February 8, 2025

European Fine art

European Fine art

Thankful for Our New Community Creative Fellows

During this season, we are grateful for the inspiration, joy, and profound impact that our artists bring to our community. It is the resounding voices of artists that shine brightly, guiding us forward. We are so proud that through our Community Creative Fellowship, in partnership with CJP, we are able to elevate top artistic talent

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New Art Museum Show Shares a Lifetime of Jim Dine Portraits

Last Year’s Forgotten Harvest will focus on Dine’s portraits of others, but will include a self-portrait completed in 2023. Self-Portrait, 2023, charcoal on paper, 11 1/4 x 11 1/8 in. (28.5 x 22 cm). Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Gift of the Jim Dine Art Trust. The exhibition, Jim Dine: Last Year’s Forgotten Harvest, includes drawings of those

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PETA to Auction off the Iconic Anti Bullfighting Painting “The Bullfighter Dies” by Artist Rubber Larry at Bonhams

“For more than a decade, Rubber Larry’s iconic painting has encouraged viewers to see a bullfight from the victim’s perspective and consider how it would feel to be lanced, stabbed, and killed in front of a screaming crowd,” says PETA Foundation Senior Vice President Steve Kehrli. Post this To view “The Bullfighter Dies” Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R4OqqNnqv04 To

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Local galleries and museums feature varied art — and potential holiday gifts — this month

Still hunting for holiday gifts? Want to check out some new art? You can do both by visiting area galleries this month, which offer a variety of exhibits. Here’s a look at some of the shows. Michelson Galleries, Northampton — The Eric Carle Museum doesn’t have a monopoly on children’s book art in the area.

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Events calendar: Celebrate the holidays at The Casements’ 45th annual Christmas Gala | Observer Local News

Friday, Dec. 1 The Casements’ 45th annual Christmas Gala When: 5-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1; 12-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2; and 12-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3 Where: The Casements, 25 Riverside Drive, Ormond Beach Details: The Casements Guild is hosting its 45th annual Christmas Gala, themed “Holly Jolly Christmas.” A tree lighting ceremony will

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EISA Maestro International Winners revealed!

The EISA Maestro 2023 photo contest was on the theme of The Animal Kingdom. Here we showcase the excellent portfolios by the EISA Maestro International winners, which includes some incredible wildlife images. In addition to its awards for best photographic products of the year, the Expert Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) runs EISA Maestro –

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The best ski resorts in Europe for 2024

Anyone who watched a snowboard video in the 1990s will be familiar with Riksgränsen, even if they’ve never heard of this outpost on the Norwegian border in Sweden’s far north. It’s a funny old place, which started in 1903 as a station for the trains carrying iron ore from the mining town of Kiruna to

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An Oklahoma love story: How an early Oklahoman’s collection of paintings impacts many today at Philbrook Museum of Art | City Desk

This is a love story. Multiple love stories, actually. They begin with Susan Fuller Palmer, a newly minted docent at Philbrook Museum of Art. She never does anything lackadaisically. She catapulted from being a personal trainer to owning Firm by Susan Fuller, one of Tulsa’s earliest fitness centers. In preparation for a trip to France, she took

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New to the NW, he’s painting 100 Chestnut Hill scenes

by Len Lear If you were walking down Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill recently, you just might have seen Trevor Wade Thomas and his easel-holding tripod, painting a distinctive picturesque local scene. It would be just one of the 100 local scenes he is in the process of painting, most of which are completed. “I

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Henry Kissinger, American Diplomat and Nobel Winner, Dead at 100

Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday at age 100. From a report: Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement

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