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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=12mf081je/*http%3A//www.stillwatergazette.com/articles/2010/02/09/lake_elmo/news/887le10art.txt"  target="_blank">Lake Elmo Regional Art Center growing its presence (Stillwater Gazette)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 01:48:18 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />LAKE ELMO - Residents who attended last week\'s Lake Elmo City Council meeting found a bit more than zoning maps adorning the walls. A French sidewalk scene, a painting of thick woods and several other pieces of art hung prominently behind the council members, allowing attendees to admire the art in between listening to discussions over water-rate policies and wireless telecommunications ...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=12btsn3qc/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/stage_nm/us_contemporary_auctions_1"  target="_blank">Contemporary auctions aim to cement art recovery (Reuters via Yahoo! News)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 05:11:08 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Confidence has surged back into the art market faster than predicted, and although contemporary values were hit hard by the credit crunch, auctioneers are confident that this week\'s sales will cement the recovery.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=13g6cl78o/*http%3A//www.collegian.com/index.php/article/2010/02/painting_the_town_red_art_fills_empty_storefronts_in_foco"  target="_blank">Painting the town red: Art fills empty storefronts in FoCo (Colorado State Collegian)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 12:41:39 am</span>');
document.write('<br />The slumping economy has been hard on small businesses in Old Town like the Repeat Boutique, which formerly occupied 239 Linden St.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=12qc10tsi/*http%3A//www.westerncourier.com/news/2010/02/08/News/Coffee.Shop.Shows.Art-3866916.shtml"  target="_blank">Coffee shop shows art (The Western Courier)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 08, 2010 11:39:58 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Sullivan Taylor Coffee House hosted its biannual juried art show on Friday, Feb. 5 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Many art majors and students participated in the contest. The event was organized by Western Illinois Univeristy art professor Brett Eberhardt. Karla Kampen, senior general music education major, took first place with her oil painting titled \"The View.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=13ioo4lr1/*http%3A//www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/dont-call-pop-culture-art--its-rubbish-20100209-npjc.html"  target="_blank">Don\'t call pop culture art - it\'s rubbish (The Age)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 08:32:55 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Stravinsky famously noted that \"most art is bad\". He didn\'t go on to point out that this is the almost inescapable consequence of its genesis, for art - real art - is not about rehashing the tried and true, but rather of smashing the rules and creating something never seen before, most examples of which must inevitably fail.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=12oprcn6f/*http%3A//www.bangkokpost.com/life/education/32601/painting-a-masterstroke-for-students"  target="_blank">Painting a masterstroke for students (Bangkok Post - Thailand\'s English news)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 08, 2010 07:57:46 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />Reeya Nalenkaew is very excited over his forthcoming participation in a national painting contest in Bangkok. He has been dedicating at least two hours a day for months preparing to compete in this competition.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=12f9nv9f3/*http%3A//news.scotsman.com/entertainment/Preview-Glasgow-Art-Fair-.6050296.jp"  target="_blank">Preview: Glasgow Art Fair (The Scotsman)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 10:00:27 am</span>');
document.write('<br />Glasgow Art Fair will offer a glimpse of how Scots blazed a trail in tennis long before Andy Murray.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=13hgpaj1i/*http%3A//www.cantonrep.com/life/x655689795/Around-Town-Little-Art-Gallery-display-honors-former-curator-Zumkehr"  target="_blank">Around Town: Little Art Gallery display honors former curator Zumkehr (The Canton Repository)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 01:36:19 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />A new dedication display consists of two works of art purchased for The Little Art Gallery permanent collection as a memorial to Izilla “Liz” Zumkehr, curator of The Little Art Gallery for 20 years and a portrait and landscape artist, who died Aug. 11.');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=11o8ah595/*http%3A//www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=16629"  target="_blank">World of Art (Fairfield County Weekly)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 01:26:37 pm</span>');
document.write('<br />Exotic Encounters Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr., Greenwich. Tue. to Sat., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sun., 1 to 5 p.m. through April 25. $7; $6 for students and seniors. (203) 869-0376, www.brucemuseum.org Travel inspires artists and art is inspired by travelers. Travelers view the most utilitarian objects,...');
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document.write('<li class="rss_item"><a class="rss_item" href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/art+painting/SIG=11ohqrjrl/*http%3A//www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=6001"  target="_blank">New art auction record may not be end, say experts (BusinessWorld Online)</a>');
document.write('<br /><span class="rss_date">posted on February 09, 2010 11:45:15 am</span>');
document.write('<br />LONDON -- A Giacometti statue smashed the art auction record Wednesday last week, fetching $104.3 million after just eight minutes of intense bidding at Sotheby’s, and experts predict there may be even higher numbers to come.');
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