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Bunk beds fill Tate Turbine Hall

13/10/08 11:18 AM BBC Entertainment
Two hundred bunk bed frames form part of the latest art installation to fill the Turbine Hall in London's Tate Modern gallery.
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Berlin Museums director steps down

13/10/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
BERLIN. Peter-Klaus Schuster, the general director of the State Museum of Berlin is celebrating his ...
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First show of Arab contemporary art in Israeli musem

13/10/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
JERUSALEM. The L.A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem, which is supported by a Jewish ...
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Museum needs £200,000 for Marc Quinn?s blood portrait

13/10/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
LONDON. The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is hoping to buy Marc Quinn?s Self, a frozen sculpture ...
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Haring's 'Silent Partner' Speaks

1/8/08 05:00 AM New York Sun
The Keith Haring mural that has stood at Houston and Bowery streets since April is a tribute, an anniversary gift, and a historical re-creation. As of last week, it is also a battleground. Last Friday, under the late morning sunshine, an artist named Angel Ortiz added thickets of graphic black lines in the spaces between Haring's original green and black figurines. His was no random act of vandalism. Mr. Ortiz, who goes by the nickname LA II, was an early collaborator of Haring's, working...
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?I always insist that the artist must be given carte blanche?

1/8/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
Huang Yong Ping is a conceptual artist whose works combine Chinese traditions with current ...
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British scholar appointed director of Qatari museum

1/8/08 12:00 AM The Art Newspaper
LONDON. Dr Oliver Watson is returning to the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) in Qatar as director, ...
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Ingleby opening new gallery in Edinburgh this weekend

31/7/08 10:48 AM ArtReview News
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Edinburgh's Ingleby Gallery opens its new gallery space on Friday in central Edinburgh at 15 Calton Road. The space will open with concurrent shows by Susan Collis and Kay Rosen (who is giving a talk on Saturday at noon), and Billboard for Edinburgh, for which Mark Wallinger will unveil his work for a 32-sheet billboard, set on the wall of the new gallery building.
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Chinese women's art takes on a man's world

31/7/08 10:03 AM International Herald Tribune Arts
Contemporary art in China is dominated by men, but women artists are challenging them for prominence.
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Arts, Briefly: Bridge Collapse Mural

31/7/08 03:00 AM New York Times
A public mural will be unveiled in Minneapolis to mark the first anniversary of the Interstate 35W bridge collapse.
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Arts, Briefly: Guggenheim Series

31/7/08 03:00 AM New York Times
James Levine, Nico Muhly and Isaac Mizrahi are just a few of the artists scheduled to take part in the fall season of Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum.
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