The Elizabeth Foundation for the ArtsNew York, NY, USA

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The current exhibition is full of supporting evidence for that claim — clothing or signage repurposed as musical prompts, sheet music marked by public annotation.

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Bartley and Company Art presents MARY-LOUISE BROWNE : REIFY from 13 July to 7 August 2010 in Auckland. Mary-Louise Browne spent the first third of this year on an artist residency at the Taipei Artists Village in Taiwan. Working predominantly with Taiwanese greenstone, she explored ideas around commemoration and the memorial and souvenir. These ideas continue to play out in her new exhibition opening next week.

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Holster Projects announced today their first exhibition in their new Victoria space. The exhibition of new drawings by American artist Alyssa Pheobus titled: Dar al- will set the tone for the new venue and confirms Holster Projects continuing ethos of presenting exceptional intellectually stimulating works to a younger audience, that are just setting out into what can be a minefield in the area of art collecting. The gallery which was created in 2008, is a resource of international emerging to mid-career artists and prides itself on offering unique works by artists on the cusp of international recognition.

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The Artery in Davis, Califoria presents "Taken Out of Context: California Abstract Photography",
fine art photography by Ursula Esser and Anne Miller. The exhibition runs from July 7 to August 4, 2010.
The reception for Ursula Esser and Anne Miller Taken Out of Context: California Abstract Photography coincides with the Davis Second Friday ArtAbout: Friday, July 9.

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The work of Arthur Lavine, an internationally known photographer whose work is represented in many museums throughout the United States, will be exhibited in a group show in Balboa Park. "Point of View" an exhibition of fine art photography and digital art by six award winning, artists - Janine Free, Arthur Lavine, Dana Levine, Lev Tsimring, John Valois, and Phyllis Weiss runs from Wed. July 7th through Mon. July 19th , 11 am to 4 pm daily, at Gallery 21 in Spanish Village. Digital art is art that relies on computer software to create or significantly modify an artist’s work - a digital transformation of the natural world, either art created by computer graphics or images initially taken with a digital camera.

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Kayne West visits the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibition.

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[Graphic from "Goal 2010!" exhibition of the FIFA Fine Art Poster Portfolio at the Capital City Arts Initiative Courthouse Gallery in Carson City, Nevada. Caption: "Stadia II." 2004. By Ethiopian born artist Julie Mehretu.]

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[Graphic from "Goal 2010!" exhibition of the FIFA Fine Art Poster Portfolio at the Capital City Arts Initiative Courthouse Gallery. Caption: "World Cup SA 2010." 2009 By South African  artist Marlene Dumas, known for her ability to capture her subject with  frank honesty.  4th of 17 posts featuring the posters in the portfolio. Click on image to enlarge.]

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Copyright 2010 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Submit photographs of portraits and landscapes under non-daylight conditions, and to make people reflect on the role of the sky as a backdrop (or, at times, a protagonist) of the scenes in which we move. Photos identifying in a creative way outstanding cases of light pollution will be highlighted.

Theme: photography under non-daylight conditions, exploiting as much as possible natural light sources.

Categories:

• Sunset
• Moon and stars
• Dawn

 Prizes:

• Winning images will be displayed at the exhibition.
• The images receiving the highest score for each category will receive an in-kind prize.

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