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Pakistan and Its Art at Asia Society, NYC
"Hanging Fire", an important exhibition featuring 15 contemporary artists of Pakistan opens at Asia Society, which was founded more than fifty years ago in New York to promote understanding between Asia and the... 
created by rumana husain | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago
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Seattle libraries closed for week to save money
Seattle's main library is well known for it's tourists visiting the architectural landmark, it's a relaxed place to read and is also recognized as one of the most heavily used libraries in the country. "Just... 
Artist Gormley to put public on Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth
Angel of the North artist Anthony Gormley proposes to put the general public on display as art on the Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth. In a way it's not that far removed from some of his other works such as his... 
abird that can't fly
"As the Nobel Prize for Literature is set to be awarded to a French author next month, Vietnamese literary critics are speculating about why local writers have never received the honor."
Art critics and scholars converge for a two-day regional symposium in Karachi
Discussions about the effect colonialism has had on non-western and specifically Asian art dominated at ‘The Anxious Century: Discourses Waiting to be Born’, a two day regional seminar on art that took place...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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300 views | 13 recommendations | 7 comments
TrueNorth's third campus will open doors in Illinois
TrueNorth Church will truly move north when it opens a third campus church in Decatur, Ill., in January. The new location, Hickory Point Theaters, is in keeping with the church's mission to reach people who don't...
created by Stephen Sullivan Sr | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Site-specific Public Art Mural for Educational Institution 2008
Featured film captures work in progress of a permanent wall mural titled "Our Global Connections". Contemporary conceptual artist Chitra Ramanathan was chosen to create this wall painting as Artist in Residence....
created by ChitraRamanathan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Folksy Gibberish from Palin
I thought Edward Winkleman's account of this moment in the VP debate was spot on: he provides a transcript showing the actual content - or lack of content- in the answer to the question about the role of the Vice... 
London's Trafalgar Square's fourth plinth stays empty - for now
There are four plinths in Trafalgar Square and one of them has been empty for a while now. Many are saying that it is being left empty for when the Queen dies, but if a statue of her is placed there, it will most...
Tracey Emin - dirty sheets and all
The first UK retrospective of Brit artist Tracey Emin has just opened in Edinburgh and the knives are out of some critics' pockets. It's better to have a visit and look and come to your own... 
Sun & Dance in Manchester Piccadilly Gardens
The UrbanMoves International Dance Festival came to a hot conclusion. Dancers from around Europe descended on Manchester and surrounding areas on the weekend of 25th - 27th July 2008. A bi-yearly event which last...
created by sportpictures | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Mexican Tonala Artisans to New York
I visited Tonala Jalisco many years ago, shopping to decorate my house, I saw so many beautiful things I couldn't make up my mind on what to buy. I finally bought an exquisitely and delicately painted... 
Pakistani Neo-Miniature Show Opens in New York
Modern Pakistani art is in great demand in the international market as well as at home. A BBC News source recently reported: "In Pakistan's increasingly speculative art market, posthumous sales of better known...
created by rumana husain | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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703 views | 27 recommendations | 7 comments
