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?100m a bargain price to pay for our art heritage

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Jancik Arts International Unveils Innovative Art Glass Technique

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Missing Painting at Wellesley College May Have Been Tossed Out

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Hirst's Diamond Skull to Get Amsterdam Museum Show

Damien Hirst's diamond encrusted skull, "For the Love of God" (2007), will begin a world tour at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum.

Orchestra Baobab

This 2007 release from Senegal's Orchestra Baobab comes a pretty fair stretch after their 2002 comeback, Specialist in All Styles. You can consider Made in Dakar a continuation of that comeback or a comeback all on its own. Either way, it's top notch. This band has vocal and instrumental chops even sharper than in their original heyday, with guitarist Barthelemy Attisso particularly spot on: check his perfect interplay with sax players Issa Cissoko and Thierno Koite and winding, slinky solos throughout. The West African/Latin connections are as strong as ever, both in the re-worked old songs and fresh compositions.

Wellesley museum loses prized 1921 cubist painting

WELLESLEY, Mass. - Wellesley College has lost a 1921 painting by French cubist Fernand Leger that was likely worth millions of dollars, officials said.

Bavarian State Orchestra Announces First Recording Under Kent Nagano

Bruckner’s 4th Symphony, to be released under the Sony BMG label in the autumn of 2008, marks the Bavarian State Orchestra's first CD under Music Director Kent Nagano.

8 young local artists to shine at 'Art Taipei 2008'

"Art Taipei 2008," a project of the Council for Cultural Affairs and the Art Galleries Association, R.O.C., will open tomorrow, August 29, and run until September 2 at the Taipei World Trade Center's Exhibition Hall 1.

Orphans' Choir Robbed Twice in One Week in Chicago

The SIFE African Children's Choir was robbed twice this week while touring Chicago to raise money for its school and orphanage in Uganda.

Postal art contest results declared

NAZIRA, Aug 27 – The results of the all-Assam postal drawing contest organised by Nazira Fine Arts Society (NFAS) in July last were declared on Tuesday.

Hemangini Bordoloi memorial art contest

NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Aug 27 – The Lakhimpur district leg of the second Hemangini Bordoloi memorial all-Assam drawing competition was held here recently.

Incidence of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Among Elite Ballet and Modern Dancers: A 5-year Prospective Study

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Sex, Violence, and the Culture War by Art Carden

Where does morality leave off and social science pick up? This is not to give the short shrift to issues of morality, but it recognizes that many social issues are far more complicated than they first appear to be; and before we make policies, we have to make sure that we have considered the likely unintended consequences of the policies we endorse. The relationship between pornography and sex crimes shows how a simple analysis can be misleading.

The Day in Pictures gallery

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presided over the voting process on Wednesday afternoon as Barack Obama was formally nominated by the Democratic Party for the office of President of the United States.

Curators fear for art as duke calls in loan

The Duke of Sutherland informed the director-general of the National Galleries of Scotland that he wished to sell “a significant part� of the world’s most spectacular private collection of Old Masters, which have been on public view in Edinburgh for 63 years and are the institution’s pride and joy.

Summer-long activities in Eminn square

The activities, sponsored by the İstanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) to support painters, photographers, paper marbling artists and calligraphers, will consist of various exhibitions, concerts and folkloric dance shows by children in Eminönü square. You can enjoy the admission-free activities between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., every day except Sunday.

Entertainment/Arts: "Singing budgie" NZ-bound Aust singer Kylie Minogue coming to NZ for the first time in her career; concert on Dec 8 in Auckland

Frontier Touring spokesman, Michael Gudinski, who founded Mushroom Records and helped Minogue make her musical break, says the timing is right for her first-ever New Zealand concert, because the country finally has a world class venue in the form of Vector Arena.

100m race to keep Old Masters in National Gallery

Scotland's national art collection is under threat unless the National Galleries of Scotland can raise £100m in the next four years, after the Duke of Sutherland decided to sell 27 of the key paintings in the galleries on the open market.

'Like seeing the Mona Lisa taken from the Louvre'

It would be like seeing the Mona Lisa pulled down from the wall of the Louvre, wrapped in brown paper, and carted away. Or Botticelli's Birth of Venus being sold from its position at the heart of the Uffizi in Florence.

KARACHI: Sculpture

KARACHI, Aug 27: An exhibition of contemporary sculpture and installation titled “Simply paper!” curated by Roohi Ahmed opens at the IVS Gallery at 4.30pm.

KARACHI: Paintings & drawings

KARACHI, Aug 27: An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Tanweer Faroo-qi, A.S. Rind and P. Najam, opens at the Louvre Art Gallery on Thursday. It will continue till Aug 31, daily from 6pm to 9pm.

'Museum therapy' may help speed up hospital patients' recovery

Researchers at University College London in the U.K. are studying whether hospital patients can benefit from handling beautiful or intriguing museum objects.

Painting exhibition focusses on Yakshagana

Udupi: A painting exhibition, “Yaksha-Varna�, focusing on the art form of Yakshagana will be held at Vibhuti Art Gallery here from August 29 to 31.

Sotheby's comes to India, albeit Damien Hirst's paintings

New Delhi, Aug 27 (PTI) Select works of British contemporary artist Damien Hirst dealing with subjects like death, life, fragility and beauty are being exhibited for the first time in the country by leading auction house Sotheby's before they go under the hammer in London next month.

Ballet leaps onto the stage of fitness and fun

Once considered fancy dancing performed only by experts, ballet is now moving in a new direction in Shanghai as former Chinese ballet dancer Cai Yilei (bottom) plans to take the art to the masses.