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Rudd v art critic over child nudity: related news

Rudd v art critic over child nudity

THE latest furore over artwork depicting naked children has pitted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd against one of Australia's leading art critics.

Rudd v art critic over child nudity

THE latest furore over artwork depicting naked children has pitted Prime Minister Kevin Rudd against one of Australia's leading art critics.

WORLD ART VISION 2008 to be launched in Cancun

WORLD ART VISION 2008 to be launched in Cancun - Over 100 artists from 5 continents will participate in WORLD ART VISION, which will feature painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, prints, installation art, video and digital art. Arturo Garcia Bustos and Rina Lazo, who were, respectively, pupils of and assistants to Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera will be present during the exhibition, therefore bringing an exceptional artistic testimony to WORLD ART VISION: CANCUN 2008. The idea of WORLD ART VISION: CANCUN 2008 comes from a desire to invest in contemporary art in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico; not only to further increase the number of tourists, but also to make it a meeting point for the Americas for collectors, critics and interested parties, to visit a fair where the artists stand beside the art, without the representation of a ga

Why ISPs' "Stand" Against Child Porn Is Actually Not a Stand Against Child Porn

TechDirt has an insightful article on the recent push for ISPs to turn off Usenet access under the guise of fighting child pornography. Unfortunately, the "stand against child porn" isn't actually a stand at all, it seems more like ignoring the issue while trying to snag some headlines and good will. "Taking a stand against child porn wouldn't be overly aggressively blocking access to internet destinations that may or may not have porn (and there's no review over the list to make sure that they're actually objectionable). Taking a stand against child porn would be hunting down those responsible for the child porn and making sure that they're dealt with appropriately... Also, this sets an awful precedent in that the ISPs can point out that it's ok for them to block "objectionable" content where they get to define what's objectionable witho

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A few days ago, I dozed through a rather desultory conversation, on Lok Sabha TV, between painter Krishen Khanna (83) and art critic Geeti Sen, till Krishen said something that made me sit up. It matched what I have been saying for some time. He said, "Art history does not interest anyone anymore and, what is worse, they don't even think it is important."

Art protest: Outrage over naked child art

THE NSW government will refer a magazine featuring a naked child on the cover to the Australian Classification board.

Exciting new vision on art: WORLD ART VISION 2008 to be launched in Cancun

WORLD ART VISION will take place from 5 to 14 December 2008 at the Cancun Center, Cancun, Mexico. It is the first edition of this contemporary art fair that is to become essential to the art scene of the Americas. WORLD ART VISION logo

GC ART 2008 Demonstrates: Gaming is Art!

For what is now the third time, visitors with an interest in art will find the GC ART exhibit section a big attraction in Hall 2 at the Leipzig Exhibition Centre. During Europe's benchmark fair for interactive entertainment, the GC - Games Convention, the four exhibitions "Space Invaders. From Outer Space", "History&Culture", "Machinima" and "Digital Beauties" will demonstrate from 21 to 24 August how art and digital worlds blend together. Several workshops give guests at the show the opportunity to design small art works for themselves.

Art + Auction

To paraphrase a Supreme Court justice on pornography, I know art when I see it. Specifically, when I see it in museums or the pages of trendy art magazines. Who doesn’t like Edward Hopper or Michelangelo? But I met John Chamberlain, who makes sculptures from crushed cars, and Joan Mitchell’s abstracts in the pages of Art + Auction, an oversized monthly that marries “Page Six” to features on, as Sondheim wrote in “Sunday in the Park With George,” “the art of making art.”

Ares V Rocket Bigger and Stronger For Moon Mission

wooferhound writes "In a move to make the heavy-lift vehicle more robust (predicting an increased launch thrust requirement) to send four astronauts, a lunar lander plus supplies, NASA has announced the Ares V rocket will be beefed up to cater for our future needs to get man back to the Moon. This huge vehicle is now designed to carry payloads of over 156,600 lb (71,000 kg), some 15,600 lb (or 10%) more than the original concept. Ares V was originally designed to be approximately the same length as the original Saturn V lunar rocket (361 feet or 110 metres long), but to accommodate an extra booster engine and extra payload volume, Ares V will be 381 feet (116 metres) long. This upgrade will be capable of sending far more instrumentation into space, an extra 15,600 lb (7,000 kg, or the equivalent mass of a male African elephant).

Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York (ACAF NY) To Be Held November 7-10, 2008 at Pier 92

August 20, 2008 - New York, NY - One of the most important exhibitions of contemporary Asian art, the 2nd annual Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York (ACAF NY), will be held from November 7-10, 2008, at Pier 92, 52nd Street and 12th Avenue, in New York City. More than 60 international galleries and non-profit organizations will show a wide range of contemporary work by artists from countries including China, Japan, Korea, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. Much of the work, including paintings, sculpture, photography, works on paper, video and installations, will be on view for the first time in the U.S. The Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York is the only international art fair in New York dedicated exclusively to Asian contemporary art.

Indeed, a successful art expo, an analysis

THE interesting thing about the first ever Nigerian Art Expo, which winds up today at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, is that it has, again, fulfilled one other important promise of the Joe Musa’s led National Galley of Art aimed at re-positioning the visual art sub-sector to becoming a one stop point for investment and tourism in the country. Early in the life of the present administration, the National Gallery, under the dynamic leadership of its present director, had organized a first in the history of the parastatal’s art stakeholders forum at the Eko le-Meriden Hotel, Lagos, where artists, investors and interested stakeholders converged to brain-storm on ways to re-positioning the production, marketing and preservation of Nigeria’s contemporary art.

Mandarin Oriental Munich offering Expert Art Tours

Specially created for travellers with a passion for art, Mandarin Oriental, Munich is offering a new service to its guests; bespoke personal art tours with Munichs very own art expert Dr Eva Karcher. Appealing both to serious collectors and to those with a brewing interest in art; Dr Karcher will take guests on insider tours of Munichs most famous galleries and museums as well as artists studios and exquisite private collections, enabling guests to get a closer look into the citys rich art scene.

Phoenix Art Museum Hosts Unprecedented Gathering of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art

Phoenix Art Museum presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore and understand the ongoing link of contemporary Asian art with centuries of tradition. This summer, beginning July 8, 2008, the Museum presents A Tradition Redefined, four extraordinary exhibits focused of Asian art from the 19th, 20th and 21st century. Highlighting this exceptional show, is "Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting from the Chu-tsing Li Collection," the first exhibition to present an overall, comprehensive picture of the development of modern and contemporary Chinese ink painting.

Art a la carte: How restaurants are becoming the new art galleries

Ever since Picasso and Miro painted for their supper at La Colombe d'Or, high in the hills of Provence, in the south of France, the close connection between art and food has flourished. Today, fabulous original works of their art hang on the walls and bear testimony to the unique deal the artists struck with the restaurateur. They were hungry and penniless, the restaurant had acres of bare walls, so what better than to knock up a picture or two in exchange for a free meal? While this might not still go on in today's rather more ruthlessly commercial eateries, many modern restaurants are still showcasing all forms of art. Artists range from the modern masters who ate at La Colombe d'Or to leading contemporary figures such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin.

ART - Argent - No Change Statement And Annual Gene

ART ART ART - Argent - No Change Statement And Annual General Meeting ARGENT INDUSTRIAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number 1993/002054/06) (Share code: ART & ISIN: ZAE000019188) ("Argent" or "the Company") NO CHANGE STATEMENT AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Shareholders of Argent are referred to the preliminary report published previously, and are advised that the annual financial statements of the company have now been published. Argent shall not be publishing an abridged report, as the information previously published in the preliminary report is unchanged. The Annual General Meeting of the Company shall be held in the boardroom of the Company at 1318 Club House Street, Maraisburg, Roodepoort, at 14:00 on Tuesday, 16 September 2008.

John Russell, art critic, dies at 89

John Russell, who contributed elegant, erudite art criticism for more than a half-century to The Sunday Times of London and The New York Times, where he was chief art critic from 1982 to 1990, and who helped bring a generation of postwar British artists to international attention, died Saturday. He was 89 and lived in New York.

Phoenix Art Museum Hosts Unprecedented Gathering of Modern and Contemporary Asian Art

PHOENIX, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/30/08 -- Phoenix Art Museum presents an unprecedented opportunity to explore and understand the ongoing link of contemporary Asian art with centuries of tradition. This summer, beginning July 8, 2008, the Museum presents A Tradition Redefined, four extraordinary exhibits focused of Asian art from the 19th, 20th and 21st century. Highlighting this exceptional show, is "Modern and Contemporary Chinese Ink Painting from the Chu-tsing Li Collection," the first exhibition to present an overall, comprehensive picture of the development of modern and contemporary Chinese ink painting.

Sino Group's 'Art in Hong Kong' and Zhu Qizhan Art Musuem present'The Grand Entrance' - Selected Works by Chinese Opera Ink Painting Artists

(23/6/2008, Hong Kong) Sino Group's 'Art in Hong Kong' and Shanghai Zhu Qizhan Art Museum are proud to bring together 75 Chinese Opera ink paintings by 19 masters from Mainland China. The exhibition is on tour from Shanghai Zhu Qizhan Art Museum and will be held at OC Gallery, Olympian City I from 21 June to 14 July.

New Media and Museums in Eastern Europe

New media art is no stranger to eastern Europe and the Balkans; from the early net.art of Vuc Cosic to the collective work of Apsolutno, these regions were the proving ground for many groundbreaking experiments in media, politics, and art. So the upcoming international symposium on (New) Media Art in Museums this October in Croatia signals that the region's consideration of media art has come full circle from unknown outsiders and agitators to curated collectibles (not too dissimilar to the path traced in other regions or for other "avant-gardes"). The intersection of cultural institutions like museums with new media art continues to confound both artists and curators alike. No standard institutional model has arisen for the collecting of such work, for how to frame it in the overall programs of the museum, nor how to preserve the work.

Amazon vs. eBay: Seven-Point Comparison

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Art Deco Living In Stanmore - 01/07/2008

Art Deco was a style that flourished through the twenties and thirties as stylistic changes occurred to many visual mediums. Inspired by the age of speed, architecture conceived during the Art Deco period consisted of simplistic and modern geometrical lines. An opportunity has now arisen to buy into this enchanting period with an impressive art deco style property in Valencia Road, Stanmore. Although now relatively rare, the sleek, white, asymmetrical style of art deco houses is a striking and somewhat refreshing alternative to the many rather uniform red bricked buildings of today.

Art Deco Living In Stanmore

Art Deco was a style that flourished through the twenties and thirties as stylistic changes occurred to many visual mediums. Inspired by the age of speed, architecture conceived during the Art Deco period consisted of simplistic and modern geometrical lines. An opportunity has now arisen to buy into this enchanting period with an impressive art deco style property in Valencia Road, Stanmore. Although now relatively rare, the sleek, white, asymmetrical style of art deco houses is a striking and somewhat refreshing alternative to the many rather uniform red bricked buildings of today.

Outrage over naked child art

THE NSW government will refer a magazine featuring a naked child on the cover to the Australian Classification board.

Indianapolis Art Center Receives New Sound System

Indianapolis-based Klipsch has donated a new state-of-the-art cinema surround speaker system to the Indianapolis Art Center. The "world class" sound system has been installed in the Frank M. Basile Auditorium. It will allow the Art Center to bring more film entertainment to its traditional mix of presentations and demonstrations. The new sound system will make its debut next week when the Art Center launches a series of films that run through mid-August.


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