Worcester auction has historians and collectors abuzz

An extraordinary collection of items belonging to Worcester native Andrew Haswell Green — a visionary who helped remake New York City in the 19th century — will be sold this week in an unprecedented four-day auction at the DCU Center in Worcester. Among the thousands of documents, artworks, china, clothing, and toys being sold are handwritten correspondence to and from ... DCU Center - New York ...

Non-Economic Factors Handicap Bay Area’s Economy

Immigration and high-quality public services are crucial to any economic recovery in the Bay Area.

Oxnard teen artists show how graffiti leads to art

Artist Teal Rowe received a grant this summer to work with at-risk kids to paint and put together an art exhibit to be held Saturday in Oxnard.

Consultant warns that baccarat cheating is rising

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a darkened conference room at the Tuscany casino off the Las Vegas Strip, a group of casino surveillance managers lean forward in their chairs for a closer look at video footage of a man strapping a metal device to his left wrist and concealing it in his jacket sleeve.

Free art show at Bird Kingdom/Niagara Falls Aviary

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Art set to go public in the West

ARTISTS in the western suburbs have been urged to take part in the next Art in Public Places program.

Contemporary Art Displayed Bayfront

The art fair at the Hilton Bayfront featured 40 leading contemporary art galleries and went on from Sept. 2-5. Contemporary art - Art museum - Art - Visual Art - Museums

Celine Dion shows her healthy Baby bump

September 4, 2010 : Celine Dion, the superstar singer from Canada is very healthy and carrying twin sons. Recently released photos of her growing baby bump on the cover of the Canadian magazine 7 Jours shows her posing with her husband and son.

Mad About the Musical at the Octagon

THE magic of the great musicals returns to the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil on Friday, September 17, with a brand new 2010 show bringing the glitz and the glamour from the West End stage and the bright lights of Broadway.

Art and politics a potent mix

How ironic that the career of the Arts Minister, Virginia Judge, suffered collateral damage the day after she opened White Rabbit Gallery's third exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, The Big Bang.

Art and politics a potent mix

How ironic that the career of the Arts Minister, Virginia Judge, suffered collateral damage the day after she opened White Rabbit Gallery's third exhibition of contemporary Chinese art, The Big Bang.

Clothesline Art Sale

The 16th annual Art Ambience Clothesline Art Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 11 at the Macomb Commons. The event will feature original art by Downriver artists, represented here by Beverly Dornbusch (left), Kathy Ogden, Gail White, Shirley Ciungan, Mary Kocsis, Karen Pettry, Elizabeth McNelly and Judy Nelms.

Valley art old and new will go on the block in Woodstock - From the Poughkeepsie Journal

The eighth annual Woodstock Fine Art Auction on Sunday will offer experienced auction-goers, new collectors and the simply curious a variety of regional works as well as contemporary and historic pieces by internationally recognized artists.

Exclusive art Exhibition at San Anton Palace

An art exhibition at San Anton Palace is showcasing the work of 12 artists, winners of the National Art exhibition and competition organised by the Maltese Society for Art Manufacture and Commerce and winners of the Silver Palette Arts Exhibition also organised by the society. This exhibition entitled “Honours list Collective Exhibition” in collaboration with the [...]

Antiques/Art/Crafts

Antiques/Art/Crafts Arden Fair Antiques, books, children's rides, food, art, exhibit booths. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway, Wilmington; 302-475-3126. 9/4. 10 am-6 pm.

Antiques/Art/Crafts

Antiques/Art/Crafts Arden Fair Antiques, books, children's rides, food, art, exhibit booths. Arden Gild Hall, 2126 The Highway, Wilmington; 302-475-3126. 9/4. 10 am-6 pm.

Santana extends Vegas residency, visits Europe behind "Guitar Heaven"

Nearly two months after asking his drummer, Cindy Blackman, to marry him during a Chicago concert, Santana [ tickets ] has decided to follow up a forthcoming European run with another round of Las Vegas performances that extend into 2011. The legendary guitarist and his backing band will continue their in-progress residency at Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, adding another seven dates to ...

Art history graduates organize show for Southport Galleries

On Sunday, while seven Fairfield University seniors are celebrating graduation day festivities with friends and family, the public can share in their achievement by touring an art show in Fairfield that represents the commencement of their professional careers.

Art history graduates organize show for Southport Galleries

On Sunday, while seven Fairfield University seniors are celebrating graduation day festivities with friends and family, the public can share in their achievement by touring an art show in Fairfield that represents the commencement of their professional careers.

Art Center unveils rare paintings

The Grand Junction Art Center unveiled its new exhibits Friday evening, featuring influential work from a renown group of artists in Denver.

Art Center unveils rare paintings

The Grand Junction Art Center unveiled its new exhibits Friday evening, featuring influential work from a renown group of artists in Denver.

Ephrata senior hopes he's Broadway bound

The bright lights of Broadway are calling Devin Michael Lewis. The singer and actor already has several musical theater performances under his belt. And he's spent some time on Broadway. In the summer of 2009, the Ephrata High School senior spent two weeks as part of the Broadway Artist Alliance p...

Show at the Dahl Supports the Disabled

The Dahl Arts Center is featuring a new show that's focused on faces and the future. At the show, there is wide variety of faces, each designed by an artist at the Black Hills Workshop's "Suzie Cappa Center for Art Expression."

Art of the unwearable: Can fashion designer Hussein Chalayan conquer the art world?

Even the most feted of fashion designers are reluctant to describe their work as "art". Still, in 2006, narrating an item dedicated to Hussein Chalayan on BBC2's The Culture Show, the art critic, Andrew Graham-Dixon, described Chalayan's work as "as close to contemporary art as you can get".

Art of the unwearable: Can fashion designer Hussein Chalayan conquer the art world?

Even the most feted of fashion designers are reluctant to describe their work as "art". Still, in 2006, narrating an item dedicated to Hussein Chalayan on BBC2's The Culture Show, the art critic, Andrew Graham-Dixon, described Chalayan's work as "as close to contemporary art as you can get".

'Scottsboro Boys' Cast Album in Stores Oct. 12; Broadway Previews Begin Oct. 7

Almost 50 years after Kander & Ebb began their collaboration in 1962, a new score by the writers will be heard on a cast album. It's sure to make fans "sing happy," as Ebb once wrote.

Art Directors Hold Speed Networking Event

Art directors throughout central Virginia spent Friday morning networking in Charlottesville.

Allergist's Wife, Revised by Charles Busch, Will Play La Mirada; Marilu Henner Stars

La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts in California will premiere a revised version of Charles Busch's hit Broadway comedy The Tale of the Allergist's Wife beginning Oct. 1. Caroline Aaron and Marilu Henner star as the title character, Marjorie Taub, and a mysterious old friend, Lee, respectively. Henner reprises her Broadway performance.

Rotary Club of Paris to host art auction

An art exhibition and auction is a new addition to the Rotary Club of Paris’ annual wine tasting fundraiser designed to benefit Rotary International’s world-wide program to eradicate polio.

Vegas Vice: Ready for Some Football?

Vegas Vice returns before the start of the 2010 NFL season, offering picks against the spread.

Is Damien Hirst a Serial Plagiarist? (ARTINFO)

ARTINFO - Damien Hirst has been accused of a lot of things in his day — from peeing in the sinks of posh Soho clubs in his early years to, of late, making "ugly, ugly, ugly" paintings — and one of the more persistent allegations has been that the bad-boy YBA is a little too quick to steal other artists' ideas. Now this complaint has been vociferously resurrected by Charles Thomson, co-founder of the Stuckist movement, who is accusing Hirst of plagiarizing at least 15 of his most famous works, including his medicine cabinets, spin paintings, diamond-encrusted skull, and pickled shark.

In Financial Jeopardy, the Seattle Art Museum Seeks a $10 Million Loan (ARTINFO)

ARTINFO - Though corporate America appears to have weathered the worst of the housing-market collapse, the nonprofit sector is continuing to suffer from the weak economy. The latest organization to face considerable danger is the Seattle Art Museum, which has filed a motion in county court asking for approval of a plan to borrow $10 million from its $96 million endowment in order to avoid having to default on a loan that financed its 2007 downtown expansion.

Broadway League Announces National Education Grant Recipients

The Broadway League has announced the recipients of its 15th annual National Education Grants, which "support innovative programs that enable students from coast to coast to experience touring Broadway as a form of artistic expression and as an educational tool."

ADVISORY-Lloyd Webber art exhibition story withdrawn (Reuters)

Reuters - Please be advised that Friday's London story saying composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's private art collection is to go on show this month is wrong. The exhibition has already taken place. The following story has been withdrawn.

New slate of fall television shows a mixed bag

There is no “Glee” in the new slate of fall television shows. There’s not a “Modern Family” either. Both of the hit shows that capped a comeback of sorts for network television last year are returning for their sophomore seasons, of course....

Rock-star art quiz: Match the musician to the drawing

Art and rock music are close relations, according to curators of an exhibition that presents paintings, collages and photographs by some of the world's best-known musicians. "It's Not Only Rock'n'Roll, Baby!" tells the story of rock stars who have also expressed themselves in the visual arts, arguing that the two forms are inextricably linked.

Lloyd Webber art collection goes on show

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's private art collection, which contains works by Rossetti, Millais and Waterhouse, is to go on show this month for the first time.

Art show openings, 9/3/10

"Wishes, Hopes & Dreams" is an exhibit celebrating the 21-year anniversary of CHARG Resource Center, an alternative for people with mental illness.

Holiday auction, art show on tap

To celebrate Labor Day, Eastern Maine Labor Council and Food AND Medicine are hosting two events -- a Solidarity Harvest Benefit Auction and barbecue lunch Saturday, Sept. 4, and ...

Going once? Twice? DirectBuy of Northern Colorado members sold on art auction

When people hear the words “art auction,” saving a lot of money isn’t necessarily the first thought that comes to mind. Attendees of the art auction at DirectBuy of Northern Colorado recently experienced otherwise, with members and guests saving more than $4,400 on artwork.

Russell museum secures art auction name, logo

GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The C.M. Russell Museum has secured the name and logo for the C.M. Russell Art Auction from the Great Falls Ad Club.

Touring shows in the Valley

This is a list of central San Joaquin Valley stops of performers and shows with national tours. Subm

Broadway at the Beach celebrating 15 years at Myrtle Beach

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — This year marks the 15th birthday of one of South Carolina's top attractions - Broadway at the Beach.

A Con Artist, a Secret Affair, and Drunken Debauchery Enliven New York's Corot Mystery (ARTINFO)

ARTINFO - In a turn to a story that seems to have been tailor-made to relieve the late summer news doldrums, the courier who claimed to have lost a $1.35 million Corot painting while on a drunken bender at a New York hotel now appears to have been in the employ of a serial scam artist. The improbable imbroglio received its latest twist when it was revealed that Tom Doyle, the co-owner of the missing artwork, is really Thomas Doyle, a convicted crook who just got out of prison for, you guessed it, art theft, according to the New York Times.

School's art auction on soon

One hundred and thirty works by 35 New Zealand artists will go under the hammer at the fourth biennial St Joseph's School PTA Art Auction on Saturday, September 11. read more

Harry Connick Jr. plays it off the cuff on Broadway and at Hollywood Bowl

The Bowl shows with his big band and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Friday and Saturday could include a different mix of music each night, and Connick prefers it that way. — It's coming up soon, but Harry Connick Jr. isn't exactly sure yet what program he, his big band and the Los Angeles Philharmonic are going to be performing at the Hollywood Bowl on Friday and Saturday.

How TV shows get on the air

George Schweitzer explains CBS' process of developing new shows for the fall TV season.

Spruced Up, Van Gogh's "Bedroom" Returns to View (ARTINFO)

ARTINFO - Vincent van Gogh spent much of his adult life alternately browbeating and charming his brother Theo into sending him money, since he was unable to generate much income selling his art. Theo unfailingly complied, but Vincent nevertheless lived a life of rather serious poverty. Thankfully, society treats the artist’s paintings a bit better than it did the artist who made them, as evidenced by the Van Gogh MuseumÂs announcement that, after six months of labor, his 1888 masterpiece, "The Bedroom," has been restored.

Rare Degas sculpture exhibit opens in Bulgaria (AFP)

AFP - A rare exhibit of 74 bronze sculptures by French painter Edgar Degas opened Thursday at Sofia's National Art Gallery, the first ever in Bulgaria of the Impressionist artist's work.

Restoration ends of Van Gogh's 'Bedroom' (AP)

AP - Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture.