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| Recession adds to challenges for suburban arts | | Washington Post - 4 Hours ago | | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- When he hired Itzhak Perlman as artistic director of the Westchester Philharmonic in 2007, Joshua Worby thought he'd hit a grand slam. He figured that Perlman, a popular, world-famous | | | | Add Comment |
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| Only S.F. would snub gift of world-class museum | | San Francisco Chronicle - 2 Hours ago | | Yes, sir, you have to get up pretty early in the morning to put one over on San Francisco's not-in-my-backyard crowd. Gap founder Don Fisher wanted to hand the city a brand-new $100 million museum, a | | | | Add Comment |
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| Islamist Winds Chill Pakistani Artists | | ABC News - 7 Hours ago | | Farhan Khan, a drummer in a band, is taking a break from performing. This move was prompted by his mother, who worries that her son might become a target for the Islamic extremists gradually asserting | | | | Add Comment |
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| D.C. Portraitist Breaks Starving-Artist Mold | | Washington Post - 9 Hours ago | | Parents of art students, take heart. Annette Polan of Northwest Washington is no struggling artist. Last year, the 60-something pocketed a cool $200,000 for painting people's portraits. It is the kind | | | | Add Comment |
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| A bite at the opera | | Guardian Unlimited - 21 Hours ago | | High note ... An open air concert in Cortona. Photograph: J Henry Fair On summer afternoons, Cortona sleeps behind its white stone walls. This small city, perched high on rolling Tuscan hills, looks like | | | | Add Comment |
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| Exhibition preview: Joseph Beuys, Bexhill-on-Sea | | Guardian Unlimited - 21 Hours ago | | With his trademark felt hat, dour expression and long coat, Joseph Beuys was perhaps, for a time, the most recognisable artist in the world; ironic considering he was a total enigma. Revered by some as | | | | Add Comment |
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| British Museum must do the right thing by Greece | | South China Morning Post - 58 Minutes ago | | A long-running dispute between Greece and Britain for the return of the looted Elgin Marbles has been given fresh impetus with the opening of the new Acropolis Museum, at the foot of the world's most | | | | Add Comment |
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| Aqua art | | The Nation Pakistan - 3 Hours ago | | THEY could be the latest Nasa photographs from the cloud systems of Jupiter, a new species of jellyfish, or microscopic views inside the human body. But in fact these amazing images are a whole new art | | | | Add Comment |
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| Revolutionary War Museum Surrenders | | NPR - 4 Hours ago | | A final Revolutionary War battle has come to an end. Plans for a $200 million museum complex inside Valley Forge al Historical Park where George Washington's army once camped have been scrapped. After | | | | Add Comment |
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| Mall to open art exhibition for DSS | | Trade Arabia - 7 Hours ago | | Mercato, one of Dubai's leading shopping malls, will host an array of art exhibitions, imaginative art workshops and shows as part of activities during the ongoing Dubai Summer Surprises (DSS) 2009. DSS | | | | Add Comment |
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| American Revolution War Museum Rebuffed | | NPR - 8 Hours ago | | A final Revolutionary War battle has come to an end. Plans for a $200 million museum complex inside Valley Forge National Historical Park where George Washington's army once camped have been scrapped. | | | | Add Comment |
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| Foot sculpture should make the walk home | | The Scotsman - 10 Hours ago | | GREEN MSP Robin Harper is among those backing a campaign to secure a permanent move for a famous Edinburgh landmark which lies in the path of the city's tram works. Lobby group Greener Leith wants to | | | | Add Comment |
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| Obama's delicate Russian ballet | | Toronto Star Online - 12 Hours ago | | ARMS CONTROL The Obama administration has made reaching a new nuclear arms control pact with Russia the cornerstone of its effort to improve relations between the two largest atomic powers. Obama and | | | | Add Comment |
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| 04corrections.ART | | Boston Globe - 15 Hours ago | | Correction: Because of a reporting error, the first name of the Boston Lobsters coach was incorrect in a in Thursdays Sports section. The coach is Bud Schultz. The Globe welcomes information about errors | | | | Add Comment |
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