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St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion (Reuters)

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:25:15 +0000

Reuters – The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion.

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Tom Stoppard, beneficiary of the subconscious

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:32:13 +0000

JAIPUR (Reuters) – From time-bending drama to the absurd adventures of Shakespeare’s supporting cast, almost 50 years of work has brought playwright Tom Stoppard popular, critical and even royal acclaim.

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Royal party and read-a-thon mark big day for Dickens

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:32:05 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth is throwing a star-studded party for him at Buckingham Palace and in Buenos Aires, leading cultural figures will gather in an old orphanage to read from his works.

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“Last Storyteller” Delaney knows how to get attention

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:32:21 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Frank Delaney knows a surefire way to capture a person’s attention. In fact, the New York Times bestselling author and former BBC broadcaster claims he can do it with only eight words.

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Barter system part of appeal for Brussels art show (Reuters)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:25:29 +0000

Reuters – In the history of currency, earplugs have, unsurprisingly, never been widely used or accepted. So when a man offered Belgian artist Delphine Boël 10,000 earplugs for her print “The Source of Identity” at the Truc Troc contemporary art exhibit in 2006, her reaction was, “God, he’s crazy.”

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Legend, Kennedy Center program honor Marvin Gaye (AP)

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:50 +0000

AP – Grammy award-winning singer John Legend surprised a high school choir Tuesday at the Kennedy Center to help start a program encouraging young artists to confront social issues with their art, in honor of the late Marvin Gaye.

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Russia’s shiny new Bolshoi grappling with gripes

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:33:01 +0000

MOSCOW (Reuters) – When Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater threw open its doors after a six-year renovation, a gilded handle broke off in a reporter’s hand during the first dress rehearsal for the opening opera.

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A Minute With: Street artist Mark Jenkins (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:25:37 +0000

Reuters – American street artist Mark Jenkins’s human sculptures staged in provocative poses in the middle of cities have proved so uncannily life-like they have sparked calls from passersby to the ambulance service or the police.

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Christie’s 2011 art sales hit record (Reuters)

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:27:14 +0000

Reuters – Christie’s shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues, selling art worth 3.6 billion pounds, or nine percent more than in 2010.

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Charlie Chaplin heads to Broadway in musical form

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:33:06 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (TheWrap.com) – Silent-film star Charlie Chaplin might seem like an unlikely candidate as the subject of a Broadway musical, but it will soon be a reality.

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