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  Wednesday, December 27, 2006
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National Space Society Space Settlement Art Contest
The National Space Society is sponsoring an art contest in which artists are to create visions of a spacefaring future - a future of space settlement, be they on the Moon, on Mars, on asteroids, or orbiting independently in space. Twelve winning entries will be chosen to illustrate the NSS 2008 Space Settlement Calendar.

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  Saturday, December 23, 2006
hawaiian art legal battle
Hula Art Legal Battle
Artist Kim Taylor Reece couldn't win her fight yesterday to prevent Island Treasures Art Gallery to exhibit an ilegal copy in stained-glass of one his photos by another artist, Marylee Leialoha Colucci.

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  Thursday, December 21, 2006
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Aston Martin on "Fire and Ice"
Visitors to the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit will discover a new edge to Aston Martin's ongoing reinvention. The company will be creating an art installation, a collaboration between world renowned automotive photographer René Staud and the eagerly awaited Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster.

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  Wednesday, December 20, 2006
aboriginal art
Resource giant to destroy Aboriginal Art
The development of a gas plant on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula is threatening ancient Aboriginal rock art that will be affect considerably even to a point to be totally destroyed.

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  Monday, December 18, 2006
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Pipilotti Rist Accepts The Armory Show 2007 Artist Commission
Artist Pipilotti Rist has accepted the commission to create the visual identity for The Armory Show 2007, The International Fair of New Art. Rist is the sixth artist to define the image of the fair, which has become the world's preeminent showcase for new art by living artists. For the ninth edition of The Armory Show, which will be held February 23-26, 2007 in New York City, images from Rist's audio video installations will dominate the visual materials.

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  Friday, December 15, 2006
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MAC @ MAM
Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Miami Art Central (MAC) and Aaron Podhurst, Chair of the Miami Art Museum (MAM), today announced the institutions are combining resources to form "MAC @ MAM." The agreement, which is effective immediately, states that MAC will produce significant original exhibitions and programs at MAM, adding to the latter’s ongoing educational and exhibition programs.

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  Saturday, December 09, 2006
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Photo Miami and Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
With 14 art fairs taking place in the City of Miami, one of the them where everyone should go is Photo Miami. Located in the SOHO Building in Wynwood Art District (blocks away from Pulse and Scope), the fair is not worried by all the competition sorrounding them. They know they are offering something that other art fairs doesn't have: quality art photographs.

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  Friday, December 08, 2006
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New Institute of Contemporary Art to open on Sunday
The new Institute of Contemporary Art designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro of New York will open its doors on December 10 with the exhibition "Super Vision". According to Director Jill Medvedow, the museum brings together the cultural and natural resources of the city.

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  Thursday, December 07, 2006
alice neel
VIP Collectors Madness: Almost every art work is sold
Yesterday's specially invited VIP collectors of Art Basel Miami Beach was a complete success with many galleries selling almost all their art works. 200 galleries representing more than 2,000 artists from around the world are making more art sales than with any other American art fair. It is expected about 40,000 visitors to assist to the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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  Wednesday, December 06, 2006
bruce nauman
Art Basel Miami Beach officially began with party at the MOCA
I know that maybe you are feeling the same way. Art Basel Miami Beach is everywhere. If you go for dinner, a cup of coffee or just walking your dog, your hear the same conversation: "Are you going to Art Basel?" or for Miami residents: "Which party are you going?" But we can't help it, it is a very important art fair, specially for Latin American art collectors.

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  Monday, December 04, 2006
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James N. Wood is the new Getty Trust president
Mr. James N. Wood (65) was named president and chief executive officer of the J. Paul Getty Trust, the wealthy Los Angeles cultural and philanthropic institution that has been under a thick ethical cloud for a few years. Wood is an art historian and former longtime chief of the Art Institute of Chicago. Getty officials announced this today and precise that Wood will start his work in February.

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  Friday, December 01, 2006
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Paris Photo takes over Photo-London
On the occasion of the tenth annual Paris Photo, which came to a highly successful conclusion Sunday, November 19, Reed Expositions France, the fair’s owner and organiser, has announced that it acquired Photo-London on Friday, November 17.

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