alljährliche Gejammer um …
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Krone
Google erweitert Art Project: Drei Wiener Museen neu dabei
Google hat sein Art Project, das Internetnutzern in aller Welt Kunstwerke aus bekannten Sammlungen näherbringen soll, um drei heimische Museen erweitert: Das Kunsthistorische Museum, die Albertina sowie das Leopold Museum finden sich seit Dienstag auf der Liste von weltweit 151 Museen und Galerien aus 41 Ländern, die ausgewählte Werke hochauflösend zugänglich machen.
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Telegraph
Google expands Art Project with 10 new galleries in Britain.
Google has expanded its Art Project, which users Street View images to take web users inside world famous galleries and up-close to major artworks.
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White House
President and Mrs. Obama Team Up with Google Art Project to Continue Making the White House More Accessible
Release Time:
For Immediate Release
Users will be able to take an at-home 360-degree tour of the White House’s public rooms at www.GoogleArtProject.com
Washington – The White House today announced the latest step in President and Mrs. Obama’s efforts to truly make 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue “The People’s House”, by working with ...
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TMZ
'Lost' Co-Creator -- I'm Playing THE NUMBERS in Lotto ... But They're Still Cursed!
Damon Lindelof is PRAYING TO JACOB that life imitates art ... 'cause the "Lost" co-creator just dropped one U.S. dollar to play the infamous "Lost Numbers" in the mega-millions lottery. Lindelof just posted a photo of his ticket to Twitter ...…
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BBC
Belgian convicted in China dies
A Belgian art dealer convicted of smuggling in China has died while under surveillance and subject to travel restrictions, Belgian officials say.
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Mail & Guardian
Ferguson learns from rare mistakes to master mind games with smile
Sir Alex Ferguson's reign as Man United manager has been filled with titles but along the way he also mastered the art of mind games.
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The Jerusalem Post
Belly dancer unmoved by Morocco anti-Israel protests
“This is an international festival and it is about promoting art, it is not political," performer says.
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Orf
Der Wandzeichner Dan Perjovschi
Dan Perjovschi, Jahrgang 1961, ist einer der bekanntesten Künstler Rumäniens. Eine Einzelpräsentation im Museum of Modern Art in New York war der bisherige Höhepunkt seiner Karriere.
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Irish Times
Alonso the master in the art of wet-weather management
MOTOR RACING:FERNANDO ALONSO is refusing to get too caught up in the moment, despite displaying all the brilliance that carried him to two world titles with a winning drive in a wet Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Are games art? 'Journey' moves debate to new ground
Latest game from the makers of artsy title 'Flower' a work of interactive poetry
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Foreign Policy
A just war on foreign policy neologisms
In the world of international relations and foreign policy, if you can coin a new phrase or neologism, you've hit the big time. Think "containment," "clash of civilizations," "end of history," "Washington Consensus," and so forth. How this happens is some weird alchemy of the term itself, the idea it encapsulates, and the receptivity of the foreign affairs community, but once it happens, it ...
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The Nation
The unpredictability of it all...
Into the third week of March, with a new ISI Chief, and freshly elected Senators in place and the President addressing the joint sitting of Parliament today, it is the PPP which have come out looking like winners. All the urgency and hectic to’s and fro’s of the last month have subsided and we as a nation sit back to take deep breaths (as taught by the visiting Indian guru of the Art ...
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Le Monde Diplomatique
Points et lignes sur plans
On les nomme railfans aux Etats-Unis ; en France, ils sont « ferrovipathes » — quoique beaucoup réfutent cette appellation et sa connotation ambiguë — et au Royaume-Uni, trainspotters : passionnés par l'univers ferroviaire, les uns explorent la généalogie des locomotives, les autres recoupent les horaires (...)
/ Afrique, Japon, Art, Histoire, Transports, Géographie - 2012/02
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Telegraph
Tate to launch cultural holidays
The Tate group of galleries will next week announce that it has teamed up with the Ultimate Travel company to offer expert-led tours providing an insider's look at the world's most exciting art destinations.
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ARD
Jörg Schmadtke - Hannovers kauziger Macher
Dass Hannover 96 um den Einzug ins Achtelfinale der Europa League kämpft, ist auch der Verdienst von Sportdirektor Jörg Schmadtke - und dessen unkonventioneller Art.
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USA Today
Rdio music service gets new look
'Heavy Rotation' section highlights album art, playlists.
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USA Today
Are video games art? Draw your own conclusions
The Art of Video Games opens Friday at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. That puts it alongside Georgie O'Keeffe and John Singer Sargent.
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Times LIVE
Mampara of the week: Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
IS there a secret college somewhere where they teach police commissioners the fine art of Mamparadom?
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New York Times
340-Ton Artwork Arrives at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The journey of “Levitated Mass” followed a circuitous route through four counties and 22 cities, took 11 days and ended at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Le Point
Borloo emmène son parti derrière Sarkozy
"Du grand art !" Un cadre du Parti radical valoisien (PRV) s'esclaffe,...
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USA Today
Calipari engages NBA players on one-and-done
The coach who has made an art form of assimilating one-and-done players insists he'd like nothing more than to change the rule that begot th ...
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Number10
Our art on display
'12 from Number 10' at Whitechapel Gallery opens its doors to the public
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lesoir
Spike Lee, dans la jungle de New York
S’il est une ville au monde qui a inspiré plus que toute autre le septième art, aucun doute, c’est New York......lire la suite
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New York Times
The Lede Blog: Why a Nuclear Duck?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington this week raised many important questions of war and peace, and one about the art of rhetoric: why a duck?
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USA Today
The art of the ask: Teen prom proposals get creative
Prom has grown and changed over the years. Dresses are more extravagant and the way you ask someone has gotten very creative.
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lesoir
19:45 Les lignes 2 et 6 interrompues à la porte de Hal
Les lignes de métro 2 et 6 sont à l’arrêt entre les stations Art Loi et Midi. Une personne a fait une tentative de suicide. Il a été retiré vivant et tran...lire la suitehistoires liées19:50 Lanaan souhaite plus de musique flamande à la radio19:49 Le prince Harry pique un sprint devant le champion Usain Bolt20:15 2011 a été une très bonne année pour le tourisme en Belgique20:14 L’IBPT abaisse l...
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Scientific American
‘Chimp Pope’ Launches Scientist-Artist Blogging Partnership
No matter what you think about the Catholic Church, the “Chimp Pope” image (at left) by figurative/narrative artist Nathaniel Gold probably holds your attention and gives you pause about the latest hullabaloo. You can see a color, glossy version of the chimp pope on page 34 of Gold’s book, The Chimp Manifesto, (Jessian Press, 2009). [...]
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science blogs
Wie YouTube-Videos populär werden [Astrodicticum Simplex]
Heute habe ich über ein paar seltsame YouTube-Videos geschrieben. Mit Internetvideos ist das ja so eine Sache. Einerseits findet man dort wunderbare Sachen, andererseits findet man dort den größten Mist. Und dann gibt es Videos, bei denen denkt man sich: "Meine Güte, was soll denn DAS jetzt?", die aber trotzdem von Millionen Menschen gesehen werden. Warum das so ist und warum manche Vide...
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Reuters
In Myanmar, hopes for an art renaissance
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar artist Nyein Chan Su's paintings have a breezy simplicity. Broad, colourful strokes and exaggerated figures, often in silhouette, capture an isolated country steeped in Buddhist culture but blighted by years of military rule.
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WSJ
The Art of the IPO
A company wants a nice pop in its share price when it goes public. But not too nice—pricing an offering too low is bad for the company and may end up costing it some long-term investors.
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Daily Mail
More than 100 German taxmen could be sent to Greece to root out tax corruption
The controversial move will see a 'foreign legion' of 160 or so taxmen head south to try and root out corruption and make sure national coffers are filled in a country where revenue evasion is an art form.
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ElPais
Apuesta y dilema: flexibilidad
La reforma potencia las posibilidades de la empresa de cambiar las condiciones contractuales
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Reuters
Michael Moore champions Oscar documentary makers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Michael Moore championed non-fiction filmmakers on Wednesday night at a pre-Oscar event honoring nominees for best documentaries, attributing a growing appetite for the art form to a public starved for the truth.
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DailyTech
German Judge Bans Androids for Swipe-Unlocking, Despite Prior Art
Apple looks to score a second ban on Samsung's Android smartphones, shortly
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science blogs
Vahrenholts kalte Sonne, Svensmarks kosmische Strahlen und der Klimawandel [Astrodicticum Simplex]
Wenn es um den Klimawandel geht, dann hören seltsamerweise auch ansonsten sehr vernünftige Menschen auf einmal auf, vernünftig zu denken. Ungeachtet aller wissenschaftlichen Tatsachen darf der Klimawandel nicht stattfinden. Und wenn, dann darf er nicht schlimm sein. Und wenn, dann darf auf keinen Fall der Mensch daran Schuld haben. Das ist natürlich eine sehr bequeme Positi...
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Daily Telegraph
Slipper's NZ trip to talk about art
PETER Slipper skipped Remembrance Day services in his electorate to fly to New Zealand to discuss trans-Tasman politics and buying art.
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UN
UNESCO mourns passing of acclaimed Spanish painter Antoni Tàpies
The head of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today paid tribute to the Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tàpies, who has died at the age of 88, calling him an "emblematic figure in contemporary art."
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Les Echos
Art abstrait: les Tchèques redécouvrent Kupka, un demi-siècle après sa mort
[[358352]] PRAGUE (AFP) : Plus d'un demi-siècle après sa mort en France, les Tchèques redécouvrent après une longue période d'oubli Frantisek Kupka, l'un des pionniers de l'art abstrait, dont les tableaux figurent dans les collections des plus grands musées. "La continuité a été interrompue par le...
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Irish Times
Anglo's sketchy art collection is of little cash value to the State
HOPES THAT Anglo Irish Bank’s art collection could help to raise significant money for the State have been dashed by the bank’s discovery that many of the paintings “have no value” – just like its once highly rated shares.
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science blogs
Unser Gesundheitssystem im Visier von Standard & Poor´s [Gesundheits-Check]
In Art. 65 des Grundgesetzes steht, dass der Bundeskanzler die Richtlinien der Politik bestimmt. Bekanntlich tun das aber seit einiger Zeit die Finanzmärkte. Wer die „Finanzmärkte" sind, weiß man nicht so genau, aber wovon sie leben, weiß man. Die Finanzmärkte leben von Geld. Irrtümlicherweise hatte man manche diese Halbweltwesen einmal als „systemrelevant" bezeichnet. Aber die anhaltenden Fina...
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science blogs
Unser Gesundheitssystem im Visier von Standard & Poor´s [Gesundheits-Check]
In Art. 65 des Grundgesetzes steht, dass der Bundeskanzler die Richtlinien der Politik bestimmt. Bekanntlich tun das aber seit einiger Zeit die Finanzmärkte. Wer die „Finanzmärkte" sind, weiß man nicht so genau, aber wovon sie leben, weiß man. Die Finanzmärkte leben von Geld. Irrtümlicherweise hatte man manche diese Halbweltwesen einmal als „systemrelevant" bezeichnet. Aber die anhaltenden Fina...
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New York Times
Christo ‘Over the River’ Project Divides Coloradans
Federal land managers have approved a proposal to drape fabric over nearly six miles of the Arkansas river for an art project, but some local residents are not happy.
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CNN
Meet the man behind the Facebook IPO
FORTUNE -- Shortly after helped to close the $46 billion deal that turned Roche Holdings into the full owner of Genentech in 2009, David Ebersman, who was chief financial officer of the biotechnology giant and something of a protégé to Chairman Art Levinson, started fielding recruiting calls from some of America's biggest companies.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Taking stock in aphrodisiacs
CHINESE investors are turning to art, liquor, jade and aphrodisiacs as real estate markets and banks offer measly returns.
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Reuters
Artprice eyes sales boost from online auctions
PARIS (Reuters) - French art database and ad specialist Artprice.com expects sales to soar this year on the back of the launch of an online auction service, its chief executive told Reuters on Monday.
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BBC
Computer coder turns disaster into art
The computer coder who turns disaster into sculpture
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SI
Chris Harry: Forcing fumbles an art, not luck
For Kyle Williams and shellshocked San Francisco 49ers fans, it may still feel as though destiny dealt them a cruel blow in Sunday's NFC Championship Game.
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Rolling Stone
'The Artist' Leads 84th Annual Academy Award Nominations
Michel Hazanavicius's silent film The Artist leads the nominations in the 84th Academy Awards with nods for Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Supporting Actress Art Direction Cinematography Film Editing and Original Score Other top nominees include The Descendants up for Best Picture Director and Best Actor for George...
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National Post
Master the art of budgeting to tackle student debt
More than two million Canadian students rely on loans to help fund their education, and nearly a quarter of that group struggles to pay them back after graduation
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Daily Mail
Sam Stapleton Mr Agent column on art of transfer deals
In this game you have to ensure that you have as many deals up in the air as you possibly can. Perhaps they will all come off, perhaps only one comes off or you may not have any that come off at all.
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Le Point
Aux sources de "Maus"
Rarement un art aura fait corps à ce point avec un homme, avec une oeuvre. Un...
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The Jerusalem Post
New boss at Voice of Music sparks major dissonance
New CEO's lack of musical background incenses members of the classical music and art communities.
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ARD
Milliardenspiel im High-Tech-Markt
Der technische Fortschritt ist auch ein Riesen-Geschäft für die Konzerne, die um Marktanteile in vielen Technologiebereichen kämpfen. 2012 werden Smartphones, Tablet-PCs und eine neue Art des Fernsehens Konsumenten, Geschäftsergebnisse und Aktienkurse bewegen.
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Sport Bild
Pisten-Spass - Fernando Haarlonsos irre Abfahrt
Ein Ferrari-Medientermin der besonderen Art in Italien: Warum Fernando Alonso zu Fernando Haarlonso wurde...Foto: AFP
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FOCUS
Noch kann Schäuble lachen - Bund senkt Neuverschuldung auf 17 Milliarden Euro
Es dürfte die vorerst letzte Positivmeldung dieser Art sein: Der Bund hat 2011 weitaus weniger Schulden gemacht als geplant - dank der guten Konjunkturlage. Im Jahr 2012 wird die Eurokrise aber auch beim Fiskus ankommen.
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Technology Review
The Art of 3-D Printing
MIT professor Neri Oxman is developing new design techniques that take advantage of "additive manufacturing."
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Zeit
Politik und Psychologie: Virus der Grandiosität bei Wulff, Guttenberg und Co
Mächtige gewöhnen sich an eine Art psychischen Vip-Zustand. Der Psychologe Hans-Jürgen Wirth erklärt, wie Politiker in den Rausch eines übersteigerten Narzissmus geraten.
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USA Today
Santorum packs them in in New Hampshire
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Rick Santorum's campaign appears to have mastered one political art: Book a small room so that people will pack in and create ...
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Sport Bild
Hoeness fast 60 - Rummenigge:„Uli ist eine Art Feierbiest“
Uli Hoeneß wird am Donnerstag 60 Jahre alt. Seine Weggefährten freuen sich schon auf die große Geburtstags-Party.Foto: Getty Images
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Pravda
Science Breakthrough of the Year: Preventive Treatment of HIV with Early ART Therapy
Science magazine has chosen as its breakthrough of the year the use of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) as an early preventive measure against infection with HIV-1, a strain of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus which can cause AIDS. The study, published originally in the NEJM, has produced some remarkable results.
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news.com.au
Museum workers exposed to asbestos
WORKERS renovating the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney were not protected from potential exposure to asbestos, the building union says.
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Foreign Policy
The Art of Foreign Policy
Our favorite FP illustrations from 2011.
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Technology Review
IceWall
MTI graduate student Yushiro Okamoto explains the idea behind IceWall, which he and fellow architecture graduate student Kian Hiu-Lan Yam designed as part of the MIT150 Festival of Art, Science, and Technology.
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USA Today
Cities find new ways to protect public art
In an era of tight budgets, cities are having trouble affording the routine maintenance for public-art projects.
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circleID
DDoS Mitigation: A Blend of Art and Science
As DDoS attacks become larger, more frequent and complex, being able to stop them is a must. While doing this is part science, a matter of deploying technology, there is also an art to repelling sophisticated attacks.
Arbor Networks, Citrix and others make great gear, but there's no magic box that will solve all your problems for you. Human expertise will always be a crucial ingredient.
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BBC
US hopes music and art can sooth traumatised soldiers
Treating war-traumatised soldiers with sculpture and writing
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Rival agency staff involved in Banksy heist
A CUNNING hotel guest has pulled off $15,000 art heist, successfully meeting an ad agency's challenge to steal a painting by Banksy.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
In Pictures: North Korean propaganda posters
According to a 2008 report by the BBC, David Heather exports North Korean artwork, including propaganda posters, to sell to art collectors. The posters are all hand painted, and are produced at a thirty-acre studio complex in Pyongyang where around 1,000 artists work. This is a sample of some of the posters in Mr. Heather's collection.
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The Nation
Strauss wife woman of year
PARIS (AFP) - Dominique Strauss-Kahns wife Anne Sinclair, who stood by the disgraced former IMF chief during his sex scandal, was named Woman of the Year in a poll for a French womans magazine on Monday. Sinclair, a 63-year-old French journalist and wealthy art heiress, was chosen as the woman who had most made her mark in 2011 in the CSA poll for online womens magazine Terrafemina. She sc...
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Times of India
As markets plunge, Asia's wealthy flock to art
With a combined wealth of $10.7 trillion, Asia's wealthy have even eclipsed the $10.2 trillion held by Europe's generational millionaires.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Training executives in the art of giving back
Volunteering for a charity board can be a great opportunity - just make sure you know whats involved
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The Nation
Asif tops CM essay writing competition
WARBURTON - Muhammad Asif, a student of Govt MC High School Nankana Sahib, got first position in Lahore Division in Chief Ministers essay writing competition at elementary level.Moreover, Amir Sohail and Muhammad Asad, students of this school, also got first positions in speech and art competitions at district level, respectively. Govt Secondary Schools Headmasters Association and Senior Staf...
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Golem
Google Currents: Google zeigt, wie ein digitales Magazin aussehen sollte
Mit Currents startet Google eine Art aktuelles Magazin für Smartphones und Tablets mit Inhalten von zunächst rund 150 Verlagen und Websites. Es erinnert an Flipboard, verzichtet aber darauf, das soziale Netz der Nutzer als Filter zu verwenden. (RSS, Google)
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Times of India
World’s 1st sex college opens in Austria
Ylva-Maria Thompson said she opened the international sex school for teaching people the art of being better lovers, a UK tabloid reported.
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Goal.com
Zac Lee Rigg: Carlos Tevez and advisers adept in the art of profiteering from churlish club exits
Tevez will likely wriggle free from Manchester City on a loan move in January, and by now the 27-year-old knows how to fully maximize profits from an exit.
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Foreign Policy
Save the Mariachis?
The
United Nations Educational and Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) may
be reeling from a congressionally mandated cut
off of more than $80 million in U.S. contributions.
But
it demonstrated this week that it can still get things done.
The
Paris-based agency, convening in Bali, added Mariachi,
the Mexican musical form, to its list of
"Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity....
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Zeit
Modefotografin Sarah Moon: "Erst die Kleidung macht die Persönlichkeit perfekt"
Sarah Moon fängt den Moment ein, in dem Model und Kleid verschmelzen: Seit 40 Jahren arbeitet die Fotografin an einer stillen, berührenden Art, Mode zu inszenieren.
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USA Today
Video: 'Tebowing' now a song and a video
The amount of time it took for the art of "Tebowing" to be turned into a song and a video was not expected to be a long one.
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Washington Post
Painted and ornamented, bodies become canvases for artists at festival in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — Artists are using paint, ornaments and glitter to transform the human body into artwork at a festival in Venezuela.
The annual World Meeting of Body Art involves body painting, tattoo art, performances and workshops. Participants from 18 countries are sharing their creations at the festival in Caracas.
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Daily Telegraph
Art of telling music history
GATHERING material from Australia's most-loved artists was no easy task for New Zealander Murray Thom.
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Fortune
The man who replaced Steve Jobs as chairman of the board
Will Art Levinson change the power balance at Apple? A closer look at the new chairman
Levinson: "We need to make the transition to being a big company and dealing with the hubris issue."
One of the first things Steve Jobs did when he returned Apple (AAPL) in 1997 was dismiss the company's board and appoint directors more to his liking, including Genentech CEO Arthur D. Levinson.
"Jobs did not ...
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euronews
Art et technologie : une relation hybride et inquiétante
Véritable ode au métissage entre l'art et la technologie, Digitalife 2 est une exposition, organisée par la fondation Romaeuropa. Jusqu'au 11…
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APA-OTS
75 Seiten Freeride pur im neuen Sportmagazin!
Utl.: Das Sportmagazin erscheint im November mit Top-Stories aus der
Welt des Fußballs, einem Fotoprojekt der besonderen Art sowie
einem Special zum Thema Freeride mit eigenem Wendecover. =
Wien (OTS) - Das Freeride-Special mit Wendecover auf der U4 lässt
für Ski-Fans keine ...
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Goal.com
EdF Espoirs - Des Bleuets proches de la perfection
La France, qui reçoit la Slovaquie lundi à Angers (coup d'envoi 20h45) en qualifications de l'Euro-2013 Espoirs, est au sommet de son art actuellement.
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Handelsblatt
Zentralbank als Krisenfeuerwehr: EZB im Schwitzkasten der Begehrlichkeiten
In der Euro-Krise wächst der Druck auf die EZB, über ihren Hauptauftrag, für stabile Preise zu sorgen, hinauszugehen. Manche sehen in den Zentralbankern schon eine Art Dauer-Krisenfeuerwehr. Dagegen regt sich Widerstand.
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Reuters
A pyramid to warn of a French nuclear waste site?
PARIS (Reuters) - How can mankind signal to future generations thousands of years from now that hazardous radioactive waste is buried deep underground in eastern France -- by building a giant pyramid, a museum or a site for art projects or by employing geology?
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exchnage4media
Birla Sun Life rolls out its ‘Khushaali ki Gaadi’
Birla Sun Life AMC has used specially designed vans to take forward its ‘Khushaali ki Gaadi’ awareness campaign. State of the art technology like mobile calculators and tablets have been extensively used.
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Mail & Guardian
Snickering encouraged at caricature exhibit
Snickering is strongly encouraged at a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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China Daily
Up close to the classics
Enthusiasts of Renaissance art in Beijing can get up close to the classics at the Central Academy of Fine Arts' Cafa Art Museum, where a major exhibition is on until Jan 23.
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DnJournal
Domainers Venture Into The Real World, Find Businesses Ready to Hang Their Shingles Online
I just got back from an extended weekend trip to Mount Dora, Florida where Diana and I went to a huge outdoor antique and art fair. While the domain business was supposed to be left on the back burner, I couldn't resist doing some domain name evangelizing by asking several dealers if they had their own domain name and website.
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 103.424 |
| 2 | India | 23.127 |
| 3 | Germany | 20.323 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 15.742 |
| 5 | France | 14.100 |
| 6 | Canada | 8.232 |
| 7 | Poland | 4.930 |
| 8 | Philipines | 4.080 |
| 9 | Australia | 3.840 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 3.250 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 3.184 |
| 12 | Argentina | 2.790 |
| 13 | Italy | 2.780 |
| 14 | Korea South | 2.750 |
| 15 | China | 2.680 |
| 16 | Austria | 2.210 |
| 17 | South Africa | 1.650 |
| 18 | Turkey | 1.470 |
| 19 | Singapore | 1.450 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 1.370 |
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Media |
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| 1 | CNN Editions (International) | 12.000 |
| 2 | CNN | 10.000 |
| 3 | Bild | 3.200 |
| 4 | New York Times | 3.075 |
| 5 | Times of India | 3.000 |
| 6 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 7 | Dainik Bhaskar | 2.800 |
| 8 | The Sun | 2.500 |
| 9 | IBN live | 2.500 |
| 10 | Joong Ang Ilbo | 2.500 |
| 11 | Dailymail | 2.400 |
| 12 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 2.350 |
| 13 | computerbild | 2.050 |
| 14 | USA Today | 2.000 |
| 15 | newsweek | 1.900 |
| 16 | Kumudam | 1.800 |
| 17 | Rajasthan Patrika | 1.500 |
| 18 | AARP Bulletin | 1.500 |
| 19 | ABS-CBN News Channel | 1.500 |
| 20 | CBC | 1.360 |
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Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 161.456 |
| 2 | German | 25.718 |
| 3 | French | 16.888 |
| 4 | Spanish | 5.430 |
| 5 | Polish | 4.930 |
| 6 | Hindi | 4.300 |
| 7 | Indonesian | 3.250 |
| 8 | Italian | 2.780 |
| 9 | Chinese | 2.720 |
| 10 | Tamil | 2.150 |
| 11 | Turkish | 1.470 |
| 12 | Dutch | 1.435 |
| 13 | Romanian | 1.240 |
| 14 | Portuguese | 1.160 |
| 15 | Swedish | 0.950 |
| 16 | Japanese | 0.890 |
| 17 | Malayalam | 0.800 |
| 18 | Gujarati | 0.800 |
| 19 | Norwegian | 0.640 |
| 20 | Danish | 0.415 |
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