Arts

Giacometti sculpture sale breaks record - swissinfo

Posted by peterschibli from writeon.swissinfo.ch

Sculptor Alberto Giacometti has retained his title as the most expensive Swiss artist after one of his pieces fetched a record price at a New York auction.

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What Does Building a Movement Among Youth-Driven Music Spaces Mean?

Posted by Shemuses

Leaders of the country's most effective youth arts centers talk about building power of youth through cultural expression, and why it is the best way to engage young people in politics.

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David Byrne to tour with "electric gospel" album

Posted by hnouwens from BoingBoing

David Byrne has completed a new album (of "electric gospel") for released before 2009 and has booked a North American tour on which he is planning to play at least 40 percent old Talking Heads material.

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Hugo Claus 1929-2008: "Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth at the injustice of things"

Posted by Sandyenglish

Belgian author Hugo Claus, who died last month, was one of the most prolific and versatile of postwar European writers. From 1947, when he was just 18, he produced thousands of poems, some 20 novels, 18 books of short stories, film scripts, libretti, and around 60 plays, including translations into Dutch and adaptations from English, French, Greek, German and Spanish works. He also painted, and worked extensively in the dramatic arts as a director. He once said that had he grown up in a country with a tradition of cinema, he would probably have been a film director rather than a writer. Some of his works are available in English translations, including his most important novel, 1983's The Sorrow of Belgium (Het Verdriet van België).

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Film: Where is Osama bin Laden?

Posted by Jeff from Feeds.feedburner

Nicole showed some of this some weeks ago as it was going through the film festival circuit, but it’s opening wide this weekend. Morgan Spurlock, the genius who brought you “Super Size Me,” now brings us “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?”, a side-splitting quest to hunt down the world’s number one most-wanted man.

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Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep from Singing? :: Interview with Sarah van Gelder

Posted by islander07 from Yes! Magazine

It’s not fame he’s been after during his decades of singing. “Fame is a snare and a delusion,” he says. He marched for civil rights from Selma to Montgomery, played music on the banks of his beloved Hudson River, and was celebrated at Carnegie Hall.
He’s been working for change all his life, and he’s seen some of his fondest hopes come to pass.
Sarah van Gelder interviews Pete Seeger

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.:: 70 years of Superman : comic ::.

Posted by foxdiddy from Canada

An online interactive comic book feature that has been put together by an Canadian newspaper to celebrate Superman's 70th next month. The site has old radio shows and cartoons from the 1940s as well as character bios and lots of other cool stuff... best part is, it's free.

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